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World History

 The Berlin Wall fell in November of this year



 Answer: 1989

100
WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR ICE CREAM FLAVOR IN THE UNITED STATES

VANILLIA

100


What is the longest day of the year?

  •  Summer Solstice
  • or june 20 or  21
100

What chocolate-flavored coffee drink gets its name from a city in Yemen that was once a center of the coffee trade?

Answer: mocha




  • Answer: mocha
100

What number between one and 10, when said out loud, sounds like the past tense of the verb "eat"?


Answer: Eight

200

FOUR LETTER WORD


  1. The soft underlay of feathers from a duck or goose is used to stuff pillows.


What is Down?


200


WHAT INGREDIENT GIVES ICE CREAM ITS CREAMY TEXTURE

CREAM OR MILK

200

What vitamin do we primarily get from sunlight?




  • Answer: Vitamin D
200

im Dandy’s known for a quick version of hot cereal that’s made from finely ground corn. What’s the dish called?




Answer: Grits

200

 

what word for a specific time of day can be spelled the same forwards and backwards, and upside down when put in all caps?




Answer: Noon

300

SPORTS

1. What’s the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?

18 inches

300

 

  1. What type of ice cream is also the name of a sweet powder? 

Sherbet

300

What summer event is known for rides, games, and cotton candy?

Answer: County fair

300

 Which insect do figs often rely on for pollination?


Wasps

300


What four letter word can be a man’s name, part of a duck, or a proposed law?



Answer: Bill

400

FLOWERS

  1. Which of these flowers can be used instead of onions in cooking?      a. Tulips b. Iris c. Roses d.

TULIPS

400
  1. WHICH COUNTRY IS CREDITED FOR INVENTING ICE CREAM


CHINA

400

 The Summer of Love in 1967 took place in which U.S. city?


  • Answer: San Francisco

400

According to a Hispanic tradition, how many grapes should you eat on New Year's Eve for good luck?



12

400

I was the only one ... so I ... What four-letter word can fill both blanks in this sentence, first to mean remaining, then to indicate leaving?




Answer: Left

500

AMERICAN FADS 1920s

  •  Young women who embraced a new lifestyle, characterized by short dresses, bobbed hair, and a spirit of independence where referred to what?






what are Flappers

500

 

  1. What can you see on the logo of the ice cream brand Breyers?
    1. A rose
    2. A leaf
    3. An ice cube
    4. A snowflake


  • A leaf
500

Question: What classic American novel, set during the summer of 1922, was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald?

  • Answer: The Great Gatsby.
500

Purple was the original color of which vegetable before breeding changes?








  • Answer: Carrot
500

An example of a contronym, where one word has two opposite meanings, what four-letter word means to cover lightly with a powdered substance and to remove a fine substance from a surface?


Answer: Dust

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