TREC 2001 Questions


894 How far is it from Denver to Aspen?
895 What county is Modesto, California in?
896 Who was Galileo?
897 What is an atom?
898 When did Hawaii become a state?
899 How tall is the Sears Building?
900 George Bush purchased a small interest in which baseball team?
901 What is Australia's national flower?
902 Why does the moon turn orange?
903 What is autism?
904 What city had a world fair in 1900?
905 What person's head is on a dime?
906 What is the average weight of a Yellow Labrador?
907 Who was the first man to fly across the Pacific Ocean?
908 When did Idaho become a state?
909 What is the life expectancy for crickets?
910 What metal has the highest melting point?
911 Who developed the vaccination against polio?
912 What is epilepsy?
913 What year did the Titanic sink?
914 Who was the first American to walk in space?
915 What is a biosphere?
916 What river in the US is known as the Big Muddy?
917 What is bipolar disorder?
918 What is cholesterol?
919 Who developed the Macintosh computer?
920 What is caffeine?
921 What imaginary line is halfway between the North and South Poles?
922 Where is John Wayne airport?
923 What hemisphere is the Philippines in?
924 What is the average speed of the horses at the Kentucky Derby?
925 Where are the Rocky Mountains?
926 What are invertebrates?
927 What is the temperature at the center of the earth?
928 When did John F. Kennedy get elected as President?
929 How old was Elvis Presley when he died?
930 Where is the Orinoco River?
931 How far is the service line from the net in tennis?
932 How much fiber should you have per day?
933 How many Great Lakes are there?
934 Material called linen is made from what plant?
935 What is Teflon?
936 What is amitriptyline?
937 What is a shaman?
938 What is the proper name for a female walrus?
939 What is a group of turkeys called?
940 How long did Rip Van Winkle sleep?
941 What are triglycerides?
942 How many liters in a gallon?
943 What is the name of the chocolate company in San Francisco?
944 What are amphibians?
945 Who discovered x-rays?
946 Which comedian's signature line is 'Can we talk'?
947 What is fibromyalgia?
948 What is done with worn or outdated flags?
949 What does cc in engines mean?
950 When did Elvis Presley die?
951 What is the capital of Yugoslavia?
952 Where is Milan?
953 What are the speed hummingbirds fly?
954 What is the oldest city in the United States?
955 What was W.C. Fields' real name?
956 What river flows between Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota?
957 What do bats eat?
958 What state did the Battle of Bighorn take place in?
959 Who was Abraham Lincoln?
960 What do you call a newborn kangaroo?
961 What are spider veins?
962 What day and month did John Lennon die?
963 What strait separates North America from Asia?
964 What is the population of Seattle?
965 How much was a ticket for the Titanic?
966 What is the largest city in the world?
967 What American composer wrote the music for 'West Side Story'?
968 Where is the Mall of the America?
969 What is the pH scale?
970 What type of currency is used in Australia?
971 How tall is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO?
972 How much does the human adult female brain weigh?
973 Who was the first governor of Alaska?
974 What is a prism?
975 When was the first liver transplant?
976 Who was elected president of South Africa in 1994?
977 What is the population of China?
978 When was Rosa Parks born?
979 Why is a ladybug helpful?
980 What is amoxicillin?
981 Who was the first female United States Representative?
