Weather
What are the wispy clouds at high altitudes called?
a) Cumulus
b) Stratus
c) Nimbostratus
d) Cirrus
d) Cirrus
Which state raises the highest number of turkeys?
a) Minnesota
b) Wisconsin
c) Arkansas
d) Indiana
a) Minnesota
What’s the name of the famous autumn festival and also a German beer?
a) Beerfest
b) Fallfest
c) Oktoberfest
d) Autumnfest
c) Oktoberfest
Which is shaped like a torus?
a) boomerang
b) doughnut
c) DNA
d) keyhole
b) doughnut
In geometry, a torus is a ring-shaped surface, generated by revolving a circle in a three-dimensional space about an axis that is coplaner with the circle.
Which American grocery store chain based in Michigan was the first to do the “supercenter” or “hypermarket” retail concept when it hit the scene in 1962?
Meijer
Bill Gates is an Alumni of what school?
a) Standford University
b) Northwester
c) Harvard
d) Notre Dame
c) Harvard
What is the title of the rock song that starts "Jeremiah was a bullfrog"?
a) I Can't Go for That
b) Whole Lota Love
c) Symphony for the Devil
d) Joy to the World
d) Joy to the World
What goes up but never comes down?
Your Age
Which war was ended by the Congress of Westphalia?
a) Thirty Years War
b) Crimean War
c) Boxer Revolution
d) Spanish American War
a) Thirty Years War
The fear of snow is known as?
a) Octophobia
b) Globophobia
c) Chionophobia
d) Melanophobia
For 5 points each, define the remaining phobias.
c) Chionophobia
b) Globophobia - fear of balloons
c) Octophobia - fear of the number eight
d) Melanophobia - fear of the color black
What is Fog?
a) A cloud in contact with the ground
b) A form of precipitation
c) Pollution
d) A high-altitude cloud
a) A cloud in contact with the ground
Which of the following was NOT served at the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving meal?
a) Rabbit, chicken, wild turkey, and dried fruit
b) Wild Turkey, fish, goose and cranberries
c) Cranberries, corn, fish and potatoes
d) Venison (deer meat), fish, goose and corn
c) Cranberries, corn, fish and potatoes
Which pigment is responsible for the red and purple colors in leaves during fall?
a) Chlorophyll
b) Carotene
c) Anthocyanins
d) Xanthophyll
c) Anthocyanins
Which bone is part of the skull?
a) lunate
b) ulna
c) zygomatic
d) navicular
c) zygomatic
The zygomatic bones are the cheekbones - a pair of diamond-shaped bones that form the prominence of the cheeks.
What is Sir Elton John's birth name?
a) Thomas Sidney
b) Reginald Johnson
c) Henry Phillip Miles
d) Reginald Kenneth Dwight
d) Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Complete the lyric: " I'm a believer, I couldn't leave her if I ?????"
a) would
b) wanted
c) tried
d) imagined
c) tried
The more you take the more you leave behind, What am I?
Footsteps
What is the largest branch of the U.S. military?
a) Navy
b) Air Force
c) Army
d) Navy
c) Army
For airports, what meteorological instrument is designed to measure runway visual range?
a) Ceilometer
b) Transmissometer
c) Hygrometer
d) Barometer
b) Transmissometer
The Pilgrims came to the New World seeking religious freedom and were also called:
a) Wanderers
b) Puritans
c) The Great Explorers
d) Gatherers
b) Puritans
Because they wanted to purify the teachings and ceremonies of the Church of England
In Autumn, the Monarch Butterflies start their migration south, up to how many miles can they fly?
a) 1,500
b) 2,000
c) 2,500
d) 3,000
d) 3,000
The monarch butterfly’s migration is an inherited trait; no single butterfly completes the round trip. Monarchs born in late summer or early fall can live up to 8 months, while others live only about five weeks.
Which of the following is a portmanteau?
a) Flamingo Dancing
b) Shrimp
c) Brunch
d) Canal
c) Brunch
Portmanteau - Combination of multiple things
What is Vin Diesel birth name?
a) Mark Salzman
b) Mark Sinclair
c) Mark Smith
d) Mark Schneider
b) Mark Sinclair
Which singer is famous for “Oops!… I Did It Again”?
a) Britney Spears
b) Kylie Minogue
c) Christina Aguilera
d) Gloria Estefan
a) Britney Spears
What is it with a neck and no head, two arms and no hands? What is it?
