Sports
Who was the legendary American baseball player known as "The Bambino" and "The Sultan of Swat"?
Who is Babe Ruth.
I am the beginning of sorrow and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. What letter am I?
What is the letter S.
What is the capital city of Australia?
What is Canberra.
Fact: It was chosen as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne.
Which event triggered the start of World War I?
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
In the sentence "We left before the storm started," what part of speech is "before"?
What is a conjunction. (it connects two clauses).
In tennis, what term is used to describe a score of zero, or when neither team has scored any points?
What is love.
I have two tongues but cannot speak. I have a spine but no bones. I am often bound but have committed no crime. What am I?
What is a book.
(Specifically, a dictionary or leather-bound book with a bookmark ribbon)
What is the capital of Brazil?
What is Brasília.
Fact: It is a planned city shaped like an airplane from above
Who led the subcontinental independence movement using non-violent civil disobedience?
Who is Mahatma Gandhi.
What is a dangling modifier?
What is a descriptive phrase that lacks a clear subject to modify.
Which famous heavyweight boxing champion was known as "The Greatest" and "The Louisville Lip"?
Who is Muhammad Ali.
What is a palindrome?
Which city is the capital of Kenya?
What is Nairobi.
Fact: It is the only city with a game reserve national park inside it. [1]
What structure was built by the Qin Dynasty to protect against northern invasions?
What is The Great Wall of China.
What does the Oxford comma do?
What is it clarifies lists by placing a comma before the final conjunction.
Which American figure skater famously won the gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble?
Who is Peggy Fleming.
What is a spoonerism?
Which city is the capital of Iceland?
What is Reykjavik.
Fact: It is the northernmost capital of a sovereign state.
Which civilization developed the world's earliest known writing system, cuneiform?
Who are the Sumerians.
What are homophones?
What are words that sound identical but have different meanings and spellings.
Which legendary hockey player became the first NHL defenseman to score 100 points in a single season, achieving the feat in 1970?
Who is Bobby Orr.
(he finished the 1969–70 season with 120 points)
What is a pangram?
What is the capital city of New Zealand?
What is Wellington.
Fact: It is the southernmost capital city in the world
Who was the French military leader who crowned himself Emperor in 1804?
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte.
What is the definition of an oxymoron?
What is a figure of speech pairing two contradictory terms.