Potpourri Study Guide

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Ireland 9x 11.1% stumper $367 avg J:7 DJ:2

J $100 1998 Country in which you'd find the Book of Kells

J $500 1997 It's the native country of the Connemara pony, an excellent jumper

J $100 1995 Beers from this country include Murphy's Export Stout & Guinness Extra Stout

Should-Know (32)

Poland 6x $550 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 1994 The mazurka is a folk dance of this country

J $500 1990 The only listings in "Americana" that start with the letters "GD" are the ports of Gdynia & Gdansk in this country

DJ $1,000 DD 1997 Many Belarusians & Ukrainians live in this country bordered on its east by Belarus & Ukraine

Japan 6x $250 avg J:6

J $100 1993 This country leads the world in the production of cultured pearls

J $600 2006 The Ohara Museum was this nation's--not Ireland's--first museum of modern Western art

J $100 1987 About 70% of cultured pearls on the market today come from this country

2 6x 16.7% stumper $283 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 1997 On an analog clock the hour hand will make this many revolutions a day

DJ $600 1991 Of 2, 30 or fourscore & 7, the length in minutes of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

DJ $200 1990 The number of times a year the snow goose sets off on a migration

the Liberty Bell 5x $800 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 1984 When it was rung for Chief Justice John Marshall's funeral, it cracked

J $600 2019 In 1852 this object was brought down from a tower & placed in Philadelphia's Independence Hall

J $2,000 DD 2022 This icon that strikes an E flat has words on it like "Pensylvania", which was an accepted spelling at the time

London 5x 20.0% stumper $260 avg J:5

J $100 1999 22 Jermyn Street, The Savoy & The Covent Garden are all hotels in this city

J $500 1990 The international headquarters of the Salvation Army is in this world capital

J $200 2016 Samuel Johnson said, "When a man is tired of" this city that contains his only surviving residence, "he is tired of life"

Hawaii 5x 40.0% stumper $320 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1998 A newcomer to this U.S. state is known to locals as a malihini

DJ $800 1993 It's the only state whose flag features the British Union Jack

J $100 1984 They were formerly called the Sandwich Islands

Florida 5x 20.0% stumper $200 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1993 Brevard, Broward & Okeechobee are counties in this state

J $100 1987 80% of cocaine entering U.S. comes in by air thru this state, keeping Crockett & Tubbs busy

J $200 2003 The final vote count in this state in 2000 was Gore: 2,912,253, Bush: 2,912,790

English 5x 20.0% stumper $500 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $200 1988 More than 25% of the world's daily newspapers are published in this language

DJ $800 1995 It's the official language of Liberia

J $300 1991 It's the official language of Antigua & Barbuda

Connecticut 5x 20.0% stumper $400 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1996 The University of New Haven is actually in West Haven in this state

J $500 1998 The people of this Northeastern U.S. state are called Nutmegs as well as Nutmeggers

DJ $200 1996 In the 1700s the poets known as the Hartford Wits were also known as this state's Wits

coffee 5x $400 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1993 The John Conti Co.'s museum in Louisville should wake you up—it's devoted to this breakfast brew

J $800 2020 In 1932 Brazil's Olympic team had to sell bags of this crop while sailing to Los Angeles in order to pay for the trip

J $300 1994 Tia Maria is a Jamaican liqueur made with these beans

China 5x 20.0% stumper $580 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1997 This Asian country leads the world in the production of rice & pears

DJ $2,000 DD 2007 Due partly to a policy of its govt., in 2005 this country led the world in foreign babies adopted by Americans

J $200 1997 With almost 3 million, this country leads the world in the number of active duty troops

blue 5x 20.0% stumper $380 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1994 It's the color of the wild yonder

DJ $1,000 DD 1985 Color on the U.S. flag which stands for vigilance, perseverance & justice

