Geography of Mountains
Television Flying Nun
Music Conway Twitty
US Flag
Sports sledding
Greek Mythology
Famous Dogs
Random
100
What is the tallest Mountain in the World?
Mount Everest
100
Who played the flying nun?
Sally Field
100
Who was Conway's duet partner?
Loretta Lynn
100
How many stars?
Stripes?
Why?
50 stars one for each state
13 stripes for the original colonies
100
What kind of sled was made famous by the song jingle bells?
one horse open sleigh
100
Who was the God of thunder?
What could he throw when angered?
Zeus
Lighting bolts
100
What was the name of the dog in Wizard of Oz?
Toto
100
The blue ridge mountains are a special section of what US mountain range
Appalachian Mountains
200
What mountain range runs along the east coast of the Untied States?
West Cost?
The Appalachians
Rocky Mountains
200
Where did the show take place?
San Juan, Puerto Rico
200
Conway topped the charts with a lot on songs but the most famous is likely "hello ______"
Bonus: how many times did he use those two words together in the song?
darlin
only one in the opening line did he say "hello darlin"
200
What are the colors of the US flag?
What do they stand for?
red symbolizes hardiness and valor, white symbolizes purity and innocence, and blue represents vigilance, perseverance and justice.
200
What is the most famous dog breed used in sled dog racing?
Huskies
200
Who was the God of the sea?
Poseidon
200
What kind of dogs was Lassie?
boarder collie
200
Who sang in the TV show The Flying Nun including helping with the theme song?
Sally Field the flying nun herself
300
What mountain chain runs through Switzerland, Austria, France and Italy?
The Alps
300
What was the flying nuns name on the show as a sister?
Before she became a sister?
Sister Bertrille
Elsie Ethrington
300
What sport did Conway have a chance to play professionally?
Baseball
Twitty was a baseball player with a batting average of . 450 when he graduated from high school, and he was offered a contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.
300
Who sew the first flag?
Betsy Ross
300
the most prestigious sled dog race in the world is what?
The Iditarod
300
What river did you need to cross to get to the underworld?
What was the cost?
Styx
Silver coins usually placed under the toung or eyelids of the copse
300
Ruh-roh–RAGGY!!! is a famous line by what cartoon dog?
300
How many of his own hits did Conway write?
11 including Hello Darlin
400
What is the longest mountain range in South America?
The Andes
400
What is Sister Bertrille's job at the convent?
Teacher
400
What was Conway's last number 1 song?
Hint: released in 1986
'Desperado Love'
400
What is the most common nick name of the flag?
Old Glory
400
Looks like a capsule and has steel runners on the bottom of it. The steering is done with a special rope system. And there are brakes found inside the sled as well. What is it?
Bobsled
400
Who was the Greek God of love and beauty?
Who was her son whom carried bow and arrows?
Aphrodite was the ancient Greek goddess of love, beauty, desire, and all aspects of sexuality.
Aphrodite had a number of affairs with mortals and bore many children including the mischievous little son whose name is Eros, also known as Cupid. Eros (Cupid) darted about with a bow and arrows.
400
What dog breed was Rin Tin Tin?
German Shepherd
400
How old is the sport of sledding in the Olympics?
Almost 100 (99 in 2023)
Bobsleigh, or bobsled, was contested at the very first Olympic Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
500
What mountain range is Mount Everest in?
The Himalayas.
500
What business is Carlos Ramirez involved in?
How did he know the nuns?
Nightclubs
He was raised by them
500
How many tops hits did Conway have?
Who surpassed him in country music hit?
51
King George Straight
500
When should the flag be lowered to half mass?
By statute, the President is requested each year to issue a proclamation requiring government buildings to half-staff the flag and inviting all the people of the US to do so as well, on Peace Officers Memorial Day, Patriot Day, and National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Also for soldiers funerals
500
A flat sled with bars on either side for the racer to hold on to as they lie down. Racers steer by angling their body on the track’s twists and turns. The sled has no brakes. What is it?
Luge
500
Which Greek gods have winged shoes?
Why did he have them?
Hermes
Hermes was one of only a few Greek gods that could travel freely between the different realms. As messenger to the gods, he was responsible for delivering messages to and fro between the mortal and divine worlds, and he was able to do this thanks to his winged sandals.
500
Best friends with a bird named Woodstock this cartoon dog is very famous. What is his name?
Snoopy
500
How old is the current design of the US flag?
over 50 years
(64 years in 2023)
600
Which side of a mountain does precipitation fall on?
The windward side
600
Name the convent the flying nun resides at.
San Tanco
600
In 1957 Conway Twitty changed his name to Conway Twitty. What was it before that?
Harold Lloyd Jenkins
He got the name from Conway, Arkansas and Twitty, Texas.
600
When should the flag be flown?
What should you do when you take down the flag?
sunrise to sunset unless it has a light on it 24/7
Fold it correctly
600
A flat, rectangular sled with steel runners underneath. It has no brakes or steering system. What is it?
