1. The Kamchatka Peninsula, home of Russia’s Pacific submarine fleet, is also home to several UNESCO World Heritage sites. What ‘active’ Kamchatka features dominate these lists? volcanoes wetlands Russian palaces hominid structures

2. Mentioned in the texts of such philosophers as Sophocles, Plato, and Aristotle, the prophesier and oracle who saw visions from Apollo was called the Pythia. In which city was she located? Athens Delphi Corinth Antioch

3. Playing an obsessive-compulsive detective, which Arab-American actor has won multiple Emmys for his role on the television show “Monk”? John Abizaid Mario Kassar Tony Shalhoub David Yazbek

4. During WWII, which Allied leader had an enormous underground command structure known as Paddock built in a suburban area of Dollis Hill? Franklin D. Roosevelt Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Winston Churchill

5. Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, fictional characters in many of Tony Hillerman’s novels, belong to the Tuba City district of what real world law enforcement agency? Federal Bureau of Investigation Navajo Tribal Police Bureau of Indian Affairs United States Border Patrol

6. The holes (or ‘eyes’) in Swiss cheeses are made artificially by machines. True False

7. Refractive surgery on the eye is utilized so that people won’t have to rely on wearing glasses or contact lenses. The most common medium is the laser and the most popular surgery is LASIK. Which part of the eye is reshaped during these procedures? iris retina pupil cornea

8. Which Egyptian hieroglyphic character do the Coptic Christians of Egypt use as a symbol of life after death? ankh was djed wadjet

9. Born with the name Florence Nightingale Graham, which Canadian studied beauty techniques in France in 1912, years before creating a cosmetic empire in the U.S.? Elizabeth Arden Helena Rubenstein Estée Lauder Liliane Bettencourt

10. Italian Umberto Granaglia was lauded the “Best Player of the Twentieth Century” by the Confederation Mondiale des Sport de Boules for his excellence in Volo, a form of which unorthodox sport? bocce snooker curling baccarat