19th Century Books

Its author called it "a Ghostly little book... which shall not put my readers out of humour... with the season"

A Christmas Carol

2/3 correct answers

World Geography

It's the only body of water with shores on the continents of Asia, Africa & Europe

Mediterranean Sea

3/3 correct answers

The Apollo Space Program

Of the Apollo missions, the total number that successfully landed men on the moon

6 (11-17, minus 13)

1/1 correct answer

Greek Mythology

Fittingly, the name of this Titan may be derived from a word meaning "to bear" or "to support"

Atlas

2/2 correct answers

Renaissance Literature

This book begins, "All states and dominions which hold or have held mankind are either republics or monarchies"

The Prince, by Machiavelli

2/2 correct answers

The Supreme Court

This president appointed more Supreme Court justices than any other

Washington

(I lost track...3 or 4 right ones, and a couple of second guesses)

US Presidents

Had he lived in ancient Greece, this president would have been called Odysseus

Ulysses S Grant

3/3

Numerical Phrases

Number & type of musical instruments hanging from a Mason City, Iowa ceiling, a tribute to a native son

76 trombones

0/0 correct answers

The Animal Kingdom

A part of this marine mammal was prized by medieval folk, who thought it belonged to a unicorn.

narwhal

2/3 correct answers

Business and Industry

This U.S. firm is the world's largest processor of tomatoes

Heinz

4/4 correct answers

Novels

Amazon.com said this novel, set in Iowa, was "the romantic classic of the 1990s"

The Bridges of Madison County

0/0 correct answers

Games

In German, this chess piece is "der Springer"

the knight

1/1 correct answer

American License Plates

One of its official license plates bears the motto "Taxation without Representation"

Washington DC

1.5/2 correct answers

US Presidents

Washington was the one who added these 4 words to the presidential oath; they're not in the Constitution

"So help me God"
(Wikipedia kind of disagrees with this, but so be it)

1.5/2 correct answers

Oscar Winning Movies

Its final scene includes the line "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner"

The Silence of the Lambs

3/3 correct answers

A Real Rennaisance Man

The sudden 1559 death of France's King Henry II in a joust caused some to believe in this man's writings

Nostradamus

2/2 correct answers

Sports Teams

1 of 2 names shared by both a Major League Baseball team & an NFL team

Cardinals or Giants

3/3 correct answers. Davy got both!

Communications

In the NATO phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, etc.), the 2 that are title Shakespearean characters

Romeo and Juliet

3/3 correct answers

Historical Movies

One of the 2 actresses nominated for Oscars for playing the same person in a 1997 blockbuster

Kate Winslet or Gloria Stuart (for Titanic)

0/1 correct answers

Theater

In 1999 Del Close willed this to the Goodman Theatre in Chicago to be used in Act 5, Scene 1 of "Hamlet"

his skull

1/1 correct answers

Food

In 1929 William Dreyer & Joseph Edy created this ice cream flavor, named in part to reflect the times ahead.

Rocky Road

3/3 correct answers