| Category | Question | Answer |
| Arts & Literature | Who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"? | Francis Scott Key |
| Geography | Lake Mead is a US reservoir created by what dam? | Hoover Dam |
| Entertainment | Who is the lead guitarist in the band "The Who"? | Pete Townsend |
| History | Who succeeded Nikita Khrushchev as first Secretary of the Communist Party? | Leonid Brezhnev |
| Science & Nature | Cinnabar is the most common source for which compound? | Mercury |
| Miscellaneous | In 1988, who were admitted at Wheaton College for the first time? | Men |