Who is the leader of the executive branch of the United States of America?
The President or Donald J. Trump
100
What year was Simmons College founded?
1899
100
The last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt who formed relationships with two of Rome’s most powerful leaders, Marc Antony and Julius Caesar, while defending Egypt from the expanding Roman Empire
Cleopatra
100
Where did Sushi originate?
Japan
100
Which famous dictator was assassinated on the Ides of March?
Julius Caesar
200
There were classified documents last week regarding which president’s assassination?
J.F.K
200
This is longest running tradition at the college and has been put on by the sophomore class since 1912.
May Day
200
The patron saint of France who inspired a French revolt against the occupation of the English, and had successfully led the French to victory at the age of 17
Joan of Arc
200
Tortillas were originally made from what grain?
Corn
200
In 1867 the US purchased Alaska from what country?
Russia
300
What major U.S. company is looking for a second headquarters?
Amazon
300
What building used to be known as the Reflectory and was built as the first dorm on campus in 1905?
South Hall
300
Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity and is the daughter of another Nobel Prize winner?
Irène Curie-Joliot, daughter of Marie Curie
300
The original Starbucks was established in 1971 in what US city?
Seattle, Washington
300
Ruling for 64 years, which Queen was the longest reigning British monarch before Queen Elizabeth II?
Queen Victoria
400
What Trump Administration order has recently been blocked by a federal judge?
The executive order barring transgender military troops.
400
What year did Helen Drinan become the President of the college?
2008
400
The previous First Lady of the Republic of China who lived through three different centuries, and is an alumna from Wellesley College
Song Mei-Ling
400
The first McDonald's opened in which state?
California
400
Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in what?
A Hospital
500
What Spanish state attempt to declare independence with a referendum this month?
Catalonia
500
The Great Fire of 1872 prevented Simmons from being built in this Boston district.
Boston’s Financial District
500
An African-American abolitionist and women’s rights campaigner, Sojourner Truth gave this famous speech at the Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio, in 1827.
“Ain’t I a Woman”
500
What is the colloquial term used for a rotating tray often placed in the middle of the table to aid in distribution of food?