Planes, Trains & Automobiles
(1) Even numbered interstates run this way (2) Odd numbered interstates way
(1) East to West (2) North to South
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile River - (4,132 miles)
(Close second - Amazon at 3,977 miles)
The catastrophic destruction of Pompei in 79 AD. was done by which active volcano?
Mount Vesuvius
Samuel Clemens is better known as his pen name.
Mark Twain
If there is a second full moon in the month what is this moon called?
Blue Moon
This U.S. city is home to the busiest airport in the world, seeing 95 million people a year.
Atlanta
How many National Parks are in the United States?
62
How many years did the Hundred Year War last?
116
(1337 -1453 between England and France)
The Hunt for Red October.
What African country served as the setting for Tatooine in Star Wars?
Tatooine derived its name from Tataouine, a city in Tunisia located near the site where various scenes were filmed.
What country built the first railroad?
England
What is the oldest city in the world?
Damascus, the capital of Syria
How many days were there in one week in ancient Roman Times?
8 days
Called "Market Week"
What two poems is the author Homer known for?
Iliad and Odyssey
A cluster of bananas is formerly called a ‘hand’. Along that theme, a single banana is called a what?
A finger
What is the maximum number of cars that Ferrari produces a day?
14
Uruguay (Montevideo is the capital)
What farm animal is thought to have started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871?
Cow
(A cow owned by Catherine O'Leary, who had supposedly been milking a cow in her barn kicked a lantern over)
Who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for writing the novel "Old Man and The Sea".
Ernest Hemingway
How many of Snow White's seven dwarfs have names ending in the letter Y?
5 (Dopey, Grumpy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Happy)
George Stephenson invented what in 1814.
Steam Engine Locomotive (Train)
What is the only sea without any coasts?
Sargasso Sea
is a region in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Surrounded by ocean currents. It is bounded on the west by the Gulf Stream; on the north, by the North Atlantic Current; on the east, by the Canary Current; and on the south, by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current.
What was the largest contiguous empire in history?
Mongol Empire
It spanned 9.27 million square miles at its peak in 1270.
(The British Empire owned 13.71 million square miles in 1920, but its territories were scattered around the globe.)
Who wrote "Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before" ?
Edgar Allen Poe
What is the most common letter in the English Alphabet?
E