water water everywhere
live long and prosper
borderline
classic cults
true or false?
100

What is the term for the layer of water beneath the Earth's surface that saturates the soil and rock?  

Groundwater

100

Which Star Trek captain was known for his frequent use of the phrase "Make it so"?  

Captain Jean-Luc Picard

100

Which two U.S. states share a border along the Missouri River for the longest stretch?  

What are Nebraska and Iowa?

100

By what name did Vernon Wayne Howell become famously known prior to his end in Waco?

David Koresh

100

True or False: According to Egyptian mythology, Anubis, the god of embalming and the afterlife, was often depicted with the head of a falcon.  

False

(he had the head of a jackal)

200

What is the term for the process by which water seeps downward through the soil, replenishing underground water sources?  

Infiltration

200

In Star Trek: The Original Series, what is the name of the device used by the crew to communicate with other ships and away teams?  

What is a communicator?

200

 Identify the two U.S. states that share the largest number of bordering states with each other.  

What are Tennessee and Missouri?

200

What is the name of the cult led by Jim Jones, which infamously ended in a mass suicide/murder in Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978?  

What is the Peoples Temple?

200

True or false?  The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, declared all slaves in the Confederate states to be free.

False. It only declared that all slaves in the areas of the Confederate States of America that were still in rebellion against the United States were free, effective January 1, 1863. However, it did not apply to areas of the South that were already under Union control or to border states that had remained loyal to the Union.

300

What is the name of the warm ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico, travels along the eastern coast of North America, and influences weather patterns and climate in the region?


Gulf stream

300

what is kirks response to this statement:  

  •  I've done far worse than kill you. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her; marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet... buried alive! Buried alive...!

KHAAANNNN!

(100 bonus points for correct answer with an impersonation)

300

Which two U.S. states share the longest border with each other?  

What are Texas and Oklahoma?

300

What was the name of the group of people who collectively committed suicide in order to transport themselves to a waiting UFO which was said to be hiding behind a passing comet?

Heavens Gate.

300

True or False: Oxygen is the most abundant element in Earth's atmosphere.  

False

400

What is the term for the minimum temperature at which air becomes saturated with water vapor and dew forms?  

Dew Point

400

In Star Trek: Voyager, what is the name of the advanced species that exists outside of normal space-time and communicates with Captain Janeway through a series of temporal incursions?

The Q continuum 

400

 Identify the two U.S. states that share the shortest border with each other.  

What are Delaware and New Jersey?

400

What is the name of the Indian cult led by Thug Behram, whose members were notorious for their ritualistic strangulation of travelers as sacrifices to the goddess Kali?  

What is the Thuggee cult?

400

True or False: Water freezes at 0 degrees Fahrenheit.  

False

500

What is the term for the phenomenon where water in a small tube is higher than the surrounding water level due to surface tension and adhesive forces?

Capillary action

500

Who convinced Kirk to join Starfleet and became his mentor?

Captain Christopher Pike

500

What states meet at the four corners?

Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah

500

What is the name of the Japanese doomsday cult that carried out a deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995?  

What is Aum Shinrikyo?

500

Napoleon was born in france.  

False.  he was born in corsica.