American history
How do historians refer to the time period in the 1730s and 1740s when colonists began embracing secular rationalism over religion
The Great Awakening.
Spicy ginger beer is a key ingredient -- along with vodka and lime juice -- of what city-named cocktail? The drink is technically a "buck" because it includes ginger beer and thus is sometimes called a vodka buck. The drink is popularly served in a copper mug.
moscow mule
What is the name of the tallest grass on earth?
bamboo
What is the only planet that spins clockwise?
Venus.
In multiple versions of an advertisement for a particular type of candy, a character named Mr. Owl returns a used candy stick to a young boy. What is the candy being advertised?
tootsie pops
When was the first American currency created?
The Continental Congress began issuing paper money called Continentals after the Revolutionary War began in 1775.
What chocolate-flavored coffee drink gets its name from a city in Yemen that was once a center of the coffee trade?
mocha
On what continent will you not find bees?
Antarctica.
What was the name of the first man-made satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?
Sputnik 1.
What fast-food chain famously sold out of chicken sandwiches in 2019 and announced they'd return on a Sunday to take a jab at rival Chick-Fil-A?
popeyes
What was the name of the treaty that ended the war?(revolutionary)
The Treaty of Paris.
What Swiss chocolate bar brand features red text and a yellow mountain, which surreptitiously displays the sketching of a white bear within the yellow mountain?
Toblerone
What is the heaviest organ in the human body
liver
What is the biggest planet in our solar system?
jupiter
What was the name of the hurricane that devastated New Orleans in 2005
Hurricane Katrina.
How many battles were fought during the American Revolution
More than 230.
A snack brand introduced in 1968 features individual pieces shaped as hyperbolic paraboloids so that they fit together perfectly in their vessel. What is this snack brand?
pringles
What part of the human body serves the purpose of maintaining balance?
the ears
What are the storms produced by the sun called
solar storms
What year began the worst economic recession since the Great Depression
2008
What was the first governing document of the newly created United States, later replaced by the U.S. Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation.
Representing 19% of the Washington state crop, what variety of apple has a name that means a fancy party?
gala
How many minutes was the shortest space flight?
15 mins
Which astronaut is famous for having written his daughter’s initials on the moon?
Gene Cernan.
What is the largest type of star in the universe?
Red supergiant stars. They have the largest volume of all the stars in the known universe and are classified as K or M spectral types