Science
What is the chemical symbol for Zinc?
Zn
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
A) Canada
B) Russia
C) China
D) None of the above
B) Russia
Name santa's reindeer in 15 seconds.
Dasher, Dancer, Cupid, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolf!!!
What is the longest river in the world?
What goes up and down, but still remains in the same place?
Where are the smallest bones of the human body located?
Ears
The “shot heard ’round the world” describes the beginning of which battles in the American Revolution?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
In Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” what was Mr. Scrooge’s first name?
Ebenezer
What is the world’s largest desert?
Antarctica
How can a man go eight days without sleep?
By sleeping during the night
What is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Name the five freedoms in the first Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights.
Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
The first artificial Christmas tree was made in the 19th century using the feathers of what bird?
Goose
What is the name of the thin and long country that spans more than half of the western coast of South America?
Chile
Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin
How fast does light travel?
A) 120,000 miles per second
B) 10,320 miles per second
C) 186,000 miles per second
D) 155,000 miles per second
D) 186,000 miles per second
Which country was Mozart born?
Austria
In what year was Christmas declared a public holiday in the United States?
A) 1865
B) 1870
C)1867
D)1885
B)1870
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
What is it that no one wants to have, but no one wants to lose either?
A lawsuit
Who said, "God does not play dice with the universe"?
Albert Einstein
Who is known for running through the streets crying "Eureka" after discovering the answer to the physics of buoyancy?
Archimedes
What was the original purpose of "Yule logs" in medieval Europe, and how did it evolve into a Christmas tradition?
The Yule log was originally a large, specially chosen log burned during the winter solstice to bring good luck for the coming year. The tradition evolved into the "Yule log cake" or bûche de Noël in France.
What is the deepest point on Earth, located in the Pacific Ocean?
The Mariana Trench (specifically, the Challenger Deep)
A bus driver goes the wrong way down a one-way street. He passes the cops, but they don’t stop him. Why?