Q: Which of these words means "timepiece"?

anachronism
horologium
polydactyl
neologism

Q: Use these three words correctly in a sentence: chicanery, burgeon, astute (judged on a 1-5 scale with one point for each word used correctly and two possible points for style).

Q; Sammy has a bag of french fries, 13 of which are fresh and 7 of which are rotten. If Sammy grabs 3 french fries from the bag at random, what is the probability that all 3 are rotten?

Q: What is your mom's age when she had you, plus your age, divided by your mom's age now, minus your mom's age to the 0th power?

Name as many state capitals as you can that begin with the letter "M."  (Three possible points)


The shortest sea route between England and mainland Europe is between Calais, France, and what English port?

Portsmouth
Felixstowe
Dover
Folkestowe

Q: What is the rarest blood type?

Q: Who is the only New Yorker to sign the Constitution?

Q: Taking a cue from "Bright Lights, Big City" and the protagonist's obsession with the NY Post, that's where I'll draw the categories from.  Today, for example, the cover story is about Hannah Montana singer Miley Cyrus posing seminude for Vanity Fair.  Here are today's current events-inspired questions:
       1) What state was Miley Cyrus born in?
       2) Who wrote the novel Vanity Fair?
       3) How was Vanity Smurf's wardrobe different from the other smurfs?
       4) Who was President when the first issue of Vanity Fair was published?
       5) What is someone from Montana known as?