1. John
   Benedict
2. James
   Elizier

Sean Connery was the first actor to portray the suave agent, back in 1962's "Dr. No." The most recent Bond, as of 2015, is Daniel Craig, who debuted in the franchise's 2006 movie, "Casino Royale."

1. agave
   grape
2. peach
   plum

Traditionally, grapes are crushed and fermented to make wine. Some varieties of wine include flavors from other fruits, such as peaches. Although stories persist of people stomping grapes with their bare feet to extract the juice, this was rarely done throughout history. Instead, some form of press was generally used.

1. Dorothy Day
   Rosa Parks
2. Jane Fonda
   Emma Willard

Rosa Parks' bravery in 1955 resulted in a boycott of the bus system in Montgomery, Alabama. City officials were forced to end segregation on buses.

1. i
   o
2. w
   a

While the letter "y" sometimes behaves like a vowel and other times like a consonant, the letter "w" is a consonant termed a "semivowel." Students often memorize vowels as "a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y."

1. Master
   Cardinal
2. Preacher
   Pope

The election of Pope Francis - Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio - made headlines because he was the first man from the Americas to be elected, and the first non-European man to become pope in over one thousand years.

1. "Singin' in the Rain"
   "Sunset Boulevard"
2. "Vertigo"
   "A Streetcar Named Desire"

"Singin' in the Rain" is a bubbly musical and love story that debuted in the 1950s. The story is woven around the struggles of filmmakers as they adjust to making movies with sound.

1. ladder
   hailstone
2. apple
   rock

While it's popular to say the apple fell on Isaac Newton's head, there's no real evidence to suggest this is so. He did, however, have the idea in an apple orchard while wondering why apples always fell straight down.

1. Nashville, TN
   Charleston, SC
2. Salem, MA
   Portland, OR

The Salem Witch Trials occurred in the late 1600s, resulting in the death of nineteen and imprisonment for many more. The trials occurred after several hundred years of witch hunts in Europe that resulted in the murder of tens of thousands of European women.

1. Michael Jackson
   Mick Jagger
2. Elvis Presley
   Steven Tyler

Elvis, the "King," is widely considered to be rock n' roll's first major star. While estimates vary, he's said to have sold over a billion records worldwide.

1. the dodo bird
   the Labrador duck
2. the laughing owl
   the passenger pigeon

Many people mistakenly believe that dodos were stupid birds hunted to extinction. In fact, scientists believe that animals brought to their island in the Indian Ocean by the Dutch ate the birds' eggs and competed for their food, dooming the birds to extinction.

1. chlorine
   fluoride
2. bromine
   hydrogen

Fluoride is commonly found in U.S. drinking water, toothpaste and other tooth care products. There is data both favoring and disfavoring its use in water, however, and many European countries have opted not to use it.

1. Happy
   Sappy
2. Sneezy
   Grumpy

The seven dwarfs from Disney's "Snow White" were Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy and Sneezy. These names were invented by Disney writers; in traditional texts, the dwarfs are anonymous or have different culturally significant names.

1. tendons
   nerves
2. muscles
   lipids

Nerves propagate signals throughout the body, sending and receiving information. They don't work alone, however. Hormone signals and other chemical messages compliment the electrical information surging through your body.

1. Abraham Lincoln
   Uncle Sam
2. George Washington
   An unnamed soldier

Uncle Sam is a popular personification of the USA. The poster was designed and drawn by James Montgomery Flagg, a famous American artist who lived from 1877 to 1960.

1. "Garfield"
   "Get Fuzzy"
2. "Calvin and Hobbes"
   "Lio"

"Calvin and Hobbes" ran from 1985 to 1995. The main characters were named after the famous Protestant theologian, Calvin, and the British philosopher, Hobbes, although Hobbes' personality was modeled after the author's cat named Sprite.

1. Persia
   Troy
2. Babylon
   Paris

The Trojan war was said to have begun over a woman: a young Trojan man named Paris stole away the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, from her husband, Menelaus. He came to get her back, and the Trojans refused.

1. King Henry VIII
   King Edward I
2. King James III
   King Alfred the Great

Henry the Eighth desperately wanted a male heir, and he was willing to break with the Church to secure a wife who could give him one. Jane Seymour was the only one of his six wives to bear a son.

