Quotable Quotes
"All roads" lead to which city?
Answer: Rome
This quote derives from the 12th-century expression “A thousand roads lead men forever to Rome.” And, in fact, they did. All secondary cities on the peninsula had a road leading to Rome.
Which Casablanca actor started the original Rat Pack?
Answer: Humphrey Bogart
He started the original group in the late 1950s. After Bogart’s death in 1957, his friend Frank Sinatra revived the group, and the “classic” Rat Pack dominated the 1960s.
Don't forget this before your trip to the airport - What is the name of the document that is required for international travel?
Answer: Passport
In addition, some countries also require a visa for entry.
What is the name of the leader of the Teamsters who vanished in 1975?
Answer: Jimmy Hoffa
His remains have never been found. Hoffa served time in prison for bribery and jury tampering before President Richard Nixon commuted his sentence.
Which beautiful pink bird is born gray?
Answer: the flamingo
Flamingos eat a diet of brine shrimp and blue-green algae that contains carotenoids that turn their feathers pink.
"“Much ado about nothing” is a 16th-century expression from which playwright?
Answer: William Shakespeare
Its meaning is similar to “making a mountain out of a molehill.”
Which Rat Pack member had a TV variety show with the theme song "Everybody Loves Somebody"?
What is the world's largest country by area?
Answer: Russian
Canada is the second-largest in landmass, followed by China. The United States is in fourth place.
Which famous Chairman led the Cultural Revolution in China?
Answer: Mao Zedong
The revolution led to the death of two million Chinese people. Mao Zedong was also a major force in the Chinese Communist Party, aka the CCP.
Which flightless bird is native to New Zealand shares a name with a fuzzy fruit?
Answer: Kiwi
They're the national bird of New Zealand.
Which Green Bay Packers coach is credited with saying, “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.” ? Hint: There is a trophy named in his honor.
Answer: Vince Lombardi
He gets the credit, but it’s since been discovered that Vanderbilt University football coach Henry “Red” Sanders first uttered the saying in 1948, as recorded in The Birmingham News.
Which famous actress was known as the mother of the Rat Pack? Hint: She was Humphrey Bogart's wife at the time
Answer: Lauren Bacall
Edinburgh is the capital of which country?
Answer: Scotland
The unicorn is Scotland's national animal.
What was the name of the man who served as FBI director from 1924 to 1972?
Answer: J. Edgar Hoover
What is the world's tallest land animal?
Answer: The giraffe
It can grow up to 19 feet tall, with its neck reaching nine feet long.
December 7, 1941, was a day described by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as "a day that will live infamy." Where was the attack by Japanese forces that occurred that day?
Answer: Pearl Harbor
Frank, Dean, and Sammy were three three core members of the Rat Pack. What were their last names?
Answer: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.
Jo March is a character in which Louisa May Alcott classic novel?
Answer: Little Women
Who was the first Russian leader after the fall of the Soviet Union?
Answer: Boris Yeltsin
Before the fall of the U.S.S.R., Yeltsin engaged in Soviet politics. At one time, he was secretary of the Communist Party
Fruit and vegetable production relies heavily on which stinging pollinators?
Answer: Bees
Bees must gather pollen from around two million flowers to make a pound of honey.
“The emperor has no clothes” is an expression rooted in a fairy tale by which Danish author? Hint: he also wrote The Little Mermaid and The Princess and the Pea.
Answer: Hans Christian Andersen
It comes from the tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” which appeared in Fairy Tales Told for Children.
Who was the longest-surviving member of the Rat Pack? Hint: his initials were J.B.
Answer: Joey Bishop
He died in 2007.
In which U.S. state is the Iditarod dog sled race held?
Answer: Alaska
Which U.S. state did Barack Obama represent as senator prior to becoming president?
Answer: Illinois
Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Which flying insect is responsible for more human deaths than any other species?
Answer: Mosquito
The World Health Organization reports that hundreds of thousands of deaths each year are attributable to vector-borne diseases, including mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, etc.