Language Origins

The terms Sussex, Essex, Wessex, and Middlesex originated with the South, East, West, and Middle regions of what middle-age European tribe?

Saxons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxons

Astronomy

Every planet in the solar system orbits the sun in the same direction. But which 2 planets rotate on their axes in the opposite, or retrograde, direction?

Venus and Uranus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrograde_and_prograde_motion

Movies

The voice of The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series is better known for his role as what original Star Wars Trilogy character?

Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hamill

World History

The only military ship ever to be sunk by a nuclear-powered submarine, was in 1982, killing 323 people. What country owned that ship?

Argentina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARA_General_Belgrano

World History

In what year did Britain's Queen Elizabeth II send her first email?

1976
http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?category=net

Geography

In 1999, Canada's Northwest Territories was divided to form what new territory?

Nunavut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunavut

Sports

What two birds are better than an Eagle if you are playing golf?

An Albatross and a Condor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross_(golf)#Albatross