TREC-10 Questions:

  • How far is it from Denver to Aspen?
  • What county is Modesto, California in?
  • Who was Galileo?
  • What is an atom?
  • When did Hawaii become a state?
  • How tall is the Sears Building?
  • George Bush purchased a small interest in which baseball team?
  • What is Australia's national flower?
  • Why does the moon turn orange?
  • What is autism?
  • What city had a world fair in 1900?
  • What person's head is on a dime?
  • What is the average weight of a Yellow Labrador?
  • Who was the first man to fly across the Pacific Ocean?
  • When did Idaho become a state?
  • What is the life expectancy for crickets?
  • What metal has the highest melting point?
  • Who developed the vaccination against polio?
  • What is epilepsy?
  • What year did the Titanic sink?
  • Who was the first American to walk in space?
  • What is a biosphere?
  • What river in the US is known as the Big Muddy?
  • What is bipolar disorder?
  • What is cholesterol?
  • Who developed the Macintosh computer?
  • What is caffeine?
  • What imaginary line is halfway between the North and South Poles?
  • Where is John Wayne airport?
  • What hemisphere is the Philippines in?
  • What is the average speed of the horses at the Kentucky Derby?
  • Where are the Rocky Mountains?
  • What are invertebrates?
  • What is the temperature at the center of the earth?
  • When did John F. Kennedy get elected as President?
  • How old was Elvis Presley when he died?
  • Where is the Orinoco River?
  • How far is the service line from the net in tennis?
  • How much fiber should you have per day?
  • How many Great Lakes are there?
  • Material called linen is made from what plant?
  • What is Teflon?
  • What is amitriptyline?
  • What is a shaman?
  • What is the proper name for a female walrus?
  • What is a group of turkeys called?
  • How long did Rip Van Winkle sleep?
  • What are triglycerides?
  • How many liters in a gallon?
  • What is the name of the chocolate company in San Francisco?
  • What are amphibians?
  • Who discovered x-rays?
  • Which comedian's signature line is "Can we talk"?
  • What is fibromyalgia?
  • What is done with worn or outdated flags?
  • What does cc in engines mean?
  • When did Elvis Presley die?
  • What is the capital of Yugoslavia?
  • Where is Milan?
  • What are the speed hummingbirds fly?
  • What is the oldest city in the United States?
  • What was W.C. Fields' real name?
  • What river flows between Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota?
  • What do bats eat?
  • What state did the Battle of Bighorn take place in?
  • Who was Abraham Lincoln?
  • What do you call a newborn kangaroo?
  • What are spider veins?
  • What day and month did John Lennon die?
  • What strait separates North America from Asia?
  • What is the population of Seattle?
  • How much was a ticket for the Titanic?
  • What is the largest city in the world?
  • What American composer wrote the music for "West Side Story"?
  • Where is the Mall of the America?
  • What is the pH scale?
  • What type of currency is used in Australia?
  • How tall is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO?
  • How much does the human adult female brain weigh?
  • Who was the first governor of Alaska?
  • What is a prism?
  • When was the first liver transplant?
  • Who was elected president of South Africa in 1994?
  • What is the population of China?
  • When was Rosa Parks born?
  • Why is a ladybug helpful?
  • What is amoxicillin?
  • Who was the first female United States Representative?
  • What are xerophytes?
  • What country did Ponce de Leon come from?
  • The U.S. Department of Treasury first issued paper currency for the U.S. during which war?
  • What is desktop publishing?
  • What is the temperature of the sun's surface?
  • What year did Canada join the United Nations?
  • What is the oldest university in the US?
  • Where is Prince Edward Island?
  • Mercury, what year was it discovered?
  • What is cryogenics?
  • What are coral reefs?
  • What is the longest major league baseball-winning streak?
  • What is neurology?
  • Who invented the calculator?
  • How do you measure earthquakes?
  • Who is Duke Ellington?
  • What county is Phoenix, AZ in?
  • What is a micron?
  • The sun's core, what is the temperature?
  • What is the Ohio state bird?
  • When were William Shakespeare's twins born?
  • What is the highest dam in the U.S.?
  • What color is a poison arrow frog?
  • What is acupuncture?
  • What is the length of the coastline of the state of Alaska?
  • What is the name of Neil Armstrong's wife?
  • What is Hawaii's state flower?
  • Who won Ms. American in 1989?
  • When did the Hindenberg crash?
  • What mineral helps prevent osteoporosis?
  • What was the last year that the Chicago Cubs won the World Series?
  • Where is Perth?
  • What year did WWII begin?
  • What is the diameter of a golf ball?
  • What is an eclipse?
  • Who discovered America?
  • What is the earth's diameter?
