Sports
In 1997, the WNBA began. This acronym stands for what?
What is the Women's National Basketball Association?
In 1994, what movie title, with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, is about a Los Angeles police officer who rescues a bus full of passengers from a bomb?
What is Speed?
What were the pyramids of Egypt used for?
What are tombs?
What is next?
Ones, Thousands, Millions, Billions, Trillions, ...?
What is Quadrillion?
What is the largest existing land animal?
What is an elephant?
Tennis games are scored starting at zero points. The name for this is called what?
What is love?
Who was known as a famous child actress in the 1930's, whose popularity was seen as a response to the Great Depression?
(Hint: She had ringlets, wore short dresses, and tap danced a lot.)
Who was Shirley Temple?
In what year did the Roman Empire come to an end?
a. 1500 CE b. 476 CE
c. 19 CE d. 521 CE
What is (b) 476 CE?
This branch of math, which is the highest level of math in high school, teaches students the calculation on instantaneous rates of change as well as the summation of infinitely many small factors to determine a whole.
What is calculus?
These intelligent and highly social birds can imitate many sounds, including human speech.
What are parrots?
In golf, what is the number of rounds of holes on a course?
What is 18 rounds of holes? (Sometimes it's fewer.)
In Star War's original trilogy, what planet does the Empire choose to destroy first, in order to demonstrate the destructive capability of the Death Star?
What is Alderaan?
Who drafted the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Running 1.61 kilometers is the same as running how many mile(s)?
What is 1 mile?
This animal, found in Africa, Asia, and Australia, wraps itself around its prey to kill it.
What is a python?
What team did the Green Bay Packers defeat to become the champions of the first Super Bowl?
What is the Kansas City Chiefs?
In a 2012 Disney movie, What arcade-game video character is tired of always being the "bad guy" and losing to his "good guy" opponent Fix-It Felix?
(Hint: His character name is the title of the movie.)
What is Wreck It Ralph?
Where was Martin Luther King Jr. born?
Where was Atlanta, Georgia?
When measuring very far away distances in outer space, mathematicians and scientists often use what term, instead of using the terms kilometers or miles?
Fill in the blank.
_____-year
What is light-year?
This man was nicknamed, "The Crocodile Hunter." He was an Australian wildlife conservationist, television personality, and educator.
Who was Steve Urwin?
In 1846, the first recorded game of baseball was played in what state?
What is New Jersey?
Who was the first African American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Who is Dorothy Dandridge?
Whose death sparked World War I?
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
What Native American civilization had a numeral system that showed zero as a shell, one as a dot, and five as a bar?
Who are the Mayans?
What British scientist is known for her long-term study of chimpanzees in Tanzania?
Who is Jane Goodall?