What year saw the completion of Big Ben?
1858
What was the first planet to be discovered with a telescope?
Uranus
Which US state, now the second largest state, was once an independent republic?
Texas
What is Mozart's full name?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
What is the longest running crime and court room series, 24 seasons?
Law and Order
Who commanded the American troops during World War I?
General John J. Pershing
What is the largest species of shark?
Whale Shark
Where is the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"?
Minnesota
What color was long considered the color of royalty?
Purple
what was the crime in the beginning of "Goonies"
Jail break
Who was assassinated by James Earl Ray?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is the cell where a virus reproduces called?
Host cell
Other than English, what is the main language in Guam?
Chamorro
What country does the cappuccino originate from?
Italy
What famous author committed suicide in Ketchum Idaho
Hemingway
What sport was Abraham Lincoln a champion in?
Wrestling
What is the Japanese word for "harbor wave"?
Tsunami
What country has the highest average rainfall in the world?
India
How many compass point names are there?
32 total
What serial killer abducted Roberta Kahleen Parks from the U.S in 1974, his 5th victim
Ted Bundy
Who was the only president to serve in both World Wars?
Dwight D Eisenhower
Which spacecraft was the first one to leave the Solar System?
Voyager 1
Which is Europe's second largest island after Great Britain?
Iceland
Which star is represented by placing a star on top of a Christmas tree?
Star of Bethlehem
What was "cool-hand Lukes" crime
Cutting the heads off parking meters
What happened to the Liberty Bell in 1835?
It cracked
What is considered the fifth sense?
Touch
What is the second largest saltwater lake in the U.S.?
Lake Pontchartrain
Pineapples, kiwis and papayas contain enzymes that can do what to meat?
Tenderizes it- makes it tender
What country was banded from the 2018 winter Olympics and stripped of 51 metals for using perform once- enhancing drugs?
Russia
Who succeeded Jimmy Carter as the 40th President of the United States?
Ronald Reagan
What process does milk undergo to become yogurt?
Bacterial fermentation
What's the oldest university in England?
Oxford University
Which continent would you find the "Strait of Magellan" in?
South America
Why was Jonathan Pollar jailed for life?
Selling military secrets to Isreal
Why did humans almost go extinct in 70,000 B.C.?
Volcanic eruption
Which side of the brain is responsible for logic and rational thought?
Left side
The Principality of Monaco is bordered to the north, east, and west, by what other European country?
France
The middle finger of which famous scientist is on display in a museum?
Galileo's
Who did "squeaky" Fromme attempt to assassinate?
Gerald Ford
What country's entire population was condemned to death by the Spanish Inquisition?
The Netherlands
How many sides are on a triacontagon?
30
As defined by the U.S. census, the Midwest region includes two subdivisions. One of these includes Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and what other state?
Michigan
What is the name of the biggest part of the human brain?
The cerebrum
Who high-jacked a boing 727 jet over western Washington and parachuted to escape?
D.B Cooper
Where in Ukraine, did Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet in 1945?
Yalta
What is the lightest element on the periodic table?
Hydrogen
What vase-shaped lake in Venezuela, the largest in South America, is thought to be one of the oldest lakes on earth?
Lake Maracaibo
The traditional chef's hat has 100 pleats, which symbolizes the number of what?
Ways to cook an egg
Who was the 39th vice president, guilty of tax evasion, who resigned from the Nixon administration?
Stiro Agnew