History
Though not considered its main cause, __________ triggered a Great Depression that lasted throughout the 1930s
Stock Market Crash of 1929
A butcher stands six feet and one inch tall and wears size 12 shoes. What does he weigh?
Meat
What type of food holds the world record for being the most stolen around the world?
Cheese
*It's estimated that as much as 4% of the cheese produced around the world is stolen. That equates to as much as 90.6 million tons of cheese each year!
Which country has the largest population in the world?
China
Which is the most sleep deprived state in the U.S?
Hawaii
__________ oversaw Allied forces in North Africa and Sicily and, in 1943, he was appointed the Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe
General Dwight Eisenhower
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
the word TON
When and where were chocolate chip cookies invented?
Chocolate chips cookies were invented in Massachusetts in 1930 by Ruth Wakefield!
Ruth was the owner of Toll House Inn, added broken pieces of a chocolate bar to her cookie dough expecting them to melt.
Six
Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt.
When did Japan launch a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor?
December 7th, 1941
I can be long, or I can be short. I can be grown, and I can be bought. I can be painted, or left bare. I can be round, or square. What am I?
Fingernails
"Spam" is a popular food in Hawaii. Which two words were combined to create the brand name?
Spiced ham.
Used in ancient times by the poet Tibullus, "The Eternal City" is a nickname given to what European capital?
Rome
Antarctica
In response to Japan's invasion of China and escalating tensions in Europe, the U.S. passed ________ which prohibited the exportation of weapons to belligerent (warring) nations
The Neutrality Act of 1935
Five apples are in a basket. How do you divide them among five girls so that each girl gets an apple, but one apple remains in the basket?
Give the fifth girl her apple in the basket
What type of food is the most frequently ordered item in the USA?
Chicken fingers and fries
Lake Como and Lake Garda are both located in which Southern European country?
Italy
How many hamburgers does McDonalds sell a day?
6.5 million
Finish the line President Franklin D. Roosevelt said during his speech addressing the attack on Pearl Harbor: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941...."
"A date which will live in infamy"
The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States of America had the same parents, but were not brothers. How can this be possible?
They were the same man. Grover Cleveland served two terms as president of the United States, but the terms were not consecutive.
In Newark, New Jersey it's illegal to sell this food item after 6 pm without a doctor's note -- what food is it?
Ice cream
Once home to the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire and now a museum, Topkapi Palace is located in which Anatolian city?
Istanbul
Where was the hottest-ever temperature on earth recorded, per the World Meteorological Organization?
Death Valley, California (where it hit 134 degrees Fahrenheit in July 1913