| Category | Question | Answer |
| Arts & Literature | Whose most famous poem ends with "I lift my lamp beside the golden door"? | Emma Lazarus's |
| Geography | Chicago borders which of the five Great Lakes? | Michigan |
| Entertainment | What did Wednesday Addams call her headless doll on "The Addams Family"? | Marie Antoinette |
| History | Who was Germany's first female chancellor? | Angela Merkel |
| Science & Nature | What gas filled the Hindenburg airship? | Hydrogen |
| Miscellaneous | Who won the US Open men's tennis title in 1990 at the age of just 19? | Pete Sampras |