Geography Anomalies
What in the Wide World of Sports?
Sunday School
Disney or Dat-knee?
Birthday Boy
400

The current official highest registered air temperature on Earth is 134.1 °F (56.7 °C), recorded on July 10th, 1913, at Furnace Creek Ranch, located within this U.S. National Park.

What is Death Valley?

400

On June 28, 1997, a highly anticipated boxing rematch, dubbed The Sound and the Fury, was the first heavyweight title fight in over 50 years to end in a disqualification. The fight was stopped at the end of the third round, with this boxer disqualified for biting his opponent on both ears. 

Who is Mike Tyson?

400

In the Old Testament, these two cities were destroyed by God for their wickedness.

What are Sodom and Gomorrah?

400

Following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centers, this Disney film had to undergo major alterations before release, including reanimating the final aerial chase sequence.

What is Lilo and Stitch?

400

Published in 1986, this magical tale about a mobile home, written by Diana Wynne Jones, was adapted into a popular animated movie in 2004. It is also Levi's favorite book.

What is Howl's Moving Castle?

800

This formation houses the deepest oceanic point on Earth, located in the western Pacific Ocean, with the deepest point more than 2 km (1.2 mi) farther from sea level than the peak of Mount Everest.

What is the Mariana Trench?

800

This fight happened during a NBA game between the Indiana Pacers and the defending champion Detroit Pistons on November 19, 2004, at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Michigan, in which a few players entered the stands to fight several rowdy attendees.

What is "Malice at the Palace"?

800

This is the number of books in the Bible according to the Protestant cannon.

What is 66?

800

This Disney animated feature, originally titled Kingdom of the Sun, was intended to be based upon The Prince and the Pauper and feature a soundtrack composed by Sting, before ultimately being reworked entirely into a stylized buddy road movie.

What is The Emperor's New Groove?

800

Released in 1990, this Super Nintendo launch title marked the fourth entry of its video game series and the first to feature the dinosaur character Yoshi. It is also Levi's all-time favorite video game.

What is Super Mario World?

1200

Sometimes referred to as the "American Stonehenge," this controversial monument was erected in 1980 and was intended to serve as a post-apocalyptic guide that would also function as a compass, calendar, and clock. It stood until 2022, when it was bombed by an unknown vandal.

What are the Georgia Guidestones?

1200

On June 12, 1970, pitcher Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates, while reportedly under the influence of LSD. achieved this unique feat against the San Diego Padres, in the first game of a two-game doubleheader at San Diego Stadium.

What is a no-hitter?

1200

The number of seals on the scroll containing the judgments of God, according to the Book of Revelation.

What is 7?

1200

Adjusted for inflation, this Disney debut is the highest grossing full-length animated feature in the U.S., sitting at about $1.27 billion.

What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?

1200

"The Mississippi Delta was shinin' like a National Guitar" are the opening lines of the title track from this 1986 Paul Simon album. It is one of Levi's favorite albums and also shares the name with Elvis Presley's home.

What is Graceland?

1600

First occupied in 1967, technically recognized by the British government in 1968, and established its constitution and flag in 1975, this principality is an "unrecognized" micro-nation on HM Fort Roughs (also known as Roughs Tower), an offshore platform in the North Sea.

What is Sealand?

1600

Margo Robbie portrayed Tonya Harding in 2017's I, Tonya, which follows Harding's career and an incident where her ex-husband hired a man to injure this rival figure skating superstar.

Who is Nancy Kerrigan?

1600

In 2 Kings 2:23-25, the prophet Elisha curses a group of young children in the name of God, who sends two bears down to maul forty-two of the children, after they made fun of this particular part of his appearance. 

What is bald?

1600

Featuring a blend of hand-drawn animation and classical music, this stereophonic Disney spectacle was released in 1940.

What is Fantasia?

1600

This acclaimed director was the co-creator of Twin Peaks and responsible for many films, such as Eraserhead and Muholland Dr. Levi is quite the fan of his work.

Who is David Lynch?

2000

This natural gas crater, also known as "the Door to Hell," "Gates of Hell," or officially "the Shining of Karakum," is a burning natural gas field collapsed into a cavern near Darvaza, Turkmenistan. Hundreds of natural gas fires illuminate the floor and rim of the crater, and the crater has been burning since 1971

What is the Darvaza Gas Crater?

2000

This poorly planned promotion, involving stadium refreshments, held by MLB's Cleveland Indians during a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Stadium on June 4, 1974 in Cleveland, Ohio, ended in drunken fans rushing the field and causing a riot that lasted 20 minutes and resulted in 9 arrests.

What is 10-Cent Beer Night?

2000

This animal, distinct from the Water Buffalo, has been immortalized in a nonsensical song released in 1997. They are of bovine descent, although sometimes appear as sad, sick, or mute.

What is a Zebu/Cebu?

2000

The forefather of Mickey Mouse, this long-eared fellow, created in 1927, was the featured character of the Walt Disney Studio's animated shorts.

Who is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit?

2000

Levi's middle name, Moses, is a family name derrived from a "veteran" of this distinctly American conflict.

What is The American Civil War?

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