Sports History
Famous Quotes
Geography
Inventions that Changed the World
Current Events
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The annual sled dog team race across Alaska. The race takes 9-15 days and covers approximately 1,161 miles.
What is the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race?
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If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause and say, "Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."
a. Justin Beeber b. Abraham Lincoln c. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The highest mountain peak in the world?
What Mt. Everest? Mt. Range: Himalayas Location: Nepal / Tibet Height: 29,035 ft.
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The video gaming console that took the gaming industry by storm when it was first introduced in 1994.
What is the Sony PlayStation?
100
The body of water where the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill that happened in April of 2010.
Where is the Gulf of Mexico? **Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida and are known as the Gulf States.
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This sport has the speed of basketball, the contact of football and the strategy of chess. The players on each team are divided into two groups - forwards and backs. The ball can not be passed forward - rather the ball moves backwards and laterally from player to player, or it may be kicked forward. Players wear almost no protective equipment - ouch!
What is Rugby? Rugby is most popular in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, France and South Africa.
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This United States founding father said "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."
a. Benjamin Franklin b. James Madison c. Greg Heffley
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The polar region where Polar bears live.
Where is the Artic?
200
Galileo, an Italian math professor invented a tube comprised of two lenses aligned inside a tube, providing a 9x magnification. It is the simplified version of what we now call...
What is the telescope?
200
This Prince, next in line to be King of England was recently engaged to be married.
Who is Prince William of Wales?
300
The position SF Giant coach Bruce Bochy played when he was a major league player.
What is a catcher?
300
"If you don't know where you're going, you might not get there."
a. Barrack Obama b. Yogi Berra c. The Dalai Lama
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The largest continent with 30% of the total land area of the planet.
What is Asia?
300
Originally developed in 1978 as a navigation system by the U.S. military, this technology uses a network of satellites around the Earth to pinpoint the exact position of the receiver anywhere on the planet. It is now used in cars, aircraft, and boats.
What is GPS (Global Positioning System) Technology?
300
This planet has a continual debate about whether it actually is a planet or not and is currently being called a dwarf planet.
What is Pluto?
400
This NBA basketball star was the youngest player (18 yrs. old) ever to appear in an NBA game and he became the youngest all-star in NBA history in 1998.
Who is Kobe Bryant? Guard/forward for the LA Lakers
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"Imagination is more important that knowledge."
a. Shakespeare b. Sponge Bob c. Albert Einstein
400
The U.S. City with the largest population.
What is New York, NY? Over 8 million people
400
The 1876 communication invention by Alexander Graham Bell that revolutionized the lives of ordinary people.
What is the telephone? (An instrument which converts sound, to electrical impulses of various frequencies and than back to a tone that sounds like the original voice)
400
The first presidential library to go online. Hint: This president is no longer alive and held office for only 3 years.
What is The Kennedy Presidential Library? Thousands of audio recordings, video files, film, photographs, documents, personal papers and home movies will be available on line at www.jfklibrary.org
500
In water polo, every player must have a number so the referee can distinguish one player from another. This is where the number is displayed.
Where is the cap?
500
"The greater danger for most men lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark."
a. Michelangelo b. Lady Gaga c. J.K. Rowling
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This "city in the clouds" was built 8,000 feet above sea level in the 15th century by Incan emperor Pachacutec. Abandoned by the Incas, the city remained unknown until it was rediscovered by an explorer in 1911. Hint: It is in the South American country of Peru.
Where is Machu Picchu?
500
Electricity is one of the most important innovations ever. The man who laid the ground work for future scientists to make world changing breakthroughs and is referred to as "The Father of Electricity".
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
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Next week is the beginning of the Roosevelt Read-A-Thon. The funds raised during this event go towards this non-profit organization.
What is the BCE? The Burlingame Community Education foundation is dedicated to enhancing the educational opportunities of the children in the Burlingame School District (kindergarten - eight grade).
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