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What is the rarest M&M color?
Brown
What is the name of the part of Earth that lies just beneath the crust?
The mantle
Which president drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776?
Thomas Jefferson
Rather than wearing hand jewelry, in THIS COUNTRY it's traditional for the bride to spend hours getting mehndi, paint made from henna, intricately painted on her.
India
Which of Shakespeare’s plays is the longest?
Hamlet
Which country is known as the Land of White Elephant?
Thailand
Fissures, vents, and plugs are all associated with which geological feature?
Volcanos
Samuel Tilden, Grover Cleveland, Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton share what distinction among U.S. presidential candidates?
They won the popular vote but lost the electoral college vote
In which country is it commonly required for every man who dances with the bride to pin money on her dress?
Cuba
Which author wrote the ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ books?
A. A. Milne
Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?
Switzerland
How old is Earth?
4.54 Billion Years
What is the nickname for the old regulations requiring racial segregation?
Jim Crow Laws
Upon marriage, in what county did the woman use the feminine surname form, like ska or cka, rather than man's surname ended in ski or cki? This is a dying a dying tradition. Ex: Phil Lakowski marries Lola and her last name becomes Lakowska.
Poland
What is the meaning of the phrase ‘Mein Kampf’ in Hitler’s autobiography of the same name?
My Struggle
The only known monotremes in the animal kingdom are the echidna and which other creature?
The platypus
What causes geysers?
Groundwater heated by magma becomes superheated and flashes into steam
Which states were part of the original 13 colonies? (Time extension to 2 minutes 30 seconds)
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
While still wearing a full wedding attire, in which country is it a tradition to have the bride & groom saw a log in half while the guests watch?
Germany
In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, protagonist Holden Caulfield worries about how this animal survives the winter in New York.
Ducks
What was the first toy to be advertised on television?
Mr. Potato Head (1952)
What is the name of the sea passage through the Arctic Archipelago of Canada, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?
Northwest Passage
Who is known for having taken part in the creation of the NAACP in 1909 and for having written The Souls of Black Folk (1903), a collection of essays that became a landmark of African American literature?
W.E.B. Du Bois
A traditional wedding cake in THIS COUNTRY is assembled with ribbons poking out of the side. Each ribbon is attached to a charm but one has something more — a fake wedding ring. If you're the single lady served the wedding ring-filled slice of cake, it's thought that you're next in line to get married.
Peru
In best selling book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, what is the secretive radio program set up by the Order of the Phoenix group?
Potterwatch