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What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in America, founded in 1607?
Jamestown, Virginia
Where is CIA headquarters located?
Langley, Virginia
What is the national flower of Japan?
Cherry Blossom.
This current president and current prime minister both have warrants for their arrest issued by the International Criminal Court. (both do not have to be of the same nation)
Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu
The names of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were? When were they dropped?
The Little Boy and the Fat Man. August 6th, 1945 and August 9th, 1945.
What business was Andrew Carnegie in?
Steel
Which European country, located entirely within Europe, has the most land borders?
Germany
What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
Mercury
How many votes did Donald Trump receive in the 2024 election. Round to the nearest million. How many electoral college votes did he get. Round to the nearest 10.
77.3 million. 312 electoral college votes.
Which 1815 conference aimed to restore order in Europe after the Napoleonic Wars?
The Congress of Vienna
Who was blamed for the Great Depression (multiple answers allowed)? What percentage did the stock market fall?
Herbert Hoover. Bankers. Roughly 90 percent.
What is the second smallest country in the world?
Monaco
What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise on its axis?
Venus
This country has the largest percentage drop in international student enrollment in 2025.
Iran.
Which 20th-century leader is estimated to have ruled over the largest number of people in history, and approximately how many lived under their rule at the time?
Mao Zedong. 700 to 800 million.
Which landmark Supreme Court case upheld the doctrine of “separate but equal,” later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education? What year was it?
Plessy v. Ferguson. 1896
Which two countries share the longest straight-line land border, and how long is it?
Kazakhstan and Russia. 370 miles
In what year did Amazon launch Prime?
2005
Name 5 of the 15 heads of the U.S federal government's executive departments. (400 extra per 2 named)
Marco Rubio, Scott Bessent, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi, Doug Burgum, Brooke Rollins, Howard Lutnick, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Robert F Kennedy Jr, Scott Turner, Sean Duffy, Chris Wright, Linda McMahon, Doug Collins,
What was Hitler's wife's name? When did they get married? (+300) What age was she when Hitler met her? (+600)
Evan Braun. April 29th, 1945. 17.
Who was responsible for the Homestead Strike of 1892?
Henry Clay Frick
What 5 countries are covered by the largest percentage of dessert?
Libya, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria, Oman
Who invented the printing press? When was it invented?
Johannes Gutenberg. 1440
Operation Midnight Hammer was conducted on this date. +- 1 days allowed.
June 21st, 2025.
This person’s inaccurate remark during a live press conference on November 9, 1989, unexpectedly set off this historic turning point in the Cold War.
Günter Schabowski. The Fall of the Berlin Wall.