Food and Drink
This is process in which fruits and vegetables change colour and become more palatable.
What is ripening
Who is the Norse god of Thunder & Lightening?
Thor
Which of these gases is used to inflate party balloons?
chlorine, nitrogen, or helium?
Helium
Who was rocketed to super-stardom in 1998 by the hit single "Baby One More Time"?
Britney Spears
On July 2, 1947 a UFO supposedly crashed close to this U.S. city.
Roswell
What candy bar was named after its inventor's family horse?
Snickers
Pennywise the clown is no laughing matter in which novel?
It
How many patents did Thomas Edison accumulate during his lifetime?
A. 85
B. 0
C. 1,093
D. 2,332
2,332 patents
What was the first sport televised in the U.S. in 1939?
Baseball
What does UFO stand for?
Unidentified Flying Object
The most popular ingredient added to a "Brownie"
What are walnuts?
In Mary Shelley's novel, "Frankenstein" is the name of the monster? True or false?
False
What planet has the most moons?
Jupiter
What singer holds the world record for most words in a hit single?
Eminem
"Rap God". The six-minute track contains 1,560 words. Which averages to about 4.28 words per second.
On October 30, 1938 people in New York heard this over the radio. They initially thought it was an alien invasion, but what was it really?
It was a live broadcast of the novel "War of The Worlds"
What fast food restaurant is credited with introducing the first modern-day drive-thru window in 1970?
Wendy's
The Creation of Eve and The Great Flood are two of nine scenes on the ceiling of which Rome landmark?
The Sistine Chapel
What country has the most coastline?
A. Canada
B. United States
C. China
D. Russia
Canada
What NFL player holds the record for most career receiving yards?
A. Randy Moss
B. Isaac Bruce
C. Terrell Owens
D. Jerry Rice
Jerry Rice
From July 9 to July 30, 1947 what U.S. intelligence or investigation agency explored the 16 best UFO sightings in the U.S.?
Army Air Force Intelligence
Started in New York by Dutch immigrants and enjoyed with tea or coffee around the world
What is the donut?
What poet wrote the following lines: "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I ... I took the one less traveled by"?
Robert Frost
What term describe someone who can use both hands equally well?
Ambidextrous
Who was awarded the very first gold record in 1958?
Perry Como
In 1492 Christopher Columbus recorded magnetic deviations in his navigational equipment, strange lights in the sky and a "great flame of fire" crashing into the ocean. Which area of sea, known for odd happenings, was he passing through at the time?
Bermuda Triangle
The oldest fast food chain
White Castle (1916)
What kind of cans did Andy Warhol famously paint?
Campbell's Soup Cans
What is the least populated U.S. state?
Wyoming
Which of the following was NOT an NBA team?
A. Indianapolis Olympians
B. Providence Steamrollers
C. Chicago Stags
D. Austin Assassins
The Austin Assassins
The Chicago Stags (1946-50), Indianapolis Olympians (1949-53), and Providence Steamrollers (1946-49) are all defunct NBA teams.
In 1973 a man, who was to become President of the United States of America, made an official report about strange lights in the sky he had seen four years earlier. Who was he?
Jimmy Carter
The most grown vegetable in the world
Corn
Which Bram Stoker book introduced a character played on film by Gerard Butler, Leslie Nielsen, Gary Oldman and Christopher Lee, amongst others?
Dracula
What is the only continent with land in all four hemispheres?
Africa
What animal mascot is used by both an NFL and MLB team?
Cardinal (Arizona and St. Louis)
What was the date of one of the first recorded UFO sightings, by some Greeks?
329 BC
What candy bar was invented by the Curtiss Candy Company of Chicago in 1923?
Butterfinger
How many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell during his lifetime?
A. 1
B. 27
C. 193
D. 842
1
What is the tallest mountain in the continental (lower 48) United States?
Mount Rainier (Washington State)
As a way for kids to exercise during a long, cold winter Dr. James Naismith invented which indoor sport in 1891?
Basketball
What is the name of the hidden base near AREA 51 where Robert Lazar claims to have worked for the U.S. government reverse engineering an alien spacecraft?
S-4
Why did Kentucky Fried Chicken change its name to KFC?
The Didn't Like the Word "Fried".
Kentucky Fried Chicken changed its name to "KFC" in 1991 because it planned to offer a more varied menu and wanted to eliminate the unhealthy connotation of "fried" from its name.
American Gothic is a Greg Wood painting of a woman and a man standing in front of a house. What is the man holding?
A pitchfork
How much does the average cumulus cloud weigh?
A. 10 LBS
B. 100 LBS
C. 1,000 LBS
D. 1 Million LBS
1 Million LBS
What was the name of the airplane Buddy Holly died in?
American Pie
During World War II, U.S. pilots began reporting odd balls of light or shiny metallic spheres that could fly circles around their planes. What were these UFOs called?
Foo Fighters