Author Biography: fritzer

A strait (or straits) is a narrow waterway joining two larger bodies of water. These questions refer to straits all over the world.

Every game and sport has its own unique terminology and jargon. Identify what activity I was most likely playing or watching when I said:

You know all about CPU's and motherboards and inkjet nozzles and modems (you do, don't you?). This quiz has to do with more obscure terminolgy applied to computing hardware and software. I encountered all of these in the 3/2/04 issue of PC Magazine.

"Der apffel felt nicht weyt vom baum"--an old German proverb expressing "like parent, like child." This is a quiz about parents and their children who had great success in the same field of endeavor.

It is a high honor for a pro football player to have his jersey number retired by his team, never to be worn again. These questions relate to those teams, numbers, and honorees.

All kinds of people change their names for one reason or another: adoption, marriage, marquee value. Match the famous person with his or her seldom heard, but authentic, birth name. This is a long one. Be patient. Be challenged. Have a really good time.

Time has just flown by since my high school years, 1952-56. Out of those years came the first Rock 'n' Roll hits, silly love songs, corny specialty recordings, chart-topping hits by former big band singers--and wonderful memories!

Some American companies are closely identified with the cities in which they were founded or where their major facilities are. You'll see what I mean in these twenty questions.

These women have songs named for them, and each is involved in some action. A couple songs are a century old; all are 1970's and earlier. If you think a 'Golden Oldie' is something from, say, last summer, you might want to skip this quiz.

Lyrics sometimes are not all that 'politically correct,' especially when heard out of context. Pick the name of the songs--all of them are at least forty years old--containing these cruel and sassy lines.

May 18 is the anniversary of the explosive eruption of Mount Saint Helens. Let's remember this earthshaking event (literally) in U.S. history.