A Shirt or Blouse
What type of sword is used to cut the U.S. Marine Corps birthday cake?
a) Katana
b) Broadsword
c) Cutlass
d) Mameluke
d) Mameluke
A "haboob" in the Middle East is more commonly known as what in the west?
a) monsoon
b) dust storm
c) hurricane
d) arm front
b) dust storm
What was the first large-scale balloon used in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
a) Mickey Mouse
b) Betty Boop
c) Snoopy
d) Felix the Cat
d) Felix the Cat
Earl Beal made the first full-size corn maze in the U.S., but in what year?
a) 1993
b) 1995
c) 2000
d) 2005
a) 1993
Earl Beal created the first full-size corn maze in Annville, Pennsylvania, in 1993
In what field did Samuel Beckett win the Nobel Prize in 1969?
a) Literature
b) Medicine
c) Peace
d) Physics
a) Literature
Who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies?
a) Margot Robbie
b) Emma Watson
c) Elizabeth Olsen
d) Emma Stone
b) Emma Watson
Which soul singer is known as the "Velvet Frog"?
a) Frank Sinatra
b) Tony Bennet
c) Mel Torme'
d) Nat King Cole
c) Mel Torme'
When John was six years old he hammered a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height. Ten years later at age sixteen, John returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by five centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be?
Same Height as Trees grow from the top.
Which of the following car manufacturers was never involved in the production of aircraft or aircraft parts, at any time during the 20th century?
a) Rolls-Royce
b) Kia
c) Saab
d) Mitsubishi
b) Kia
Where would you commonly see frost flowers?
a) Madrid, Spain
b) The Sargasso Sea
c) The Arctic
d) Miami, Florida
c) The Arctic
What famous Christmas Song was actually meant to be a Thanksgiving Song?
a) Snowman
b) Oh Holy Night
c) Jingle Bells
d) Let it Snow, Let it Snow
c) Jingle Bells
Written by James Lord Pierpont published under the title "The One Horse Open Sleigh" in September 1857 and had no connection to Christmas.
In the present 13 Zodiac Signs, how many fall zodiac signs are there?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3
For 4 points each: Name them! (You many only name the number of signs you choose above)
c) 3
Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius
Where would you find the Spanish Steps?
a) Frankfort
B) Madrid
c) Lisbon
d) Rome
d) Rome
Which male actor has a famous tattoo of a smiley face on each knee?
a) Pete Davidson
b) Tom Holland
c) Ozzy Osbourne
d) Neil Patrick Harris
c) Ozzy Osbourne
What rock bands iconic album is "Paranoid"?
a) Deep Purple
b) Black Sabbath
c) Iron Maiden
d) Juda Priest
b) Black Sabbath
A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him underwater for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
She is a Photographer and shot a picture of her husband, held it under water and hung it to dry.
What Ohio city was the 1995 Bosnian peace accord signed in?
a) Columbus
b) Cleveland
c) Dayton
d) Marion
c) Dayton
What hazard scale is used to measure Tornados?
a) The Saffir-Simpson Scale
b) The Enhanced Fujita Scale
c) The Miller Classification
d) The Torino Scale
b) The Enhanced Fujita Scale
When was the first NFL Thanksgiving football game?
a) 1918
b) 1920
c) 1922
d) 1924
5 Bonus: What two teams played in the first game?
b) 1920
Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears
Which of these Pixar movies did not win the Oscar for Best Animated Movie?
a) Finding Nemo
b) Toy Story 3
c) The Incredibles 2
D) Up
c) The Incredibles 2
Which singer is known for hits like “Hello” and “Rolling in the Deep”?
a) Celine Deon
b) Mariah Carey
c) Adele
d) Kelly Clarkson
c) Adele
If you have two coins which total 35 cents and one of the coins is not a dime, what are the two coins?
Quarter and a Dime
One coin is not a dime but the other is!
What is the name of military operation that led to the capture of Osama bin Laden?
a) Operation Desert Storm
b) Operation Enduring Freedom
c) Operation Neptune Spear
d) Operation Iraqi Freedom
c) Operations Neptune Spear