Geography
What is the highest point on Earth?
Mount Everest
What American writer/director starred in several iconic European-produced "Spaghetti Westerns"?
Clint Eastwood
What’s the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?
18 inches.
What element did Joseph Priestley discover in 1774?
Oxygen
What singer has had a Billboard No. 1 hit in each of the last four decades?
Mariah Carey
What United States city is known as "The City of Angels?"
Los Angeles.
Who played Juror Number 8 in 12 Angry Men?
Henry Fonda
The Olympics are held every how many years?
4 years.
What inorganic molecule is produced by lightning?
Ozone
What was Freddie Mercury's real name?
Farrokh Bulsara
What United States city is known as "The City of Fountains?"
Kansas City.
The head of what kind of animal is front-and-center in an infamous scene from The Godfather?
A horse
What sport is best known as the ‘king of sports’?
Soccer
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of what two elements?
Copper and Tin
Who was the very first American Idol winner?
Kelly Clarkson
What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Sicily
What TV show was Jack Nicholson referencing when he ad-libbed "Here's Johnny!" in The Shining?
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
What do you call it when a bowler makes three strikes in a row?
Turkey.
What is the nearest planet to the sun?
Mercury
Before Bleachers and fun., Jack Antonoff fronted what band?
Steel Train
What is a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above adjacent land on at least one side?
Plateau
What critically panned 1984 country-musical comedy starring Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone eventually became a cult classic?
Rhinestone
How many dimples does an average golf ball have?
Between 300-500.
The earth has three layers that are different due to varying temperatures. What are its three layers?
Crust, mantle, and core
Keith Moon and John Entwistle of The Who are said to have inspired the name of which other classic rock band?
Led Zeppelin
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul
Who played park owner John Hammond in Jurassic Park?
Richard Attenborough
What country has competed the most times in the Summer Olympics yet hasn’t won a gold medal?
The Philippines.
Which of Newton’s Laws states that ‘for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?’
The third law of motion
In The Big Lebowski, The Dude can't stand which band?
The Eagles
In which country would you find the Kalahari Desert?
Botswana
In what 1976 thriller does Robert De Niro famously say "You talkin' to me?"
Taxi Driver
The classic 1980 movie called Raging Bull is about which real-life boxer?
Jake LaMotta.
How many elements are there in the periodic table?
118
Who founded Motown Records?
Berry Gordy
Which river forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico?
Rio Grande