  • Which president was unmarried?
  • How wide is the Milky Way galaxy?
  • During which season do most thunderstorms occur?
  • What is Wimbledon?
  • What is the gestation period for a cat?
  • How far is a nautical mile?
  • Who was the abolitionist who led the raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859?
  • What does target heart rate mean?
  • What was the first satellite to go into space?
  • What is foreclosure?
  • What is the major fault line near Kentucky?
  • Where is the Holland Tunnel?
  • Who wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace"?
  • What position did Willie Davis play in baseball?
  • What are platelets?
  • What is severance pay?
  • What is the name of Roy Roger's dog?
  • Where are the National Archives?
  • What is a baby turkey called?
  • What is poliomyelitis?
  • What is the longest bone in the human body?
  • Who is a German philosopher?
  • What were Christopher Columbus' three ships?
  • What does Phi Beta Kappa mean?
  • What is nicotine?
  • What is another name for vitamin B1?
  • Who discovered radium?
  • What are sunspots?
  • When was Algeria colonized?
  • What baseball team was the first to make numbers part of their uniform?
  • What continent is Egypt on?
  • What is the capital of Mongolia?
  • What is nanotechnology?
  • In the late 1700's British convicts were used to populate which colony?
  • What state is the geographic center of the lower 48 states?
  • What is an obtuse angle?
  • What are polymers?
  • When is hurricane season in the Caribbean?
  • Where is the volcano Mauna Loa?
  • What is another astronomic term for the Northern Lights?
  • What peninsula is Spain part of?
  • When was Lyndon B. Johnson born?
  • What is acetaminophen?
  • What state has the least amount of rain per year?
  • Who founded American Red Cross?
  • What year did the Milwaukee Braves become the Atlanta Braves?
  • How fast is alcohol absorbed?
  • When is the summer solstice?
  • What is supernova?
  • Where is the Shawnee National Forest?
  • What U.S. state's motto is "Live free or Die"?
  • Where is the Lourve?
  • When was the first stamp issued?
  • What primary colors do you mix to make orange?
  • How far is Pluto from the sun?
  • What body of water are the Canary Islands in?
  • What is neuropathy?
  • Where is the Euphrates River?
  • What is cryptography?
  • What is natural gas composed of?
  • Who is the Prime Minister of Canada?
  • What French ruler was defeated at the battle of Waterloo?
  • What is leukemia?
  • Where did Howard Hughes die?
  • What is the birthstone for June?
  • What is the sales tax in Minnesota?
  • What is the distance in miles from the earth to the sun?
  • What is the average life span for a chicken?
  • When was the first Wal-Mart store opened?
  • What is relative humidity?
  • What city has the zip code of 35824?
  • What currency is used in Algeria?
  • Who invented the hula hoop?
  • What was the most popular toy in 1957?
  • What is pastrami made of?
  • What is the name of the satellite that the Soviet Union sent into space in 1957?
  • What city's newspaper is called "The Enquirer"?
  • Who invented the slinky?
  • What are the animals that don't have backbones called?
  • What is the melting point of copper?
  • Where is the volcano Olympus Mons located?
  • Who was the 23rd president of the United States?
  • What is the average body temperature?
  • What does a defibrillator do?
  • What is the effect of acid rain?
  • What year did the United States abolish the draft?
  • How fast is the speed of light?
  • What province is Montreal in?
  • What New York City structure is also known as the Twin Towers?
  • What is fungus?
  • What is the most frequently spoken language in the Netherlands?
  • What is sodium chloride?
  • What are the spots on dominoes called?
  • How many pounds in a ton?
  • What is influenza?
  • What is ozone depletion?
  • What year was the Mona Lisa painted?
  • What does "Sitting Shiva" mean?
  • What is the electrical output in Madrid, Spain?
  • Which mountain range in North America stretches from Maine to Georgia?
  • What is plastic made of?
  • What is the population of Nigeria?
  • What does your spleen do?
  • Where is the Grand Canyon?
  • Who invented the telephone?
  • What year did the U.S. buy Alaska?
  • What is the name of the leader of Ireland?
  • What is phenylalanine?
  • How many gallons of water are there in a cubic foot?
  • What are the two houses of the Legislative branch?
  • What is sonar?
  • In Poland, where do most people live?
  • What is phosphorus?
  • What is the location of the Sea of Tranquility?
  • How fast is sound?
  • What French province is cognac produced in?
  • What is Valentine's Day?
  • What causes gray hair?
  • What is hypertension?
  • What is bandwidth?
  • What is the longest suspension bridge in the U.S.?
  • What is a parasite?
  • What is home equity?
  • What do meteorologists do?
  • What is the criterion for being legally blind?