982 What are xerophytes?
983 What country did Ponce de Leon come from?
984 The U.S. Department of Treasury first issued paper currency for the U.S. during which war?
985 What is desktop publishing?
986 What is the temperature of the sun's surface?
987 What year did Canada join the United Nations?
988 What is the oldest university in the US?
989 Where is Prince Edward Island?
990 Mercury, what year was it discovered?
991 What is cryogenics?
992 What are coral reefs?
993 What is the longest major league baseball-winning streak?
994 What is neurology?
995 Who invented the calculator?
996 How do you measure earthquakes?
997 Who is Duke Ellington?
998 What county is Phoenix, AZ in?
999 What is a micron?
1000 The sun's core, what is the temperature?
1001 What is the Ohio state bird?
1002 When were William Shakespeare's twins born?
1003 What is the highest dam in the U.S.?
1004 What color is a poison arrow frog?
1005 What is acupuncture?
1006 What is the length of the coastline of the state of Alaska?
1007 What is the name of Neil Armstrong's wife?
1008 What is Hawaii's state flower?
1009 Who won Ms. American in 1989?
1010 When did the Hindenberg crash?
1011 What mineral helps prevent osteoporosis?
1012 What was the last year that the Chicago Cubs won the World Series?
1013 Where is Perth?
1014 What year did WWII begin?
1015 What is the diameter of a golf ball?
1016 What is an eclipse?
1017 Who discovered America?
1018 What is the earth's diameter?
1019 Which president was unmarried?
1020 How wide is the Milky Way galaxy?
1021 During which season do most thunderstorms occur?
1022 What is Wimbledon?
1023 What is the gestation period for a cat?
1024 How far is a nautical mile?
1025 Who was the abolitionist who led the raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859?
1026 What does target heart rate mean?
1027 What was the first satellite to go into space?
1028 What is foreclosure?
1029 What is the major fault line near Kentucky?
1030 Where is the Holland Tunnel?
1031 Who wrote the hymn 'Amazing Grace'?
1032 What position did Willie Davis play in baseball?
1033 What are platelets?
1034 What is severance pay?
1035 What is the name of Roy Roger's dog?
1036 Where are the National Archives?
1037 What is a baby turkey called?
1038 What is poliomyelitis?
1039 What is the longest bone in the human body?
1040 Who is a German philosopher?
1041 What were Christopher Columbus' three ships?
1042 What does Phi Beta Kappa mean?
1043 What is nicotine?
1044 What is another name for vitamin B1?
1045 Who discovered radium?
1046 What are sunspots?
1047 When was Algeria colonized?
1048 What baseball team was the first to make numbers part of their uniform?
1049 What continent is Egypt on?
1050 What is the capital of Mongolia?
1051 What is nanotechnology?
1052 In the late 1700's British convicts were used to populate which colony?
1053 What state is the geographic center of the lower 48 states?
1054 What is an obtuse angle?
1055 What are polymers?
1056 When is hurricane season in the Caribbean?
1057 Where is the volcano Mauna Loa?
1058 What is another astronomic term for the Northern Lights?
1059 What peninsula is Spain part of?
1060 When was Lyndon B. Johnson born?
1061 What is acetaminophen?
1062 What state has the least amount of rain per year?
1063 Who founded American Red Cross?
1064 What year did the Milwaukee Braves become the Atlanta Braves?
1065 How fast is alcohol absorbed?
1066 When is the summer solstice?
1067 What is supernova?
1068 Where is the Shawnee National Forest?
1069 What U.S. state's motto is 'Live free or Die'?
