3scienceA unit of electromagnetic measurement is named in honor of the Italian physicist who, in 1800, invented the electric battery. Name him.Show AnswerShare
17entertainmentAccording to the Guiness Book of Records, the most money ever paid to a film actor was the $50-$60 million that Jack Nicholson earned playing which unusual character in which 1989 Tim Burton film?Show AnswerShare
19entertainmentFrank Sinatra began his career in the late 1930's and early 1940's, as a vocalist with which two famous orchestras?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
5historybetween 1839 and 1860 China and the Western world engaged in military clashes over what intoxicant?Show AnswerShare
17historyWhen he died in December, 1799, one London newspaper reported, "His fame, bounded by no country, will be confined to no age." In Paris, Napoleon ordered a 10-day requiem, and in Amsterdam funeral music filled the air. Who was he?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
1mathematicsThe amount of chemicals in our drinking water is measured in milligrams per liter. The ratio of one milligram per liter is the same as the ratio of one dollar to ... how many?Show AnswerShare
1geographyWhich African country was settled from 1822 to the 1860's mostly by freed American slaves?Show AnswerShare
20entertainmentThis operatic tenor who died in 1921 was the first singer ever to sell over one million records. What was his name?Show AnswerLearn MoreShare
12entertainmentThis Motown recording artist was born in Detroit in 1943. She released her first song in 1961, and eventually went on to become one of the leading female singing stars of the early 1960's, with 10 top forty hits. She died of cancer in Los Angeles in July,Show AnswerShare
1geographyYou can travel from California to Nebraska by passing through only two states. What are they?Show AnswerShare
2otherThe tallest man-made structure in the world stands in which of these places: Chicago, Russia, Malaysia, or North Dakota?Show AnswerShare
14fadsWhat 2000s fad involved wearing colored silicone wristbands called 'jelly bracelets'?Show AnswerShare
1historyDivorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. To which people does this refer?Show AnswerShare
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