Million Dollar Questions #2

Can you answer these authentic questions posed to contestants on the show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? All of these questions were million dollar questions. Good Luck!
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1. Compiled by Benjamin Franklin in 1737, "The Drinker's Dictionary" included all but which of these synonyms for "drunkenness?"
Staggerish
Buzzey
Pifflicated
Nimptopsical
2. What club did astronaut Alan Shepard use to make his famous golf shot on the moon?
Seven iron
Six iron
Sand wedge
Nine iron
3. Famous pediatrician and author Dr. Benjamin Spock won an Olympic gold medal in what sport?
Sailing
Fencing
Rowing
Swimming
4. How many days make up a non-leap year in the Islamic calendar?
400
354
376
365
5. What scientist first determined that human sight results from images projected onto the retina?
Copernicus
Galileo
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
6. Which king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
King Henry II
Richard I
Henry V
King Henry I
7. If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur, what would grow?
Flowers
Grain
Trees
Vegetables
8. Which scientific unit is named after an Italian nobleman?
Ohm
Hertz
Volt
Pascal
9. Which of these is not one of the American Triple Crown horse races?
Arlington Million
Kentucky Derby
Belmont Stakes
Preakness Stakes
10. Which of these U.S. presidents appeared on the television series Laugh-In?
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
11. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in his classic painting "American Gothic"?
Traveling Salesman
Local Sheriff
His Dentist
His Barber
12. Which of the following landlocked countries is entirely contained within another country?
Burkina Faso
Lesotho
Mongolia
Luxembourg
13. The most-watched TV episode of all time, the final episode of M*A*S*H aired at 8:30 p.m. on February 28, 1983, following what sitcom?
Private Benjamin
Alice
Square Pegs
Newhart
14. Khrushchev's famous 1960 "shoe-banging" outburst at the U.N. was in response to a delegate from what nation?
The Philippines
The Netherlands
Turkey
Australia
15. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, LBJ had four buttons installed in the Oval Office labeled "coffee," "tea," "Coke," and what?
V8
Fresca
Yoo-Hoo
A&W
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