J $100 1986 Color of a true sapphire

Alaska 5x 20.0% stumper $360 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1997 Not far from the Arctic Circle, Kotzebue is the second-largest Eskimo village in this state

DJ $800 2018 It's the largest U.S. state in area that borders the Pacific Ocean

DJ $200 1998 Eek! The Eek River in this state might be named for the Eskimo word for "unknown"

Yale 4x $225 avg J:4

J $100 1993 In 1980 students at this New Haven school stole a moose head & said they'd eat it if midterms weren't canceled

J $200 1998 Amos Alonzo Stagg was no dummy; he invented the football tackling dummy at this New Haven university

J $300 2000 In 1997 5 orthodox Jewish students shocked by this Conn. school's co-ed dorms asked to live off campus

Wales 4x 25.0% stumper $600 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 1994 Although the walnut is native to Persia, its name honors this British principality

DJ $800 1998 Dylan Thomas' "Child" had his title Christmas here

J $1,000 2023 After the queen's death, the names of Prince William's children now end with "of" this place instead of Cambridge

the Washington Monument 4x $275 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2023 When this D.C. landmark opened in 1888, you could climb 898 steps to the top

J $500 1988 It's the tallest structure in our nation's capital

J $200 2020 In July 2019 this D.C. monument was "turned" into a rocket for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11

tea 4x $250 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1995 Clotted cream & scones are served at the "cream" type of this British meal

J $200 1994 Traditionally, the Turkomans of Turkmenistan drink the green type of this beverage before meals

J $300 1992 The people of Tibet flavor this steeped beverage with salt & yak butter

South Carolina 4x 50.0% stumper $525 avg J:4

J $100 1998 Its state flower is the Carolina Jessamine--take a guess!

J $500 1998 The eastern part of this "Palmetto State" is the Low Country, & the western part is the Up Country

J $1,000 2007 This U.S. state was the last to fly the Confederate flag over its capital; the flag came down in 2000

Scotland 4x $275 avg J:4

J $200 2021 Born in North Ayrshire, Nicola Sturgeon is first minister of this U.K. division & leader of its National Party

J $200 1986 A. Carnegie, A.G. Bell, & R. L. Stevenson were all born in this country

J $300 1998 Orcadians don't live on the planet Ork but in the Orkney Islands of this British Isles country

New York 4x 33.3% stumper $400 avg J:3 FJ:1

J $400 1995 It's the only U.S. state whose name ends with the letter K

FJ 2012 With only 58% of residents, this U.S. state has the lowest percentage of licensed drivers

J $400 1994 The Cayuga duck has the same name as a lake in this state

Nebraska 4x 50.0% stumper $800 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2002 The folks in this "Cornhusker State" have been called bug-eaters, from a type of bird found there

J $1,000 2025 Pioneers in a covered wagon & Chimney Rock are on the reverse of this Midwest state'squarter

J $400 1997 Norfolk in this state was home to Johnny Carson & George L. Carlson, pioneer of artificial insemination

Michigan 4x $325 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1993 The Toledo War of 1835 gave Toledo to Ohio & granted this state its Upper Peninsula

J $300 1998 Fort Michilimackinac in this state is a reconstruction of an 18th century fort

DJ $400 2018 Generous donors pay for college for almost every graduate from public schools in Kalamazoo in this state

Israel 4x $250 avg J:4

J $100 1996 One of this country's shekels can be broken down into 100 agorot

J $100 1993 Founded in 1948, this country requires its men & women to serve in the Armed Forces

J $400 2025 In 1952 Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of this country but politely declined

India 4x $375 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1996 The people of this country's fourth-largest city are called Madrasis

DJ $600 1998 Until the 1720s, many diamonds, including the Great Mogul, were found in this Asian country

J $300 1993 Raj Gondi is one of the major dialects of Gondi, a language spoken chiefly in this country

Iceland 4x $575 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1992 Akureyri, the 2nd largest city in this country, has only 13,000 people while Reykjavik has 89,000

