Pop Culture
Who was the most infamous criminal held in Alcatraz?
Al Capone
Which is the largest state in America?
Alaska
Who invented the airplane?
The Wright Brothers
What is the longest-running musical in Broadway history?
The Phantom of the Opera
What meteorological phenomenon causes a warm current of water to appear every three to seven years in the eastern Pacific Ocean, causing unusual weather conditions all over the world?
El Nino
Which famous boxer coined the tagline, "float like a butterfly sting like a bee"?
Mohammad Ali
Which state is the least populated in the country?
Wyoming (578,000)
What 1992 riots plagued Los Angeles for six days?
The Rodney King riots
What is the name of Annie's dog in the musical Annie?
Sandy
What are the names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library?
Patience and Fortitude
Who was on trial during "The Trial of the Century"?
O.J. Simpson
Which is the hottest place in the US?
Death Valley
Where was the second atomic bomb dropped?
Nagasaki (1945)
Why is Jean Valjean imprisoned in Les Misérables?
Stealing a loaf of bread
What is the only king in a deck of cards without a moustache?
King of Hearts
Which American country singer performed at Folsom Prison?
Johnny Cash
What is the oldest city in the world?
Damascus
Who was the first American to win a Nobel Prize?
Theodore Roosevelt
Which musical tells the story of two friends named Elphaba and Galinda?
Wicked
Who was the first Time Magazine "Man of the Year"?
Charles Lindbergh
The tradition of selecting a "Man of the Year" began in 1927 with Time editors attempting to remedy the editorial embarrassment earlier that year of not having aviator Charles Lindbergh on its cover following his historic trans-Atlantic flight.
Who developed the World Wide Web?
Tim Berners Lee
What is the flattest continent?
Australia
How did President Zachary Taylor die?
From eating too many cherries. (cholera infection)
Which pandemic plays an important role in the musical Rent?
HIV/AIDS
What is the unit of currency in Russia?
A Ruble