Board Games
Which chess piece can move any amount of spaces the player chooses, but only in a diagonal direction?
A)King B)Bishop C)Rook
B)Bishop
What type of rock, made from cooled lava, is first formed after the eruption of a volcano?
A)Metamorphic B)Sandstone C)Igneous
C)Igneous
Winston Smith is watched by “Big Brother” in a dystopian novel named after what year?
A)1949 B)1971 C)1984
C)1984
What popular board game involves giving the opponent coordinates to sink and destroy their fleet?
A)Battleship B)Sorry C)Risk
A)Battleship
What mineral is highest on the Mohs Hardness Scale, rated a 10?
A)Diamond B)Quartz C)Talc
A)Diamond
Which Regency-era British Author wrote the novels Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma?
A)Jane Austen B)Charles Dickens C)Mary Shelley
A)Jane Austen
In checkers, which color makes the first move?
A)Lighter pieces B)Darker pieces C)It's not a rule!
B)Darker pieces
Located below the ground and along the fault line, what is the epicenter of an earthquake called?
A)Hypocenter B)Epicenter C)Circumcenter
A)Hypocenter
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's the Scarlett Letter, Hester has to wear what letter on her chest as a punishment for her sin?
A)A B)B C)C
A)A
Which letters have the highest points in Scrabble?
A)Z and Q B)X and V C)Y and W
A)Z and Q
What layer of the atmosphere contains the "ozone layer" and is located above the troposphere?
A)Thermosphere B)Stratosphere C)Mesosphere
B)Stratosphere
What long novel by Leo Tolstoy follows Pierre, Andrei, and Natasha during Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia?
A)Crime and Punishment B)Anna Karenina C)War and Peace
C)War and Peace
What color is the $500 bill in Monopoly?
A)Pink B)Green C)Orange
C)Orange
What scale, numbered from 1 to 5, do meteorologists use to classify the strength of a hurricane?
A)Fujita Scale B)Richter Scale C)Saffir-Simpson Scale
C)Saffir-Simpson Scale
What man from the Igbo tribe in Nigeria and leader of Umuofia is the protagonist of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart?
A)Ikemefuna B)Okonkwo C)Mansa Musa
B)Okonkwo