Movies
We'll always have Paris and "Here's looking at you, kid" are among the memorable quotes from what classic 1943 film?
Casablanca
Created in the 15th century BC, the oldest object in New York City's Central Park is an obelisk also known as the "needle" of what Ptolemaic Egyptian queen?
Cleopatra
What is the study of mushrooms called?
Mycology
What stately river runs through the Grand Canyon?
Colorado River
Known by a nickname, which legendary left-handed American sportsman had the little-used first names "George Hermann"?
Babe Ruth
Who won a record four Academy Awards for Best Actress for “Morning Glory” in 1934, “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” in 1968, “The Lion in Winter” in 1969 and “On Golden Pond” in 1982? This actress had the middle name Houghton.
Katherine Hepburn
Which city in present-day Italy that was buried in a blanket of ash and pumice when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD?
Pompei
Also part of cow farts, what simple hydrocarbon, chemical formula CH4, is the primary component of natural gas?
Methane
Established on November 11, 1926 and stretching 2,448 miles across the United States, what famous highway is also known as the Will Rogers Memorial Highway?
Route 66
Who painted “The Persistence of Memory”?
Salvador Dali
The movie includes a titular track from Kenny Loggins, Kevin Bacon performs much of his character's dancing, and John Lithgow leads the charge to ban dancing. All of this occurs in what 1984 film?
Footloose
What Boston-based battle of the American Revolutionary War is somewhat inaccurately named, since most of the fighting took place on Breed's Hill?
The Battle of Bunker Hill
What is the only rock that floats?
Pumice
Used in ancient times by the poet Tibullus, "The Eternal City" is a nickname given to what European capital?
Rome
Executed as a spy in 1776, what speaker of the immortal phrase "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" is the official State Hero of Connecticut?
Nathan Hale
A sign reading "Hope You Have What She Had!" still hangs over a booth in Manhattan's Katz's Delicatessen where a scene from what romantic comedy was filmed?
When Harry Met Sally
His name lives on in the form of an oath of ethics taken by medical practitioners. Which ancient Greek physician is known as the "Father of Medicine"?
Hippocrates
What animal is 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people?
Giraffes
What stratovolcano erupted on May 18, 1980 and caused over $1.1 billion in damage in Washington according to the International Trade Commission?
Mt. St. Helens
which legendary founder of Rome is said to have killed his brother Remus over an insult about a wall?
Romulus
What is widely and critically acclaimed as the best movie ever made?
Citizen Kane
Because they thought it was an antidote to drunkenness, the Ancient Greeks and Romans used what purple gemstone to make drinking goblets that were meant to keep a drinker sober?
Amethyst
Obelus is the name for the mathematical symbol used for what?
Division
D.C. is considered a "planned city" which makes some sense considering the avenues radiating out from rectangles that make up the core of the city. The architect and city planner was commissioned in 1791 by President Washington and was a man from what country?
France
Who is known as the “Father of Modern Physics”?
Albert Einstein