1. Liberal arts
   Women studies
2. Criminal justice
   Biochemical sciences

This question appeared on Jeopardy! in 2011. Some subjects that fall within liberal arts are philosophy and literature. Liberal arts is the oldest higher education program in Western history.

1. Albania
   Afghanistan
2. Algeria
   Angola

Afghanistan is a country located in the Middle East. Its capital is Kabul and the country has a population of over 34 million. It is officially named the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

1. Oksana Baiul
   Peggy Fleming
2. Tara Lipinski
   Nancy Kerrigan

Peggy Fleming was an Olympic figure skater and would go on to be a commentator. For a number of years after her time as a professional skater, Fleming and her husband owned and operated a vineyard and winery.

1. Los Angeles
   Denver
2. Las Vegas
   Cheyenne

Denver International Airport is located, quite obviously, in Colorado's capital city of Denver. Travelers get spectacular mountain views when landing and taking off. It's also the largest airport (by total land area) in North America.

1. John Wilkes Booth
   Lee Harvey Oswald
2. James Earl Ray
   Gavrilo Princip

Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Oswald was later killed by Jack Ruby, a nightclub owner, while in police custody (and on live TV, no less!)

1. Boor & Goot
   Hoot & foot
2. Pool & roof
   Poor & door

"The New Colossus" is the poem inscribed at the bottom of the Statue of Liberty. It was written by Emma Lazarus four years before her death. It was placed on the Statue of Liberty in 1903.

1. Israel & Egypt
   Ecuador & Peru
2. El Salvador & Honduras
   Turkey & Cyprus

Egypt and Israel had a tumultuous history beginning in 1948 with the Arab-Israeli War. The full-blown tumult ended in 1980 following the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty.

1. "Carmina Burana"
   "The Magic Flute"
2. "The Messiah"
   "La Traviata"

"The Messiah" is a classical work created by George Handel in 1741. In the work, he begins with prophecies before ending with Christ's resurrection in Part III.

1. Hartford
   Jefferson City
2. Nashville
   Annapolis

"Polis" is the Greek word for city, and in their culture, you'll find words such as the Acropolis of Athens. You'll find "polis" at the end of the capitals of Indiana (Indianapolis) and Maryland (Annapolis.)

1. Gene Roddenberry
   Chuck Lorre
2. Ronald D. More
   Mel Brooks

Beam me up, Gene! Born in Texas, Gene Roddenberry is known for creating "Star Trek." He was the first television writer to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1. Brody and Crowe
   Day-Lewis and DiCaprio
2. Hoffman and Brando
   McConaughey and Whitaker

There are only a few men who have won Best Actor twice in their careers. Others were Spencer Tracy, Fredric March and Gary Cooper. Hanks has been nominated five times.

1. The New England Patriots
   The Baltimore Ravens
2. The Detroit Lions
   The San Francisco 49ers

The Baltimore Ravens is the professional NFL team for Maryland. "The Raven" is arguably Edgar Allen Poe's most famous poem. See what they did there?

1. "Friday Night Live"
   "Saturday Evening Post"
2. "Weekend Post"
   "LA Times"

While you shouldn't expect this magazine to come monthly, the Saturday Evening Post comes out six times a year. From 1897 to 1963, it was, in fact, published weekly. The first issue ever was published on August 4, 1821.

1. "Red Dust"
   "Doctor Zhivago"
2. "Ben-Hur"
   "Gone with the Wind"

While the 1939 film is well known, "Gone with the Wind" was adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. She didn't publish any other novels during her lifetime.

1. "Romeo and Juliet" & "Othello"
   "The Tempest" & "Twelfth Night"
2. "Hamlet" & "Macbeth"
   "A Midsummer Night's Dream" & "Much Ado About Nothing"

Shakespeare might be the most well-known writer of all time. In his masterful plays, he had a decent number of ghosts. They appeared in four plays: "Richard III," "Julius Caesar," "Hamlet" and "Macbeth."

1. Virginia Woolf
   Marcel Proust
2. William Faulkner
   E. E. Cummings

William Faulkner is a very famous author of the early 20th century. He is known for works such as "The Sound and the Fury" and has also won both a Pulitzer Prize and a Nobel Prize.

