American History
What was the name of the first (permanent English) American colony?
What is Jamestown?
The Da Vinci Code opens with a murder in which famous museum?
What is "The Louvre"?
What ancient civilization is known for building the Great Pyramids of Giza?
Who were the Egyptians?
What can go up a chimney down, but can’t go down a chimney up?
What is an umbrella?
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
What is Mercury?
Are Jaffa Cakes legally a cake or a biscuit?
Cake
Which event marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War in 1775?
Answer: The Battles of Lexington and Concord
What is the name of the fourth book in the Harry Potter series?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Greenland was a colony of which country until 1981?
What is Denmark?
I have keys but open no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can't go inside. What am I?
What is a keyboard?
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of what food sticking to the roof of your mouth?
What is Peanut butter?
What was the outcome of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln?
Answer: It declared that all enslaved people in Confederate states were to be set free.
What is the best-selling novel of all time?
What is Don Quixote?
Julius Caesar was assassinated on 15 March 44 BC, a date now often known by what term?
Ides of March
I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
What is a candle?
What is the chemical symbol for the element gold?
What is Au?
Which country drinks the most coffee in pounds per year?
What is Finland?
What city was the first capital of the United States?
What is New York City?
What novel is set on a desert planet inhabited by giant sandworms?
What is Dune?
What empire was founded by Genghis Khan and became the largest contiguous empire in history?
What is the Mongol Empire?
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
What is the letter 'M'?
What is the rarest blood type?
AB Negative
Gluten is found in which cereal grain?
Wheat
What was the significance of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
It granted women the right to vote.
Who wrote the epic fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire," which inspired the TV series "Game of Thrones"?
George R.R. Martin
In which decade did the Great Hunger strike Ireland?
1840s
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
What is footsteps?
Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover?
Apollo 15 Mission
What type of pasta has a name meaning "little worms"?
What year did the Revolutionary War end?
What is 1783?
What novel by George Orwell depicts a dystopian society under totalitarian rule and features the character Winston Smith?
"1984"
By what nickname is Edward Teach better known?
Blackbeard
What kind of band never plays music?
What is a rubber band?
How many bones do sharks have in their bodies?
Zero!
What is the primary ingredient in traditional Japanese miso soup?
Soybean paste (miso)
Who was the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress in 1916?
Who is Jeanette Rankin?
What epic poem, attributed to Homer, tells the story of the Trojan War?
"The Iliad"
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?
What is a pencil lead/graphite?
What is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus releases energy through the emission of particles or electromagnetic waves?
What is radioactive decay?
Which chef hosts Kitchen Nightmares?
Gordon Ramsay
Who was the first president to live in the White House?
Who is John Adams?
Which novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald explores themes of wealth, love, and the American Dream in the 1920s?
"The Great Gatsby"
Who famously duelled Alexander Hamilton on 11 July 1804, resulting in the founding father’s death?
Aaron Burr
I'm not alive, but I can grow. I don't have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
What is a fire?
What is the term for the study of the Earth's physical features, climate, and natural resources?
What is geography?
What is the salted roe of a sturgeon called?
What is caviar?
Who assassinated President John F. Kennedy in 1963?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Who wrote the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
Harper Lee
What does “The Magna Carta” mean?
What is the “The Great Charter” ?
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
What is a mushroom?
What is the scientific name for the "voice box" in humans responsible for sound production?
What is the larynx
Spanish cuisine features a dish named for a wide, shallow traditional pan used to cook the dish on an open fire. What is this dish?
What is Paella?
Who was the first African American senator?
Who is Hiram Rhodes Revels?
Who wrote the Picture of Dorian Grey?
Oscar Wilde
What was the first toy to be advertised on television?
What is Mr. Potato Head ?
What is red and smells like blue paint?
What is red paint?
What is the phenomenon where an object submerged in a fluid experiences an upward buoyant force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced?
What is Archimedes' principle?
What is the term for the traditional Japanese method of grilling small skewers of meat or vegetables over charcoal?
What is yakitori?