One Great Quiz

Answer: The Great One

Canadian Wayne Gretzky is arguably the greatest hockey player of all time. Born in Brantford, Ontario, in 1961, he started playing hockey at age six. After winning four Stanley Cups, he retired in 1999, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame that same year.

Answer: The Great Awakening

This was actually the same religious movement that was called Pietism or Quietism in Europe. In the colonies, the movement was mostly a Protestant reaction against what was considered rationalism in religion. Preachers such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield were extremely popular, drawing great crowds with their impassioned speeches.

Answer: Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great, grandson of Cyrus I of Persia, formed a great empire in the sixth century BC. Using diplomacy as well as force, Cyrus conquered the lands of Media, Ionia, Lydia, Syria, Palestine, and Mesopotamia. The culture he developed influenced the Greeks and Alexander the Great, and he has been regarded by Persians as godlike.

Answer: Great Dane

Scooby is a Great Dane, a breed of working dog developed in Germany about 400 years ago for boar hunting. Oddly, Denmark has nothing to do with this huge breed, noted for its courage and friendliness.

Answer: The Great Society

Johnson first used this slogan in 1965 to describe his proposed legislative reforms, which included medical care for the elderly, aid for education, and civil rights. Fortunately for him (and for many Americans), Congress enacted most of his plans.

Answer: Great white

Although this shark is considered the one most dangerous to humans, only a few hundred people have been known to have become great white meals. Despite its name, it comes in mostly gray, brown, or blue.

Answer: Great Hall

In large manor houses, the Great Hall was also used for entertainment and the administration of justice.

Answer: Great Sandy Desert

This arid expanse of sand dunes and salt marshes extends from the Indian Ocean north to the Gibson Desert. Nobody lives in it except for maybe some sheep or camels.

Answer: Great Wall of China

This 4,000-mile defensive barrier runs from Bo Hai to a point deep within central Asia. In Chinese it's called "Wan Li Chang Cheng", meaning "10,000-Li Long Wall". Contrary to myth, it is NOT visible from the moon, according to those who have been there.

Answer: California's Great America

Great America, a theme park in Santa Clara, California, is owned by Paramount entertainment company. The Great Escape is in Lake George, New York; Six Flags Great Adventure is in Jackson, New Jersey; and The Great American Adventure exists only in my imagination.

Answer: Great Bear

Ursa Major, or The Great Bear, is a constellation found in the north celestial pole. It includes the seven stars that form the Big Dipper. From the Latin "ursa", meaning "bear".

Answer: Great Falls

The city of Great Falls is located on the Missouri River in central Montana. Its place at the center of hydroelectric power installations has earned it the nickname "Electric City".

Answer: The Great Train Robbery

"The Great Train Robbery", filmed in 1903 in New Jersey, was directed and photographed by Edwin Porter. The ten-minute film, which dramatized an actual railroad hold-up, was the most popular and successful of the pre-nickelodeon era.

Answer: The Great Gatsby

"The Great Gatsby", written by American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald in France in 1925, is the tale of wealthy New Yorker Jay Gatsby as narrated by his neighbor Nick Carraway. This quintessential novel of the American dream has probably been required reading of every American high school student since 1925.

Answer: Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef, located off the east coast of Australia's Queensland, is made of the bodies of coral, both living and dead. The Reef has quite a population: on any given day, you could meet any one of 1500 species of fish, 400 types of coral, 4000 species of molluscs, 500 species of seaweed, 215 species of birds, and 16 species of sea snakes! And, by the way, whales drop by sometimes too.