Shakespeare
Black History Month
MATH!
Poker
Economics
100

The title of Shakespeare's 1597 play about young love. 

Romeo and Juliet

100

What year did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

A. 1868

B. 1863

C. 1899

D. 1842

B. 1863

100

What is 2 + 2 ? 

A. 5

B. 4

C. 8

D. 2200

B. 4 

100
What are the little discs used to make bets in poker called? 

Chips 

100

What does GDP stand for? 

Gross Domestic Product 

200

"Beware the Ides of March" is a line from what Shakespeare play set in ancient Rome?

Julius Ceasar

200

Who was the first African American woman to headline Coachella? 

A. Lizzo 

B. Nicki Minaj 

C. Beyoncé 

D. Janelle Monae

C. Beyoncé 

200

What does PEMDAS stand for? 

Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction 

200

"Regular" poker rules apply. Person One has three queens, person two has a straight. Who wins this hand? 

Person two with the straight 

200

What is the PA minimum wage? 

$ 7.25

300

What is the (maiden) name of Shakespeare's wife? 

A. Anne Hathaway

B. Martha Stewart 

C. Amy Adams 

D. Elizabeth Williams 

A. Anne Hathaway

300

Who made history with the first rap song to win Grammy Awards for Song and Record of the Year in 2019?

A. Childish Gambino - This is America 

B. Lil Nas X - Old Town Road 

C. Lizzo - Truth Hurts 

D. Drake - God’s Plan

A. Childish Gambino - This is America 

300

What is

4(-1/2)

1/2

300

What is the highest hand in five-card poker?

Royal flush 

300

What term describes the people who currently hold jobs, but wish to work more/ are not working to their full potential?

Underemployment

400

This is Shakespeare's longest play, at over 4,000 lines! 

A. Antony and Cleopatra 

B. Henry V

C. Hamlet 

D. Romeo and Juliet 


C. Hamlet 

400

Which President officially recognized Black History Month?

A. Barack Obama

B. Bill Clinton 

C. Gerald Ford 

D. Jimmy Carter 

C. Gerald Ford 

400

What is the answer to this equation? 

(23 X 32)/2 

36

400

This card replaced queens for a short period after the French revolution...

A. La Liberte 

B. La Reine 

C. Le Chat 

D. L'etat 


A. La Liberte 

400

This term refers to the secretive practice among companies that would usually be rivals deciding to work together to influence the market in their favor (for example, through price fixing)?

Collusion

500

The famous quote, “If music be the food of love, play on," comes from this play

A. Much Ado About Nothing 

B. Twelfth Night 

C. Hamlet 

D. Julius Ceasar 

B. Twelfth Night 

500

In what year and what team did Jackie Robinson make history, being the first African American to play Major League Baseball? 

A. Boston Red Sox, 1954

B. Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947

C. New York Yankees, 1948 

D. Chicago Cubs, 1949

B. Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947

500

Explain to me what a derivative is... 

Answers vary. Always end in crying 

500

In this 7-card poker game, 3s (if the pot is matched) and 9s are wild and 4s result in a bonus card...

A. Texas Hold 'em 

B. Cricket 

C. Baseball

D. Mau 

C. Baseball 

500

Economists Clément Juglar and later Joseph Schumpeter suggested four stages for an economic cycle: Expansion, Crisis, Recession, and what fourth stage?

Recovery

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