| Category | Question | Answer |
| Arts & Literature | Which famous number was dreaded by people in Orwell’s 1984? | 101 |
| Geography | What Ivy League university is located in Ithaca, NY? | Cornell |
| Entertainment | What real-life woman, the subject of a 2000 film, won the Miss Pacific Coast beauty pageant in 1981? | Erin Brockovich |
| History | What US president was born in Kinderhook, New York? | Martin Van Buren |
| Science & Nature | What is the heaviest chemical element on the periodic table that has a one-letter abbreviation? | Uranium |
| Miscellaneous | Who is known as "Big Mama" in ladies pro golf? | JoAnne Carner |