Capitals
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
What planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
What city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
Pompeii
What was the name of the collie dog from TV who often saved the day?
Lassie
"To be, or not to be, that is the question."
William Shakespeare
What is the capital of Japan?
Tokyo
How many bones are in the adult human body?
206
What ancient civilization built Machu Picchu?
The Inca
What mammal has the longest gestation period?
Elephant (about 22 months)
"I think, therefore I am."
René Descartes
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
What is the center of an atom called?
Nucleus
Who led India to independence with nonviolence?
Mahatma Gandhi
What is the only marsupial native to the U.S.?
Opossum
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
Dr. Seuss
What is the capital of India?
New Delhi
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
Who was the first Emperor of Rome?Who was the first Emperor of Rome?
Augustus Caesar
Which animal can imitate the sound of a chainsaw and camera shutter?
Lyrebird
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."
Oscar Wilde (The Importance of Being Earnest)
What is the capital of Turkey?
Ankara
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
Who was the Egyptian queen known for her beauty?
Queen Nefertiti
What lizard shoots blood from its eyes as a defense?
Horned lizard
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
Confucius