Linguistic Arts (Literature and History)
Which legendary English outlaw lived in Sherwood Forest and stole from the rich and gave to the poor?
Robin Hood
The _____ is a drum that has an adjustable pitch.
Timpani
Who painted Starry Night?
Vincent Van Gogh
Who is the mascot for Disney?
Mickey Mouse
True or false: the British government told their people that onions help see in the dark to hide the fact that they had invented a new radar technology.
False (they said it was carrots)
Which American president is famous for wearing a top hat and leading the U.S. through the Civil War until his assassination in 1865?
Abraham Lincoln
Who is known as the bandmaster of America?
John Philip Sousa
True or false: Ancient Roman sculptors made statues with detachable heads.
True
True or false: Yoda was originally named Bluffy.
Which is safer while cooking: a sharp knife or a dull knife?
A sharp knife (dull knives may slip and cut you)
True or false: The Lord of the Rings is a trilogy.
False
True or false: the octobass is called the octobass because it is an octave below the bass
True
How many days did Le Bateau hang upside-down in MoMA before someone noticed?
46 days
What video game console survived a barracks bombing during the Gulf War and is still on display–and functional–at a store in New York?
Nintendo Game Boy
A chef with a hundred-pleated hat was said to have mastered 100 ______ recipes.
Egg
In what year did World War II end?
1945
In 2013, the British Navy used whose songs to scare off Somali pirates, as they believed the pirates would "hate them most".
Britney Spears
How long did it take da Vinci to paint the lips of the Mona Lisa?
12 years!
In what year was the first mainstream American film to show a toilet flushing, Psycho, made?
1960
Which is botanically a berry:
a) strawberries
b) peaches
c) mulberries
d) watermelons
e) olives
d) Watermelons
To whom was the editorial in the New York Sun starting with "Your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds." (Hint: it had to do with Santa Claus).
Virginia O'Hanlon (the editorial is "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus.")
The metal band Hatebeak has what kind of bird as its lead singer?
A gray parrot named Waldo
Who was Salvador Dalí named after?
His older brother who had died 9 months before he was born.
Who was the original Shrek before his passing in 1997?
Chris Farley
Apples float because they are ___% air.
25