| Category | Question | Answer |
| History | What world leader was assassinated in Cairo on October 6, 1981? | Anwar Sadat |
| History | What US state is represented by the figures of George Washington and Robert E. Lee in the Capitol's Statuary Hall? | Virginia |
| History | What US president endorsed the Louisiana Purchase in 1803? | Thomas Jefferson |
| History | The "Italian Plague of 1629-31" is also referred to as by what other name? | Great Plague of Milan |
| History | What British Lord outlawed Christmas and, by extension, Santa, in 1647? | Lord Oliver Cromwell |