1. Scholastic
   Amazon
2. Google
   Microsoft

Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 in Seattle, Washington. The company made its first sale in 1995 and is now the most valuable retailer in the US. It is also the world's largest cloud computing platform.

1. Zebra
   Giraffe
2. Hippos
   Lion

Whoa! Hippos are the third largest land-mammal. Their name also comes from the Greek words for river horse. You'll find them in the sub-Saharan region of Africa.

1. Richard Roeper
   Roger Ebert
2. Peter Travers
   Gene Siskel

Quite possibly the most well known film critic, Roger Ebert began his career in 1967 for the Chicago Sun-Times. The popular critic passed in 2013.

1. George Washington
   John Jay
2. Thomas Jefferson
   Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was the very first Secretary of the Treasury. The battle between him and Aaron Burr for Governor of New York was well known, as it ended in his death via duel.

1. Protestants
   Quakers
2. Catholics
   Evangelicals

There are eight Ivy League schools. The University of Pennsylvania's mascot is the Quakers, which played a huge role in Pennsylvania history. The school was founded before the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

1. Newfoundland
   Prince Edward Island
2. Alberta
   Quebec

Canada has ten provinces and three territories. While all of them are connected on the North American continent, Prince Edward Island is separated because it is...an island.

1. Stanford
   Penn State
2. New York University
   Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Golden Spike was from the First Transcontinental Railroad and was struck into the ground by Leland Stanford. After being removed, it was moved to the university named after him, Stanford.

1. H.M.S. Beagle
   Santa Maria
2. Mayflower
   Golden Hind

Construction on the H.M.S. Beagle began in 1817, and it was fully constructed and ready to be launched in 1820. The South American voyage lasted from 1831-1836.

1. Facebook
   Myspace
2. Tumblr
   Pinterest

Facebook was founded by Harvard students and launched in 2004. Its most well-known founder is Mark Zuckerberg who had help from his classmates. Originally, you had to have a college email account to create a profile on the site.

1. Ronaldo
   Pele
2. Secretariat
   Chad

Secretariat was a racehorse that grew popular in the 1970s. In its races, the horse earned over $1.3 million. He won the Triple Crown and lived to the ripe old horsey age of 19.

1. Department of Defense
   Department of Education
2. Department of Commerce
   Department of State

If you're looking for the office that handles foreign policy, you'd be pointed in the direction of the State Department. It was established in 1789 and originally called the Department of Foreign Affairs.

1. Lucille Ball
   Mary Tyler Moore
2. Michael Landon
   Johnny Carson

This question originally aired on Final Jeopardy! in 1992. Michael Landon was known for roles in "Bonanza" and "Little House on the Prairie." After Lucille Ball, he has appeared on the most TV Guide covers. He passed away in 1991.

1. Paris
   Florence
2. Lisbon
   Seville

Seville is a city in Spain with a population of around 700,000. "Carmen" by Bizet, "The Barber of Seville" by Rossini and "Fidelio" by Beethoven took place in the city.

1. Henry VIII
   Charlemagne
2. Richard 1
   Louis XIV

One of the most popular kings in France's history, Louis XIV was often called the Sun King or Louis the Great. He reigned for 72 years beginning at the age of 4.

1. Albert Einstein
   Marie Curie
2. Max Planck
   Robert Goddard

Goddard was also credited with the first rocket that used liquid fuel. He is often hailed as the man who ushered in the Space Age because he helped make spaceflight, as we know it, possible.

1. Restrepo
   Santa Sofia
2. Sao Paolo
   Pedro Carbo

Sao Paolo is the 11th most populous city in the world. Located in Brazil, it has nearly eight million people in its metropolitan area. It's named after Saint Paul.

1. C. S. Lewis
   Charles Dickens
2. Oscar Wilde
   Mark Twain

One of the most popular authors, Irish-born Oscar Wilde is well known for his play, "The Importance of Being Earnest," and his novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray." His childhood sweetheart ended up marrying Bram Stoker (who wrote "Dracula.")

1. Mercury
   Mars
2. Saturn
   Neptune

If you're looking for what was thought to be the slowest moving planet, you'd have to look at the second-largest which is Saturn. It is the sixth planet from the sun.

1. John Hughes
   William Shakespeare
2. Oscar Wilde
   Henry James

Henry James was a popular author who was born in New York City. The author was known for works like 'The American" and "The Portrait of a Lady." He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.