Literature
What is the name of the captain of the submarine in Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?
Captain Nemo
Which is longer, the Great Wall of China or the Trans-Siberian Railway?
Trans-Siberian Railway
Who directed the Godfather films?
Francis Ford Coppola
What scientist is famous for formulating the law of universal gravitation?
Isaac Newton
Philately refers to the study of what subject?
Stamps
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What is the world's largest retailer?
OR
What number is on the opposite side of number 6 on a standard die?
Walmart (-100!!)
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1 (+100!!)
What are the names of the god Odin's ravens in Nordic mythology?
Huginn and Muninn
What countries is Scandinavia composed of?
Sweden, Denmark, and Norway
What is the name of the band that Bruce Springsteen has played with since the 1970's?
The E Street Band
How many bones are in the human body?
206
On a couple's golden anniversary, how many years of marriage are celebrated?
50
What does RPG stand for (in computer games)?
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What does P2P stand for (with file sharing)?
Role-playing game (+200!!)
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Peer-to-peer (-200!!)
What job did the Seven Dwarfs in Snow White have?
Miners
What country gave the Statue of Liberty to the U.S. in honor of the centennial of U.S. independence?
France
Who painted the painting of The Scream?
Edvard Munch
What is the name of the set of structures of the brain that control emotions?
The limbic system
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. Which is the second highest?
K2
What percentage is one person in a group of 25 people?
OR
In a school class, there are 10 girls and 15 boys. What percentage of the class are boys?
4% (+300!!)
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60% (-300!!)
What artifact from Greek mythology contained all the evils of the world and hope?
Pandora's Box
What is the largest city in South America by population?
Sao Paulo
What does the abbreviation R&B stand for in music?
Rhythm and blues
How long does it take the Earth to rotate half a turn around its axis?
12 hours
What is the name of a course that combines seafood and red meat?
Surf 'n' turf
The idea of zombies can be traced back to what religion?
OR
How do you say "astronaut" in Russian?
Voodoo (+400!!)
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Cosmonaut (-400!!)
How long did Sleeping Beauty sleep?
100 years
What is the largest island in the world?
Greenland
What is the full name of the killer in the movie series Friday the 13th?
Jason Voorhees
What is measured in becquerels?
Radioactive decay
What popular cocktail contains rum, sugar, lime, club soda, and mint leaves?
Mojito
What does someone with acrophobia fear?
OR
What neurological disorder involves falling asleep involuntarily and randomly?
Heights (-500!!)
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Narcolepsy (+500!!)
Who wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe?
Daniel Defoe
In what year did World War I end?
1918
In what world-famous rock band did the guitarist Slash play from 1985 to 1996?
Guns N' Roses
What is a supernova?
An exploding star
Which side is port and which is starboard on a boat? (Assume you are standing on the ship, facing the front.)
Starboard is the right-hand side. The port side is the left-hand side of the boat.
On a QWERTY computer keyboard, what letter is the right of B?
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What art style was developed by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso?
N (-600!!)
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Cubism (+600!!)
What is the difference between a biography and a memoir?
Memoirs are written by oneself, and a biography is written by someone else.
Russia is the largest country in the world in terms of area. What country is the second largest?
Canada
What was Victoria Beckham's nickname when she was a part of the girl group the Spice Girls?
Posh Spice
What is the name of the closest, major galaxy to our galaxy?
Andromeda
The word atom comes from the Greek atomos, which means what?
Indivisible
Put these military ranks in order, highest to lowest: Colonel, Captain, Major
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Route 66 began and ended in what two cities?
Colonel, Major, Captain (+700!!)
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Chicago and Los Angeles (-100...!) =)