What is a lymphocyte?
A white blood cell
What is the most commonly grown crop in the US?
Corn
Who wrote "The Witches?"
Roald Dahl
What color has the longest wavelength in the visible spectrum?
Red
What is coulrophobia?
Fear of clowns
Who is the main villain in Harry Potter?
Voldemort
What is the national animal of Scotland?
Unicorn
What is the name of the cord joining a mother and her unborn child?
Umbilical cord
What year was Frank Sinatra born in?
1915
Easter Island is part of which country?
Chile
What family is the almond part of?
The rose family
(I know, shocking)
What name is given to the ancient Christian and Jewish underground burial chambers in and around Rome?
Catacombs
Polaris is commonly known as what star?
The north star
Britain annexed Hong Kong as a result of which war?
Opium war
Who was the dictator in "Animal Farm?"
Napoleon
What is the most popular dog breed?
Labrador retriever
What is a "sparklemuffin?"
A peacock spider
What is typically considered the largest island in the world?
Greenland
Construction of the Tower of Pisa was completed in what year?
1372
In what ominous numbered room is Winston Smith strapped to a chair at the end of "Nineteen Eighty-Four"?
Room 101
What poison does the pufferfish contain?
Tetradotoxin
What is luciferase?
A generic term for the class of oxidative enzymes that produce bioluminescence
Who survived many murder attempts and finally died of carbon monoxide poisoning?
Michael Malloy
Who ordered the construction of the Palace of Versailles?
King Louis XIII
Who was the first president to receive full-time Secret Service protection?
Theodore Roosevelt