American History
What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims traveled to North America in 1620?
The Mayflower
Filet of cobra
Snake steak
Who is the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
Mark Twain
Who said: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today."?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Auckland, the chief port city of this country, was once its capital?
New Zealand
What was the name of the world's first man-made satellite launched by the USSR in 1957?
Sputnik
An Athenian computer nerd
Greek Geek
Who is the author of Pride & Prejudice?
Jane Austen
Who said: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”?
Aristotle
What is the smallest country in the world?
The Vatican
Who in 1963 murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin (according to official accounts) of US President John F Kennedy?
Jack Ruby
A command to the Lone Ranger's companion to move quickly.
Pronto, Tonto
Who is the author of The Tell-Tale Heart?
Edgar Allan Poe
Who said: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”?
Eleanor Roosevelt
This Alabama city, the first Confederate capital, has a Jefferson Davis High?
Montgomery
Civil War opponents Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee fought on the same side in this war?
Mexican-American War
The sense that the science of plants is getting repetitive, day in & day out.
Botany monotony
Who is the author of The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends?
Shel Silverstien
Who said: “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”?
Dr. Seuss
How many of the states touch the Pacific Ocean?
Five (California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii & Alaska)
To combat fuel shortages, Congress enacted this for almost 10 months in 1974, from January to October?
Daylight Savings Time
A magazine story about a neutron or proton
Particle article
Who is the author of The Invisible Man?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who said: In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It Goes On.”?
Robert Frost
Not far from the resort of Cancun, the islands of Cozumel & Mujeres lie off the northeast tip of this peninsula?
Yucatán