What was the first product to issue a coupon in the United States?
Coca-Cola Cheerios
Hershey Bar Wonder Bread
Coca-Cola
Which of these planets is smaller than Earth?
Uranus Mars Neptune Saturn
Mars
Mercury, and Venus are also smaller than Earth.
What brand does this represent?
Breakstone Borden Laughing Cow Daisy
Laughing Cow
In the painting, "American Gothic",
by Grant Wood, what is the man holding?
baby guitar
hammer pitchfork
pitchfork
What year did the Beatles have
their last public concert?
1967 1969 1971 1973
1969
Which Elvis Presley classic begins with the lyrics, "Well, it's one for the money, two for the show..."?
Jailhouse Rock Hound Dog
Blue Suede Shoes Heartbreak Hotel
Blue Suede Shoes was the first song Elvis recorded for RCA in 1955.
Which of these couples had a romance that lasted for 50 years?
Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis
Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher
Meryl Streep and Don Gummer
Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman
Which has the most vitamin C?
1 cup cooked broccoli 1 cup blueberries
1 med. orange 1 med. grapefruit
A cup of cooked broccoli has 100 mg of vitamin C.
What do the words "Mardi Gras" mean?
Crazy Week Fat Tuesday
Fun Friday Give me Beads
Fat Tuesday
Mardi Gras is 47 days before Easter.
What state capital has the
highest elevation in the United States?
Denver Honolulu
Juneau Santa Fe
Santa Fe is 7,199 feet above sea level. Since it was founded by Spanish colonists in 1610, it is also the oldest state capital in the U.S.
Their love caused him to give up the British throne.
Silvia Sommerlath and Carl
Claire Lademacher and Felix
Camella Bowles and Charles
Wallis Simpson and Edward
Wallis Simpson and Edward
In England, what color paint is used on all
public phone booths and mailboxes?
red blue green yellow
Red since 1874.
Red was chosen to make them easy to spot.
The inventor of the Barbie doll was married to the inventor of what toy?
Rubik's Cube Magic 8 Ball
Slinky Hot Wheels
Hot Wheels
Ruth and Elliot Handler invented both Barbie and Hot Wheels. They cofounded Mattel out of their garage.
Which author invented the Cheshire Cat?
J.M.Barrie Enid Blyton
Lewis Carroll J.K.Rowling
Lewis Carroll
Which of the following is a real institution in the United States?
Meatloaf College Hamburger University
Frankfurter State Lobster Institute
Hamburger University was founded in 1961. It enrolls more
than 5,000 annually and is harder to get into than Harvard.
Which was NOT one of the Allies during WWI?
Serbia Belgium France Bulgaria
Bulgaria was a member of the Central Powers.
Door County, Wisconsin has more shoreline than any other U.S. county. It has more than _______ miles of shoreline.
100 150 200 250
more than 250 miles
Native Americans consider a white buffalo sacred. Where in Wisconsin was one born?
Beloit Lake Delton
Janesville Monroe
Janesville
What is Canada's national sport?
Lacrosse Curling
Hockey Cricket
Lacrosse
What 2 states have NEVER sent
a team to the NCAA basketball tournament?
Alaska- Maine Hawaii-Alaska
Hawaii-New Hampshire Alaska-Delaware
Alaska and Maine have not ever sent
a team to the NCAA basketball tournament .
In which U.S. state would you find a
full-size replica of the Parthenon?
Pennsylvania Alabama
Tennessee Mississippi
Tennessee
The replica was built in 1897
in Centennial Park in Nashville, Tennessee.
Which of the following is NOT true about Marilyn Monroe?
She was a dumb blonde.
She changed her name several times.
She had a speech impediment.
Her first marriage was arranged.
She was not a dumb blonde.
Marilyn Monroe was very smart businesswoman, and an avid reader who enjoyed being around smart people like her 3rd husband Arthur Miller.
Of 120 Generals at Gettysburg, how many died during the battle?
3 6 9 12
9
Another died on the way to the hospital.
Which of these is
NOT an iron-rich food?
Beef Lentils eggs milk
Milk is not an iron-rich food.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a British author who wrote about Sherlock Holmes. How many Sherlock Holmes stories did he write?
30 45 60 75
60 Sherlock Holmes stories
How many dimples are on a golf ball?
96 136 236 336
336
What does she represent?
Hostess Little Debbie
Mrs. Fields Wendy's
Little Debbie
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Johannes Vermeer Leonardo da Vinci
Paul Cezanne Vincent Van Gogh
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa in the early 1500s.
What is the only U.S. paper money
in circulation in which the portrait faces left?
$5 $10 $50 $100
$10 bill
In what Spanish city does "The Running of the Bulls" festival take place each July?
Madrid Barcelona
Pamplona Valencia
Pamplona
Who had "the face that launched a thousand ships"?
Joan of Arc Helen of Troy
Cleopatra Catherine the Great
Helen of Troy
From a 17th century poem by Christopher Marlowe.
What is the diameter of a basketball hoop?
16" 17" 18" 20"
18"
Where did Fats Domino find his thrill?
Raspberry Hill Strawberry Hill
Gooseberry Hill Blueberry Hill
Blueberry Hill
Which man was born on the exact same day as Abraham Lincoln?
Charles Darwin Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Edgar Allan Poe Mark Twain
Charles Darwin
According to Forbes list of highest paid athletes in 2019, the top earner comes from which sport?
baseball basketball football soccer
Soccer
Lionel Messi was paid $127 million in annual earnings. He is the leading scorer in Spain.
Which of the following novels
have a character named Atticus Finch?
The Great Gatsby Lord of the Flies
The Grapes of Wrath To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus is the lawyer who represented the black defendant, and was portrayed by Gregory Peck in the 1962 movie.
What Wisconsin town was destroyed by fire the same night as the Chicago fire?
Peshtigo Oakcreek Nenah Cross Plains
Peshtigo
Which nut is inside of a
Ferrero Rocher chocolate?
pecan hazelnut
macadamia almond
hazelnut
What is the largest organ of the human body?
Heart Liver Skin Stomach
The skin is the largest organ in the body
with a total area of about 20 square feet.
Which famous composer had 20 children,
including 5 boys named after him?
Beethoven Bach
Chopin Mozart
Bach had 7 children by his first wife and
13 by his second wife. Half of them died as children.
What was the average cost of a house in 1969?
$5,000 $15,500
$25,000 $30,000
$15,500
Which of these books did John Steinbeck write?
Animal Farm Catcher in the Rye
Grapes of Wrath Gone with the Wind
Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath, among many others.
What snack food was legally barred
from calling its product "chips"?
Cheetos Doritos
Fritos Pringles
Pringles
Which state capital shares its name with the fourth President of the United States?
Missouri Nebraska
North Carolina Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
What famous monument was dedicated
on Memorial Day in 1922?
Lincoln Monument Statue of Liberty
Mount Rushmore Jefferson Memorial
The Lincoln Memorial
William Howard Taft Chief Justice dedicated it and presented it to Warren G. Harding, who accepted it for the American people. Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, 78, was in attendance.
What is the most populated country?
China India Brazil Indonesia
China has almost 1.4 Billion people.
Which athlete's real 1st name is Eldrick?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Magic Johnson
Sugar Ray Leonard Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods is Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods.
Which country is famous
for their Corona Beer?
Canada Germany Mexico Netherlands
Mexico
The first practical typewriter was invented in Wisconsin by Christopher L. Sholes. What year did he get the patent for it?
1865 1867 1869 1871
His patent was in 1867.
He later sold the patent to Remington.
Which of the following creatures has 3 hearts?
earthworm octopus
giraffe seahorse
octopus