1) 1: What hoard of animals attacked Napoleon Bonaparte? 2) 2: What popular condiment was first sold as a medicine 3) 3: Which US president was a wrestling champion? 4) 4: What common household item did people make clothes out of during the Great Deppression? 5) 5: What field day sport was once in the Olympics? 6) 6: What tropical fruit was used as a status symbol in 18th century England? 7) 7: Who did ancient Greeks believe turned into vampires after death? 8) 8: What was the original use of tablecloths? 9) 9: What was the term for people who professionally woke people up before alarm clocks? 10) 10: What man-made disaster caused a man's eyes to change colors? 11) 11: What did the "Grooms of the Stool" do for Henry VIII? 12) 12: What did ancient Romans use as mouthwash? 13) 13: What tactics is master interrogator, Hanns Scharff, famous for? 14) 14: Which unlikely predator galloped across the now-Sahara Desert 100 million years ago? 15) 15: What natural disaster could be detected 3000 miles away? 16) 16: What animal was employed by the South African railway? 17) 17: One in 200 men are descendants of...? 18) 18: Which native people were invited to meet the Queen of England in 1710? 19) 19: What percentage of the Normandy Beaches are made up of schrapnel from D-Day? 20) 20: What is the oldest known instrument?

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