Movies/TV
______ many costumes were made for Descendants 2
a) 500
b) 782
c) over 1500
c) Over 1500
With such a large cast and several grand, sprawling scenes with numerous extras, the wardrobe crew ended up getting more than 1500 costumes custom made, which were often created from scratch and by hand.
More people visit ____ than any other country per year.
a) France
b) Spain
c) Hawaii
a) France
In 2017, France welcomed 86.9 million people
Stop signs used to be ___
a) Pink
b) Orange
c) Yellow
c) Yellow
In 1922, stop signs were yellow because they thought that would grab drivers' attention. They'd also considered red, but there was no dye available at the time that wouldn't eventually fade.
a) Basketball
b) Tennis
c) Volleyball
The "M's" in M&Ms stand for ____
a) Medium and Milk
b) Mars and Murrie
c) Mocha and Milk
b) "Mars" and "Murrie."
That would be Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie, the two businessmen who created the candy-coated chocolates
Shrek was written by a _____ year old man
a) 52
b) 21
c) 83
c) 83
Shrek was loosely based on William Steig’s 1990 picture book, Shrek! Steig was a prolific cartoonist for The New Yorker and a children’s writer who Newsweek once dubbed the “king of cartoons.” Steig passed away at the age of 95 in 2003, two years after Shrek's release.
There are ____ countries that still have a royal family.
a) 28
b) 14
c) 36
a) 28
The British royal family may be the most famous royal family on the planet, but there are still plenty of other nobles out there. In total, there are 28 royal families who rule over a total of 43 countries around the world, including Japan, Spain, Swaziland, Bhutan, Thailand, Monaco, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Liechtenstein.
New York was briefly named ____
a) Big Apple
b) New Orange
c) Old York
b) New Orange
When the Dutch captured New York from the English in 1673, they renamed it New Orange in honor of William III of Orange. The following year, the English regained control and ditched the "Orange."
____ scored the most points ever in Basketball
a) Michael Jordan
b) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
c) LeBron James
b) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 38,387 points throughout his entire career!
Cotton Candy was invented by a ____
a) Dentist
b) Doctor
c) Firefighter
a) Dentist
In 1897, the dentist William Morrison partnered with candy-maker John C. Wharton to develop the cotton candy machine (which at the time was known as "Fairy Floss")
The most spoken language in the world is:
a) Mandarin
b) Spanish
c) French
a) Mandarin
With around 950 million native speakers and an additional 200 million people speaking Mandarin Chinese as a second language, it's the most widely spoken language in the world.
The first computer was invented in ____
a) 1926
b) 1946
c) 1976
b) 1946
The USA's Connecticut Women's basketball team once won _____games in a row.
a) 50
b) 70
c) 90
c) 90
Not a single game was lost between the start of the 2008-2009 season and the end of 2010.
The most expensive pizza in the world costs
a) $100
b) $7000
c) $12,000
c) $12000
It takes 72 hours to make and is topped with 3 types of caviar, bufala mozzarella, lobster from Norway and Cilento, and pink Australian sea salt.
____ is the most bike friendly city in the world.
a) Vancouver
b) France
c) Copenhagen
c) Copenhagen
The ___ is the national animal of Scotland
a) Narwhal
b) Dragon
c) Unicorn
c) Unicorn
Before gold, silver and bronze medals, the prizes for winners at the ancient Olympics was ______
a) a loaf of bread
b) a necklace
c) an olive branch wreath
c) an olive branch wreath
"American" cheese is actually from
a) Germany
b) Belgium
c) Switzerland
c) Switzerland
Processed cheese is thought of as an American product, but it was actually invented in Switzerland.
It was created by Waltz Gerber and Fritz Stettler in 1911 to lengthen the shelf-life before it was shipped overseas.
Canada has ___ % of the world's forests
a) 9
b) 10
c) 11
a) 9
Canada has 396.9-million hectares of forests, or 9% of all of the forest area in the entire world
_____ is the most common letter in the English language
a) A
b) D
c) E
c) E
E appears in 11 percent of all English words.
Australian rower Bobby Pearce won the 1928 Olympic Games against eight other competitors, even though he ______
a) got attacked by a nearby seagull
b) accidentally broke his paddles on an obstacle in the course
c) stopped during the race to let ducks pass in front of him
c) stopped during the race to let ducks pass in front of him
49% of Americans over 20 eat a ___ every day
a) bowl of cereal
b) sandwich
c) salad
c) sandwich