1. What do people do when they "tie the knot"?
Get married.

2. Which Texan took control of his father's tool company at the age of 17 and died a billionaire at the age of 70?
Howard Hughes

3. The Himalayan mountains were formed by what geological phenomenon?
Collision of plates

4.In what year was slavery abolished in the United States?
1865

5. What was the occupation of the fictional character Sinbad?
Sailor

6. Three Presidents served in the Mexican War of 1845-48. Name any one of them.
Taylor, Pierce, Grant

7. Which planet has the highest escape velocity?
Jupiter

8. An equation with the highest order of 3 will form what type of curve?
Cubic curve

9. From what point is the elevation of land measured?
Sea level

10. What position is a bat in when it's sleeping?
Upside down

11. What do we call tiny openings in the skin?
Pores

12. What basic cooking method was used most often in the galleys of U.S. warships two hundred years ago?
Boiling

13. Name the capital city of West Virginia.
Charleston

14. Justin Timberlake was a member of what popular boy band?
NSYNC

15. What rhymes with "fork" and is used to make bottle stoppers?
Cork

16. How many square centimeters are in 4.5 square meters?
45,000