Sports
The Olympics are held every _____ years?
Four
Which era marked a switch from agricultural practices to industrial practices?
The Industrial Revolution
Who was the very first winner of American Idol?
Kelly Clarkson
Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrus, and Nimbus are all types of what?
Clouds
What is the name of the longest river in Africa?
The Nile
What do you call it when a bowler makes three strikes in a row?
Turkey
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
French artist Georges Seurat developed what artistic technique, which uses small dots of paint to form an image?
Pointillism
Answer in English, por favor: If someone looked at the weather outside and described it using the Spanish words “gatos” y perros,” what is likely to be happening?
Rain(ing)
What U.S. state is home to no documented poisonous snakes?
Alaska
___________ and Allen Iverson led the NBA in both points and steals in separate seasons but were never crowned as the league's best playmakers. Who is this other player?
Michael Jordan
What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during The Great Depression?
The New Deal
What US festival hosted over 350,000 music fans in 1969?
Woodstock
A 1995 storm known as the Mayfest Storm thunderstorm escalated dramatically and caused almost $2 billion of damage in Texas when it deposited 18 inches of what type of precipitation on the citizens of Palo Pinto and Parker Counties?
Hail
What is the name of the deepest point in Earth’s oceans?
Mariana’s Trench
What number sets to the right of the number ‘20’ on a standard dartboard?
1
Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt
This artist was inspired by the Gardens at Giverny, that led to his most famous paintings.
Claude Monet
The North American Cold Wave of February 2021 hammered most of the Midwest and South with extreme cold temperatures, causing power outages and frozen pipes. What term is used to describe this weather system that originates near the north pole and causes these frigid conditions when it occurs?
Polar Vortex
What present-day Italian city does Mt. Vesuvius overlook?
Naples or Napoli
The Triple Crown award is given to a horse that wins which three races?
The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.
Which two Native American leaders led Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors in the fight against Lieutenant Colonel George Custer’s troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
In 2021, $380,000 was paid for an NFT representing a video of the burning of an original artwork by what secretive British street artist who is known by a single name?
Banksy
Most weather phenomena occur in what lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere, which begins at the surface and extends three to eleven miles above the earth, depending on latitude?
Troposphere
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of what European Country?
Denmark