1070 Where is the Lourve?
1071 When was the first stamp issued?
1072 What primary colors do you mix to make orange?
1073 How far is Pluto from the sun?
1074 What body of water are the Canary Islands in?
1075 What is neuropathy?
1076 Where is the Euphrates River?
1077 What is cryptography?
1078 What is natural gas composed of?
1079 Who is the Prime Minister of Canada?
1080 What French ruler was defeated at the battle of Waterloo?
1081 What is leukemia?
1082 Where did Howard Hughes die?
1083 What is the birthstone for June?
1084 What is the sales tax in Minnesota?
1085 What is the distance in miles from the earth to the sun?
1086 What is the average life span for a chicken?
1087 When was the first Wal-Mart store opened?
1088 What is relative humidity?
1089 What city has the zip code of 35824?
1090 What currency is used in Algeria?
1091 Who invented the hula hoop?
1092 What was the most popular toy in 1957?
1093 What is pastrami made of?
1094 What is the name of the satellite that the Soviet Union sent into space in 1957?
1095 What city's newspaper is called 'The Enquirer'?
1096 Who invented the slinky?
1097 What are the animals that don't have backbones called?
1098 What is the melting point of copper?
1099 Where is the volcano Olympus Mons located?
1100 Who was the 23rd president of the United States?
1101 What is the average body temperature?
1102 What does a defibrillator do?
1103 What is the effect of acid rain?
1104 What year did the United States abolish the draft?
1105 How fast is the speed of light?
1106 What province is Montreal in?
1107 What New York City structure is also known as the Twin Towers?
1108 What is fungus?
1109 What is the most frequently spoken language in the Netherlands?
1110 What is sodium chloride?
1111 What are the spots on dominoes called?
1112 How many pounds in a ton?
1113 What is influenza?
1114 What is ozone depletion?
1115 What year was the Mona Lisa painted?
1116 What does 'Sitting Shiva' mean?
1117 What is the electrical output in Madrid, Spain?
1118 Which mountain range in North America stretches from Maine to Georgia?
1119 What is plastic made of?
1120 What is the population of Nigeria?
1121 What does your spleen do?
1122 Where is the Grand Canyon?
1123 Who invented the telephone?
1124 What year did the U.S. buy Alaska?
1125 What is the name of the leader of Ireland?
1126 What is phenylalanine?
1127 How many gallons of water are there in a cubic foot?
1128 What are the two houses of the Legislative branch?
1129 What is sonar?
1130 In Poland, where do most people live?
1131 What is phosphorus?
1132 What is the location of the Sea of Tranquility?
1133 How fast is sound?
1134 What French province is cognac produced in?
1135 What is Valentine's Day?
1136 What causes gray hair?
1137 What is hypertension?
1138 What is bandwidth?
1139 What is the longest suspension bridge in the U.S.?
1140 What is a parasite?
1141 What is home equity?
1142 What do meteorologists do?
1143 What is the criterion for being legally blind?
1144 Who is the tallest man in the world?
1145 What are the twin cities?
1146 What did Edward Binney and Howard Smith invent in 1903?
1147 What is the statue of liberty made of?
1148 What is pilates?
1149 What planet is known as the 'red' planet?
1150 What is the depth of the Nile river?
1151 What is the colorful Korean traditional dress called?
1152 What is Mardi Gras?
1153 Mexican pesos are worth what in U.S. dollars?
1154 Who was the first African American to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers?
1155 Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?
