'Murica History
What is the call sign of the Presidents airplane?
Air Force 1
What is James Bond’s favorite drink at a bar?
Vodka Martini, shaken not stirred
The powerhouse of the cell
Mitochondria
This country in the Americas has more than 125,000 miles of coastline, the most of any country in the world
Canada
A slang term for Harvard’s freshman register gave the website its name
Only US president who never lived in the White House
George Washington
The most expensive spice in the world, by weight
Saffron
The name of the narrator in “The Great Gatsby”
Nick Carrow
National Geographic says the site of this city is “the largest wetland in the Mediterranean”
Venice, Italy
In a song, Weird Al says, “I know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows” him
Kevin Bacon
What year did Christopher Columbus land on what would be the United States?
He never got to the US. He discovered the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America.
Fast food franchise with the largest number of restaurants in the world
Subway
For the equation 3x + 7 = 16, what is the value of x?
3
It’s the only country that borders both the Caspian sea and the Persian Gulf
Iran
Name of The Beatles’ debut album
Please Please Me
On July 11th, 1804 he gasped to his doctor, “This is a mortal wound”; he died the next day
Alexander Hamilton
What is the main ingredient in bourbon
Corn
According to base pairing rules, adenine always pairs with thymine, and guanine always pairs with this
Cytosine
The only U.S. island allowed to use a possessive apostrophe
Martha's Vineyard
NFL team name that was inspired by a famous writer
The Baltimore Ravens derived their name from Edgar Allen Poe’s poem “The Raven”
Who was the first U.S. president?
John Hanson was the first of 8 people appointed by Congress as a 1 year President according the the Articles of Confederation.
This practice officially began in Pakistan in 1977, 44 years after an amendment ended it in the U.S.
Prohibition
King Henry VIII had this many wives
6
It was once proposed that this state be called Deseret, meaning “land of honeybees”
Utah
Actor who voiced Darth Vader and The Lion King’s Mufasa
James Earl Jones