Give me 5
What are the five colors of the Olympic rings?
Blue, yellow, black, green, and red. (20pts for every correct color)
From the Aluetian word meaning peninsula; also said to mean "great lands."
Alaska
July 4th, 1997: NASA's Pathfinder Probe lands on the surface of what planet?
What is the name for a group of kangeroos?
A mob (will also accept 'troop' or 'court').
A cereal killer?
Milk
What are the names of the Five Great lakes?
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior (30pts per correct name)
Likely named after the Spanish Pascua de Flores, meaning "Feast of Flowers" Easter holiday.
Florida
March 31, 1997: The children's TV series featuring four colorful main characters, who talked in gibberish, first aired on the BBC.
Teletubbies
Name at least one of the two "birthstones" of November.
Yellow Topaz, or Citrine
HIJKLMNO
Water (H2O)
What are the five boroughs of New York City?
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island (40 points per correct answer)
Likely named after a fictional island that was ruled by Queen Calafia in the 16th-century novel.
California
May 11, 1997: The match in which IBM's _____ defeats ______ in chess. Making it the first time a computer beats a world champion.
IBM's Deep Blue; Gary Kasparovin
What is the name of Albuquerque's minor league baseball team? It is from a reference of The Simpsons.
Albuquerque Isotopes
Groundbreaking work?
Archaeology
What is 55? (No calculators, five raised to the power of 5)
3125
The only State in the Union named for its founder, who wanted to name it after it's extensive forested areas.
Pennsylvania
August 4th, 1997: The oldest verified person in history, Jeanne Louise Calment, dies at ____ years and 164 days old.
122 years
The atomic number 28 belongs to what metallic element, sometimes used in coins?
Nickel
sign of the times?
a digital clock
The "5 books of Moses" are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. Name them.
The "5 books of Moses" are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. (60 points per correct answer)
Suggested to be named "Kanawha" after a prominent river and indigenous group in the area. Officially accepted as a state with this name in 1863.
West Virginia
November 1, 1997: The film Titanic had its first premiere in this non-North American country.
Japan (Tokyo Film Festival)
The sun goes through its own "solar cycle", where the number of sunspots will fluctuate. What is the average duration of this cycle, in years?
11 years
power couple?