Geography
What city is known as the City of Canals?
Venice
What is the best-selling book of all time?
The Bible
Which company's slogan is "You're in good hands?"
Allstate
How many herbs and spices are in Colonel Harland Sanders’ original KFC recipe?
11
Who is credited with patenting the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Which two continents are entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?
Australia and Antarctica
What art form is described as "decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering"?
Calligraphy
Originally, Amazon only sold what kind of product?
Books
Which fruit is used to flavor the liqueur, Southern Comfort?
Peach
Which religion has the following deities: Krishna, Ganesh, Lakshmi, and Shiva?
Hinduism
Which country is known as the Land of the Rising Sun?
Japan
First appearing in the children's book "Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys", what is the most famous character created by H. A. and Margaret Rey?
Curious George
This singer is famously called the "Material Girl”?
Madonna
Which fast-food franchise is credited with creating the very first, modern drive-thru window?
Wendy's
What year did Constantinople become Istanbul?
1930
Which European country has the highest number of castles per square mile?
Wales
What is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same backward as forward?
Palindrome
What is the longest-running Broadway show?
The Phantom of the Opera
Black Forest cake originated in which country?
Germany
What is the name of the period of starvation lasting from 1845 to 1852 in Ireland?
The Irish Potato Famine
Which country has the most glaciers outside of the polar regions?
Canada
Not signifying someone smart with Lincolns, but rather a sewer-dweller, what is the name of the dancing clown in Stephen King's famed horror novel "It?"
Pennywise
In what year was the Internet opened to the public?
1993
What is the culinary term for “according to the menu”?
A la Carte
What political party was Mao Zedong the leader of?
The Chinese Communist Party
What is the name of the hot, dry wind that originates from the Sahara and affects the Mediterranean region?
The Sirocco
What internationally-renowned British author coined the following secret phrase? "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
JK Rowling
What animal did Britney Spears famously carry on her shoulders during a performance?
A snake
What is the best-selling packaged cookie in the United States?
Oreos
What country was ruled by Pol Pot until he was overthrown by the Vietnamese army in 1979?
Cambodia
In which country can you find the natural rock formation known as Uluru or Ayers Rock?
Australia
In his obituary in 1991, the New York Times said "English was too skimpy for his rich imagination." and that "his meter was irresistible." Who is this children's author?
Dr. Seuss
How many years passed between the release of Avatar and its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water?
13 years
Chefs are careful when preparing the Japanese fish “fugu”, why?
Its flesh is poisonous
What was the original name of the Caribbean island that eventually became Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
Quisqueya
What is the highest-grossing film of all time?
Avatar