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This actor plays Thor in Marvel film franchise.
Who is Chris Hemsworth?
Most of the world’s earthquakes and volcanoes occur in what area?
The Pacific Ring of Fire
This animal can be seen on the Porsche logo.
What is a horse?
This country sells more adult diapers than baby diapers.
What is Japan?
This board game has players try to solve a murder.
What is Clue?
This watch company has a pointed crown as its logo.
What is Rolex?
"NYE" These first 3 places were apart of Summer trips what are they?
What are NY Hall of Sci, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Laser Bounce/Laser Tag
In Peru in South America and some other South American countries, you can order Cuy, which is what type of animal?
Guinea pig
This is the biggest island in the world.
What is Greenland?
This city is known as the “City of Love”.
What is Paris?
The human body has this many ribs.
What is 24?
Starbucks opened its first store in 1971 in this city.
What is Seattle?
This fruit floats because 25% of its volume is air.
What is an apple?
This is the biggest country in the world (land mass.)
What is Russia?
What is the world’s oldest currency still in use?
British pound
Which play of Shakespeare’s is the longest?
Hamlet
This state is known as the Empire State.
What is New York State?
The United Nations has this many countries as members.
What is 193? (This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.)
What was the name of the first Egyptian pyramid built?
The Pyramid of Djoser
"NYE" The Theme for New York Edge Summer Rising 2022
What is a Global City.. New York City, A Pathway to College
This is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust.
What is Alumin(i)um?
This country has a red flag with a star in the middle.
What is Morocco?
Originally, Amazon only sold these.
What are books?
These are the only mammals that can fly.
What are bats?
What album is the worldwide best-selling album of all time?
Thriller by Michael Jackson
This politician became a meme after being very cold at Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Who is Bernie Sanders?
An octopus has this many hearts.
What is three?
This famous music duo called it quits after 28 years. Hint: They never showed their faces.
Who is Daft Punk?
What mammal is known for having the longest tongue?
The giant anteater
How much did Elon pay for Twitter?
What is 44 billion dollars?
In the U.S., what is the most popular flavor of ice cream?
chocolate
How many stars are there on the American flag and what do they stand for?
50; one for each state in the Union
Miss Mellish, Mr Hodgson, Miss Tunney, Mr Pownall, Mr Porteous, Ms Necasova, Dr Eadie, Mr Johston
This singer’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.
Who is Lady Gaga?
What is the translation of the word “karaoke”?
Empty orchestra
What would be Barbie’s measurements if she was alive and a life-sized woman?
39-23-33
War tanks were used in battle for the first time in this conflict.
What is World War 1?
"NYE" Beyonce, PopSmoke, Michael Jackson and Nicki Manaja All Headline this New York Edge Event
What is Coachella?
Africa has this many countries.
What is 54?
The only island that is also a continent, and the only continent that is also a country
What is Australia?
Before 1939, what was the official name of Thailand?
Siam
The periodic table of elements has this many elements.
What is 118?
This is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile?
the killing of millions of Jews and others by the Nazis before and during the Second World War
What is the Holocaust?
WWII ended in this year.
What is 1945?
This is the biggest artery in the human body.
What is the aorta?
What is the official language of the United States of America?
|There is no one
What do the 13 stripes on the American flag represent?
The 13 colonies that became the first states in the Union
What is a lie detector called?
A polygraph
This is the smallest ocean in the world.
What is the Arctic?
The Mariana Trench is found in this ocean.
What is the Pacific?
What alcoholic drink, a type of distilled wine made from fruit, is in a traditional Christmas pudding?
Brandy
The Great Library in Ancient Egypt was located here.
What is Alexandria?
The bones in the fingers are called this.
What are phalanges?
Who was given the title “King of Comedy”?
Charli Chaplin
What land animal has the largest eyes?
Ostrich
This chess piece cannot move in a straight line.
What is the knight?
This was the year Britney was freed from her conservatorship.
What is 2021?
These Snow White’s seven dwarfs have names ending in the letter 'y'.
Who are Dopey, Grumpy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Happy?
A community of ants is called this.
What is a colony?
This is the most abundant element in the universe.
What is hydrogen?
The first Pixar movie is...
What is Toy Story?
Facebook launched in this year.
What is 2004?
Bananas that grow under black light turn what color?
What is blue?
The Treaty of Versailles did this.
What ended WWI?
In ancient Greece, throwing an apple is a sign of..
Love
What date do we come back to school for term 4?
October 4th
In what month and year is Miss Mellish's birthday?
July 1995
English is most closely related to what language?
German
Is it more dangerous to fly or to drive?
to drive
The Krone is the currency of this country.
What is Denmark?
What is the name of the country shaped like a boot?
Italy