What is the largest known land animal?
Elephant
What was Queen Victoria's first name?
Alexandrina
What is the largest country in South America?
Brazil
Who popularized the white wedding dress?
Queen Victoria
“Call me Ishmael” begins this famous sea adventure.
Moby-Dick
Animals that eat both plants and meat are called what?
Omnivores
Who was the leader of the United States during World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What is the name of the largest waterfall in the world by volume of water?
Inga Falls, located on the Congo River, holds the title for the largest waterfall by volume in the world.
What bird did Ben Franklin suggest replace the bald eagle as a national emblem?
The wild turkey
This Southern epic starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable was based on a novel by Margaret Mitchell.
Gone with the Wind
What is the rarest blood type?
AB-
Who was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom?
Margaret Thatcher
What is the name of the largest island in the Caribbean Sea?
Cuba
What is the name of Spain's famous cold soup made mostly from tomatoes?
Gazpacho
Gregory Peck won an Oscar for playing Atticus Finch in this Harper Lee adaptation
To Kill a Mockingbird
What is it called when you make light change direction by passing it through a lens?
Refraction
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Augustus Caesar
What is the name of the country located on the Iberian Peninsula and known for its beaches and bullfighting?
spain
What color were stop signs originally?
Yellow
This British mystery writer is known as the “Queen of Crime.”
Agatha Christie
What planet in our solar system has the most gravity?
Jupiter
Which was the first Japanese car produced in the United States?
Honda Accord
What is the name of the river that forms the border between Mexico and the United States?
Rio Grande
Who was pictured on the first US adhesive stamp?
Benjamin Franklin
This Nobel Prize–winning author wrote about the Dust Bowl in The Grapes of Wrath.
Who is John Steinbeck
About how old is Earth?
4.5 billion years
What was the name of the conflict between North and South Korea that took place from 1950 to 1953?
Korean War
What is the name of the country located in the Andes Mountains and known for its tango dance?
Argentina
What protein is responsible for giving blood its color?
Hemoglobin
What Shakespeare play begins with a meeting of the Weird Sisters?
Macbeth
The Pathfinder spacecraft landed on what planet in 1997?
Mars
Who was the leader of the American colonies during the French and Indian War?
George Washington
What is the name of the largest lake in Africa?
Lake Victoria
What is an uncastrated, adult male horse called?
Stallion
This author once worked as a postman before publishing The Color Purple.
Alice Walker
Which of Newton’s Laws states that ‘for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?’
The third law of motion
Who became King of Italy in 1804?
Napoleon I
What is the name of the famous mountain range that runs along the western coast of South America?
Andes Mountains
Who was the only US president to not marry?
James Buchanan
This Oxford professor created The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
J.R.R. Tolkien
What is a unit that measures force?
Newtons
What was the name of the period of cultural and intellectual growth that took place in Europe during the 14th to 17th centuries?
Renaissance
Which is the highest state in the US?
Colorado
Which planet in our solar system has the longest day?
Venus
In terms of decibels, what is normally the loudest instrument in a symphony orchestra?
Trombone
What are the gaps between nerve cells called?
Synapses
Which US president asked the US congress to declare war on Japan in 1941?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What is the name of the largest desert in Asia?
Gobi Desert 
In the 1820s, the world’s first photograph was taken in which country?
France
Moved by a desire to help people, Vincent van Gogh left art to become what?
A priest