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Bonanza
People - From The Mensa Quiz Book by Robert Allen
- Who was the wizard at King Arthur's court?
Merlin - Name Robin Hood's fat friend.
Friar Tuck - Who was the boy who vowed he would never grow up?
Peter Pan - Name the boy who befriended Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and
Eeyore?
Christopher Robin - Which American president supposedly cut down a cherry tree?
George Washington - Which Greek mythical hero performed the 12 labors?
Heracles/Hercules - Which lady guards Upper New York Bay?
Statue of Liberty - Name the lady with the enigmatic smile painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
Mona Lisa - Which king supposedly ordered the waves to turn back?
Canute - Which English king was executed on the orders of Oliver Cromwell?
Charles I - The three graces are Faith, _________, and ________.
Hope, Charity - Name the hero of The Hobbit.
Bilbo Baggins - Who was principally responsible for the rise of National Socialism in
Germany?
Adolf Hitler - Name the medical man involved in the Gunfight at the OK Corral.
Doc Holiday - Name the British king who supposedly lost his jewels in the wash.
King John - Roald Dahl wrote of a man who owned a chocolate factory. What was his
name?
Willy Wonka - Name the communist leader of Cuba.
Fidel Castro - Who was the first man in space?
Yuri Gugarin - Who was the first human to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong - Which crusading king was known as The Lionheart?
Richard I
Miscellaneous - From So You Think You're Good at Trivia by Patrick Downs and Debra Weiss
- What is the color of the 20 dollar bill in Monopoly?
Green - What kind of creature is the character Chiron in Greek Mythology?
Wise Centaur - To camber something is to _______ it.
Curve - If you talked about your dentition what would you be talking about?
Set of teeth - On what surface does the team sport of curling take place?
Ice - Who discovered the upper Mississippi with Louis Joliet?
Jacques Marquette - What do the eagle, maple leaf, panda and krugerrand all have in common?
Gold Coins - Which is the oldest of the major college football bowl games?
Rose Bowl - Whippets are small slender dogs widely used as ______ dogs.
Racing - After Russia, which is the largest Soviet republic in terms of square
miles?
Kazakhstan
Words - From Hot Words for the SAT I by Barron's
- deprecate
to express strong disapproval of - derogatory
tending to lower in estimation, degrading - desecrate
to treat with disrespect - despot
monarch with unlimited power - deter
to discourage, to keep someone from doing something - devious
not straightforward, lying, roundabout - devoid
entirely without, lacking - diatribe
a denunciation, bitter verbal attack - didactic
intended to instruct - diffuse
spread out, wordy - diminution
a lessening - discerning
keenly perspective, shrewd, to perceive, to recognize as distinct or different, to see things clearly - disdain
a feeling of contempt for anything that is regarded as unworthy, scorn - dismantle
to pull down, to take apart - disparage
to discredit, to belittle - disparity
lack of equality, difference - disperse
to send off in different directions - disposition
nature, tendency - dissipated
indulging excessively in sensual pleasures, to scatter in various directions - distraught
in a state of mental conflict and confusion, distracted
