Science
Question: What’s the sun primarily made of?
A) Helium
B) Hydrogen
C) Carbon
D) Nitrogen
Answer: B) Hydrogen
Question: Which animal is responsible for the most human deaths in the world?
A) Snakes
B) Mosquitoes
C) Crocodiles
D) Hippopotamuses
B) Mosquitoes (~750,000 deaths per year)
Question: In what year was the movie Jurassic Park released?
A) 1990
B) 1993
C) 1995
D) 1998
1993!
Which book has frequently been challenged or banned in schools for its use of racial slurs and themes of racism?
A) To Kill a Mockingbird
B) Of Mice and Men
C) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
D) The Color Purple
C) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
What is the scientific name for the fear of long words?
A) Lexicophobia
B) Sesquipedalophobia
C) Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
D) Logophobia
C) Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
Question: What animal’s tongue can be as long as its body?
A) Anteater
B) Chameleon
C) Giraffe
D) Pangolin
Answer: B) Chameleon
What is the first food eaten in space by an American astronaut?
A) Peanut butter
B) Applesauce
C) Freeze-dried ice cream
D) Sandwich
B) Applesauce (served in a toothpaste-like tube to John Glenn)
Question: What is the longest-running animated American TV show?
A) Family Guy
B) The Simpsons
C) South Park
D) SpongeBob SquarePants
Answer: B) The Simpsons (first aired in 1987)
Which song was banned by the BBC for supposedly promoting drug use—despite the artist insisting it was about a horse?
A) “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
B) “White Rabbit”
C) “A Day in the Life”
D) “The Horse”
A) “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
Which U.S. state was an independent country before joining the United States?
A) California
B) Texas
C) Alaska
D) Vermont
B) Texas
Question: Which mammal has the thickest fur?
A) Sea otter
B) Polar bear
C) Beaver
D) Mink
Answer: A) Sea otter
Which of the following animals is found on every single continent, including Antarctica?
A) Barn owl
B) Mosquito
C) Otter
D) None of the above
D) None of the above
Who is the first (and only as of now) Disney princess to have a tattoo?
A) Cinderella
B) Belle
C) Pocahontas
D) Ariel
C) Pocahontas
Question: Which novel was once banned in the U.S. for promoting “immorality” and “rebellion” but is now a staple in high school curricula?
A) 1984
B) The Catcher in the Rye
C) Brave New World
D) Fahrenheit 451
B) The Catcher in the Rye
Which U.S. president once got stuck in a bathtub (no injuries, just embarrassment)?
A) William Howard Taft
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) Grover Cleveland
D) Herbert Hoover
A) William Howard Taft
Which planet has the shortest day, lasting about 10 hours?
A) Mercury
B) Jupiter
C) Saturn
D) Neptune
B) Jupiter
Question: What is it called when a bowler makes three strikes in a row?
A) Turkey
B) Eagle
C) Strikeout
D) Birdie
A) Turkey
In The Shawshank Redemption, what object does Andy Dufresne use to begin digging his escape tunnel?
A) A spoon
B) A chisel
C) A rock hammer
D) A nail file
C) A rock hammer
Question: Which movie was banned in several countries due to its depiction of extreme violence and was initially rated X in the U.S.?
A) A Clockwork Orange
B) Scarface
C) Natural Born Killers
D) Taxi Driver
A) A Clockwork Orange
During World War II, the British launched “Operation Vegetarian” — what bizarre plan did it involve?
A) Poisoning enemy livestock with anthrax
B) Dropping vegetable-shaped bombs
C) Planting poisonous mushrooms in Germany
D) Feeding propaganda leaflets to farm animals
Answer: A) Poisoning enemy livestock with anthrax
Question: Which space probe was the first to leave the solar system entirely?
A) Voyager 1
B) Pioneer 11
C) Voyager 2
D) New Horizons
A) Voyager 1
Who was the world’s first billionaire?
A) Andrew Carnegie
B) John D. Rockefeller
C) Cornelius Vanderbilt
D) J.P. Morgan
Answer: B) John D. Rockefeller
Which actor turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix before it went to Keanu Reeves?
A) Brad Pitt
B) Will Smith
C) Leonardo DiCaprio
D) Tom Cruise
Answer: B) Will Smith
Which country banned The Simpsons because Homer was considered a “bad role model for children”?
A) Russia
B) Iran
C) China
D) Venezuela
B) Iran
Which medieval event occurred when a group of people danced uncontrollably for days, sometimes until death?
A) The Black Death
B) The Dancing Plague of 1518
C) The Witch Hunts
D) The Children’s Crusade
The Dancing Plague of 1518