GEOGRAPHY
What is Earth's largest continent in land mass size?
Asia
What is the largest known land animal?
Elephant
Which 1950s entertainment venues were known as "Passion Pits"?
Drive-In Movies
The North Star was a 19th-century anti-slavery newspaper founded by what famous abolitionist and formerly enslaved Black American?
Frederick Douglass
Who was the frist african amcrefican to winna grammy?
Ella Fitzgerald
What continent contains the most freshwater?
Antartica
What planet has the most moons?
Jupiter
Jupiter has at least 67 known moons. The largest four are called Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
Starting in 1966, law enforcement gave you the right to remain silent and an attorney; and the warning that anything you say can and will be used against you. what are these called?
Your Miranda Rights
Civil Rights activist Yuji Ichioka founded the short lived AAPA organization while studying at UC Berkeley in 1968. What two word alliterative name, coined by Ichioka to refer to a particular demographic of people in the U.S.A, did the first two letters of AAPA stand for?
Asian American
Who is often called The King of Soul?
Sam Cooke
What is the capital of Thailand?
Bangkok
What is the most abundant element in the Universe?
Hydrogen
The musical My Fair Lady made its Broadway debut in 1956. Name the early George Bernard Shaw play that it was based on.
Pygmalion
What started the great Chicago fire of 1871?
Unknown
Which singer had a hit in 1953 with 'C 'est Si Bon'?
Eartha Kit
What is the largest sea in the world?
The Caspian Sea
What was one of the most famous species studied by Charles Darwin?
Finches
Perhaps one of the finest examples of evolution in action were the finches of the Galapagos Islands.
1950: You might not have made the football or baseball team in school and you might not have been the most popular kid in America. But what made its debut in this year that was guaranteed to take your mind off your troubles and raise a "chuck"le or two?
The "Peanuts" Comic
From 2000 to 2008, U.S. "golden" dollar coins were minted with an image of what Shoshone woman who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Sacagawea
There are six music periods that are typically studied. What are they?
Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern/20th & 21st Century
What body of water separates Africa and Europe?
The Strait of Gibraltar
How often does Halley's Comet pass Earth?
Every 76 years.
Name the 1951 book that was so popular it was reprinted eight times in its first two months, but so controversial, it was banned by many high schools.
Catcher in the Rye
In a 1776 letter, what future First Lady of the United States urged her husband, John, to "remember the ladies" when fighting for American independence from Britain? First and last names, please.
Abigail Adams
Which country started classical music?
Italy