Skelton
600
Where did most of the Greek God live?
Bonus: which one did NOT live their?
Mount Olympus
Accept Hades God of the underworld
600
Name what movie these two dogs are famous for staring in?
Lady and the Tramp
600
According to legend, his father was Zeus, ruler of all the Greek gods on Mount Olympus and all the mortals on earth, and his mother was Alcmene, the granddaughter of the hero Perseus. What was his name?
Bonus: how many labors did he have before he could rejoin his father on Olympus?
Hercules
12 labors
700
How many U.S. states can you see from Lookout Mountain?
Seven. Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and Alabama.
700
What is the Nectar of San Tanco?
Sea grape juice
To raise money for the convent, the sisters develop a concoction called the Nectar of San Tanco -- which is really juice made from sea grapes. As they put the product out for sale, it ferments a few times, turning from grape juice to wine and then to vinegar. Eventually, the sisters come out of the deal twenty-five cents in the red.
700
Why didn't Conway play baseball?
He was drafted into the US Army during the Korean war
700
How many folds are in the flag when its folded?
What shape it it?
13 folds
Triangle
700
What specific kind of slead is this?
toboggan
700
What was the name of the 3 headed dog that guarded the river of Styx?
Cerberus
While ferrying the dead across the river was the responsibility of Charon, Greek mythology had another figure guarding the Underworld: Cerberus, the three-headed demon dog. Cerberus would ensure no one entered or left the Underworld without Charon.
700
Beethoven was a very famous dog. What breed was he?
St. Bernard
700
How many US presidents have kept dogs in the white house?
30 out of 44 have kept a dog at some point
800
What three countries does the Appalachian Mountain range cover?
USA, Canada and France (the French overseas territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon).
800
Who hypnotizes Sister Bertrille and the Reverend Mother into switching places in season two?
Dentist
When Sister Bertrille is terrified of the dentist, she gets hypnotized to ease her fears. Unfortunately, the hypnosis also leads her and the Reverend Mother to switch places every time they hear the word "red." To make things worse, this all happens just as church psychologist Father Lundigan stops by the convent.
800
Loretta and Conway has a top hit about a woman and a man. Where were the man and woman from in the song?
Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" (1973)
800
What happens to flags that are damaged beyond repair?
Flag Retirement Service And Ceremony
In which the flags are burned
800
What were traditional sleds made of?
Traditional sleds were made of wood or animal hide, and the bottom surface of the runners (the ski-like parts on which the sled slides) might be made of animal bone or antler to make them more durable and reduce friction.
800
__________ is punished in the underworld by the god Zeus, who forces him to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity. Every time he nears the top of the hill, the boulder rolls back down
Sisyphus
800
He's the one and only Underdog. What breed is he?
Bonus: name another famous dog of the same breed
bagel
Shiloh (book and movies)
800
What insect doesn't have lungs ?They instead breathe through spiracles, nine or ten tiny openings, depending on the species.
Ants
900
What is the most frequently climbed mountain in the world?
Mount Fuji, Japan.
Rising to 12,388 feet (3,776 metres), Mount Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan and is known for its graceful conical form. It is the country's sacred symbol, and temples and shrines are located around and on the volcano.
900
What was the Mother General's career before moving to the sisterhood?
Movie star
900
Conway reordered the famous Hello Darlin in another language. What was it?
Why did he do it?
Russian
The Russian version was meant to be seen as a gesture of peace and goodwill toward the Russians after years of strained relations for the first join space flight
900
How did we get our current flag design?
Which President choose it ?
Contest
17-year-old high school student, Robert G. Heft, of Lancaster, Ohio who submitted the design in a contest in 1958. It was chosen out of over 1,500 submissions by President Dwight Eisenhower.
900
How many bobsled tracks are their in the US?
Where does one find them?
There are two recreational bobsled tracks in the United States, both at the sites of past Olympic games: Park City, Utah, and Lake Placid, New York. They sleds go through the courses in under a minute, and riders will experience up to 5gs (astronauts experience 3gs on liftoff).
900
Two twins son and daughters of Zue were given the task of drawing the sun and moon across the night sky. What were there names?
Apollo was given the responsibility of raising the sun each day across the sky, from east to west. Naturally, his sister Artemis drew the moon across the sky throughout the night. As such, Apollo became associated with golden light and Artemis silver light. Overall, Artemis and Apollo worked in tandem to bring light to the world in myth.
900
__________is bitten while saving his family from a rabid wolf. Travis is faced with the harsh decision that he must kill the dog after the fight with the wolf, which he does because he cannot risk the dog becoming sick and turning on the family.
Old Yeller
900
What human physical trait is shared by all manuals?
Hint: often done when cold (not shivering)
All mammals get goosebumps. When your hair stands on end, tiny muscles contract at each hair's base which distorts the skin to create goosebumps. This process is called piloerection and is present in all mammals. Hair or fur is used to trap an insulating air layer.