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200
  • What is the most stolen food item in the world?
    A. Bread
    B. Cheese
    C. Chocolate
    D. Oil
  • B. Cheese
200
  • What did a movie ticket cost in the 1930s?
    A.  .25 cents
    B.  .34 cents
    C. $1
    D. $1.50

  • A.  .25 cents

200

 This former name is now known as Zimbabwe...

A. Rhodesia

B. Embzabi

C. Zimmers

D. Boztik

A. Rhodesia

200

  • What country removed the Union Jack from its flag in 1965?

    A. Kenya
    B. Spain
    C. Canada
    D. Switzerland 

  • C. Canada
200

  • What is the deepest known point in Earth’s oceans?
    A. DDD
    B. Divers Drop
    C. Challenger Deep
    D. Boats Drop

  • C. Challenger Deep

400
  • What is the most consumed beverage in the world after water?
    A. Tea
    B. Wine
    C. Lemonade
    D. Juice 
  • A. Tea


400
  • What was the price of a woman’s dress in 1900?
    A. $3
    B. $5
    C. $2.50
    D. $10


B. $5

400

  1.  Now known as Botswana...
    A. Bechuanaland
    B. Boston
    C. Bimbing
    D. Burtington

  • A. Bechuanaland
400

  • Which country has the oldest continuously used national flag?

    A. Denmark
    B. Sweden
    C. Netherlands
    D. Japan

  • A. Denmark
400

  • What is the only planet in our solar system that rotates on its side?
    A. Uranus
    B. Pluto
    C. Mars
    D. Saturn

  • A. Uranus

600
  • What object has traveled farthest from Earth?
    A. Hubble Space Telescope
    B. Huygens
    C. Rosetta
    D. Voyager 1 spacecraft 

D. Voyager 1 spacecraft

600
  • What was the average hourly wage for factory workers in 1900?
    A. .50 cents an hour
    B.  .22 cents an hour
    C.  .10 cents an hour
    D. .5 cents an hour 
  • B.  .22 cents an hour
600

  • The country is now known as Iran...
    A. Darmin
    B. ABAT
    C. Serbia
    D. Persia

  • D. Persia
600

  • Which Asian country’s flag features a dragon?

    A. Cambodia
    B. Nepal
    C. Turkey
    D. Bhutan 

  • D. Bhutan
600

  • What element is named after the Greek word for “green”?
    A. Sulfate
    B. Chlorine
    C. Copper Sulfate
    D. Hydrogen 

  • B. Chlorine
800
  • Which country has won the most Olympic medals overall?
    A. Jamaca 
    B. United States
    C. Canada
    D. Italy 
  • B. United States
800
  • What was the average yearly income in 1900?
    A. $450
    B. $1000
    C. $600
    D. $834

  • A. $450

800

  •  Became Lesotho upon independence...
    A. Basutoland
    B. Sanglet
    C. Relia
    D. Pergration

  • A. Basutoland
800

  • Which South American country has a flag similar to Texas’s?

    A. Peru
    B. Bolivia
    C. Chile
    D. Venezuela

  • C. Chile
800

  • What continent has the most countries?
    A. South America 
    B. Asia
    C. Europe
    D. Africa

  • D. Africa
1000
  1. What animal produces the loudest sound ever recorded in nature?
    A. Sabretooth Tiger
    B. Sperm whale
    C. Humpback Whale 
    D. Cayote 
  • B. Sperm whale
1000

What item cost more in 1900 than it does today when adjusted without inflation?
A. Water
B. Ice
C. Train Ticket
D. Gas

  • B. Ice

1000
  • What New Deal agency helped restore damaged farmland after the Dust Bowl?
    A. RDF
    B. SCS
    C. BSF
    D. TTF
  • B. SCS - Soil Conservation Service 
1000

  • What two countries have nearly identical red-white-blue horizontal tricolor flags but differ in proportions? 

  • A. Chad and Romania
    B. Netherlands and Luxembourg
    C. Ireland and Côte d'Ivoire
    D. Bangladesh and Japan 

  • B. Netherlands and Luxembourg
1000
  • What language is the word “tsunami” borrowed from?
  • A. Japanese
  • B. Chinese
  • C. Italian 
  • D. Spanish   
  • A. Japanese
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