Geography

Of 15 U.S. territories, what five have populations over 1,000?

Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States

Health

The word vaccine is derived from the Latin word for what animal?

Cow - the first vaccine was made using the Cowpox virus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox

U.S. History

Two U.S. space shuttles were destroyed during flight: one during launch, the other during re-entry. Which shuttles were they?

Challenger (launch, 1986) & Columbia (re-entry, 2003)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_accidents_and_incidents

Health

The last known naturally occurring case of Smallpox was diagnosed in what year?

1977
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox

World History

In 1994, the pacific island nation of Palau joined other nations (Micronesia and the Marshall Islands) in a Compact of Free Association with what nation?

The United States of America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association

Population

If the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico became a state, its population would rank ahead of how many current U.S. states?

22
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population

Geography

The Moskstraumen, Saltstraumen, and Corryvreckan (off the coasts of Norway and Scotland) are some of the largest Maelstroms in the world. What is another name for a maelstrom?

Whirlpool
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maelstrom