LA
What word can mean either a tree, or a part of a person’s hand?
PALM
What famous U.S. document declares that “all men are created equal”?
Declaration of Independence
When a person has tuberculosis, what part of the body is affected?
Lungs
Which of the following shapes does not fit: cube, sphere, cone, square, pyramid.
Square (It's not 3D)
What city was the first capital of the United States?
New York (No, not Washington D.C.)
How is the word Boulevard abbreviated in an address?
Blvd.
What French general was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815?
Napoleon
What gas makes up 78% of the Earth’s atmosphere?
Nitrogen
What fraction of a pound is 4 ounces?
1/4 (1 pound = 16 ounces)
How many time zones are there around the world?
24
How many adjectives are in the following sentence: “The new land stretched along the wide, bluish river.”
3 (new, wide, bluish)
What territory, purchased in 1867 by U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, was sarcastically called “Seward’s Icebox”?
Alaska
What important vitamin is found in carrots?
Vitamin A
How many prime numbers are there between 1 and 10?
4 (2,3,5,7)
What country is called the “Emerald Island” because of its rainy weather and lush green landscape?
Ireland
What language gave us the words “limousine” and “chauffeur”?
French
Besides Germany and Japan, what country declared war on the U.S. in World War 2?
Italy
What is the fifth planet from the Sun?
Jupiter
If a photo album has 6 photos per page, on what page is the 45th photo?
8th page
What world city has the largest population?
Tokyo
What important book was first printed in the 1400s by Johannes Guttenberg?
The Bible
What territory did the United Kingdom return to China on June 30, 1997?
Hong Kong
In electricity, what’s the opposite of an “insulator”?
Conductor
What do you call a 9-sided polygon?
Nonagon
In what Middle Eastern country is Hebrew the official language?
Israel