1156 How many Admirals are there in the U.S. Navy?
1157 What instrument did Glenn Miller play?
1158 How old was Joan of Arc when she died?
1159 What does the word fortnight mean?
1160 What is dianetics?
1161 What is the capital of Ethiopia?
1162 For how long is an elephant pregnant?
1163 How did Janice Joplin die?
1164 What is the primary language in Iceland?
1165 What is the difference between AM radio stations and FM radio stations?
1166 What is osteoporosis?
1167 Who was the first woman governor in the U.S.?
1168 What is peyote?
1169 What is the esophagus used for?
1170 What is viscosity?
1171 What year did Oklahoma become a state?
1172 What is the abbreviation for Texas?
1173 What is a mirror made out of?
1174 Where on the body is a mortarboard worn?
1175 What was J.F.K.'s wife's name?
1176 What does I.V. stand for?
1177 What is the chunnel?
1178 Where is Hitler buried?
1179 What are antacids?
1180 What is pulmonary fibrosis?
1181 What are Quaaludes?
1182 What is naproxen?
1183 What is strep throat?
1184 What is the largest city in the U.S.?
1185 What is foot and mouth disease?
1186 What is the life expectancy of a dollar bill?
1187 What do you call a professional map drawer?
1188 What are Aborigines?
1189 What is hybridization?
1190 What color is indigo?
1191 How old do you have to be in order to rent a car in Italy?
1192 What does a barometer measure?
1193 What color is a giraffe's tongue?
1194 What does USPS stand for?
1195 What year did the NFL go on strike?
1196 What is solar wind?
1197 What date did Neil Armstrong land on the moon?
1198 When was Hiroshima bombed?
1199 Where is the Savannah River?
1200 Who was the first woman killed in the Vietnam War?
1201 What planet has the strongest magnetic field of all the planets?
1202 Who is the governor of Alaska?
1203 What year did Mussolini seize power in Italy?
1204 What is the capital of Persia?
1205 Where is the Eiffel Tower?
1206 How man hearts does an octopus have?
1207 What is pneumonia?
1208 What is the deepest lake in the US?
1209 What is a fuel cell?
1210 Who was the first U.S. president to appear on TV?
1211 Where is the Little League Museum?
1212 What are the two types of twins?
1213 What is the brightest star?
1214 What is diabetes?
1215 When was President Kennedy shot?
1216 What is TMJ?
1217 What color is yak milk?
1218 What date was Dwight D. Eisenhower born?
1219 What does the technical term ISDN mean?
1220 Why is the sun yellow?
1221 What is the conversion rate between dollars and pounds?
1222 When was Abraham Lincoln born?
1223 What is the Milky Way?
1224 What is mold?
1225 What year was Mozart born?
1226 What is a group of frogs called?
1227 What is the name of William Penn's ship?
1228 What is the melting point of gold?
1229 What is the street address of the White House?
1230 What is semolina?
1231 What fruit is Melba sauce made from?
1232 What is Ursa Major?
1233 What is the percentage of water content in the human body?
1234 How much does water weigh?
1235 What was President Lyndon Johnson's reform program called?
1236 What is the murder rate in Windsor, Ontario?
1237 Who is the only president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms?
1238 What is the population of Australia?
1239 Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
1240 Name a stimulant.
1241 What is the effect of volcanoes on the climate?
1242 What year did the Andy Griffith show begin?
1243 What is acid rain?
1244 What is the date of Mexico's independence?
1245 What is the location of Lake Champlain?
1246 What is the Illinois state flower?
1247 What is Maryland's state bird?
1248 What is quicksilver?
1249 Who wrote 'The Devine Comedy'?
1250 What is the speed of light?
1251 What is the width of a football field?
1252 Why in tennis are zero points called love?
1253 What kind of dog was Toto in the Wizard of Oz?
1254 What is a thyroid?
1255 What does ciao mean?
1256 What is the only artery that carries blue blood from the heart to the lungs?
1257 How often does Old Faithful erupt at Yellowstone National Park?
1258 What is acetic acid?
1259 What is the elevation of St. Louis, MO?
1260 What color does litmus paper turn when it comes into contact with a strong acid?
1261 What are the colors of the German flag?
1262 What is the Moulin Rouge?
1263 What soviet seaport is on the Black Sea?
1264 What is the atomic weight of silver?
1265 What currency do they use in Brazil?
1266 What are pathogens?
1267 What is mad cow disease?
1268 Name a food high in zinc.
1269 When did North Carolina enter the union?
1270 Where do apple snails live?
1271 What are ethics?
1272 What does CPR stand for?
1273 What is an annuity?
1274 Who killed John F. Kennedy?
1275 Who was the first vice president of the U.S.?
1276 What birthstone is turquoise?
1277 Who was the first US President to ride in an automobile to his inauguration?
