Breakthrough Inventions
Alexander Graham Bell invented this "speaking telegraph" in 1876. It allows people to talk to one another over a long distance.
What is the telephone?
This star is the closest star to earth.
What is the sun?
The capital of Idaho is home to the college football team the Broncos.
What is Boise?
"The only thing we have to fear..."
Bonus 100 points: name who said the quote.
"is fear itself."
Bonus: Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Utah NBA team.
Who are the Jazz?
The full name for A.I.
This many colors are in the rainbow.
What is seven?
The capital of California lies at the confluence of the Sacramento River and American River.
What is Sacramento?
"Ask not what your country can do for you..."
Bonus 200 points: name who said the quote
"...ask what you can do for your country."
Bonus: John F. Kennedy
This sport can be played 1v1 or 2v2. It involves hitting a ball over a net with a racket. Famous players include Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, and Billie Jean King.
What is tennis?
This invention allowed people to travel outside our atmosphere into the space beyond.
What are spaceships?
This is the process by which plants make food.
What is photosynthesis?
The capital of Oklahoma state isn't as hard as you think it is.
What is Oklahoma City.
"Hell has no fury..."
Bonus 300 points: name who wrote this quote
"…like a woman scorned."
Bonus: William Congreve
The name of New York's NFL football team.
Who are the Giants?
At first only able to perform simple calculations, these electronic devices once filled an entire room. Now they can be as small as a cellphone.
What are computers?
This long winter sleep occurs when an animal slows its heart rate to save energy and survive the winter without eating much.
What is hibernation?
The capital of Montana.
What is Helena?
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't..."
Bonus 400 points: name the person who said this
"... you're right."
Bonus: Henry Ford
This sport is unique in that play is continuous even after players are tackled on the field, and kicking is the only way in which players may move the ball forward. It is featured in the movie: Forever Strong.
What is rugby?
A Utah native, Philo Taylor Farnsworth, was only 21 when he invented this staple in American homes. His system, which he called the "image dissector", used a cathode ray tube television receiver to reassemble the lines into a picture on a screen.
What is television?
The human body has this many bones.
What is 206?
The Big Apple is not the capital of New York state, instead the capitol is...
What is Albany?
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate...:
Bonus 500 points: name who said this quote
"...only love can do that."
Bonus: Martin Luther King Jr.
This famous soccer player from Portugal is in the number one spot on the all-time list of men’s international goal scorers.
Who is Cristiano Ronaldo?