What type of energy does a moving object have?
Kinetic energy
Who was President during most of the Great Depression and World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What river forms part of the border between the U.S. and Mexico?
The Rio Grande
What is the original language of The Iliad and The Odyssey?
Ancient Greek
What should you do for "Tuppence-u-bag"
Feed the birds
What scale is used to measure acidity?
pH scale
What event began the French Revolution in 1789?
The Storming of the Bastille
The Ural Mountains separate which two continents?
Europe and Asia
Who composed West Side Story?
Leonard Bernstein
Who played as Both Batman and Beetlejuice?
Micheal Keaton
What particle carries a negative electric charge?
Electron
What empire was known as “the empire on which the sun never sets”?
The British Empire
Which sea is located between Europe and Africa?
The Mediterranean Sea
Who wrote The Secret Garden?
Frances Hodgson Burnett
What movie featured a "Love-of-life" character played by Anthony Quinn?
Zorba the Greek
What type of wave is an X-ray?
Electromagnetic wave
In what year did Christopher Columbus reach the Americas?
1492
Which U.S. state is closest to Russia?
Alaska
Who wrote The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
What 1983 musical had "Something for everyone: a comedy tonight"
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum
What state of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape?
Liquid
Who wrote the Federalist Papers to support the Constitution?
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
What is the world’s largest archipelago by number of islands? *Not Sweden
Through Indonesia and Malaysia and part of the Philippines to New Guinea 4000 miles from east to west and 2200 miles north-south.
Which musical features the song “Some Enchanted Evening”?
South Pacific
The lyrics in what musical proclaimed, "The vittles we et were good- you bet- the company was the same?"
Carousel
What force resists motion between two surfaces in contact?
Friction
Who was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?
George Washington
Which country has the largest number of volcanoes in the world?
The United States 161 to 173 volcanoes. Most of these volcanoes are located in Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands.
The Sound of Music is based on whose memoir?
Maria von Trapp
Who played the pope in the Agony and The Ecstasy?
Rex Harrison
What is the name of the minimum energy required for a chemical reaction to occur?
Activation energy
The Peloponnesian War was fought between which two Greek city-states?
Athens and Sparta
What is the least populous country in the world?
Vatican City
“I Dreamed a Dream” is from which musical?
Les Misérables
In what movie was Whoopee Goldburg cast as a medium acting as a bridge between the living and the dead to solve a murder?
Ghost
What process powers stars like the Sun?
Nuclear fusion
What treaty officially ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Which country spanned two continents before a secession in 1903?
Panama
In The Great Gatsby, what color is associated with Gatsby’s extravagant parties?
Yellow / Gold
In what movie was Harrison Ford casted as a detective tasked with protecting an Amish boy until a murder trial?
Witness
What phenomenon causes the expansion of the universe to accelerate?
Dark energy
Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury?
Alexander Hamilton
Which European country has a portion of its territory located in South America?
France (French Guiana)
What is the main setting of Dracula by Bram Stoker?
Transylvania
If he were a rich man, what would be "the sweetest thing of all" for Tevye to do?
Discuss the holy books with the learn ed men seven hours every day
What element has the highest electronegativity?
Fluorine
Who was the Union general famous for his “March to the Sea”?
William Tecumseh Sherman
Which country has the longest straight-line distance from north to south?
Chile
Who wrote The Magic Mountain, a novel exploring time, illness, and European intellectual life?
Thomas Mann
What was the pre-war occupation of the captain (Tom Hanks) in saving private Ryan?
Teacher