1. a rainstorm
   an explosion
2. a slow, calm expansion
   a meteor shower

The theory holds that an infinitesimally small point in space, densely packed with matter, burst outward into the universe as we know it. Interestingly, the universe is still expanding and shows no signs of stopping!

1. California
   Ohio
2. Wyoming
   Georgia

Yellowstone National Park spans territory in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. Old Faithful, one of the park's most famous geysers, is located in the Wyoming portion of the park.

1. Woodrow Wilson
   Abraham Lincoln
2. Theodore Roosevelt
   John Adams

It might not be accurate to say that Lincoln taught himself how to read and write without any assistance, but it is true that much of his childhood education was self-taught. His parents were probably both illiterate, but his stepmother encouraged his love of learning and helped him get books.

1. American revolutionaries threw tea off British ships.
   British colonials threw a massive tea party in Boston.
2. The drawn-out battle was sparked over an argument during tea.
   All of the above.

The Sons of Liberty, a group of revolutionaries that included Samuel Adams, threw tea overboard in protest of Britain's tariffs. The tea lost was worth about one million U.S. dollars in today's currency.

1. Index of Elements
   Handbook of Chemistry
2. Periodic Table
   None of the above

The Periodic Table of Elements includes all discovered and manufactured elements known to man. As of 2016, the periodic table displays 118 elements.

1. Voldemort
   Grindelwald
2. Dumbledore
   Sirius Black

Voldemort (also called He Who Must Not Be Named) is the series' main villain, who Harry must face before the story can come to a close. His real name is Tom Riddle.

1. Maui
   Oahu
2. Kauai
   Mauna Loa

Hawaii (the "Big Island"), Maui, Oahu, and Kauai are some of Hawaii's most famous islands. Mauna Loa is a volcano on the big island that is active.

1. Vegemite
   Pizza
2. Hot dogs
   Croissant

Having a "Vegemite sandwich" is a very Australian thing to do, and many tourists try the stuff when they visit. It's made of yeast and is said to taste somewhat like beer and somewhat like soy sauce.

1. Serotonin
   Melatonin
2. Ghrelin
   Aldosterone

Serotonin is known to have many beneficial effects, including lifting a person's mood, reducing anxiety and even increasing libido. Many pharmaceutical products attempt to increase serotonin for individuals who can't produce enough on their own.

1. North Star (Polaris)
   the sun
2. Proxima Centauri
   Betelgeuse

The North Star is so named not because it is the brightest star in the sky, but because its position in the night sky doesn't appear to change. This is because it's almost perfectly aligned with the Earth's axis of rotation!

1. C. S. Lewis
   J. R. R. Tolkien
2. George Orwell
   George Lucas

Tolkien is a writer beloved by many, and not just those who gravitate to the fantasy and sci-fi genres. Both "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" were adapted for the big screen by director Peter Jackson.

1. orangutans
   koalas
2. kangaroos
   pandas

Pandas were classified as endangered for a long time because they mainly feed on bamboo shoots, leaves, and stalks, so changes in their habitat were catastrophic. Occasionally, pandas will also eat small rodents and a few other select plants.

1. Ohio
   North Carolina
2. Illinois
   All of the above

The bright red bird known as a cardinal is a popular choice for state bird: seven states (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia) claim it as their official state bird!

1. Argentina
   Tanzania
2. Russia
   Japan

Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest of all African mountains, is actually a volcano. Two of its three peaks are extinct, but its main peak, Kibo, is only dormant, meaning it could (in theory) erupt sometime in the future.

1. a large business center
   a monument to learning
2. a mausoleum
   a royal palace

The Taj Mahal was built under the orders of Emperor Shah Jahan after the most beloved of his three queens, Mumtaz Mahal, passed away. Its immense size and exquisite beauty draw millions of visitors each year.

1. Greenland
   Nova Scotia
2. Antarctica only
   Various locales in the Southern Hemisphere

New Zealand, Antarctica, Australia, and South America are just some of the places penguins call home. They rarely travel north and can tolerate a wide range of temperatures.

1. cashew
   hazelnut
2. pistachio
   peanut

Peanuts are actually legumes - think beans and lentils. Pistachios and cashews are both technically seeds, but are commonly grouped with real nuts for cooking purposes.

1. Arabic
   English
2. Spanish
   French

Approximately 700 million people in Africa speak English. Arabic is the second most common language on the continent, spoken by more than 100 million people.