What is the 12-letter work that means being able to do something equally well with both hands?

Ambidextrous

What is the three-word motto of the Olympic Games?

FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER / CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS

Who quoted the famous phrase "A true friend stabs you in the front"?

Oscar Wilde

In 1980, the United Nations definited a word in the following manner: anyone who has been persecuted or who had a well-founded fear of persecution if he returned to his homeland. What was this word being defined?

REFUGEE

Not many long words have this quality, but ALMOST, BIOPSY, and CHIMPS are a few of the 6-letter words that do. What is it?

Letters are in alphabetical order

What is the term for a line segment with one endpoint at the center of a circle and the other endpoint on the circle?

Radius

How many numbers between 1 and 100 are either divisible by 7 or contain the digit 7? (example: the number 77 - count it once)

30 of them... 14 are divisible by 7, 8 others end with 7, and 8 more start with 7.

How long is the largest prime number?

13,395 digits

How many whole numbers between 100 and 400 contain the digit 2? ... not how many 2's are there...

138

 If you flip a coin three times, what's the probability of getting at least one "tail"?

7/8

Can you name three countries that begin with "J"?

JAPAN / JORDAN / JAMAICA

If you travelled directly south from London until you reached a foreign country, which one would it be?

FRANCE

According to Greek mythology, the ingenious inventor Daedalus designed an intricate maze with a monstrous animal at the center, that could kill the people unfortunate enough to arrive there. What was the name of the maze and the animal?

LABYRITH / MINOTAUR

When the Great Pyramid was being built, what was the capital of Egypt?

MEMPHIS

New York City is divided into 5 boroughs. Name them.

Bronx-Manhattan-Queens-Brooklyn-Stanten Island

What is the very common name for the male sex cells in plants?

POLLEN

Among humans, the period of time between conception and birth is called pregnancy. What is this period of time called among other mammals?

GESTATION

What is the lightest chemical element?

HYDROGEN

What do we call those cells in the retina that respond to low levels of light and allow seeing in the dark?

RODS

One of the main characters of John Grisham's novel The Testament travels to Brazil where he catches a mosquito-transmitted virus known by what two-word name?

DENGUE FEVER

In 1993, the Nobel Peace Prize was shared by two former political adversaries in Africa. Who are these people?

NELSON MANDELA / FREDERIK DE KLERK

This chemical element, symbol S, was known to the ancients; it is the brimstone of the Bible. What is it?

SULFUR

He was a disciple of Plato for almost 20 years. He was Alexander the Great's teacher for 9 years. Who was he?

ARISTOTLE

What do these words, Windy, Tears, Close and Lead have in common? (has nothing to do with definitions, prefix, suffix, synonyms)

The words have different pronunciation depending on the meaning. Windy road. Windy day. Tears in half. Tears of a clown. Close to you. Close the door. Lead the band. Lead pencil.

What slyly humorous word contains all the vowels in alphabetical order?

FACETIOUS