4otherIn 1933, two-thirds of American homes owned one of these household appliances. Today 99% of all homes have one or two or even ten of them. What are they?Show AnswerShare
1otherWhat did Bartolomeo Cristofori invent around 1695 which changed the world of music forever?Show AnswerShare
18otherIn the early 1600's in England, the use of "sotweed" caught on as an overwhelmingly popular habit in England, even though King James wrote a booklet arguing against its use. What was this "sotweed"?Show AnswerShare
7otherIn which of these fields is a Nobel Prize not given: physics, mathematics, or literature?Show AnswerShare
12otherAround the turn of the century, when this device was first used at Harrod's department store in London, brandy was served to people who felt faint after using it. What was it?Show AnswerShare
14otherWhat do these languages have in common? Cornish, Dalmation, Sumerian, and Etruscan?Show AnswerShare
7otherWhich naturalized US citizen born in Taiwan pled guilty to downloading to tape 400,000 pages of nuclear weapons data without authorization, yet was set free yesterday and exonerated of stealing nuclear secrets (9.00) by a federal judge, with an apology!?Show AnswerShare
17otherIn 1997 Sotheby’s in New York sold what body part of a fossilized tyrannosaurus rex for $1 million?Show AnswerShare
19otherWhat were the first and last names of the parents on the TV show Leave It to Beaver?Show AnswerShare
16otherThe first successful monorail in the U.S. began running in 1961, and still runs today on a daily basis, in which place?Show AnswerShare
2otherWhat was the name of the London playhouse, built in 1598, where most of Shakespeare's plays were presented?Show AnswerShare
12otherIrish legend has it that those who kiss Ireland's Blarney Stone will become skilled in what?Show AnswerShare