Which planet is referred to as the "jewel of the solar system"?
Saturn
When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
What was the capital of East Germany?
East Berlin
What is the Latin word for poison?
Virus
Five towns on the coast
Astoria, Tillamook, Seaside, Lincon city, Newport
What is the explosion at the end of a star's life cycle called?
Supernova
In 1975, what city tried to reduce crime by playing classical music in its subway stations?
New York City
What city is the capital of Nevada?
Carson City
The Abel Prize is referred to as the "Nobel Prize" in which field?
Mathematics
Five counties with the same name as a president
Grant, Jackson, Jefferson, Polk, Washington
Titan orbits what planet of the solar system?
Saturn
What state saw the start of the American Revolution?
Massachusetts
How many states does the Appalachian Trail cross?
14
How many nights can a vampire bat go without blood before it dies?
Two nights
Five Oregon newspapers
Oregonian, Albany Democrat Herald, Eugene Register Guard, Corvallis Gazette Times, Bend Bulletin, Daily Astoria, Keizer Times
What two planets in our Solar System possess no moons?
Mercury and Venus
Who was the US vice-president during the presidency of Bill Clinton?
Al Gore
What was the official name of East Germany?
German Democratic Republic
Which herb is used to make "Pesto Sauce"
Basil
Five good white-water rivers
Clackamas, Santiam, Mckenzie Rouge, Klamath, Columbia
Which element of the periodic table is named after a US state?
Californium
Who uttered the line "There you go again" during a debate?
Ronald Reagan
Which state is located directly west of Louisiana?
Texas
What was the first vegetable ever to be grown in space?
The potato
Five Ski resorts
Hoodoo, Timberline, Mt Bachelor, Mt Hood, Meadows, Cloud Cap, Anthony Lakes
This part of the brain deals with hearing and language.
Temporal lobe
Who composed the marching song "The Stars and Stripes Forever"?
John Philip Sousa -- It was designated as the official march of the U.S. in 1987.
Armenia is considered to be part of which continent?
Aisa
What is the only food that can never go bad?
Honey
Five rivers running into Oregon
Yaquina, Siletz, Rouge, Klamath, Columbia,
Nehalem
What is the study of soils in their natural environment called?
Pedology
What year was the first computer mouse prototype built? A.1964 B.1970 C.1958
A.1964
What became the tallest building in London after its official opening in October 1965?
Post Office Tower
Which U.S. President was a law professor?
Bill Clinton
Five Capes
Arago, Foul weathers lookout, Kiwanda, Cascade Head, Yaquina Head
This type of bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between different atoms. What do you call this bond?
Covalent
Who was the only president to also have been Speaker of the House?
James K. Polk
Which nation is the world’s largest producer of whisky?
Scotland
Which three states share a border with California?
Arizona, Nevada and Oregon
Five Mountains grater than 10,000ft
Hood, Jefferson, North, middle, south sister
By what more common name is the star cluster, Pleiades, better known as?
Seven Sisters
Construction of the Colosseum began under the ruling of which emperor?
Vespasian
What state has the oldest operating amusement park in the U.S.?
The oldest operating amusement park in the U.S. is Lake Compounce, located in Bristol, Connecticut, which opened in 1846.
The unicorn is the national animal of which country?
Scotland
Five Oregon tide pools organisms
Anemone, sea urchin, starfish, snails, hermit crabs, Sculpin, Chitin
What is the nearest spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way?
The Andromeda Galaxy
Which national reserve ended in 2015 after the Supreme Court declared it was unconstitutional?
National Raisin reserve- The National Raisin Reserve was established in 1949 to stabilize raisin prices in the U.S. but was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2015 due to its practices of seizing farmers' crops without compensation.
Which continent would you find the "Strait of Magellan" in?
South America! - also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and the Tierra del Fuego archipelago to the south.
Which soft drink once contained cocaine as one of its original ingredients?
Coca-Cola
Top Five visited towns in Oregon
Cannon Beach, Portland, Columbia River Gorge, Ashland, Astoria