Famous Books & Authors
Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
A) Charlotte Brontë
B) Jane Austen
C) Mary Shelley
D) Emily Dickinson
Jane Austen
This planet is famous for its giant storm called the Great Red Spot.
A) Jupiter
B) Saturn
C) Neptune
D) Uranus
Jupiter
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
A) Echo
B) Shadow
C) Whisper
D) Soundwave
Echo
This color do you get when you mix red and white?
A) Pink
B) Purple
C) Orange
D) Brown
Pink
Machu Picchu, an ancient city high in the Andes, is in:
A) Brazil
B) Peru
C) Chile
D) Argentina
Peru
Gatsby throws extravagant parties in hopes of seeing Daisy again, penned by:
A) John Steinbeck
B) F. Scott Fitzgerald
C) William Faulkner
D) Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This icy traveler has a glowing tail when near the Sun.
A) Asteroid
B) Meteor
C) Comet
D) Moon
Comet
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Map
Which number comes next in this sequence: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30…?
A) 36
B) 40
C) 42
D) 48
40
The Sydney Opera House is famous for its:
A) Dome
B) White sail-like roofs
C) Tower
D) Garden
White sail-like roofs
Hogwarts and wizards were created by:
A) J.K. Rowling
B) Suzanne Collins
C) Rick Riordan
D) Philip Pullman
J.K. Rowling
This dwarf planet was once considered the ninth planet.
A) Ceres
B) Pluto
C) Eris
D) Haumea
Pluto
What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
Name
If you mix all the primary colors of light (red, green, blue), you get:
A) Black
B) White
C) Yellow
D) Brown
White
Stonehenge is located in:
A) Scotland
B) England
C) Ireland
D) Wales
England
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” opens a book by:
A) Charles Dickens
B) William Makepeace Thackeray
C) Thomas Hardy
D) Victor Hugo
Charles Dickens
This phenomenon occurs when Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon.
A) Lunar Eclipse
B) Solar Eclipse
C) New Moon
D) Supermoon
Lunar Eclipse
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
Teapot
Which organ is capable of regenerating lost tissue?
A) Kidney
B) Liver
C) Heart
D) Lungs
Liver
The Moai statues are found on:
A) Galapagos Islands
B) Easter Island
C) Hawaii
D) Fiji
Easter Island
Sherlock Holmes was created by:
A) Arthur Conan Doyle
B) Agatha Christie
C) Edgar Allan Poe
D) H.G. Wells
Arthur Conan Doyle
This spacecraft was the first to land humans on the Moon.
A) Apollo 11
B) Challenger
C) Voyager
D) Sputnik
Apollo 11
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk, or leaves. What am I?
A) River
B) Bank
C) Library
D) Government
Bank
Which number is missing: 1, 4, 9, 16, __, 36
A) 20
B) 25
C) 30
D) 32
25
The Eiffel Tower was built for:
A) A World War
B) The 1889 World’s Fair
C) The French Revolution
D) Napoleon’s coronation
The 1889 World’s Fair