| Category | Question | Answer |
| Arts & Literature | How is Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known? | Mark Twain |
| Geography | What modern-day US state was inhabited by the Pequot Indians? | Connecticut |
| Entertainment | What genre is Neil Young considered to be the grandfather of? | Grunge |
| History | What year did General Sherman order Atlanta be burned? | 1864 |
| Science & Nature | What is the term for the physical disintegration of a nuclear reactor's core? | Meltdown |
| Miscellaneous | What is the name of the musical instrument which is a combination of two small drums, one bahina and the other dahina? | Tabla |