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Where is the longest river located?

northeastern Africa. Nile river

100

What two colors make the color green?

Blue and yellow

100

Is watermelon a berry, a vegetable, or a fruit?

A berry. It's a specific category of berries — one with a tough rind, multiple flat seeds and pulpy flesh

100

What name is given to the closest star to the Earth?

The Sun

100

What month in 1912 saw the Titanic go down?

April

200

The Battle of Gettysburg occurred in which US state?

Pennsylvania

200

What is a group of locusts called?

Plague

200

Where does German chocolate cake actually come from?

Dallas, Texas

200

What causes the holes in Swiss cheese?

Bacteria (carbon dioxide bubbles that form during the cheesemaking process. The bubbles are produced by bacteria that eat lactic acid)

200

Which country is credited with inventing hot dogs?

Germany

300

Which U.S. Interstate highway is the longest?

I-90

300

What is December's birthstone?

Turquoise

300

What is the name of the pasta that is shaped in wide, flat sheets?

Lasagna

300

Some animals spend the winter in a sleep-like state known as what?

Hibernation

300

What liquid did Romans use as mouth wash because of the presence of ammonia in it?

Urine

400

What is the largest North American country?

Canada

400

The game "cat's cradle" is played using what material?

String

400

What is the name of this fruit?

Passion fruit

400

A phytotoxin is a poison produced from what?

Plants

400

What image was on the world's first jigsaw puzzle?

A map

500

In what country was the Terracotta Army sealed underground?

China

500

What Hawaiian dish resembles a bowl of deconstructed sushi?

Poke -- Poke (POH-kay) 

500

True or false: The seeds are the spiciest part of a pepper.

False  inner wall 

500

What makes up most of dust particles found in a house?

Dead skin

500

Queen Mary Tudor of England is better known to history by what name?

Bloody Mary

600

What river flows through  the Grand Canyon? 

The Colorado 

600

The soft drink Mr. Pibb was introduced as a competitor to which popular soft drink?

Dr Pepper

600

Which was the first country to set the minimum drinking age to 21? 

Netherlands  Scotland  England  Germany

England

600

How many planets in our solar system have rings around them? and can you name them?

4. Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus & Neptune.

600

Who is credited with writing three quarters of the Federalist Papers?

Alexander Hamilton

700

What Ivy League school is located in Ithaca?

Cornell University

700

What are you doing if you "yarn over" or "pop corn"?

Knitting

700

What does it mean to truss a chicken?

To tie it together

700

A benzene ring is made up of atoms of what element?

Carbon

700

The middle finger of which famous scientist is on display in a museum?

Galileo's

800

Which state is "Almost Heaven"?

West Virginia

800

The cobnut is the fruit of what tree?

 hazel tree

800

Which yellow spice will improve your mood,
help to heal wounds and balance your blood sugar?

Turmeric

800

Which joint type can be found inside the human skull?

Suture

800

Which two battleships remain buried following the attack on Pearl Harbor?

USS Arizona and USS Utah

900

Which island was home to the Lighthouse of Alexandria?

Pharos, Egypt

900

What is known as Ireland's "kissing rock"?

The Blarney Stone

900

Are cashews drupes or nuts?

Drupes. ( Drupes are fruits that are fleshy on the outside and contain a shell covering a seed on the inside)

900

What color is oxygen in liquid or solid form?

Blue

900

What US founding father also founded the University of Pennsylvania?

Benjamin Franklin

1000

 What is Alcatraz Island named after?

Birds -- The island was originally named "La Isla de los Alcatraces," which is Spanish for "The Island of the Pelicans."

1000

What snack was invented by European monks?

Pretzels

1000

In which country would you find shish kebab as an everyday food?

Turkey

1000

What living thing produces the most oxygen on Earth?

Plankton

1000

In ancient Japan, all people who gave massages had to be what?

Blind