American Geography
What is the longest river in the United States?
Missouri River
What are the slits right behind a shark’s head?
Gills
Identify the winning team of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Argentina
Tiberius, Charlemagne, Maximilian, Haile Selaissie, and Hirohito all shared what title?
Emperor
Identify any word that begins with a silent “g”.
Gnarl, gnash, gnat, gnaw, gnome, gnostic, etc.
What is the largest lake in the United States?
Lake Superior
Physicists say that the universe grew from the size of a marble to its present proportions in one-trillionth of a second. What is that moment called?
The Big Bang
What two cat-nicknamed teams entered the National Football League in 1995?
Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars
Which US government agency faced elimination by Congress in 1993 due to its poor response to emergencies?
FEMA
Material goods or money given by the wife's family to the husband or his family is designated by what five-letter word, starting with D?
Dowry
What river flows through the Grand Canyon?
Colorado River
All meteorites discovered on Earth are primarily made of what metal?
Iron
What is the "last weekend" of the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournament traditionally called?
Final Four
The United States is the only country with official flags for its government agencies and departments. The first such flag was adopted in 1960, and it features the earth and the moon. It is the flag of which agency?
NASA
Spell the term for the covering material used in making chairs and couches.
UPHOLSTRY
By population size, what are the second and third largest cities in Indiana?
2) Fort Wayne & 3) Evansville
What weather condition contributes to jet airplanes slowing to as low as 330 mph on westbound flights and speeding to as high as 520 mph on eastbound flights?
Jet stream
Identify the all-time leader in home runs in Major League Baseball.
Barry Bonds*
It is commonly known that Alaska was the 49th state in the US, and Hawaii is the 50th. Which state is the 48th?
Arizona
This word is derived from the Spanish for “watchman.” It’s defined as somebody who attempts unauthorized law enforcement, and taking the law into his own hands. What’s the word?
Vigilante
Which U.S. city has the largest concentration of people who are of Polish descent?
Chicago, Illinois
Hurricane season in the U.S. runs from the first of June until the end of which month?
November
Identify any FOUR of the professional (mens) teams in New York City from the NBA, NFL, NHL, or MLB
Knicks, Nets, Giants, Jets, Rangers, Islanders, Yankees, Mets
What political document left no doubt that the Civil War was being fought not only to preserve the Union but also to abolish slavery?
Emancipation Proclamation
Julia Ward Howe, who was an abolitionist, wrote “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Define “abolitionist.”
A person opposed to slavery