General knowledge Geography
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
Who wrote the book “On the Origin of Species”?
Answer: Charles Darwin
How many zeros are there in a billion?
9 (1,000,000,000)
Which U.S. president died of gastroenteritis while still in office?
Zachary Taylor
Which U.S. state is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes?”
Minnesota
What country has the largest population?
India
Anne Shirley is the primary character in what 1908 novel?
Answer: “Anne of Green Gables”
What is wider, Australia or the Moon?
Australia
What president was a licensed bartender?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the first state?
Delaware
In what galaxy is our solar system located?
Milky Way
Sancho Panza is fictional character from what book?
Answer: “Don Quixote”
Which travels faster: Sound or light?
Light
Light - moves at about 300,000 kilometers per second (186,000 miles per second)
Sound - Sound moves at about 343 meters per second (1,235 kilometers per hour)
Who was the first president to visit all 50 states?
Richard Nixon
What state is known as the “Badger State?”
Wisconsin
What is the only continent that does not have a volcano?
Australia
The women in Amy Tan’s “Joy Luck Club” meet to play what game?
Answer: Mahjong
How many bones does a shark have
Zero
Which U.S. President was a law professor?
Bill Clinton
What state has the longest freshwater shoreline?
Michigan
Which three states share a border with California?
Arizona, Nevada and Oregon
What 1988 book by Salman Rushdie is considered blasphemous by many Muslim countries?
Answer: “The Satanic Verses”.
What was America’s first national park?
Yellowstone National Park
Which four U.S. presidents have received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama
What U.S. state grows coffee beans?
Hawaii