| Category | Question | Answer |
| Arts & Literature | What place did Dante describe as having "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here" written over its doors? | Hell |
| Geography | What is the capital of the US state Kansas? | Topeka |
| Entertainment | What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in Michigan? | Jeff Daniels |
| History | What was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery, in 1888? | Brazil |
| Science & Nature | What did Henry Shrapnel invent? | Exploding shell |
| Miscellaneous | Christmas caroling began as what old English custom? | Wassailing |