Science
Menlo Park New Jersey was home to which inventors research laboratory?
Thomas Edison
In 1797, who became the second president of the United States of America?
John Adams
“My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion was the theme song for which 1997 blockbuster film?
Titanic
The highest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest, is located in which mountain range?
The Himalayas
A wombat is a marsupial native to which country?
Australia
A temperature reading of -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit or -273.15 degrees Celsius, is known as what?
Absolute Zero
What is the name of the former immigration inspection station located in New York Harbor?
Ellis Island
What country’s 2010 ban on film worker unions is commonly referred to as the “Hobbit law”?
New Zealand
The deepest trench in the world, the Mariana Trench, is located in which ocean?
Pacific Ocean
Believed to grow as large as 60 feet (18 meters), what is the largest known species of shark currently living in the ocean?
Whale Shark
What is the term for the speed that a rocket needs to be traveling to break free of Earth’s gravity?
Escape velocity
The ancient citadel of Machu Picchu was built by which pre-Columbian empire?
The Inca Empire
Prince Humperdinck is the main antagonist of which 1987 fantasy film?
The Princess Bride
Tenochtitlan, founded in 1324, is now known as what city?
Mexico City
What is the only bird known to fly backwards?
Hummingbird
Mary Mallon was famously an asymptomatic carrier of what disease?
Typhoid fever
Demolition of the Berlin wall separating East and West Germany began in what year?
1989
Kiss Me Kate and 10 Things I Hate About You were both based on which Shakespeare comedy?
The Taming of the Shrew
Which South American country is the world’s largest producer of Coffee?
Brazil
What is the national animal of Scotland?
Where are the Islets of Langerhans located?
The pancreas
What was the name of the London theatre built by Shakespeare’s playing company in 1599?
The Globe Theatre
Released in 1941, what is the only Disney animated feature film with a title character that never speaks?
Dumbo
What continent is home to the world’s largest desert
Antarctica
“Dazzle” is a term used for a group of what type of animal?
Zebra