Arts + Culture
Actor Jack Black is also a singer in this band
What is Tenacious D?
This small country is located between the borders of France and Spain
What is Andorra?
This is the name of the figure who rules on the plays in a game of baseball
What is the umpire?
Prior to 1935, Iran was known by what name
What is Persia?
This is the periodic symbol for gold
What is Au?
This is the longest-running show in Broadway history, doing over 13,900 performances between 1988 and 2023
What is The Phantom of the opera?
This country is the only one with a flag that is not square or rectangular
What is Nepal?
In hockey, this player is known as "The Next One"
Who is Sidney Crosby?
The Bubonic Plague killed millions of Europeans during this century
What is the 14th century? (or the 1300s)
The Earth rotates this many degrees each hour
What is 15 degrees?
'And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.' is the last line of this classic American modernist novel
What is The Great Gatsby?
This is the longest river in the world
What is the Nile River?
The 100 meters is the first event in this sport
What is a decathlon?
William Shakespeare was born in this English city
What is Stratford-Upon-Avon?
A newborn baby has this many bones
What is 275-300?
This best-selling author, celebrity chef, and TV star had an earlier career in the Secret Intelligence division in the U.S. Department of Defense during WWII
Julia Child
This intercontinental city is divided in two by the Bosphorus Strait
What is Istanbul, Turkey?
The 1992 Summer Olympics were held in this city
What is Barcelona, Spain?
In 1893, this country was the first to give women the right to vote
What is New Zealand?
This is the name of the red pigment found in vertebrates that functions in oxygen transport
What is hemoglobin?
This Golden Age Hollywood actress was also a prolific inventor, inventing a frequency-hopping system during WWII which became the foundation for modern Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth technology
10 bonus points if you can name any of her films
Who is Hedy Lamarr?
There are this many enclave countries (countries whose territories are completely surrounded by another) in the world
10 bonus points each if you can name any!
What is 3?
Lesotho, San Marino, Vatican City
This football team was formerly known as the Frankford Yellow Jackets
10 bonus points if you can name 5 current-day players on this team
What is the Philadelphia Eagles?
The Charge of the Light Brigade occurred during this war
10 bonus points if you can name what decade it occurred
What is the Crimean War?
This many planets have no moons
10 bonus points each if you can name which one(s)
What is 2?
Mercury and Venus