  • Who is the tallest man in the world?
  • What are the twin cities?
  • What did Edward Binney and Howard Smith invent in 1903?
  • What is the statue of liberty made of?
  • What is pilates?
  • What planet is known as the "red" planet?
  • What is the depth of the Nile river?
  • What is the colorful Korean traditional dress called?
  • What is Mardi Gras?
  • Mexican pesos are worth what in U.S. dollars?
  • Who was the first African American to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers?
  • Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada?
  • How many Admirals are there in the U.S. Navy?
  • What instrument did Glenn Miller play?
  • How old was Joan of Arc when she died?
  • What does the word fortnight mean?
  • What is dianetics?
  • What is the capital of Ethiopia?
  • For how long is an elephant pregnant?
  • How did Janice Joplin die?
  • What is the primary language in Iceland?
  • What is the difference between AM radio stations and FM radio stations?
  • What is osteoporosis?
  • Who was the first woman governor in the U.S.?
  • What is peyote?
  • What is the esophagus used for?
  • What is viscosity?
  • What year did Oklahoma become a state?
  • What is the abbreviation for Texas?
  • What is a mirror made out of?
  • Where on the body is a mortarboard worn?
  • What was J.F.K.'s wife's name?
  • What does I.V. stand for?
  • What is the chunnel?
  • Where is Hitler buried?
  • What are antacids?
  • What is pulmonary fibrosis?
  • What are Quaaludes?
  • What is naproxen?
  • What is strep throat?
  • What is the largest city in the U.S.?
  • What is foot and mouth disease?
  • What is the life expectancy of a dollar bill?
  • What do you call a professional map drawer?
  • What are Aborigines?
  • What is hybridization?
  • What color is indigo?
  • How old do you have to be in order to rent a car in Italy?
  • What does a barometer measure?
  • What color is a giraffe's tongue?
  • What does USPS stand for?
  • What year did the NFL go on strike?
  • What is solar wind?
  • What date did Neil Armstrong land on the moon?
  • When was Hiroshima bombed?
  • Where is the Savannah River?
  • Who was the first woman killed in the Vietnam War?
  • What planet has the strongest magnetic field of all the planets?
  • Who is the governor of Alaska?
  • What year did Mussolini seize power in Italy?
  • What is the capital of Persia?
  • Where is the Eiffel Tower?
  • How many hearts does an octopus have?
  • What is pneumonia?
  • What is the deepest lake in the US?
  • What is a fuel cell?
  • Who was the first U.S. president to appear on TV?
  • Where is the Little League Museum?
  • What are the two types of twins?
  • What is the brightest star?
  • What is diabetes?
  • When was President Kennedy shot?
  • What is TMJ?
  • What color is yak milk?
  • What date was Dwight D. Eisenhower born?
  • What does the technical term ISDN mean?
  • Why is the sun yellow?
  • What is the conversion rate between dollars and pounds?
  • When was Abraham Lincoln born?
  • What is the Milky Way?
  • What is mold?
  • What year was Mozart born?
  • What is a group of frogs called?
  • What is the name of William Penn's ship?
  • What is the melting point of gold?
  • What is the street address of the White House?
  • What is semolina?
  • What fruit is Melba sauce made from?
  • What is Ursa Major?
  • What is the percentage of water content in the human body?
  • How much does water weigh?
  • What was President Lyndon Johnson's reform program called?
  • What is the murder rate in Windsor, Ontario?
  • Who is the only president to serve 2 non-consecutive terms?
  • What is the population of Australia?
  • Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
  • Name a stimulant.
  • What is the effect of volcanoes on the climate?
  • What year did the Andy Griffith show begin?
  • What is acid rain?
  • What is the date of Mexico's independence?
  • What is the location of Lake Champlain?
  • What is the Illinois state flower?
  • What is Maryland's state bird?
  • What is quicksilver?
  • Who wrote "The Devine Comedy"?
  • What is the speed of light?
  • What is the width of a football field?
  • Why in tennis are zero points called love?
  • What kind of dog was Toto in the Wizard of Oz?
  • What is a thyroid?
  • What does ciao mean?
  • What is the only artery that carries blue blood from the heart to the lungs?
  • How often does Old Faithful erupt at Yellowstone National Park?
  • What is acetic acid?
  • What is the elevation of St. Louis, MO?
  • What color does litmus paper turn when it comes into contact with a strong acid?
  • What are the colors of the German flag?
  • What is the Moulin Rouge?
  • What soviet seaport is on the Black Sea?
  • What is the atomic weight of silver?
  • What currency do they use in Brazil?
  • What are pathogens?
  • What is mad cow disease?
  • Name a food high in zinc.
