Ice-Breaker
Name the largest freshwater lake in the world?
Lake Superior.
Which actress said, "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night,"
All About Eve? Bette Davis (as Margo Channing.)
Who is “the father of Soil Mechanics?”
. Karl Terzaghi
In professional basketball, how high is the basketball hoop from the ground?
10'
What can destroy diamond?
Intense heat
Where would you find the Sea of Tranquility?
The Moon.
Name the director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Peter Jackson.
Why do golf balls have dimples?
The dimples reduce drag and allow the ball to travel farther than a smooth ball.
What sport is dubbed the ‘king of sports’?
Soccer
Which country has the fastest passenger train in the world?
Japan
Name the seventh planet from the sun.
Uranus.
What TV show was Jack Nicholson referencing when he ad-libbed “Here’s Johnny!” in The Shining?
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
When water flows through a full pipe, the water is fastest in what part of the pipe? The top, middle, bottom, or all the same?
Middle. The edge of a pipe has friction. The friction slows down the water in contact with it. Therefore, the middle is the fastest.
A sporting event is held every year on Memorial Day. What is it?
Indianapolis 500
Where was the first laser made?
Berlin, Germany
World's Longest River
The Amazon
In what 1976 thriller does Robert De Niro famously say “You talkin’ to me?”
Taxi Driver
What was the world’s worst accidental oil spill?
Supertankers Atlantic Empress and Aegean Captain collided off Trinidad and Tobago on July 19 79:: 90 million gallons of oil ended up in the Caribbean.
Which basketball player was Michael Jordan nicknamed after as a young high school basketball enthusiast?
Magic after Magic Johnson
Which is the fastest communication platform ever?
Internet
Which country is Prague in?
Czech Republic.
For what movie did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar for Best Director?
Schindler’s List
The word engineer comes from a Latin word meaning
‘cleverness’.
What is the only team in the NFL to neither host nor play in the Super Bowl?
Cleveland Browns
Which nut is used to make dynamite?
Peanut – peanut oil can be processed to produce glycerol, which can then be used to make nitroglycerine – an explosive liquid used in dynamite.