General Knowledge
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
What is Mount Everest?
what does the persuasive appeal "logos" appeal to?
what is logic?
what distracts an audience?
what is no eye contact, fidgeting?
This is the capital of the united states
What is Washington D.C.
What does a “power play” mean?
What is your team has a manpower advantage because the opponent took a penalty?
This 1776 document announced the American colonies' break from Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What is a statistic? What is testimony? What is data?
What makes an audience engaged?
Name five countries in Europe
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Ukraine, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Switzerland, Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Vatican City
Transcontinental:
Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Cyprus
Which NHL team has won the most Stanley Cup championships? 100 point bonus: how many?
Who are the Montreal Canadiens, 24 Cups
Name 5 American presidents
George Washington (1789–1797) John Adams (1797–1801) Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) James Madison (1809–1817) James Monroe (1817–1825) John Quincy Adams (1825–1829) Andrew Jackson (1829–1837) Martin Van Buren (1837–1841) William Henry Harrison (1841–1841) John Tyler (1841–1845) James K. Polk (1845–1849) Zachary Taylor (1849–1850) Millard Fillmore (1850–1853) Franklin Pierce (1853–1857) James Buchanan (1857–1861) Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865) Andrew Johnson (1865–1869) Ulysses S. Grant (1869–1877) Rutherford B. Hayes (1877–1881) James A. Garfield (1881–1881) Chester A. Arthur (1881–1885) Grover Cleveland (1885–1889) Benjamin Harrison (1889–1893) Grover Cleveland (1893–1897) William McKinley (1897–1901) Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) William Howard Taft (1909–1913) Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921) Warren G. Harding (1921–1923) Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929) Herbert Hoover (1929–1933) Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) Harry S. Truman (1945–1953) Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961) John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969) Richard Nixon (1969–1974) Gerald Ford (1974–1977) Jimmy Carter (1977–1981) Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) George H.W. Bush (1989–1993) Bill Clinton (1993–2001) George W. Bush (2001–2009) Barack Obama (2009–2017) Donald Trump (2017–2021) Joe Biden (2021–2025)
what does the persuasive appeal "pathos" appeal to?
what is emotion?
what type of speech is delivered on the spot?
what is impromptu? what is improv?
what is the biggest country in the world? (By land mass)
What is Russia
Who holds the record for most goals in a SINGLE NHL season? Bonus 100: How many? Bonus 100: Year?
Wayne Gretzky, 92 goals, 1981-82
Who discovered gravity?
Isaac Newton
What does the persuasive appeal "ethos" appeal to?
credibility / expert
What is the term for having a fear of public speaking?
what is the populated country in the world?
What is India?
Who is known as "Mr. Hockey"
Who is Gordie Howe?
This playwright wrote "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet"
Who is William Shakespeare?
Name the three components of an argument
What is a claim-warrant-impact?
who delivered the speech, I have a dream?
MLK Jr.
Name three American capital cities
Alabama – Montgomery; Alaska – Juneau; Arizona – Phoenix; Arkansas – Little Rock; California – Sacramento; Colorado – Denver; Connecticut – Hartford; Delaware – Dover; Florida – Tallahassee; Georgia – Atlanta; Hawaii – Honolulu; Idaho – Boise; Illinois – Springfield; Indiana – Indianapolis; Iowa – Des Moines; Kansas – Topeka; Kentucky – Frankfort; Louisiana – Baton Rouge; Maine – Augusta; Maryland – Annapolis; Massachusetts – Boston; Michigan – Lansing; Minnesota – Saint Paul; Mississippi – Jackson; Missouri – Jefferson City; Montana – Helena; Nebraska – Lincoln; Nevada – Carson City; New Hampshire – Concord; New Jersey – Trenton; New Mexico – Santa Fe; New York – Albany; North Carolina – Raleigh; North Dakota – Bismarck; Ohio – Columbus; Oklahoma – Oklahoma City; Oregon – Salem; Pennsylvania – Harrisburg; Rhode Island – Providence; South Carolina – Columbia; South Dakota – Pierre; Tennessee – Nashville; Texas – Austin; Utah – Salt Lake City; Vermont – Montpelier; Virginia – Richmond; Washington – Olympia; West Virginia – Charleston; Wisconsin – Madison; Wyoming – Cheyenne
Which two teams played in the first ever NHL game?