1. Who won more games than any other major league baseball pitcher during the decade of the 1970s?

    Jim Palmer

    Nolan Ryan

    Catfish Hunter

    Gaylord Perry

2. Dean Moriarty, a major character in Jack Kerouac's Beatnik novel 'On the Road,' was based on a real person with whom Kerouac had a series of adventures during a cross-country trip. Who was this friend of Kerouac's?

    Neal Cassady

    Ken Kesey

    Timothy Leary

    William Burroughs

3. After a long career in Hollywood, which of these performers finally won an Oscar for his or her performance in 'Cocoon'?

    Hume Cronyn

    Gwen Verdon

    Maureen Stapleton

    Don Ameche

4. Which of these U.S. Supreme Court decisions stated that a public figure who wishes to sue for libel must prove 'actual malice' on the part of the publication or broadcaster that supposedly libelled him?

    New York vs. Zenger

    Westmoreland vs. CBS

    Pauling vs. Buckley

    Times vs. Sullivan

5. Which diva scored a #1 hit on the U.S. Billboard charts in 1990, with 'Love Will Lead You Back'?

    Mariah Carey

    Paula Abdul

    Taylor Dayne

    Janet Jackson

6. The hit Broadway musical 'Once Upon a Mattress' was written by a woman whose father had been an immensely successful songwriter and composer of musicals himself. Who was she?

    Margaret Cohan

    Sylvia Porter

    Mary Rodgers

    Judith Berlin

7. What purpose do capillaries serve, in the human body?

    They fight off infections.

    They produce digestive juices.

    They connect blood vessels.

    They carry nerve impulses.

8. Which of these mythological creatures has the head of an eagle, the body of a lion, the ears of a horse, and (in the case of females) a large set of wings?

    the manticore

    the griffin

    the phoenix

    the sphinx

9. Which of these birds, long known by zoologists to be highly intelligent, has actually been observed in the wild creating tools?

    the swan

    the falcon

    the pigeon

    the crow

10. Who was the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of Canada? Hint A K M

11. Who co-wrote the popular comic play (and later, Oscar-winning movie) 'You Can't Take It With You' with George S. Kaufman?

    Clarence Day

    Charles McArthur

    Ring Lardner

    Moss Hart

12. Which of these cities was the capital of Tanganyika, and remains the largest city in Tanzania?

    Nairobi

    Khartoum

    Addis Ababa

    Dar Es Salaam

13. Which of these actresses received a marriage proposal live on 'The Tonight Show' from pro football player Jason Sehorn?

    Teri Hatcher

    Angie Harmon

    Sherri Stringfield

    Lisa Bonet

14. Adam West played Batman, the Caped Crusader, on a campy, comical ABC television series in the 1960s. Who played his partner, Robin, the Boy Wonder?

    Neil Hamilton

    Burt Ward

    Jack Larson

    Alan Napier

15. During World War I, what were Germans referring to when they spoke of 'Big Bertha'?

    a large, powerful cannon

    a heavily armed zeppelin

    the Kaiser's ugly daughter

    Germany's first fighter plane

16. If a Frenchman tells you he's a 'boulanger', what does he do for a living?

    He's a baker.

    He's a bus driver.

    He's a bartender.

    He's a barber.

17. The Village People and decathlete Bruce Jenner made their movie debut in the disastrous flop 'Can't Stop the Music'. What veteran TV sitcom actress was the director of this bomb?

    Jean Stapleton

    Beatrice Arthur

    Nancy Walker

    Jane Wyatt

18. The Watergate scandal began with a covert operation to plant listening devices in the offices of the head of the Democratic Party's national committee. This man later became the commissioner of a major American sport. Who was he?

    Lawrence O'Brien

    David Stern

    Bowie Kuhn

    A. Bartlett Giamatti

19. In 1927, 'Time' Magazine began its annual tradition of naming one important newsmaker as Man of the Year (now 'Person of the Year'). Who was the first woman to be given this title by 'Time'?

    Eleanor Roosevelt

    Golda Meir

    Margaret Thatcher

    Wallis Simpson

20. Now, assuming you've answered all of the nineteen previous questions correctly, you should see that all of the answers point to a famous award, given out annually. What is the name of this award? THE NAME IS ONE SEVEN LETTER WORD.