General World Knowledge(Dad will blow you out in this Category)
The shooting of whom, in 1914, started World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
On what continent will you not find bees?
Antarctica
What do you call the longest side of a right triangle (that is, the side that’s opposite the right angle)?
Hypotenuse
A “crepuscular” animal becomes active at what time?
Dusk
What sea is next to Saudi Arabia?
Red Sea
What was the name of the possessed hotel in Steven King’s novel (and movie) The Shining, based on the real-life Stanley Hotel in Colorado?
The Overlook Hotel
What is the heaviest organ of the body?
Liver
The first 3-digit number in the Fibonacci sequence is also the largest square number to appear in the sequence - what is it?
144
Who was the only British Pope ever?
Pope Adrian IV
What famous actress once tried to hire a hitman to kill her?
Angelina Jolie
Where was the hottest-ever temperature on Earth recorded, per the World Meteorological Organization? What was the temperature?
Death Valley, 134 degrees.
True or false, when you urinate, you excrete fat?
True
Which organ in the human body is the only one that can float in water (not that it would help if you’re drowning)?
Lungs
Who was the first person to suggest Daylight Savings Times?
Ben Franklin
How has the Statue of Liberty changed since it was built?
It changed color
What was the first book published by Jane Austen?
Sense and Sensibility
What is the deepest hole in the world called?
The Kola Superdeep Hole
What planet in our solar system has the most gravity?
Jupiter
If you order “murgh” from the menu at an Indian restaurant, what meat will you get?
Chicken
Which bird has the largest wingspan of any living bird?
Wandering Albatross
Which two countries have the longest shared international border?
Canada and America
How deep is the deepest hole in the world?
Reaching the 2nd level of the earth's core
What does the ER of a cell stand for?
Endoplasmic Reticulum
So far, which continent has hosted the Olympics the most times?
Europe
The Treaty of Ghent was the peace treaty that ended which war?
War of 1812
What city hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics?
Sochi, Russia
A buckyball is a stable and spherical molecule made up of what element?
Carbon
What instrument do you use to measure wind speed?
Anemometer
What is the legislature of the Netherlands called?
The State General
What is the capital of Lakshadweep (an island in the Arabian sea)?
Kavaratti