| Each year, about 252 million pounds of this meat are used on pizzas; September 20 is that pizza's special day |
pepperoni |
200 |
November 15, 2022 |
| The framework of this statue weighs 125 tons; its 31 tons of copper are 3/32 of an inch thick |
the Statue of Liberty |
400 |
November 15, 2022 |
| This U.S. coin has a smooth edge, a diameter of 0.835 inches & a thickness of 1.95 mm |
the nickel |
600 |
November 15, 2022 |
| Methane is cooled to -260 degrees Fahrenheit to be suitable for shipping as LNG, short for this |
liquefied natural gas |
1000 |
November 15, 2022 |
| 50% of our genes--10,000 of 20,000--are regulated by this rhythm, from Latin for "about" & "day" |
circadian |
|
November 15, 2022 |
| The original 1789 version of this document on display at the National Archives proposes 12 amendments, not 10 |
the Bill of Rights |
200 |
December 30, 2021 |
| In 2019 these 2 govt. programs made up more than 1/3 of national health expenditures, totaling $1.4 trillion |
Medicaid & Medicare |
400 |
December 30, 2021 |
| With a market share of 13%, this light brew was the number one selling beer in the U.S. in 2019 |
Bud Light |
600 |
December 30, 2021 |
| There's often an $18 toll to take the 20-mile bridge & tunnel system from Va.'s eastern shore to Hampton Roads across this bay |
the Chesapeake |
800 |
December 30, 2021 |
| Cave-dwelling creatures have slow metabolisms; a troglobite type of this "fish", really a crustacean, can live 175 years |
a crayfish |
1000 |
December 30, 2021 |
| 36 million Americans are edentulous, meaning they have none of these |
teeth |
200 |
February 8, 2021 |
| A byword for fast reproduction, this animal can have a litter of 7, 5 times a year |
a rabbit |
400 |
February 8, 2021 |
| There are still about 10,000 Jews in this country, the most in any Mideast Muslim land |
Iran |
600 |
February 8, 2021 |
| A leading org. against this activity says the average driver does it 80 times before being arrested for the first time |
drunk driving |
800 |
February 8, 2021 |
| China has this type of legislature, meaning there's only a single house; it has almost 3,000 members |
unicameral |
1000 |
February 8, 2021 |
| The average distance between these 2 bodies is 93 million miles |
the Earth & the Sun |
200 |
May 21, 2020 |
| Adding up senators & House representatives, Congress has this many voting members |
535 |
400 |
May 21, 2020 |
| Since its founding in 1955, this company with locations in all 50 states has prepared more than 800 million tax returns |
H&R Block |
600 |
May 21, 2020 |
| On average, the statues on this Chilean dependency are 13 feet tall & weigh 14 tons |
Easter Island |
800 |
May 21, 2020 |
| This European country gets about 3/4 of its electricity from nuclear power, the most of any country |
France |
1000 |
May 21, 2020 |
| These 4 gospels make up about half of the text of the New Testament |
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John |
400 |
October 29, 2018 |
| Due to this pandemic, Europe's population did not reach its pre-1348 levels again until the 16th century |
the plague |
600 |
October 29, 2018 |
| This bridge that spans the East River was the first to use steel for cable wire |
the Brooklyn Bridge |
800 |
October 29, 2018 |
| For a while, this courtier's marriage to one Elizabeth (Throckmorton) was kept secret from Elizabeth I |
Walter Raleigh |
1000 |
October 29, 2018 |
| Members of this religion make up about 60% of Utah's population |
Mormon |
200 |
October 31, 2017 |
| Anatomically speaking, while narrower than the large one, the small one of these is 17 feet longer |
the intestine |
400 |
October 31, 2017 |
| Japan has about 1,500 of these a year but the one at 2:46 P.M. March 11, 2011 was the country's largest ever |
an earthquake |
600 |
October 31, 2017 |
| Thanks to 25 million donors, over $3 billion has been raised via this website for various personal causes |
GoFundMe |
800 |
October 31, 2017 |
| It extends for more than 1,300 miles & is home to over 1,500 species of fish & 3,000 types of mollusks |
the Great Barrier Reef |
1000 |
October 31, 2017 |
| In 2007 here came Boo Boo, this kind of Mexican dog & the world's smallest living dog at 4 inches tall |
Chihuahua |
200 |
February 26, 2013 |
| A pox on this disease also called Varicella; an estimated 90% of Americans over 15 have had it |
chickenpox |
400 |
February 26, 2013 |
| Leaving Belgium, the greatest west-to-east distance across this neighboring country is 35 miles |
Luxembourg |
600 |
February 26, 2013 |
| 2012-13 MBA tuition at this U. Penn school of business was $57,000 |
Wharton |
800 |
