World Rivers
The Indus River has its source in which mountain range?
A) Andes
B) Alps
C) Himalayas
D) Rockies
Himalayas
In Italy, which number is considered extremely unlucky, substituting for the Western number 13?
A) 11
B) 15
C) 17
D) 19
17
In the 1959 musical Gypsy, who was the first person to play the role of Louise?
A) Ethel Merman
B) Sandra Church
C) Angela Lansbury
D) Bernadette Peters
Sandra Church
Which U.S. President was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo,New York, in 1901?
A) James Garfield
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) William McKinley
D) Warren Harding
William McKinley
Prime Minister Tony Blair was born in which country?
A) England
B)Northern Ireland
C) Scotland
D) Wales
Scotland
Which river is known as the world's longest west ward flowing river?
A) Amazon
B) Congo
C) Niger
D) Zambezi
Congo
According to Russian superstition, if a bird taps on your window pane, what is about to happened?
A) You will get a letter
B) Someone in the house will die
C) It will rain for three days
D) A stranger will visit
Someone in the house will die
Who originated the role of Evan Hansen in the first West End production of Dear Evan Hansen?
A) Ben Platt
B) Sam Tutty
C) Andrew Barth Feldman
D) Noah Galvin
Sam Tutty
Who was the first sitting U.S. President to survive an assassination attempt?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Andrew Jackson
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) William McKinley
Andrew Jackson
Framboise is a brandy traditionally made from which berry?
A) Blackberry
B) Gooseberry
C) Elderberry
D) Raspberry
Raspberry
The Danube River runs through more countries than any other, but which of these does it NOT pass through?
A) Austria
B) Serbia
C) Hungary
D) Switzerland
Switzerland
What is the proper way to handle a broken mirror to avoid seven years of bad luck?
A) Burn the pieces
B) Throw them in the river
C) Bury them under a tree
D) Glue them back together
Throw them in the river
What is the name of the monstrous plant in "Little Shop of Horrors"?
A) Audrey 1
B) Audrey 2
C) The Venus Trap
D) The Green Menace
Audrey 2
What kind of gun did Leon Czolgosz use to shoot William McKinley?
A) .44 Caliber colt
B) .32 Caliber Iver- Johnson revolver
C) A Remington Derringer
D) 9mm Luger
32 Caliber Iver- Johnson revolver
What was the first name of former police chief Ironside in the TV series ?
A) Ronald
B) Robert
C) Richard
D) Robin
Robert
Which river runs through Baghdad?
A) Euphrates
B) Tigris
C) Nile
D) Jordan
Tigris
According to a Japanese superstition, what action will cause you to wet the bed ?
A) Sleeping with your feet facing North
B) Playing with fire
C) Eating a raw egg
D) Walking backward
Playing with fire
In the 1971 musical Grease, where did the show originally open, before it moved to Broadway?
A) The Public Theater
B) The Hayes Theater
C) The Kingston Mine Theater
D) The Steppenwolf Theater
The Kingston Mine Theater
(Chicago)
What was the name of the book that Mark David Chapman, assassin of John Lennon, was reading immediately after the shooting?
A) The Catcher in the Rye
B) The Stranger
C) 1984
D) The Great Gatsby
The Catcher in the Rye
Prime Minister Tony Blair was born in which country?
A) England
B) Northern Ireland
C) Scotland
D) Wales
Scotland
Where would you find the Irrawaddy River?
A) Cambodia
B) Myanmar
C) Laos
D) Bhutan
Myanmar
What should you avoid doing at a dinner table in Brazil to prevent singing to the devil?
A) Eating with your left hand
B) Singing
C) Spilling salt
D) Using a black plate
Singing
Before Herbert Kretzmer was hired to write the English lyrics for Les Miserables , who was initially chosen to write the English adaptation ?
A) Tim Rice
B) Don Black
C) Richard Stilgoe
D) Alan Jay Lerner
Richard Stilgoe
What specific device, invented by Alexander Graham Bell, was used to search for the bullet in president James Garfield ?
A) A primitive X-ray machine
B) An induction balance
C) A magnet scanner
D) An acoustic probe
An induction balance
(Metal detector)
In 1718, which pirate died in battle of the coast of what is now North Carolina?
A) Calico Jack
B) Blackbeard
C) Bartholomew Roberts
D) Captain Kidd
Blackbeard