The publisher, BainBridgeBooks
(Philadelphia - July 1998) Do you know what the world’s
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If no one gets 100 percent, a purse of $15,000 will be
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Take the challenge by yourself or with a group of friends;
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questions:
What product can be made from fresh slaughterhouse blood?
In what work will you find Sans Foy, Sans Loy and Sans
Joy?
What was the list price of Apple's first Macintosh
computer released in 1984?
What communicable disease is the leading cause of death
worldwide?
What does the Einstein-Rosen bridge connect?
What is the name of the master regulatory genes that lay
out the general geographic plan of the human! ! body?
What is the only part of the human body that ca! nnot
repair itself?
What are the only kinds of rocks found in the ice of
Antarctica?
What is the only marsupial with a pouch on its back?
According to Al Capone's business card, what business was
he in?
Who put salmonella in the sugar at an African National
Congress convention?
How much money did Alfred Nobel bequest for the Nobel
Prizes?
What four US Presidents served an entire term without a
vice president?
Who was known as "L'ambassadeur electrique?"
What historic figure was sent 1,500 virgins from whom to
choose a bride?
What assassin yelled, "sic semper tyrannis?"
What English monarch had 17 children yet left no heir to
the throne?
In a deck of cards, what four historical kings do the
kings in the deck represent?
Why is it illegal to sell an E.T. doll in France?
What Soviet leader owned nine Rolls-Royces?
What is the only non-human animal whose evidence is
admissible in a US court? ! !
What are the only radio call letters that spell of the
name of its city or town?