February 26, 2013 |
| In 2011 Karin Vogel was 4,973rd in line for the British crown; the Duke of this was 4th |
York |
1000 |
February 26, 2013 |
| 3-5 P.M. is the best time of day to post on this microblogging site if you want to be retweeted |
Twitter |
200 |
March 29, 2012 |
| This building in Arlington, Virginia has 131 stairways, 19 escalators & 17.5 miles of corridors |
The Pentagon |
400 |
March 29, 2012 |
| In 1877 the Liberty Bell was hung by a chain of this symbolic number of links |
thirteen |
600 |
March 29, 2012 |
| This private college in Northern California has 20 libraries with some 8.5 million physical volumes |
Stanford |
800 |
March 29, 2012 |
| In 2010 there were more than 21,000 U.S. cases of this, aka pertussis |
whooping cough |
1000 |
March 29, 2012 |
| In a single week in October 2008, this indicator fell by 1,874 points, its biggest weekly drop ever |
the Dow Jones |
200 |
February 13, 2012 |
| In 2011 this "vision"ary company had $400 million in sales in 24 hours of its new "Call of Duty" game |
Activision |
400 |
February 13, 2012 |
| The French consume the most of this per capita, 17 pounds a year--salted, unsalted, ca ne fait rien |
butter |
600 |
February 13, 2012 |
| (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a furry-tailed animal on the monitor.) Not classified in its own family, the red panda has flummoxed scientists, who previously placed it in the bear family and in the family named for this animal with a very similar tail |
the raccoon |
800 |
February 13, 2012 |
| Medal counts at the 2008 Summer Olympics were 110 for the U.S., 100 for China & 72 for this nation |
Russia |
1000 |
February 13, 2012 |
| Fact:She was born in Long Beach, California; we'll skip the obligatory number joke |
Bo Derek |
200 |
June 11, 2010 |
| Fact:She had bit parts on "McHale's Navy" & "Bewitched" before her bust-out part in "1 Million Years B.C." |
Raquel Welch |
400 |
June 11, 2010 |
| Fact:As Halle Berry could tell you, this woman was the first African-American Best Actress Oscar nominee |
Dorothy Dandridge |
600 |
June 11, 2010 |
| Fact:She costarred with Tony Randall in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" |
Jayne Mansfield |
800 |
June 11, 2010 |
| Fact:This Swiss-German bombshell was the first Bond girl |
Ursula Andress |
1000 |
June 11, 2010 |
| Tom Sietas holds the world record for doing this underwater, for an amazing 17 minutes & 19 seconds |
holding his breath |
200 |
December 30, 2009 |
| In 1996, no states had obesity rates above 20%: in 2007, only this "Centennial State" had an obesity rate below 20% |
Colorado |
400 |
December 30, 2009 |
| This U.S. retail chain has about 2.1 million employees, about the same as the population of Namibia |
Walmart |
600 |
December 30, 2009 |
| In 2009 Iowa changed the name of its Dept. of Elder Affairs to the Dept. on this, leading to the abbreviation D.O.A. |
Aging |
800 |
December 30, 2009 |
| This man offered pilot/hero Sully Sullenberger twice his salary if he'd work for Virgin |
(Richard) Branson |
1000 |
December 30, 2009 |
| This country, reunited in 1990, is one of Europe's most obese nations because of sausage & beer intake |
Germany |
200 |
November 3, 2008 |
| Truck drivers are 50% more likely to die of heart disease; exhaust from this type of fuel appears to be the culprit |
diesel |
400 |
November 3, 2008 |
| In 2007, 12.1% of U.S. wage & salary workers were members of these, down from 20% in 1983 |
unions |
600 |
November 3, 2008 |
| There are currently over 900,000 of these & the avg. American uses under 14,000; Shakespeare used 24,000 |
words |
800 |
November 3, 2008 |
| The lowest prime number that's 2 consecutive digits, it's also the number of the psalm "The Lord Is My Shepherd" |
23 |
1000 |
November 3, 2008 |
| Name & number please: launched in 2004, it's 1,132 feet long, has 10 restaurants & 5 pools, & carries 2,620 passengers |
the <i>Queen Mary 2</i> |
200 |
November 22, 2007 |
| With more than 1 billion members, it's the largest branch of Christianity |
Catholicism |
400 |
November 22, 2007 |
| At just more than 30 days, he served the shortest term as president |
William Henry Harrison |
600 |
November 22, 2007 |
| In 2002 a team at the University of Tokyo calculated this to 1.2411 trillion digits after the decimal point |
pi |
800 |
November 22, 2007 |
| In 2000 an almost 4,200-square-mile iceberg broke free from this ice shelf in Antarctica |
the Ross Ice Shelf |
1000 |
November 22, 2007 |
| The final vote count in this state in 2000 was Gore: 2,912,253,Bush: 2,912,790 |
Florida |
200 |
April 17, 2003 |
