Language barriers
About how many different languages are spoken around the world? A) 1,500 B) 3,000 C) 6,900 D) 12,200
C) 6,900
The united states purchased Alaska from what country?
Russia
What period of human history came between the Stone Age and the Iron Age?
The Bronze Age
In 1588 the Spanish Armada attacked the English fleet. Who won that battle, the Spanish or the English?
English
In 1939 what new product was touted as being strong as steel, fine as a spider's web and more elastic than natural fibers?
Nylon
What American fast-food chain's slogan translates in Chinese to "eat your fingers off"?
Kentucky Fried Chicken
What does the statue of liberty hold in her right hand?
A torch
Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death"? A) Patrick Henry B) Paul Revere C) John Paul Jones
A) Patrick Henry
What is your profession if your job is to draw maps?
Cartographer
What one letter in the alphabet does not appear in any of the names of the fifty states?
Q
What is the only word in the English language that is both a noun and a verb but, when capitalized, is pronounced differently and changes to a nationality?
Polish / polish
Polish: from poland
polish: to create a shinny surface by rubbing
what was the name of the U.S. mail service, started in 1860, that used horses and riders?
Pony express
Upon the death of President John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as president in what unusual setting?
On Air Force One
The southernmost Point within the 50 states in the U.S. is in what state?
Hawaii
What toy's 4-letter name means "play well"?
Lego
What is the easiest foreign language for a native English speaker to learn? A) French B) German C) Italian D) Spanish
D) Spanish
American mobster, Al Capone, was finally sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for what crime?
Tax evasion
Prior to Queen Elizabeth II, who had been the longest-reigning British monarch?
Queen Victoria (reigned 1837-1901, 63 years)
Hawaii is closest to which other U.S. state?
Alaska
Who is England's oldest ally? A) Denmark B) Portugal C) The Netherlands D) Scotland
B) Portugal
In Italy, an ad campaign for Schweppes Tonic Water inadvertently translated the name to what type of water?
Toilet water
who was the first U.S. president born in a hospital?
Jimmy Carter
One of then evilest rulers of all time lived in Romania around 1460 and was known for killing thousands of his enemies in a cold-blooded manner. His name was Vlad, sometimes known as Vlad the Impaler, but what was his actual Romanian family name?
Dracula
In what sport can you score an "advantage"?
Tennis
The most expensive music manuscripts ever sold at auction fetched $3.5 million in 1987 at Sotheby's in London. Who was the composer of that work?
Mozart