What are the three states of matter?
Solid, Liquid, and Gas
Who won Super Bowl LII?
Hint: In 2017
Philadelphia Eagles
In The Matrix, does Neo take the blue pill or the red pill?
Red
Eminem's 8 Mile is named after a road in which city?
Detroit
What fish is used to make calamari?
Squid
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan".
Who said it and why?
Franklin Deleano Roosevelt to Congress in response to the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Who has won the most Grand Slams in tennis history?
Name both the male and female.
Novak Djokovic and Margaret Court
What flavor of Pop-Tarts does Buddy the Elf use in his spaghetti in Elf?
Chocolate
What smells are described in "Don't Stop Believin'?"
Wine and cheap perfume
In what city can you find the French Quarter?
New Orleans
3x = 12
-3x + y = -6
The solution to the given system of equations is (x, y). What is the value of y ?
6
Presidential ceremonial pitches have been a tradition in MLB since opening day of the 1910 season. Who was the first president to throw out a ceremonial first pitch?
William Howard Taft.
Bonus Fact: Since 1910 every president except Jimmy Carter has thrown at least one ceremonial first pitch—even Richard Nixon!
What is the highest-grossing movie of all time when taking inflation into account?
Gone With the Wind
Which classical composer was deaf?
Ludwig van Beethoven
How old was Rose in the Titanic movie when she was recounting her story?
100 Years Old
The province of Xoconochco was situated on the Pacific coast, hundreds of kilometers southeast of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire. Because Xoconochco’s location within the empire was so _______ , cacao and other trade goods produced there could reach the capital only after a long overland journey.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A) unobtrusive B) concealed
C) approximate D) peripheral
As used in this context, “peripheral” means situated toward the outer bounds rather than the center. The text indicates that Xoconochco was located on a coast, hundreds of kilometers away from the capital of the Aztec Empire. The text also states that trade between the province and the capital required “a long overland journey.” This context suggests that Xoconochco was situated toward an edge of the empire’s territory rather than near its center.
Who caught Brett Favre’s first regular season pass completion when he was playing for the Falcons in 1991?
Believe it or not, it was Brett Favre. Favre’s first attempt was deflected by a defender and Favre caught it for a seven-yard loss.
For what movie did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar for Best Director?
Schindler's List
Who sang the Spongebob Squarepants theme song for the movie?
Avril Lavigne
What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise?
Venus
What African country is entirely surrounded by South Africa?
Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho.
Milorad Cavic is a Serbian swimmer that famously lost to Michael Phelps by mere fingertips (one hundredth of a second!) at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In what event was this photo finish? We're lookin for the stroke and the distance.
100m Butterfly
The Battle of Thermopylae served as the basis of what highly stylized 2006 smash hit swords-and-sandals action flick?
300
"The Day the Music Died" refers to the tragic deaths of which artists?
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper
What war led to the death by guillotine of Marie Antoinette?
The French Revolution