| The top 2 Canadian newspapers in circulation are based in this city |
Toronto |
400 |
April 17, 2003 |
| Alexander Global Promotions is the biggest maker of these nodding dolls; it can make over 1 million a month |
bobblehead dolls |
600 |
April 17, 2003 |
| He was the last of the 3 men who were king of England during 1066 |
William the Conqueror |
800 |
April 17, 2003 |
| At a latitude of 0 degrees 13 minutes south, this capital is at an altitude of 9,222 feet |
Quito, Ecuador |
1000 |
April 17, 2003 |
| With 6 weapons, 6 suspects & 9 rooms, there are 324 possible solutions to this game |
Clue |
200 |
January 16, 2003 |
| In 1965 Sylvania arranged 4 of these in a cube & sold them in packs of 3 |
flashbulbs |
400 |
January 16, 2003 |
| He planted 64 poems in his "Child's Garden of Verses" |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
600 |
January 16, 2003 |
| Take this down: it's the horse that won the Belmont in 1973 by a record 31 lengths |
Secretariat |
800 |
January 16, 2003 |
| On a standard bingo card, there is 1 free space & this many different numbers |
24 |
1000 |
January 16, 2003 |
| On an analog clock the hour hand will make this many revolutions a day |
2 |
100 |
March 10, 1997 |
| Continent on which the highest recorded air temperature, 136 degrees F., was recorded |
Africa |
200 |
March 10, 1997 |
| This country has the largest crude oil reserves, about a quarter of the world's total |
Saudi Arabia |
300 |
March 10, 1997 |
| In 1996 this card game with a 108-card deck, most numbered 0-9, turned 25 years old |
Uno |
400 |
March 10, 1997 |
| The elevator ride costs $12 to the observation deck at the 1,136' level of this 1,815' Toronto landmark |
CN Tower |
500 |
March 10, 1997 |
| It's 6'3" for Bill Clinton & Lyndon Johnson; Abe Lincoln beat them both |
height |
100 |
October 6, 1995 |
| With a mean speed of 15.4 MPH Blue Hill, Mass., not Chicago, holds this distinction among U.S. cities |
the windiest |
200 |
October 6, 1995 |
| This second-longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary is this Mary Poppins-ism |
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious |
300 |
October 6, 1995 |
| The Census Bureau says 12.8% of the U.S. population is this age & over; in 2050, 20.4% will be |
65 |
400 |
October 6, 1995 |
| With 50% more passengers than Frankfurt's, it's the busiest foreign airport |
Heathrow |
500 |
October 6, 1995 |
| 90% of the world's ice, accounting for 70% of the world's fresh water, is found on this continent |
Antarctica |
100 |
July 16, 1991 |
| In 1990 11.9% of the U.S. population was living in this state |
California |
200 |
July 16, 1991 |
| With a total of 5, this university has graduated more U.S. presidents than any other |
Harvard |
300 |
July 16, 1991 |
| Guinness says this math symbol has been calculated out to 1,011,196,691 decimal places |
pi |
400 |
July 16, 1991 |
| With some 2 mil. members, the National Education Assoc. has edged out this union as America's largest |
the Teamsters |
500 |
July 16, 1991 |
| In 1989 over 95% of the Justice Department's classified material was generated by this bureau |
the FBI |
100 |
December 28, 1990 |
| World Military & Social Expenditures Report said in 1989 no new ones began, a first in 31 years |
wars |
200 |
December 28, 1990 |
| Winning the Family Circle Magazine Cup in April 1990 gave her her 150th pro tennis title |
Martina Navratilova |
300 |
December 28, 1990 |
| First established in 1776 it's the world's largest ballet company, the key word here is largest |
the Bolshoi ballet |
400 |
December 28, 1990 |
| It was increased in 1990 from 3 million to 4 million Swedish krona |
the Nobel Prize |
|
December 28, 1990 |
| This southernmost New England state has an 8% state sales tax, the highest in the U.S. |
Connecticut |
400 |
October 25, 1990 |
| In 1989 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts acquired this company for $32 billion |
RJR Nabisco |
500 |
October 25, 1990 |
| Guinness says the record they reject most often is for the longest chain of these office supplies |
paperclips |
100 |
May 29, 1989 |
| According to NFL GameDay magazine, the Redskins have 58,300 names on a waiting list for these |
season tickets |
200 |
May 29, 1989 |
| On August 26, 1988, 725 people put their right foot in & out & shook it all about doing this dance in NYC |
the Hokey Pokey |
300 |
May 29, 1989 |
| For the past 8 years she's put the ornament atop the national Christmas tree |
Barbara Bush |
500 |
May 29, 1989 |
| It's what this device keeps track of; Treasury Sec'y Nicholas Brady has one on his desk:$4,001,985,469,429 |
