Potpourri
Name one of the two U.S. states that have the largest number of counties.
Texas
Georgia
In what state is Mount Rushmore located?
South Dakota
The layer of gas that surrounds a planet.
Atmosphere
A Polish Astronomer of the late 1400's and early 1500's who argued that the earth and all other planets revolve around the sun.
Nicolaus Copernicus
In which year did Shakespeare die?
1616
The members of which organization believe in "Learning to do; doing to learn; earning to live; and living to serve"?
Future Farmers of America
In what state is the Grand Canyon located?
Arizona
The imaginary line around which the earth spins.
Axis
A brilliant scientist of the early 1900's who won the Nobel prize in physics. His ideas about converting mass to energy proved correct when atoms were first split.
Albert Einstein
How many long narrative poems did Shakespeare write: 76, 115, 154, 173
154
For whom was July named?
Julius Caesar (he was born that month)
In what state is Mesa Verde located?
Colorado
A device for measuring atmospheric pressure.
An Italian scientist of the early 1600's. He improved the original telescopes. He saw the moons of Jupiter and the mountains on the moon.
Galileo
Three
Who is regarded as America's first cartoonist? This man gained this distinction for his drawing of a snake severed in as many parts as there were colonies and subtitled "Unite or Die."
Benjamin Franklin
In what state is the Gateway Arch located?
Missouri
Feathery, white clouds that float high in the sky, usually visible before a change in the weather.
Cirrus Clouds
Name one of the 2 scientists who worked together on the discovery of the double helix of DNA.
James Watson
Francis Crick
Shakespeare played which part in Hamlet?
The Ghost
Rearrange the names of Plato, Alexander the Great, Aristotle, and Socrates in the order of who taught whom...in other words, chronologically.
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
In what state is Old Faithful located?
Wyoming
Epicenter
A French chemist of the late 1800's and early 1900's. She and her husband discovered the naturally occurring radioactive element radium.
Marie Curie
Shakespeare performed live for which king?
King James I