Countries
What is the name of the long, narrow country on South America’s Pacific coast?
- Ecuador
- Peru
- Argentina
- Chile
Chile!
What is the first national language of the United States?
- English
- Spanish
- There isn't one
- British English
There isn't one!
How many piano keys are there?
- 88
- 66
- 77
- 80
88
How many students go to A-state (undergrad)
About 9,000
On March 20, officials in Miami Beach enforced an emergency curfew in response to .
a 17-foot Burmese python slithering across Ocean Drive
an approaching tropical storm
large gatherings of tourists on Spring Break
threats tied to a possible QAnon protest
large gatherings of tourists on Spring Break
What is the smallest country in Central America?
- Nicaragua
- Guatemala
- El Salvador
- Honduras
El Salvador!
What language has the most words in the dictionary?
- Russian
- Japanese
- English
- Korean
- Korean!
(Korean has 1,100,373 words in the dictionary!)
(Japanese has 500,000)
(English has 171,476)
What pop singer is known as "The Material Girl"?
- Christina Aguilera
- Taylor Swift
- Madonna
- Britanny Spears
Madonna became known as "The Material Girl" after her hit single of the same name hit the charts in 1984. She hates it, claiming she would never have done the song if she knew the name would stick.
Which is a language spoken by gypsies?
- gyphis
- English
- Romani
- Italian
Romani!
On March 28, a man at an Albertsons supermarket in Las Cruces, N.M., returned to his car in the store’s parking lot and discovered that a had taken over the back seat.
nest of rattlesnakes
pack of stray dogs
rare desert fungus
swarm of 15,000 honeybees
swarm of 15,000 honeybees
Which African country is known as the "land of a thousand hills"?
- Georgia
- Czech Republic
- Rwanda
- Mali
Rwanda!
How many languages are spoken (approximately) worldwide?
- 5,000
- 650
- 7,000
- 11,000
7,000!
What is the longest running stage musical?
THE FANTASTICKS
CHICAGO
CATS
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
The off-Broadway musical The Fantasticks by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, opened on May 3, 1960 and finally closed on January 13, 2002, having been performed a record 17,162 times at the Sullivan Street Playhouse, Greenwich Village, New York.
Ivan, Catherine, and Peter are all names of:
Leaders of Russia
Pharaohs of Egypt
Emperors of Rome
Generals of Argentina
Leaders of Russia
On March 31, it was announced that 15 million doses of the ____ vaccine were accidentally contaminated, forcing regulators to delay authorization of the plant’s production lines.
AstraZeneca
Johnson & Johnson
Moderna
Pfizer
Johnson & Johnson
Which of these is the largest landlocked country in the world?
- Central African Republic
- Kazakhstan
- Paraguay
- Bolivia
- Kazakhstan!
Which of these languages uses the Latin alphabet?
- Ukranian
- Indonesian
- Japanese
- Thai
Indonesian is one of the few Asian countries that adopted (or, was forced to adopt) the Latin alphabet.
What is the oldest surviving musical instrument?
- flute
- lyre
- trumpet
- drum
An ancient bone flute, the oldest known musical instrument, is made of an old cave bear femur segment with four holes (two complete and two partial).
What was my first dog's name?
- Pookie
- Buddy
- Pete
- Lil' Bit
- Pookie
Which of the following vaccine-related news stories did NOT happen this past week?
AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine was found to be 79 percent effective in a U.S. study.
Moderna began testing its vaccine in babies and children.
The Food and Drug Administration announced that vaccines would be safe and available for children ages 12 to 15 starting in April.
The United States announced that it would send millions of vaccine doses to Mexico and Canada.
The Food and Drug Administration announced that vaccines would be safe and available for children ages 10 to 15 starting in April.
In what country might one hear the song "Waltzing Matilda" frequently played?
- Australia
- Congo
- Paraguay
- Brazil
Australia!
What do you call a language that wasn't naturally created, but instead was manufactured?
Artificial Language
Conlang
Jargon
Argot
People have created conlangs for any number of reasons, from trying to create a universal language to embellishing a fictional world.
When did BTS first tweet?
If someone said "you are olid", what would they mean?
- you ugly
- you stinky
- you rich
- you tall
you stinky
More than a billion ..?.., known as Brood X or the Great Eastern Brood, are expected to emerge from their underground nests in mid-May.
- snakes
- prairie dogs
- newts
- cicadas
cicadas!