the national debt |
|
May 29, 1989 |
| Europeans ranked Italian men as the best seducers & this neighboring country's women as the most seductive |
France |
100 |
December 8, 1987 |
| Almost 80 million people in this country are named Li, making it their most common surname |
China |
200 |
December 8, 1987 |
| Ending a 4-year journey in 1987, Steve Newman became the 1st person to go around the world this way |
walking |
300 |
December 8, 1987 |
| This didn't occur on the 1987 Oscar telecast until 35 minutes after the show began |
the presentation of the first Oscar |
400 |
December 8, 1987 |
| This European airline is the foreign airline which flies to the most U.S. cities, 14 |
British Airways (British Air accepted) |
500 |
December 8, 1987 |
| Now over 3 million, the population of this west coast U.S. city in 1850 was only 1610 |
Los Angeles |
100 |
September 7, 1987 |
| As of Feb. 1987, 355,691 people, down from 596,897, held this Pentagon security clearance rank |
Top Secret |
200 |
September 7, 1987 |
| USA Today says this ex-"GMA" host averaged 4.3 "Oh, goshes" per broadcast |
David Hartman |
300 |
September 7, 1987 |
| At 83%, it's the reason men & women gave most often when asked why they got married |
because they were in love |
400 |
September 7, 1987 |
| In 1986, this kitchen appliance costing only 5 books was S&H Green Stamps' most popular item |
an electric can opener |
500 |
September 7, 1987 |
| Experts say it takes an intake of 3500 extra calories to gain this much weight |
a pound |
100 |
May 25, 1987 |
| 59' tall & from California, it was put up on the U.S. Capitol ground December 1, 1986 |
Christmas tree |
200 |
May 25, 1987 |
| After 27 years, he's the current NFL coach who has served the longest with 1 team |
Landry |
300 |
May 25, 1987 |
| Officials in Rome estimate that there are 50,000 too many of these in the capital each day |
automobiles |
400 |
May 25, 1987 |
| In 1985-86, this character's dream accounted for 31 hours of television programming |
Pam Ewing |
500 |
May 25, 1987 |
| About 70% of cultured pearls on the market today come from this country |
Japan |
100 |
April 10, 1987 |
| Clairol says more than 1/2 of the 35 million U.S. women who color their hair color it this color |
blonde |
200 |
April 10, 1987 |
| At almost 76 million boxes, that was this was the top selling flavor of Jell-O in 1985 |
strawberry |
300 |
April 10, 1987 |
| In the I.Q. Zoo at the L.A. County Fair, the chicken wins 8 out of 10 games of this |
tic-tac-toe |
400 |
April 10, 1987 |
| Face value of the coins in 1986 U.S. proof set which the government sells for $11 |
91 cents |
|
April 10, 1987 |
| 14 year-old Elizabeth Brinton set a record in 1985 by selling 11,281 boxes of these |
Girl Scout cookies |
100 |
October 22, 1986 |
| A survey says 75% of women wear wrong size of these, lifting & separating them from the other 25% |
brassieres |
200 |
October 22, 1986 |
| Reason 1,500 tons of garbage had to be collected from New Orleans streets February 12, 1986 |
Mardi Gras |
300 |
October 22, 1986 |
| Of 3, 13, or 36, % of all bills Congress passed in '85 that est. commemorative days, weeks or months |
36% |
400 |
October 22, 1986 |
| The highest toll it ever charged was $89,154.62 for the QE2 in '70, the lowest 36¢ for a swimmer in 1928 |
the Panama Canal |
|
October 22, 1986 |
| After NYC & Washington, D.C., this New Jersey city is most expensive in U.S. to visit |
Atlantic City |
100 |
May 14, 1986 |
| When hearing this term, almost twice as many people think of the movie as Pres. Reagan's defense plan |
Star Wars |
200 |
May 14, 1986 |
| Of about 5, 25, or 45, percentage of adults in the U.S. who've been on TV |
25 |
300 |
May 14, 1986 |
| In # of phones per 100 people, the U.S. ranks third, behind these 2 European countries that begin with S |
Switzerland & Sweden |
400 |
May 14, 1986 |
| A "Money" magazine survey said people still think this is the best way to get rich |
hard work |
500 |
May 14, 1986 |
| Wisconsin dairies turn 72% of all their milk into this |
cheese |
100 |
March 17, 1986 |
| Readers of this magazine could write in to get 1 of 7000 balls used in a "Women of Mensa" pictorial |
<i>Playboy</i> magazine |
200 |
March 17, 1986 |
| A survey of 276,230 workers says this is the top reason that people leave their jobs |
another job |
300 |
March 17, 1986 |
| The basic manpower unit of the U.S. Air Force, it's composed of 2 or more "flights" |
a squadron |
400 |
March 17, 1986 |
| The world's largest self-supporting structure is the 1821 foot CN Tower in this city |
Toronto |
500 |
March 17, 1986 |