Movies
What is the highest-grossing film of all time, taking inflation into account?
Gone With the Wind
Which university did Microsoft founder Bill Gates drop out of?
Harvard
Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?
Roald Amundsen
Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
Uruguay
How many countries are in Africa?
54
How much shorter is the average woman than the average man?
5 inches
What is the rarest M&M color?
Brown
In what year were the Academy Awards first presented?
1929
Originally, Amazon only sold what kind of product?
Books
What year did the Cold War end?
1989
What sporting event is held every Memorial Day?
The Indy 500
Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?
Switzerland
What is the most common eye color in humans?
Brown
What was the first soft drink to be taken into space?
Coca Cola
What was the first film to release a soundtrack?
Snow White (in 1944)
As of 2019, what is the most popular car color in the USA?
White
What was the largest contiguous empire in history?
Mongol Empire
Which athlete has won the most Olympic medals?
Michael Phelps (with 28 medals)
What is the only country that borders the United Kingdom?
Ireland (which shares a border with Northern Ireland)
What is the lightest planet?
Saturn (It's so light that it would float in water)
What did the buffalo say to his son as he was leaving for school?
Bison
What is the longest movie ever made?
The Cure for Insomnia (clocking in at 85 hours) (1987)
What is the official state car of the Emperor of Japan?
Toyota Century Royal
Which country was the first to give women the right to vote?
New Zealand (in 1893)
What are three consecutive strikes in bowling called?
A turkey
What is the name of the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world?
Angel Falls (located in Venezuela)
What tree do acorns come from?
Oak trees
What is a puffin chick called?
A puffling
"Nobody's perfect" is the final line of which classic comedy, starring Marilyn Monroe?
Some Like It Hot
What is Thomas Edison's most famous invention?
Lightbulb
How many people have walked on the moon?
12
What is the national sport of Japan?
Sumo wrestling
What is the only continent without an active volcano?
Australia
What are the only two mammals that lay eggs?
Echidna and platypus
What is the official state sport of Maryland?
Jousting
Who starred in the original version of A Star is Born?
Janet Gaynor and Fredric March
In 2009, what became the first Morse code character to be added since WWII?
The @ symbol
The destruction of Pompeii in 79 AD was done by what volcano?
Mt. Vesuvius
What is the only NFL team with a plant for a logo?
The New Orleans Saints (their logo is a fleur-de-lis, which is a stylized lily)
In the United Kingdom, what is the day after Christmas Day called?
Boxing Day
What are human nails made out of?
Keratin
What is the only letter of the alphabet not to appear in the name of any US state?
Q
How many children are in the von Trapp family in The Sound of Music?
Seven
While building magnetrons at MIT in the 1940s, Percy Spencer noticed a melting chocolate bar in his pocket. Deeper investigation and exploration led to the invention of what household device?
Microwave
Which queen had the shortest reign of King Henry VIII's wives?
Anne of Cleves
What material was first used to cover baseballs?
Cowhide
Which country contains both the highest and lowest points of elevation in South America?
Argentina
How many elements are in the periodic table?
118
What was the original purpose of the tiny pocket in jeans?
To store pocket watches
What is Scarlett O'Hara's first name in Gone with the Wind?
Katie
Dolly the sheep's birth in 1996 and subsequent life helped prove the viability of what scientific and technological process?
Cloning
Which Civil War battle had the most casualties in any single day of fighting?
Battle of Antietam (with 22,726 casualties in one day)
What is the signature food dish served at Wimbledon?
Strawberries and cream
According to the UN's 2020 World Happiness Report, which country has the happiest inhabitants?
Finland
What is the fin on the backs of fish and some whales and dolphins called?
Dorsal fin
What color do bananas glow under black light?
Blue
What are the dying words of Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane?
"Rosebud"
Known in the U.S. as the Intolerable Acts and in the U.K. as the Coercive Acts, this series of restrictive laws was passed in response to what iconic, rebellious American event that occurred on December 16, 1773?
Boston Tea Party
What was Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name?
Roosevelt (she and FDR were distant cousins)
What was Muhammed Ali's birth name?
Cassius Clay
What is the world's biggest island?
Greenland
What two substances are the main components of bronze?
Copper and tin
What are the only mammals that can fly?
Bats
Who played Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate?
Anne Bancroft
In the nursery rhyme "Hey, Diddle Diddle," what type of mammal leaped over the Earth's largest satellite?
Cow
Who was the first person to appear on the $1 bill?
Salmon P. Chase (the Secretary of the Treasury in 1862, when the first $1 bills were created)
Who is the leading NBA scorer?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (with 38,387 points)
Which country sees the most international tourists annually?
France
The first vaccine developed was for which disease?
Smallpox
Who wrote a famous diary while hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam?
Anne Frank