Pittsburgh
Myron Cope invented the terrible ______:
A) towel B) tube C) truck D) rag
A!
The Terrible Towel was created by the late Myron Cope, the Pittsburgh Steelers broadcaster who needed a way to excite the team's fans during a 1975 playoff football game against the Baltimore Colts.
How many continents on earth?
Name 3.
A) 6 B) 7 C) 3 D) 1o
B!
A continent is one of Earth's seven main divisions of land. The continents are, from largest to smallest: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.
What mental disorder causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs and lows?
A) Bipolar disorder B) conduct disorder
C) multiple personality disorder
D) depressive disorder
A!
Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression).
Vladimir Putin is the leader of which country?
A) China B) Russia C) England
D) Greenland
B!
Vladimir Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the president of Russia.
In the Pac-Man video game, what is the name of the pink ghost?
A) Pinky B) Dinky C) Inky
D) Clyde
A!
The objective of the game is to eat all of the dots placed in the maze while avoiding four colored ghosts—Blinky (red), Pinky (pink), Inky (blue), and Clyde (orange)—who pursue Pac-Man.
What is the Pittsburgh subway system called?
A) the Q B) Subway PGH C) the T
D) the O
C!
"T" Light Rail Transit/Subway.
What is the world’s smallest country by land area?
A) China B) Russia C) Vatican City
D) Iceland
C!
The smallest country in the world is Vatican City, with a landmass of just 0.49 square kilometers (0.19 square miles). Vatican City is an independent state surrounded by Rome. Vatican City is not the only small country located inside Italy.
what is 'pica'?
A) salsa B) eating disorder
C) anxiety disorder D) mood disorder
Bonus points if you know what it does!!
B!
Pica is a compulsive eating disorder in which people eat nonfood items. Dirt, clay, and flaking paint are the most common items eaten. Less common items include glue, hair, cigarette ashes, and feces. The disorder is more common in children, affecting 10% to 30% of young children ages 1 to 6.
Jeff Bezos is the founder of which website?
A) twitter B) facebook C) amazon
D) snapchat
C!
Jeff Bezos is an American entrepreneur who played a key role in the growth of e-commerce as the founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com, Inc., an online merchant of books and later of a wide variety of products.
What is the capital of Canada?
A) Vancouver B) Ontario
C) Ottawa D) Harrisburg
C!
Ottawa, city, capital of Canada, located in southeastern Ontario.
Franco Harris is best known for his "__________ Reception" in the 1972 playoffs.
A) amazing B) outrageous C) immaculate
D) magnificent
C!
The Immaculate Reception is one of the most famous plays in the history of American football. It occurred in the AFC divisional playoff game of the National Football League, between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 23, 1972.
What is the longest river on Earth?
A) Monongahela B) Erie C) Ontario
D) Nile
D!
The Nile River is the longest river in the world at 4,132 miles (6,650 km). It Flows from central Africa northward through northeastern Africa to the Mediterranean Sea and has three principal streams: the Blue Nile, the Atbara, and the White Nile.
What is the term for an individual’s conscious understanding of their own thoughts and feelings?
A) self sabotage B) self diagnosing
C) self awareness D) self soothing
C!
Self-awareness is your ability to perceive and understand the things that make you who you are as an individual, including your personality, actions, values, beliefs, emotions, and thoughts. Essentially, it is a psychological state in which the self becomes the focus of attention.
Norway banned which music artist from the country?
A) Dr. Dre B) Beyonce
C) Snoop Dogg D) Rihanna
C!
The rapper was banned from Norway for two years after being caught trying to sneak eight grams of marijuana into the country.
Where is Krusty Burger?
A) Springfield B) Delaware
C) Harmorville D) Las Vegas
A!
In the Downtown Springfield level, the Krusty Burger appears as the second boss battle stage, where Homer must fight against Mayor Quimby (second boss) who calls his assistants to trying take him down before advancing to the second level.
Name the three rivers in Pittsburgh?
A) Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio
B) Monongahela, Erie, Ohio
C) Erie, Ohio, Ontario
D) Monongahela, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
A!
We all know that Pittsburgh has three rivers – it's one of the first things you learn about Pittsburgh! There's the Allegheny, the Monongahela, and the two rivers meet to form the Ohio River.
What is the name of the layer of earth’s atmosphere that absorbs the majority of the potentially damaging ultraviolet light from the sun?
A) the ozone layer B) the appa layer
C) the outer layer D) the equator
A!
The ozone layer protects us from potentially harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
What is the name of the psychological theory that emphasizes how people perceive, think, and solve problems?
A) identity theory B) mental theory
C) physiological theory D) cognitive theory
D!
Cognitive theory asserts that it is the way we think about a situation, rather than the situation itself, that leads us to feel a particular emotion and behave in a particular way.
What does the acronym "smh" stand for?
A) stop my heart B) shaking my head
C) standing my heat D) shaking my hand
B!
A) gray B) black C) white
D) orange
D!
Despite its name, the black box of an aircraft is not black. Instead, it is painted in a bright and striking color, usually orange, to facilitate its location in the event of an accident.
"Eat n Park's the place for ________."
A) good food B) smiles C) laughs D) family
B!
Eat'n Park is a restaurant chain based in Homestead, Pennsylvania. As of April 2024, the company operates 56 locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The chain is known for its Smiley Cookies and has adopted the motto, "the place for smiles".
What is the name of the largest ocean on earth?
A) The Atlantic B) the Pacific
C) the Red Sea D) the Oceanic
B!
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world ocean basins. Covering approximately 63 million square miles and containing more than half of the free water on Earth, the Pacific is by far the largest of the world's ocean basins. All of the world's continents could fit into the Pacific basin.
Which neurotransmitter is linked to pleasure and reward?
A) dopamine B) GABA C)glutamate
D) adrenaline
A!
dopamine is the 'pleasure' NT, GABA is the 'calming' NT, glutamate is the 'memory' NT, and adrenaline is the 'fight or flight' NT.
Which country has Miley Cyrus been banned from entering?
A) China B) Russia C) Netherlands
D) Mexico
A!
Miley Cyrus's ban from China in 2009 stemmed from a racially insensitive photo she posted on Instagram, which deeply offended the Chinese government and its people.
What is an 'archaeologist'?
A) someone who studies plants
B) someone who sleeps a lot
C) someone who studies books
D) someone who studies fossils
D!
a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.