J $500 1993 In 1987 this Nordic nation began exporting Elduris vodka to the U.S.; its name means "fire-ice"

DJ $1,000 1994 The Althing, Europe's oldest parliament, was established by Vikings in this country in 930

Germany 4x 25.0% stumper $450 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2008 This country, reunited in 1990, is one of Europe's most obese nations because of sausage & beer intake

DJ $1,000 1992 Once a duchy, Pomerania is now divided between Poland & this country

J $200 1993 Stuttgart in this country is so named because it used to be the site of a stud farm, or stuotgarten

Georgia 4x 25.0% stumper $550 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 1991 A peach replaces the "O" in the name of this state on its license plates

DJ $1,000 1990 It's the largest state entirely east of the Mississippi

J $400 1989 Privately held for 60 years by a club of wealthy people, Jekyll Island was sold to this state in 1947

Brazil 4x 50.0% stumper $525 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 1996 According to FIFA, 5 of the 10 largest soccer stadiums are in this country

J $500 1994 This South American country ranks third in the world as a grower of cacao beans

DJ $1,000 1996 This country's pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair was designed by Lucio Costa & Oscar Niemeyer

Africa 4x $525 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 1997 Continent on which the highest recorded air temperature, 136 degrees F., was recorded

J $500 1990 Elizabeth II was visiting this continent when she found out that she had become queen

J $600 2025 "The Sheltering Sky" is set on this continent but Paul Bowles named the hero Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea

a rabbit 4x $400 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 1992 A Volkswagen &, appropriately, an ovulation computer have been named for this animal

DJ $800 2004 The logo of the National Beagle Club doesn't show a beagle but this scared animal that beagles hunt

J $200 1991 Hugh Hefner is helping to save Florida's Sylvilagus palustris hefneri, a breed of this named for him

the Gypsies 4x $400 avg J:4

J $300 1993 Ion Cioaba was recently crowned Bulibasha, or king, of these colorful wanderers

J $500 1993 When these nomads wandered to Europe, they claimed to come from "Little Egypt", hence their name

J $400 1993 Romany is the native tongue of this "wandering" people

a bird 4x $400 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $300 1995 The quetzal on Guatemala's coat of arms is one of these creatures

