| Category | Question | Answer |
| Arts & Literature | What short story begins "$1.87. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies"? | The Gift of the Magi |
| Arts & Literature | In folklore, what mysterious ghost ship can never go home and was doomed to sail the oceans forever? | The 'Flying Dutchman' |
| Arts & Literature | Where was Enrico Caruso born? | Naples, italy |
| Arts & Literature | What book facilitated the ban of the pesticide DDT in 1972 in the U.S.? | Silent Spring |
| Arts & Literature | What comic features Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, and PJ? | Family Circus |