Film & TV
What show features a chemistry teacher turned drug lord in Albuquerque?
Breaking Bad
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person in history to do what?
Walk on the moon
What causes a solar eclipse?
The Moon passing between the Sun and Earth
The ancient ruins of Machu Picchu are located in which country?
Peru
What is the first and only book by Emily Brontë with a Gothic romance theme of the heated entanglement of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw?
Wuthering Heights
What was Pixar’s first feature-length movie?
Toy Story
Who was the first female Prime Minister of the UK?
Margaret Thatcher
What are the three layers of the Earth?
Crust, mantle and core
Which African capital city is the most populous?
Cairo, Egypt
Which Dr. Seuss book, written using only 50 words, became one of the best-selling children’s books ever?
Green Eggs and Ham
What colors make up Freddy Krueger’s striped sweater?
Red and green
The Trojan War occurred between 1200-1100 BC. Who was the famous "hero" of this war, who had every part of his body invulnerable but his heel?
Achilles
What protein makes up human hair and nails?
Keratin
What is the name of the line of longitude at 0 degrees?
The prime meridian
Which playwright coined more than 1,700 words still used in English today, including “eyeball” and “bedroom”?
William Shakespeare
What year does the film Dirty Dancing take place?
1963
What Roman General was the lover of Cleopatra?
Mark Antony
What was the first sound-recording device called?
Phonograph
Which country has the most islands in the world?
Sweden
Which Norse epic includes the story of Ragnarök, the final battle of the gods?
The Prose Edda
What TV show invented the rerun to allow its star time to recover during and after pregnancy?
I Love Lucy
In February 1942, which northerly Australian city was bombed by Japanese aircraft resulting in over 200 casualties?
Darwin
Who first proposed the concept of contact lenses?
Leonardo da Vinci
Which is the only country without any rivers?
Saudi Arabia
What 1995 coming-of-age comedy film set in California is loosely based on Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma?
Clueless