Literature
Who wrote the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”, published in 1960?
Harper Lee
How many tines does a standard dinner fork have?
Four
What is the only country that is also a continent?
Australia
Which continent is home to the Great Barrier Reef?
Australia
President Thomas Jefferson bought about 828,000 square miles worth of land from France in 1803. What name was given to the transaction for that territory?
Louisiana Purchase
Cruella de Vil is a character who appeared in what novel by Dodie Smith?
The Hundred and One Dalmatians
What determines the color of an egg shell?
The breed of chicken
Which major fault line lies closest to San Francisco?
San Andreas Fault
What is the world’s largest species of shark?
Whale Shark
From 1776 to 1783, Thomas Paine wrote a series of pamphlets about the Revolution, known as the “The American ______.”
The American Crisis
Which Irish author wrote the avant-garde comic fiction,”Finnegans Wake”?
James Joyce
This combination of butter and flour is used to thicken soups and sauces.
Roux
What popular hiking trail covers 14 U.S. states?
The Appalachian Trail
What is the name of the famous ancient city in Jordan?
Petra
According to legend, Delaware gets the nickname "Diamond State" because it was once called "a jewel among the states" by what third U.S. President?
Thomas Jefferson
Sydney Carton is the central character in what Charles Dickens novel?
A Tale of Two Cities
What is the only food that can never go bad?
Honey is the only food that will last forever and will never spoil. In fact, the oldest jar of honey ever found is believed to be 5,500 years old!
Which two U.S. states boast a population of more than 20 million people?
California and Texas
What is the most common type of rock on Earth’s surface?
Igneous
In 1945, world leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill met what other man in Yalta from February 4-11 to discuss postwar plans?
Joseph Stalin
Henry David Thoreau wrote about life in the woods in Massachusetts in what iconic 1854 work of nonfiction literature?
Walden
Which variety of chili pepper is considered the hottest in the world?
The Carolina Reaper is the current Guinness World Record holder, with an average of 1,641,183 SHUs (Scoville heat units).
Located in Bar Harbor, Maine, which national park is considered the “Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic Coast?”
Acadia National Park
The largest living species of tortoise in the world is native to what island archipelago in the Pacific Ocean? The archipelago was also the name of a 1985 Kurt Vonnegut novel, about a shipwreck there.
Galapagos
During the American Civil War, the battles of Bull Run (both the First and Second), Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Appomattox Court House were all fought in what state?
Virginia
The Artful Dodger is a character from which novel?
Oliver Twist
What phenolic compound helps add a sense of dryness to red wine?
Tannin
The Bering Strait separates Russia from which U.S. state?
Alaska
What South American landmark is known as the “Lost City of the Incas”?
Machu Picchu, Peru
Named for Judiciary Chairman Andrew Volstead, the 1919 Volstead Act overrode President Woodrow Wilson’s veto to what national act that was later repealed?
Prohibition
"11/22/63" is a novel in which a time traveler attempts to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy, by what American author who's associated more with Maine than with Washington, DC?
Stephen King
What is the only U.S. state where coffee beans are grown?
Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee. Visitors almost always want to bring home a bag of Kona Coffee, which is grown on the Big Island of Hawaii.
What flat region covers much of the interior of the U.S. including Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota?
The Great Plains
What sub-sector of earth science studies earthquakes?
Seismology
In a 1776 letter, what future First Lady of the United States urged her husband, John, to "remember the ladies" when fighting for American independence from Britain?
Abigail Adams
The state of Hawaii is comprised of how many main islands?
8