Feels Like Summer
In what US state was surfing invented?
What famous ship sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg?
The Titanic
What country is (roughly) shaped like a boot?
Italy
What punctuation mark is used to end most sentences?
A period
What movie is the 2025 song “Golden” from?
Kpop Demon Hunters
The 1920's were famously known by what nickname?
The Roaring 20's
Which element has the atomic number 1?
Hydrogen
What sport is known as "America's pastime"?
Baseball
How many players are on a beach volleyball team?
Two players
In what year did WWII end?
1945
What is the largest US city by population?
New York City
What is a verb?
An action word
Who sings the song “Espresso”?
Sabrina Carpenter
Who delivered the historic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in 1963?
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What is the center of an atom called?
The nucleus
In basketball, how many points is a free throw worth?
One point
What is the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth? (Answers within 10° F will be accepted.)
134°F (56.7°C) in Death Valley, California, on July 10, 1913
What famous document begins with the words "We the people..."
The United States Constitution
In what country is the tallest mountain in the world located? (There are two possible answers.)
Nepal or Tibet
What is a conjunction?
A word that joins parts of sentences, like and or but.
What is the sport featured in the movie "Space Jam"?
Basketball
Possibly the most famous author of detective stories in the world, which author had his famous detective serialized in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
What is the pigment that gives plants their green color and helps them with photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll
Name the athlete who currently holds the record for most Olympic gold medals won.
Michael Phelps
What percentage of the ocean have humans explored?
(Any number within the correct range will be accepted.)
Less than 5%
What was the name of the first person to walk on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
What is the only country that is also a continent?
Australia
What is a prefix?
An addition to the beginning of a word that alters its meaning.
What artist won Album of the Year at this year's Grammy's?
Bad Bunny
Dr. Jonas Salk successfully developed a life-saving vaccine in 1953 to prevent which crippling disease?
Polio
Pluto, Haumea, and Ceres are all examples of this kind of celestial body.
A dwarf planet
Which country has won the FIFA Men's World Cup the most times?
Brazil
How long does it take sunlight to reach Earth? (Round to the nearest minute.
About 8 minutes and 20 seconds
What is an ancient civilization other than the Egyptians that was known for building pyramids?
Possible answers include the Chavin (Peru), the Inca (South America), the Maya (Central America), the Kushites (central Sudan), the Aztecs (Mexico), the Sumerians (Iraq), and the Romans (Italy)
What is the smallest country in the world?
(Hint - this answer is related to the 100 point answer.)
Vatican City
What is the name for a word that imitates a sound, like "bang" or "hiss"?
Onomatopoeia
Who was the Best Actor or Best Actress winner for 2025?
DAILY DOUBLE: For double the points, name the movie they starred in.
Best Actor: Michael B. Jordan, in Sinners
Best Actress: Jessie Buckley, in Hamnet
They "wanna really, really, really wanna zigazig ah"!
This famous scientist's work with pea plants would eventually lead to him being known as the "father of genetics".
Gregor Mendel
What is the highest score possible in bowling?
300