Potluck
How many stripes on the U.S. flag and what do they represent?
13
7 red and 6 white representing the original 13 colonies.
What studio did the Beatles use to record 191 songs?
Abby Road
What is cohesion?
Water’s tendency to stick together.
Number of U.S. presidents?
45
Which of these was not imported to Europe from the "New World"? (a) Tomato (b) Sweet Potato (c) Chocolate (d) Cucumber (e) Butter Bean.
Cucumber
Came from Indonesia via India.
What is a Troy ounce?
Used the weigh gold and is about 10% heavier.
What Elton John song is his best selling single in history?
Candle in the Wind
1997
What is Kingdom Monera?
Organisms of this kingdom are unicellular prokaryotes.
This ruler executed John The Baptist and was later banished by Caligula.
Herod.
When listed in alphabetical order, what is the first country in the world?
Afghanistan.
In what year did the U.S. declare war on the British?
1812
Who was the first country artist to sell over 10 million copies of an album?
Garth Brooks.
What is an adaptation?
The heritable trait that gives you the advantage due to natural selection.
What year was the Panama Canal opened?
Aug. 15 - 1914
What is the only fruit to have seeds on the outside?
Strawberry.
What was the year and the name of the first spacecraft to land on the moon?
1966 - Lunar 9
What guitarist released his band’s first album Are You Experienced in 1967?
Jimi Hendrix
What are Observations, Questions, Hypotheses, Predictions, Tests, Conclusions, and Replication?
These are the seven steps of the scientific process in order.
British troops remained in this country from 1882’s battle of Tell El-Kebir until 1956?
Egypt.
Inside what world landmark can you see a plaque bearing the equation :-
y = -127.7 ft x cosh(x/127.7 ft) + 757.7 ft
Gateway Arch, St. Louis.
In Germany, what are Strumpfhose?
Tights or Stockings
This 1961 Elvis movie soundtrack - LP contained the hits “Can’t help falling in love & Rock-a-Hula Baby?
Blue Hawaii
What is the term that describes a cell that is placed into a solution that has a lower solute concentration than the cell itself?
A hypotonic solution.
In 1887 Edmund Halley financed the publication of this scientist’s “Principa”
Isaac Newton
How many teaspoons are there in a quart?
192
3 tsp to the Tbsp, 2 Tbsp to the oz, 8 oz to the cup, 2 cups to the pint, 2 pints to the quart.