General Knowledge
What was the original purpose of the tiny pocket in jeans?
If you head directly south from San Diego, what border town resort will be the first city you hit in Mexico?
Tijuana
What do you call a volcano that’s not currently erupting?
Dormant
What are the 4 most common elements in the human body? (make up 96%)
oxygen (65%), carbon (18.5%), hydrogen (9.5%) and nitrogen (3.3%)
Who hosts "The Tonight Show"
Jimmy Fallon
Who plays Barbie in the 2024 live-action film?
Margot Robbie
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
Russia
Which musical features the song 'Defying Gravity'?
Wicked
What was the name of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant that was the site of a nuclear disaster in April 1986?
Chernobyl Disaster
In what country would you find the capital city of Caracas?
Venezuela
What is the term for a group of flamingos?
flamboyance
What is the human body’s heaviest organ?
Skin
What’s the name of Miley Cyrus’ famous godmother?
Dolly Parton
Who directed the Marvel movie Avengers: End Game?
The russo brothers
Who is often credited with creating the world’s first car?
Karl Benz
What is the longest-running Broadway show?
The Phantom of the Opera
How many colours are officially in the rainbow?
Seven: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet (ROYGBIV)
Bosnia and Herzegovina was part of what former European country?
Yugoslavia
Which insect holds the record for the fastest flying insect in the world?
Dragonfly
what year (+/- 7y) did the first woman win a nobel prize (Marie Curie)?
1903
Which artist inspired the Brat Summer trend?
Charli XCX
What planet is Padme Amidala from in star wars?
Naboo
The british empire was the largest empire in history, what was the second?
The Mongol Empire
Who painted “The Persistence of Memory”?
Salvador Dali
What is the only planet that rotates on its side?
Uranus
Worlds largest landlocked country
Kazakhstan
What colour are polar bears skin?
Black
What do you call the elements helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon and oganesson?
Noble Gasses
Who was ryan reynolds first wife (before Blakc Lively)?
Scarlet Johansen
What year did the first Star Wars movie come out? (+2-2)
1977
How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she became the queen of England?
25
Who composed the ballet 'The Nutcracker'?
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
What does TNT stand for?
Trinitrotoluene
Name the (official) 7 wonders of the world
the Great Wall of China, Petra (Jordan), Christ the Redeemer (Brazil), Colosseum (Italy), Machu Picchu (Peru), Chichen Itza (Mexico), and the Taj Mahal (India)
What determines the gender of baby sea turtles?
he temperature. A baby boy turtle is born if the egg is incubated below 27.7° Celsius, while a baby girl turtle is born if the temperature is over 31° Celsius.
What does the term hyperkalemia mean?
High potassium
Youngest artist to headline the big music festivals Glastonbury and Coachella
Billie Eilish
What is the highest-grossing romantic comedy movie?
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Where was the first British colony in the Americas? (what state)
Virginia
Which artistic technique involves the use of strong contrast between light and dark to create volume in modeling three-dimensional objects and figures?
Chiaroscuro