World History
Who was known as the virgin queen?
Elizabeth I
What lake has no outlets and is saltier than any ocean?
The Great Salt Lake
What is the most populous city in Florida?
Jacksonville
What brothers named Bobby and Al have won the Indianapolis 500?
Unser
Who did Lurch work for?
Tha Addams Family
What island boasts being the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte?
Corsica
What International border is crossed the most?
U.S - Mexican
What two countries governed Florida from its discovery through its becoming a part of the U.S.?
Britain and Spain
What U.S. city has hosted two Winter Olympics?
Lake Placid
What author are the mystery writers "Edgar" awards named for?
Edgar Allen Poe
What Italian town was Marco Polo's birthplace?
Venice
What name is given to the Canadian dollar due to the creature pictured on it?
The Loonie (Loon national bird of Canada)
What are the two Native American Indian tribes of Florida?
Seminoles and Miccosukee
What baseball player was nicknamed "The Splendid Splinter"?
Ted Williams
What's the green oxidized layer called that forms on bronze and copper. artifacts?
Patina
What countries Antonine Wall was the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire?
Scotland
Which U.S. mountain has the highest VISIBLE base-to-summit elevation of any on earth?
Mt. McKinley
Who was the first Military Governor of Florida after acquiring it from Spain in 1821?
Andrew Jackson
What tennis player, member of the "Hall of Fame," led Sweden to its first Davis Cup victory in 1975?>
Bjorn Borg
What Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem tells of a sailor who kills an albatross?
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
What major North Vietnamese port was mined by the U.S.?
Haiphong
What Nordic explorer was the first to sail successfully through the NW Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 1903-06? Think RA
Roald Amundsen
How many electoral votes does Florida have (2021)? (within plus or minus 2)
29 (27-31 acceptable)
What type of craft were "Miss Bardahl", "Slo-Mo-Shun", and "Miss Superset"?
Racing power boats. (speedboats acceptable)
What word was intentionally omitted from the screenplay of "The Godfather"?
Mafia