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What ingredient is added to brown sugar to make it brown?
What is larger, the sun or the moon?
The sun.
Modern-day Istanbul, Turkey, used to be called what when it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople.
Bonus: The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the eastern half of what powerful ancient empire?
This record-breaking 90s animated Disney musical is loosely based on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
The Lion King (1994).
What is the most commonly used letter in the English alphabet?
Which nut is used to make marzipan?
Almonds.
How many bones do sharks have?
None.
Europe is named after Princess Europa, a mythological princess from which country?
Greece.
What was the first MCU movie ever released?
Iron Man (2008).
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci.
What popular spice, when consumed in a large quantity, acts as a hallucinogen?
Nutmeg.
What are the four states of matter?
Solid, liquid, gas, plasma.
What is the name of the largest ocean in the world?
The Pacific Ocean.
What musical film features the songs “Do-Re-Mi” and “My Favorite Things”?
The Sound of Music.
What city was destroyed in 79 CE because of Mount Vesuvius?
Pompeii.
What country did black forest cake originate in?
Germany.
How do you determine the age of a tree?
Count its growth rings.
What is the world’s oldest recorded civilization?
(Hint, from Mesopotamia)
Sumer.
Blu is a brilliantly colored Spix's Macaw who doesn't know how to fly because he's been raised in a cage in Minnesota, in what 2011 animated movie?
Rio.
Who is the only singer to have had a #1 hit in each year of the ’90s, the only singer to do so.
Mariah Carey.
How many tablespoons are in a cup?
16
What is the name of the dominant form of matter in galaxies, detectable only through its gravitational effects, not light.
Dark matter.
Name 5 countries that start with the letter "G".
Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana.
Who played the character of Jack Dawson in the Titanic?
Leonardo DiCaprio.
The LeSabre, Enclave, and Reatta vehicle models were produced under which GM luxury brand?
Buick.