Women's History Month
What Black woman refused to give up her seat to a White man, in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, thus sparking the civil rights movement of the following decade?
Rosa Parks
What common expression is used to refer to the horseshoe shaped zone found along the Pacific rim where approximately 90% of the world’s earthquakes occur?
Ring of Fire
In which game all the players act as scientists and speed around the world, putting out fires and killing germs, cure all four deadly diseases and you win?
Pandemic
What is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying the president of the United States?
Marine One
Which famous soft drink was invented in 1892?
Coca Cola
Who was the first “First Lady” to have developed her own political and media identity?
Eleanor Roosevelt
In what month is the Earth closest to the sun?
January
According to Hasbro, which board game was invented by a wealthy Canadian couple who liked to play the game on their Yacht?
Yahtzee
In 2003, which U.S. state was officially declared the birthplace of aviation?
Ohio
What is the rarest M&M color?
Brown
Who introduced America to French cooking in her books and television series from 1963 through the 1990’s?
Julia Child
What is the second most abundant element in the earth’s atmosphere?
Oxygen
What is the oldest board game in the US?
Backgammon
What was the nickname for the four engine B-17 bomber planes used during WWII?
Flying Fortress
What is the name given to Indian food cooked over charcoal in a clay oven?
Tandoori
What woman served as a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, freeing hundreds of southern slaves and leading them to safety in the North? A $40,000 reward was offered for her capture.
Harriet Tubman
Which is the most abundant metal in the earth’s crust?
Aluminum
Which game was one of the first games to be made into a computer game in 1979?
Battleship
In 1783, the first free flight of a hot air balloon carrying a human occurred in what city?
Paris, France
From which country does Gouda cheese originate?
Netherlands
What leading suffragist was arrested and convicted of attempting to vote in the 1872 election?
Susan B. Anthony
What is the name of the submerged fringe of a continent?
Continental Shelf
Which traditional board game has 4,531,985,219,092 possible positions?
Connect 4
Which aircraft is known as “Hercules”?
C-130
What are the names of the Rice Krispies mascots?
Snap, Crackle and Pop