J $500 1994 The indigo bunting isn't a flag, it's one of these animals

DJ $200 2001 An ibex is a goat & an ibis is a species of this

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X 3 Virginia 3 Versailles 3 Vermont 3 Venus 3 Tuberculosis 3 the Sphinx 3 the Nobel Prize 3 Texas 3 teeth 3 Switzerland 3 Sweden 3 Swahili 3 steel 3 Ronald Reagan 3 Rice 3 red 3 quartz 3 Phi Beta Kappa 3 papyrus 3 North Carolina 3 New Orleans 3 Napoleon 3 mosquitos 3 Mississippi 3 Maine 3 Jupiter 3 Hershey 3 Greece 3 Gone with the Wind 3 France 3 fire 3 Elvis Presley 3 Easter Island 3 dogs 3 Delaware 3 corn 3 copper 3 Canada 3 Cambridge 3 Buffalo Bill 3 Boston 3 automobiles 3 Attila 3 Antarctica 3 Amelia Earhart 3 amber 3 Albert Einstein 3 a dog 3 = 3 "Mary Had A Little Lamb" 3 a turkey 3 zero 2 Zeppo 2 Winston Churchill 2 Wings 2 Wine 2 William the Conqueror 2 white 2 Westminster 2 Washington, D.C. 2 Victoria 2 Venezuela 2 Uno 2 Twitter 2 Twister 2 turquoise 2 Toronto 2 Tobacco 2 TikTok 2 tic-tac-toe 2 the White House 2 the Visigoths 2 the Trojan War 2 the Tower of London 2 the Thames 2 the steeplechase 2 the Statue of Liberty 2 the Rhine 2 The Red Baron 2 the Prado 2 the pony express 2 The New Yorker 2 the Moon 2 the Mona Lisa 2 the Maori 2 the Magna Carta 2 the liver 2 the La Brea Tar Pits 2 the knight 2 the foot 2 the Eiffel Tower 2 the Constitution 2 the Caribbean Sea 2 the brain 2 the Amazon 2 testosterone 2 tarot cards 2 surfing 2 Spain 2 Sony 2 soccer 2 soap 2 Singapore 2 Silk Stockings 2 silk 2 Sikorsky 2 Sigmund Freud 2 Sherlock Holmes 2 Santa Claus 2 salsa 2 rye 2 Rolls Royce 2 Roe v. Wade 2 Rio de Janeiro 2 Reader's Digest 2 RCA 2 Quasimodo 2 Pygmies 2 Princess Margaret 2 port 2 Pope John Paul II 2 Pizarro 2 Pixar 2 Pig Latin 2 Philadelphia 2 Peru 2 pajamas 2 Orion 2 OPEC 2 Nova Scotia 2 Nonagenarian 2 New York City 2 New Jersey 2 New Hampshire 2 Nevada 2 Neapolitan 2 Navajo 2 nails 2 Moses 2 Minnesota 2 MGM 2 Mexico City 2 Mexico 2 Matthew, Mark, Luke and John 2 Massachusetts 2 Marilyn Monroe 2 Los Angeles 2 lint 2 Liechtenstein 2 Liberia 2 Leo 2 Legs 2 lanolin 2 lactose 2 lace 2 Kenya 2 Kentucky 2 July 4th 2 Julius Caesar 2 Juan Valdez 2 Jamaica 2 jai alai 2 J.R.R. Tolkien 2 Italy 2 Iraq 2 Iowa 2 Io 2 insects 2 I 2 Horton 2 honey 2 Hirohito 2 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 2 helium 2 Hebrew 2 Halifax 2 hair 2 Greenwich Village 2 Greek 2 Great Britain 2 Gore Vidal 2 Goodyear 2 golf 2 Girl Scout cookies 2 Gettysburg 2 Georgian 2 Garry Kasparov 2 garlic 2 Friday 2 French's 2 Florence 2 flat 2 Fidel Castro 2 eyes 2 Exodus 2 Eleanor Roosevelt 2 Egypt 2 Easter 2 E.T. 2 Dwight David Eisenhower 2 drunk driving 2 dreams 2 Dr. Seuss 2 Downing Street 2 Dolly Parton 2 Doc Holliday 2 diamonds 2 Denmark 2 Daniel Boone 2 cuneiform 2 coupons 2 cotton 2 Cornwall 2 Confucius 2 Colorado 2 Colombia 2 Clue 2 closed captions 2 Cleopatra's Needle 2 cinnamon 2 Cinderella 2 Chile 2 Chief Joseph 2 Chicago 2 Chess 2 Cherokee 2 checkers 2 Charlie Chaplin 2 Charles Lindbergh 2 Charles II 2 Catholicism 2 Catherine the Great 2 Carole Lombard 2 Carbon Dioxide 2 Capricorn 2 California 2 calf 2 caffeine 2 Buenos Aires 2 Brylcreem 2 Broadway 2 British Columbia 2 bridge 2 Bob Hope 2 Billy Graham 2 Bermuda 2 Berlin 2 Belgium 2 beets 2 Beaver 2 bananas 2 balsa wood 2 bacon 2 August 2 Atlanta 2 Arkansas 2 Arizona 2 Aristophanes 2 Architectural Digest 2 aquamarine 2 apricots 2 an affidavit 2 Alexander Hamilton 2 Alexander Graham Bell 2 Alex Haley 2 Alberta 2 a saguaro 2 a raccoon 2 a pendulum 2 a calculator 2 7 2 5 2 40 2 4 2 3 2 13 2 12 2 "In God We Trust" 2 Violet 2

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