1278 How old was the youngest president of the United States?
1279 When was Ulysses S. Grant born?
1280 What is Muscular Dystrophy?
1281 Who lived in the Neuschwanstein castle?
1282 What is propylene glycol?
1283 What is a panic disorder?
1284 Who invented the instant Polaroid camera?
1285 What is a carcinogen?
1286 What is a baby lion called?
1287 What is the world's population?
1288 What is nepotism?
1289 What is die-casting?
1290 What is myopia?
1291 What is the sales tax rate in New York?
1292 Developing nations comprise what percentage of the world's population?
1293 What is the fourth highest mountain in the world?
1294 What is Shakespeare's nickname?
1295 What is the heaviest naturally occurring element?
1296 When is Father's Day?
1297 What does the acronym NASA stand for?
1298 How long is the Columbia River in miles?
1299 What city's newspaper is called 'The Star'?
1300 What is carbon dioxide?
1301 Where is the Mason/Dixon line?
1302 When was the Boston tea party?
1303 What is metabolism?
1304 Which U.S.A. president appeared on 'Laugh-In'?
1305 What are cigarettes made of?
1306 What is the capital of Zimbabwe?
1307 What does NASA stand for?
1308 What is the state flower of Michigan?
1309 What are semiconductors?
1310 What is nuclear power?
1311 What is a tsunami?
1312 Who is the congressman from state of Texas on the armed forces committee?
1313 Who was president in 1913?
1314 When was the first kidney transplant?
1315 What are Canada's two territories?
1316 What was the name of the plane Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic?
1317 What is genocide?
1318 What continent is Argentina on?
1319 What monastery was raided by Vikings in the late eighth century?
1320 What is an earthquake?
1321 Where is the tallest roller coaster located?
1322 What are enzymes?
1323 Who discovered oxygen?
1324 What is bangers and mash?
1325 What is the name given to the Tiger at Louisiana State University?
1326 Where are the British crown jewels kept?
1327 Who was the first person to reach the North Pole?
1328 What is an ulcer?
1329 What is vertigo?
1330 What is the spirometer test?
1331 When is the official first day of summer?
1332 What does the abbreviation SOS mean?
1333 What is the smallest bird in Britain?
1334 Who invented Trivial Pursuit?
1335 What gasses are in the troposphere?
1336 Which country has the most water pollution?
1337 What is the scientific name for elephant?
1338 Who is the actress known for her role in the movie 'Gypsy'?
1339 What breed of hunting dog did the Beverly Hillbillies own?
1340 What is the rainiest place on Earth?
1341 Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in literature?
1342 When is St. Patrick's Day?
1343 What was FDR's dog's name?
1344 What colors need to be mixed to get the color pink?
1345 What is the most popular sport in Japan?
1346 What is the active ingredient in baking soda?
1347 When was Thomas Jefferson born?
1348 How cold should a refrigerator be?
1349 When was the telephone invented?
1350 What is the most common eye color?
1351 Where was the first golf course in the United States?
1352 What is schizophrenia?
1353 What is angiotensin?
1354 What did Jesse Jackson organize?
1355 What is New York's state bird?
1356 What is the National Park in Utah?
1357 What is Susan B. Anthony's birthday?
1358 In which state would you find the Catskill Mountains?
1359 What do you call a word that is spelled the same backwards and forwards?
1360 What are pediatricians?
1361 What chain store is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas?
1362 What are solar cells?
1363 What is compounded interest?
1364 What are capers?
1365 What is an antigen?
1366 What currency does Luxembourg use?
1367 What is the population of Venezuela?
1368 What type of polymer is used for bulletproof vests?
1369 What currency does Argentina use?
1370 What is a thermometer?
1371 What Canadian city has the largest population?
1372 What color are crickets?
1373 Which country gave New York the Statue of Liberty?
1374 What was the name of the first U.S. satellite sent into space?
1375 What precious stone is a form of pure carbon?
1376 What kind of gas is in a fluorescent bulb?
1377 What is rheumatoid arthritis?
1378 What river runs through Rowe, Italy?
1379 What is cerebral palsy?
1380 What city is also known as 'The Gateway to the West'?
1381 How far away is the moon?
1382 What is the source of natural gas?
1383 In what spacecraft did U.S. astronaut Alan Shepard make his historic 1961 flight?
1384 What is pectin?
1385 What is bio-diversity?
1386 What's the easiest way to remove wallpaper?
1387 What year did the Titanic start on its journey?
1388 How much of an apple is water?
1389 Who was the 22nd President of the US?
1390 What is the money they use in Zambia?
1391 How many feet in a mile?
1392 What is the birthstone of October?
1393 What is e-coli?