Crime
What 2 rival gangs are known for their colors red and blue?
Bloods and Crips
What is the tallest mountain on Earth?
Mt Everest
(29,029 feet)
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
Mercury
What year did Christopher Columbus discover the Americas?
1492
Fun Fact: Christopher Columbus never set foot in North America and he actually landed in what are now the Bahamas
What year did America declare independence from Great Britain?
1776
What prison is located on an island in San Francisco Bay known for holding some of the most notorious criminals of all time?
Alcatraz Island
What is the largest river in the world in terms of volume?
The Amazon river
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
(86,881 miles)
Who was the infamous dictator of Germany that started World War II?
Adolf Hitler
What is the largest city in the world in terms of population?
Tokyo
Who was the infamous leader of the Sinaloan drug cartel that was recently sent to life in prison?
El Chapo
What US national park is known for having an active super volcano?
Yellowstone National Park
What is the hottest planet in the solar system?
Venus
(864 degrees Fahrenheit)
What famous general led the Union to defeat the South in the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
When did dinosaur go extinct?
65 million years ago
What is the most dangerous city in America?
St Louis
Fun Fact: St Louis is the 13th most dangerous city in the world
What is the deepest place in the ocean?
The Mariana Trench
(36,070 feet)
What are the acronyms for NASA?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The fall of what empire led to the "Dark Ages" in Europe for 1000 years?
The Roman Empire
What space company owned by Elon Musk is attempting to send people to Mars?
SpaceX
Which country has the highest murder rate in the world?
Honduras
(90 per 100,000)
What was the worlds last supercontinent that broke up 175 million years ago?
Pangea
What is the speed of light in terms of miles per second?
186,282 m/s
Fun Fact: Light can orbit the Earth 7.4 times in one second
What are the estimated deaths from World War II?
70 to 85 million people
What is the longest mountain range in the world?
The Andes
(South America)