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What US state is bordered by Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming?
Colorado
Which racing driver holds the record for the most Formula One World Drivers’ Championship wins, with seven titles?
Ken Jennings, a contestant on which popular quiz show, won over 2.5 million dollars in 2004?
Jeopardy
NASA is abbreviation for...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
What company has been employed by the Academy since 1934 to tabulate Oscar votes and ensure the secrecy of results?
Ernst & Young, J.P. Morgan, Lehman Brothers, or Price Waterhouse?
The accounting firm of Price Waterhouse signed with the Academy in 1934 and has been employed ever since to tabulate and ensure the secrecy of the results. The ballots for the 90th Awards will be tabulated by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the name adopted by the firm in 1998.
What country has the most natural lakes?
Canada, India, USA, or Australia?
Canada has more than half of all the natural lakes in the world. An impressive nine percent of the country is covered in fresh water.
An Olympic gold medal is made mostly of what metal?
Gold, Silver, Copper, or Nickel
The last Olympic medal that was actually solid gold was awarded in 1912. Today, "gold" medals are 92.5% silver.
What TV show is credited for a massive surge of applications for courses in forensic science?
NCIS,
Law & Order,
CSI, or
X-Files
The extreme popularity of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation not only spanned 15 seasons and spawned multiple spinoffs, it also encouraged many young fans to pursue a career in forensic science.
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
Mercury only has an equatorial radius of 1,516 miles. This means that Mercury is actually smaller than Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede.
Who was the first actor/actress to win four Academy Awards?
Jack Nicholson, Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, or Marlon Brando
In 1981, Katharine Hepburn became the first actor to win four Academy Awards. She won Best Actress honors for her performances in Morning Glory (1933), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968), and On Golden Pond (1981). During her career, Hepburn received a total of 12 nominations.
Which is the world's largest country by size?
Russia is the largest country by far, with a total area of about 17 million square kilometers. followed by Canada, China and the USA.
Hall of Fame great Michael Jordan played his college ball at North Carolina, but playing for the Tar Heels wasn't his first choice. In fact, he actually rooted for NC State while growing up.
Who did His Airness originally want to play for?
MJ's first choice was UCLA. Too bad the Bruins never recruited him.
Just to be clear, I meant it was too bad for the Bruins. Jordan did just fine without them.
Every episode of Seinfeld contains an image or reference to what superhero?
There is an image of or reference to Superman somewhere in every episode of "Seinfeld"
Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?
Animated feature films didn't get their due at the Golden Globes until .... Three films were nominated that year – "Monster House," "Happy Feet" and winner "Cars."
2007
Which ocean has the most trash?
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, or Southern?
The Great Pacific garbage patch, also described as the Pacific trash vortex, is characterized by exceptionally high concentrations of plastic, chemical sludge, wood pulp, and other debris trapped by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre.
For a tennis player, winning the "Grand Slam" involves winning what four tournaments in the same calendar year?
The Grand Slam itinerary consists of the Australian Open in mid January, the French Open (also known as Roland Garros) from around late May to early June, Wimbledon in June–July, and the US Open in August–September
Who was the youngest person to host Saturday Night Live?
Macaulay Culkin,
Fred Savage,
Drew Barrymore, or
Miley Cirus
Drew Barrymore
The E.T. star was just 7 years old when she hosted SNL.
Which icecream shop released a 'Lunar Cheesecake' flavor ice cream in 1969 to commemorate America’s landing on the moon?
Baskin-Robbins
To date, only one First Lady of the United States has won an Emmy. That distinction goes to .....
Jackie Kennedy, who received a special Trustees Award for her famous televised tour of the White House in 1962
Name the only country in the world that starts with the letter ‘Y’
Yemen
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be held in Canada, Mexico, and USA. Where will the 2022 WC be held?
Hint: This will be the first World Cup ever to be held in the Arab world and the first in a Muslim-majority country.
Qatar
What was the first science fiction series on television?
Captain Video and His Video Rangers,
Lost in Space,
Buck Rogers, or
Star Trek
In 1949, Captain Video and His Video Rangers became the first science-fiction series on television. The children's show had a props budget of $25 per episode.
In what 1979 James Bond movie does the famous spy go to outer space?
Moonraker
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a .......chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. He held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous. The synthetic element nobelium was named after him.
His nationality? *cough*Europe*cough
Swedish