Geography
What is the capital of France?
Paris
Which car manufacturer CEO is building rockets?
Lee Iococca-Chrysler
Mary Barra-GM
Elon Musk-Tesla
Ola Källenius- Mercedes Benz
Elon Musk
When was World War II?
a. 1861-1867
b. 1939-1945
c. 1914-1918
d.1954-1975
1939-1945
Who won the Oscar for best actor in 2015?
Morgan Freeman
Burt Reynolds
Ernest Hemingway
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington for the movie "Fences"
What is the longest running tv show in the USA?
Bugs Bunny
I Love Lucy
The Flintstones
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
32 seasons
Where and what is Zanzibar?
a. an island in the Caribbean
b. an island off of Tanzania
c. a delicatessen in NYC
d. sort of like a sand bar but with whipped cream
An island off of Tanzania (Africa)
What is the speed of light?
1,237 mph
110 mph
670,616,629 mph
68,987 mph
670,616,629 mph
The massive carved sculpture monument known as Mount Rushmore in South Dakota includes Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and............
Lyndon B. Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
Abraham Lincoln
What is the tallest US mountain east of the Mississippi River?
Mount Washington
Mount Tom
Mount Mitchell
Mount Greylock
Mount Mitchell
6,684 feet
North Carolina
What is the largest selling/most popular newspaper in the United States?
New York Post
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
2.2 million paid subscriptions
The Hawaiian Islands were made from.....
Coral Reefs
Glaciers
Volcanoes
Volcanoes
What year was Jamestown first settled?
1680
1607
1492
1770
1607
Where was Beyonce born?
San Francisco, California
Barbados
Houston, Texas
New Orleans, Louisiana
Houston, Texas
Where was pizza invented?
Naples, Florida
Brooklyn, New York
Chicago, Illinois
Naples, Italy
Naples, Italy
In the 1700s
Where is Mount Kilimanjaro?
Eastern Asia
Central Europe
Eastern Africa
Western South America
Eastern Africa
What car part is crucial for starting a gas engine car?
axle
muffler
spark plug
tow hitch
spark plug
Who was the 4th president in the United States?
James Madison
Woodrow Wilson
George Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
James Madison
Which musician is not a famous trumpet player?
Dizzie Gillespie
Louis Armstrong
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Who holds the record for the women's 100 meter sprint?
Carmelita Jeter
Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce
Marion Jones
Florence Griffith Joyner
10.49 seconds
aka---Flo Jo
Which island is not in the Caribbean?
Jamaica
St. Thomas
St. Vincent
Guam
Guam
Which of the following sentences will best help you to remember the order of the planets in our solar system?
a. Every Single Pizza Jumps Under Volvos On Mondays.
b. My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos.
c. Nick's Ugly Juniper Plant Might Shake Earl's Violins.
b. My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Nachos
Who is Beyonce's husband?
Joe Rogan
Bob Dylan
Jay Zee
Vincent Price
Jay Zee
Who wrote and performed "The Climb?"
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
The Beatles
Mylie Cyrus
Mylie Cyrus
What is the highest point in Amherst?
Antonio's Pizza
Bueno Y Sano
The Steeple on the chapel at Amherst College
Crocker Farm Elementary School
The steeple on the chapel at Amherst College