What is the closest star to Earth?
The sun
Which U.S. president signed the Equal Pay Act, which mandated equal pay for equal work?
John F. Kennedy
Which US state is "Almost Heaven"?
West Virginia
What is a shark's skeleton made of?
Cartilage
How many goonies were there?
Four
What is the explosion at the end of a star's life cycle called?
Supernova
Who served as Vice President under Ronald Reagan?
George H.W. Bush
What four US states start with the letter I?
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa
A triangle with three equal sides is called a what?
Equilateral
What was the remake of "A Night to Remember"?
Titanic
What human organs are affected by glaucoma?
The eyes
What crop failure caused the Irish Famine?
Potatoes
In what decade did Washington, D.C become the capital of the U.S.?
1800
What animal lives in a lodge?
The Beaver
Who played the "Grinch"?
Jim Carey
What element are diamonds made of?
Carbon
Who was the first wife of King Henry VIII?
Catherine of Aragon
Which river runs through Paris?
Seine
What fruit was once called a Persian apple?
Peach
Where in "Stand by Me" were the town scenes filmed?
Brownsville, OR
What cooking fuel is produced by heating wood without oxygen?
Charcoal
Which former U.S. president is the only president to hold a patent?
Abraham Lincoln
What U.S. mountain range has a "road to nowhere"?
Great Smokey Mountains
What bird can swim but cannot fly?
The Penguin
Who did Eliza dance with art the ball?
Prince of Transylvania
The world's first successful vaccine was developed to treat which disease?
Smallpox
Who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his work at ending the Russo-Japanese War?
Theodore Roosevelt
The underground lake, The Lost Sea, is located in which US state's Craighead Caverns?
Tennessee
What is the minimum speed for a Category 5 hurricane?
157 mph
Who played the first movie "Superman"?
Christopher Reeve
What shapes are used in a Venn diagram?
Circles
Who was the first person to break the sound barrier?
Chuck Yeager
Corsica is part of which European country?
France
What is the oldest marathon race in the US?
Boston Marathon
Who was the voice of Shrek
Mike Myers
What is a plant with no internal system of tube like structures called?
Nonvascular Plant
Who was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962?
John Glenn
What is the national flower of Wales?
Daffodil -- Wales made the selection because it represents optimism and is one of the first seasonal symbols of spring.
How many dots are there on a die?
21
In "Fantasia", what did the sorcerer's apprentice enchant?
A broom
What plant when ingested (in small quantities) can make the oil of your skin poisonous?
Oleander
Which US military awards were established during the Civil War?
The Navy and Marine Corps Medal of Honor
What was Belize known as until 1973?
British Honduras
What musical instrument is played to wake up soldiers?
Bugle
What water hazard is found in both "African Queen" and " Stand by Me"?
Leaches
Which naturally occurring element is heaviest by atomic weight?
Uranium
Which American revolutionary figure was a philosopher?
Thomas Paine, the patriot who penned the philosophical treatise "The Rights of Man" and the revolutionary pamphlet "Common Sense"
Which country has a city nicknamed "The Waterfall Capital of the World"?
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada -- According to Smithsonian Magazine, Hamilton holds the record for the most waterfalls within one city's limits, with 156 separate falls.
What is the name of Spain's famous cold soup made mostly from tomatoes?
Gazpacho
What was the name of the travelling salesman that Dorothy met when first running away from home?
Professor Marvel