Movies
In which movie did the song “White Christmas” make its debut?
Holiday Inn
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney.
What is the fastest land animal?
The Cheetah
What are the names of the four Golden Girls?
Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia
What kind of leaf is featured prominently on the Canadian flag?
Maple Leaf
What two female film stars headlined the 1962 movie “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?”
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford
Which unusual substance was the primary ingredient in the laxatives Lewis and Clark brought on their expedition?
Mercury
How many scent receptors do dogs have in their noses?
300 million.
On the 1964 fantasy sitcom Bewitched, what unique physical gesture did Samantha Stephens use to perform magic?
Wiggling her nose
What is the name of the rings you count inside a tree trunk to find its age?
Growth rings (or annual rings)
Which movie had Cary Grant using a number of aliases to rescue Audrey Hepburn from a number of crooks?
Charade
What did the Raines Law, enacted in 1896 in New York, do?
Made it illegal to sell alcohol on Sundays.
What color is a polar bear’s skin?
Black
What is the Munsters’s address?
1313 Mockingbird Lane
What term is used for trees that shed their leaves annually in the fall?
Deciduous.
What was the first movie made in color?
Visit to the Seaside
Where did Albert Einstein live before moving to the United States?
Germany.
How many layers of skin does a chameleon have?
4
What was Lucy trying to sell during her famous commercial on I Love Lucy?
Vitameatavegemin
What is the largest tree by volume in the world?
General Sherman, a giant sequoia located in California
Who played the iconic lawyer Atticus Finch in the 1962 film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Gregory Peck
How many legitimate children did King George III have?
15
Sea urchins got their name from what nonaquatic animal, which was known as an “urchin” until the 15th century?
The hedgehog
"Sock it to me!" Presidential candidate Richard Nixon uttered the famous catchphrase during a split-second guest appearance on what sketch comedy program in 1968?
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
What is the tallest tree species in the world?
The Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens).