Which ocean is saltiest, the Atlantic or Pacific?
Atlantic
What Al Pacino movie averages 1.8 swear words per minute?
Scarface
Who is known as the "Moses of Her People" for escorting more than 300 slaves to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
Where did the story "White Fang" take place?
Yukon Territory (Canada)
What does a kissing gate keep from passing through?
Livestock
What two Ivy League universities are located in New York State?
Columbia and Cornell
What TV competition goes by the abbreviation SYTYCD?
So You Think You Can Dance
What narcotic substance caused a series of wars between England and China in the 19th century?
Opium
What hard-living novelist helped popularize the daiquiri?
Ernest Hemingway
How many legs does a butterfly have?
6
What Moroccan city is nicknamed the "Red City"?
Marrakech
What infomercial star promoted Mighty Putty, OxiClean, and Orange Glo?
Billy Mays
What sort of accessory is a bowler, fez, or trilby?
Hat
What is the title of Tony Kushner's two-part play about the AIDS crisis?
Angels in America
What do solar flares cause in the northern hemisphere?
Aurora borealis (northern lights)
Name one of the two U.S. states with the most nuclear power plants in operation?
Illinois or Pennsylvania
What country gave karaoke to the world?
Japan in the 70's
What were dentures fashioned from the teeth of Napoleonic War dead commonly called?
"Waterloo teeth"
What legendary poet couldn't read his poem at John F. Kennedy's inauguration because his eyesight failed him in the bright sun?
Robert Frost -instead he recited a different poem from memory
What kind of super-social shark is known for its distinctive, yellowish-brown coloration?
Lemon Shark
What country is home to Corfu, Corinth, and Rhodes?
Greece
A floating candy bar of what brand clears the pool of swimmers in the film Caddyshack?
Baby Ruth
What ship was sunk in the Pacific in the Pacific in 1945, four days after dropping of the atomic bomb at Tinian Island?
The USS Indianapolis
Raskolnikov is the anti-hero of what classic novel?
Crime and Punishment
What do you call a rainbow that appears at night?
Moonbow
The 1883 eruption of what produced the loudest sound in recorded history?
Kraktoa
Who promoted psychic services in a Jamaican accent on late-night infomercials?
Miss Cleo
Who won the popular vote for the U.S. presidency in 2000 by more than half a million votes?
Al Gore - George W. Bush won the electoral vote and presidency.
Who wrote the trilogy His Dark Materials?
Philip Pullman
What is the deepest point of the ocean
Mariana Trench
What Japanese city is home to a world famous snow festival and shares its name with a popular beer?
Sapporo
In the Karate Kid, the boys who beat up Daniel belong to what dojo?
Cobra Kai
What type of structure did Alexander the Great build on Pharos, in the middle of Alexandria's harbor?
A lighthouse
What 17th-century Spanish novel spawned the expressions: "a wild-goose chase," "to smell a rat" and "born with a silver spoon in his mouth"?
Don Quixote
What is the common name of the plant that blooms only once every 4-10 years with a flower that smells like putrefying meat?
Corpse plant
What was the name of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant that was the site of a nuclear disaster in April 1986?
Chernobyl