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Sample questions from our Accent on Academics publication for the May, June, July 2003 Bonus Issue

1) Which natural stone profile, found on everything in New Hampshire from road signs to the state quarter, fell from its mountainside in early May in Franconia Notch?
Answer: Old Man of the Mountain.

2) Which city, Russia's second-largest, celebrated its 300th anniversary in May with 45 heads of state in attendance? It was formerly called Leningrad.
Answer: St. Petersburg (some of these leaders then went to Evian, France, for a G-8 summit).

3) During which war did Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, become known as "The Angel of the Battlefield"?
Answer: Civil War.

4) Which American rider won which European 2,125-mile race for the 5th consecutive time, tying the record of Spain's Miguel Indurain?
Answer: Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France.

5) Identify the Broadway musical that closed in May after 16 years and 6,680 per-formances, leaving Andrew Lloyd's Webber's The Phantom of the Opera as the only remaining big British musical of the 1980s left in New York.
Answer: Les Misérables (based on Victor Hugo's novel; this musical is second only to Cats as Broadway's longest running show).