  • When did North Carolina enter the union?
  • Where do apple snails live?
  • What are ethics?
  • What does CPR stand for?
  • What is an annuity?
  • Who killed John F. Kennedy?
  • Who was the first vice president of the U.S.?
  • What birthstone is turquoise?
  • Who was the first US President to ride in an automobile to his inauguration?
  • How old was the youngest president of the United States?
  • When was Ulysses S. Grant born?
  • What is Muscular Dystrophy?
  • Who lived in the Neuschwanstein castle?
  • What is propylene glycol?
  • What is a panic disorder?
  • Who invented the instant Polaroid camera?
  • What is a carcinogen?
  • What is a baby lion called?
  • What is the world's population?
  • What is nepotism?
  • What is die-casting?
  • What is myopia?
  • What is the sales tax rate in New York?
  • Developing nations comprise what percentage of the world's population?
  • What is the fourth highest mountain in the world?
  • What is Shakespeare's nickname?
  • What is the heaviest naturally occurring element?
  • When is Father's Day?
  • What does the acronym NASA stand for?
  • How long is the Columbia River in miles?
  • What city's newspaper is called "The Star"?
  • What is carbon dioxide?
  • Where is the Mason/Dixon line?
  • When was the Boston tea party?
  • What is metabolism?
  • Which U.S.A. president appeared on "Laugh-In"?
  • What are cigarettes made of?
  • What is the capital of Zimbabwe?
  • What does NASA stand for?
  • What is the state flower of Michigan?
  • What are semiconductors?
  • What is nuclear power?
  • What is a tsunami?
  • Who is the congressman from state of Texas on the armed forces committee?
  • Who was president in 1913?
  • When was the first kidney transplant?
  • What are Canada's two territories?
  • What was the name of the plane Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic?
  • What is genocide?
  • What continent is Argentina on?
  • What monastery was raided by Vikings in the late eighth century?
  • What is an earthquake?
  • Where is the tallest roller coaster located?
  • What are enzymes?
  • Who discovered oxygen?
  • What is bangers and mash?
  • What is the name given to the Tiger at Louisiana State University?
  • Where are the British crown jewels kept?
  • Who was the first person to reach the North Pole?
  • What is an ulcer?
  • What is vertigo?
  • What is the spirometer test?
  • When is the official first day of summer?
  • What does the abbreviation SOS mean?
  • What is the smallest bird in Britain?
  • Who invented Trivial Pursuit?
  • What gasses are in the troposphere?
  • Which country has the most water pollution?
  • What is the scientific name for elephant?
  • Who is the actress known for her role in the movie "Gypsy"?
  • What breed of hunting dog did the Beverly Hillbillies own?
  • What is the rainiest place on Earth?
  • Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in literature?
  • When is St. Patrick's Day?
  • What was FDR's dog's name?
  • What colors need to be mixed to get the color pink?
  • What is the most popular sport in Japan?
  • What is the active ingredient in baking soda?
  • When was Thomas Jefferson born?
  • How cold should a refrigerator be?
  • When was the telephone invented?
  • What is the most common eye color?
  • Where was the first golf course in the United States?
  • What is schizophrenia?
  • What is angiotensin?
  • What did Jesse Jackson organize?
  • What is New York's state bird?
  • What is the National Park in Utah?
  • What is Susan B. Anthony's birthday?
  • In which state would you find the Catskill Mountains?
  • What do you call a word that is spelled the same backwards and forwards?
  • What are pediatricians?
  • What chain store is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas?
  • What are solar cells?
  • What is compounded interest?
  • What are capers?
  • What is an antigen?
  • What currency does Luxembourg use?
  • What is the population of Venezuela?
  • What type of polymer is used for bulletproof vests?
  • What currency does Argentina use?
  • What is a thermometer?
  • What Canadian city has the largest population?
  • What color are crickets?
  • Which country gave New York the Statue of Liberty?
  • What was the name of the first U.S. satellite sent into space?
  • What precious stone is a form of pure carbon?
  • What kind of gas is in a fluorescent bulb?
  • What is rheumatoid arthritis?
  • What river runs through Rowe, Italy?
  • What is cerebral palsy?
  • What city is also known as "The Gateway to the West"?
  • How far away is the moon?
  • What is the source of natural gas?
  • In what spacecraft did U.S. astronaut Alan Shepard make his historic 1961 flight?
  • What is pectin?
  • What is bio-diversity?
  • What's the easiest way to remove wallpaper?
  • What year did the Titanic start on its journey?
  • How much of an apple is water?
  • Who was the 22nd President of the US?
  • What is the money they use in Zambia?
  • How many feet in a mile?
  • What is the birthstone of October?
  • What is e-coli?