Geography
Arts & Literature
History
Science & Nature
Entertainment
100
The largest active volcano in the world is located where?
Krakatau in Indonesia
Stromboli in Italy
Mauna Loa in Hawaii
Mauna Loa in Hawaii
100
Which writer penned 'The Raven' (1845)?
Edgar Allen Poe
100
Beethoven, Al Capone, and Louis XIV are all thought to have suffered from what disease?
Syphilis
Pneumonia
TB
Cancer
Syphilis
100
What is the boiling point of water at sea level?
175 F
194 F
200 F
212 F
212 degrees Fahrenheit
100
Which parody award show gives out awards to the year’s worst movies and movie actors?
The Golden Raspberry Awards, aka the Razzies or the Razzie Awards
300
Tourists can swim in the sea with pigs in which country?
Bahamas
300
According to the title of a 1972 song by The Temptations, “Papa Was a” what?
Rolling Stone
300
Who was the ancient Egyptian sun god?
Horus
Ra
Osiris
Heka
Ra -god of sun
Horus - god of sky
Osiris - god of life and death
Heka - god of magic and medicine
300
Forces are measured in units called?
Joules
Newtons
Amps
Ohms
Newtons
300
What does VHS stand for?
Video Home System
500
Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall in the world, is located in which country?
Chile, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru
Venezuela
500
Samuel Langhorne Clemens is the birth name of which famous American author?
Mark Twain
500
During the American Civil Rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr. and other activists led a historic march that ended in Montgomery, Alabama and started in which city?
Selma, Alabama
500
An egg-shaped galaxy is called?
Oval
Circular
Elliptical
Oblong
Elliptical
500
Michael Myers is the villain of which horror movie franchise?
Halloween
750
Goulash is a beef soup associated with what nation?
Hungary
750
Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were all what?
Composers
750
The Secret Annex where Anne Frank and her family hid is located in which city or country? (I'll accept either.)
Warsaw, Poland
Frankfurt, Germany
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
750
Name the occupation of a person who studies or is an expert in the branch of zoology concerned with insects.
Entomologist
750
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?
Hattie McDaniel from Gone With The Wind
1000
Truth or Consequences is a town located in which US state?
Colorado
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
New Mexico
1000
Which writer’s autobiography was titled “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
May Angelou
Ann Frank
Maya Angelou
1000
The first year on record that Mount Everest was climbed was 1953. T/F?
True
1000
What do you call a grouping of apes?
Family
Tribe
Pod
Assembly
A tribe or shrewdness
1000
Whitney Houston’s hit “I will always love you,” was originally written and performed by which musician?
Dolly Parton
Carole King
Burt Bacharach
Joni Mitchell
Dolly Parton
