What Color is Green?
According to Japanese legend, a sick person will recover if they fold 1,000 of what type of origami?
A) Crane
B) Fish
C) Frog
Crane
According to a Japanese legend, the crane lives for a thousand years, and a sick person who folds 1,000 origami cranes will become well again.
What was the most money ever paid for a cow at auction?
A) $1,300,000
B) $67,000
C) $670,000
$1,300,000
Mist, a Holstein cow hailed as the probable matriarch of a dynasty of star milk producers, was purchased in 1985 by a group of investors for $1.3 million.
What meteorological phenomenon causes a warm current of water to appear every three to seven years in the eastern Pacific Ocean, causing unusual weather conditions all over the world?
A) El Hombre
B) El Niño
C) La Mujer
El Niño
Every three to seven years, a warm current of water known as El Niño shifts jet streams, storm tracks, and monsoons from their normal patterns.
What type of vegetarian excludes all types of meat from their diet but eats eggs and dairy products?
A) Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian
B) Vegan
C) Lacto Vegetarian
Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian
A lacto-ovo vegetarian excludes all types of meat from their diet but eats eggs and dairy products. A lacto vegetarian excludes all meat and eggs but eats dairy products. A vegan, the strictist type of vegetarian, excludes all animal products, including eggs and dairy, from their diet.
Who won the first Nobel Prize for Medicine?
A) Ronald Ross
B) Emil von Behring
C) Ivan Pavlov
Emil von Behring
In 1901, Emil von Behring of Germany won the Nobel Prize for Medicine, "For his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria, by which he has opened a new road in the domain of medical science and thereby placed in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against illness and deaths."
What is the only king in a deck of cards without a moustache?
A) King of Spades
B) King of Hearts
C) King of Clubs
King of Hearts
Diamonds, clubs and spades are by association linked respectively with the corruption of wealth, war and death. In contrast, the heart as an organ is pure, open, undisguised -- it does not wear artifice -- hence the clean-shaven King of Hearts.
What is the largest number of children born to one woman?
A) 69
B) 19
C) 29
69
From 1725 to 1765, a Russian woman, the wife of Feodor Vassilyev, gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets--a total of 69 children!
What is the little dot above a lowercase, "i," or "j," called?
A) Tittle
B) Whit
C) Jot
Tittle
The tittle was originally a larger mark, first appearing in Latin manuscripts, but was shortened when Roman-style typefaces were introduced. It is thought to be derived from the Iota, the smallest letter in the Greek alphabet, which was used as a diacritic below other vowels in ancient Greek texts.
Who was the first explorer to reach the North Pole?
A) William R. Anderson
B) Floyd Bennett
C) Robert E. Perry
Robert E. Perry
Robert E. Perry achieved this historic feat on April 6, 1909, after a grueling dogsled journey over ice-covered terrain. Although Perry usually receives most of the credit for the discovery of the North Pole, he completed his journey in the company of Matthew Henson and four of the seven Eskimos who had originally set out on the journey. A few critics have suggested that Perry and his men never actually made it to the North Pole.
What was the highest denomination bill ever printed in the United States?
A) $1,000,000
B) $10,000
C) $100,000
$100,000 Note
The highest current denomination is the $100 bill. The highest bill ever printed, however, was a $100,000 note that was printed from December 18, 1934 to January 9, 1935. It was used only for official transactions between Federal Reserve Banks. President Woodrow Wilson was pictured on the front.
What does, "Karaoke," mean in Japanese?
A) Shower Singer
B) Frightened Orchestra
C) Empty Orchestra
Empty Orchestra
Karaoke is a word formed by putting two Japanese words together. "Kara," that comes from Karappo and means empty and, "Oke," shortened from, "Okesutura," meaning orchestra.
What animal undertakes the world's longest migration each year?
A) Gray Whale
B) Storm Petrel
C) Arctic Tern
Arctic Tern
The Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) may be a small bird, but it travels each year almost from pole to pole. After breeding in the Arctic Circle, these birds migrate during the Northern Hemisphere winter to the border of the Antarctic ice pack. The roundtrip migration is almost equal to flying all the way around the earth -- totaling approximately 21,750 miles (35,000 kilometers).
What are the names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library?
A) Humility & Kindness
B) Prudence & Integrity
C) Patience & Fortitude
Patience & Fortitude
Patience and Fortitude are familiar and beloved icons for New Yorkers and visitors to the city. They were modeled by sculptor Edward Clark Potter and carved from pink Tennessee marble by the Piccirilli brothers in 1911.
What is the unit of currency in Russia?
A) Lira
B) Ruble
C) Drachma
Ruble
The ruble or rouble has been the unit of currency in Russia for many centuries. It is divided into 100 kopecks. Historically, a, "Ruble," was a piece of a certain weight chopped off a silver ingot, making it the Russian equivalent of the mark, a measurement of weight for silver and gold used in medieval Europe.
When was Diet Coke invented?
A) 1982
B) 1962
C) 2002
1982
Unveiled on July 8, 1982 and introduced in the United States on August 9, it was the first new brand since 1886 to use the Coca-Cola trademark.
How long is a, "Jiffy?"
A) One-trillionth of a second
B) One-billionth of a second
C) One-millionth of a second
One-trillionth of a second
Believe it or not, a, "Jiffy," is an actual unit of time, defined during the late 18th century by scientist Gilbert Newton Lewis as the amount of time it takes light to travel one centimeter in a vacuum, which is about 33.4 picoseconds or one trillionth of a second.
What African ethnic group is known as, "The people of the veil," because the men wear veils that conceal all but their eyes?
A) Lozi
B) Tuareg
C) Maasai
Tuareg
At the age of 25, Tuareg men begin wearing a veil that conceals the whole face excluding their eyes. They never remove this veil, even amongst family members; it is believed to protect them from evil spirits that enter the body through the nose and mouth. The Tuareg women are not veiled, although they do wear a head-scarf over their hair after they are married to show that they are no longer available to other men. Most Tuareg are followers of Islam, and they are generally found in Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, and Burkina Faso.
Charlie Brown's father was a _______.
A) Door-to-Door Salesman
B) Postal Worker
C) Barber
Barber
Charlie Brown's dad was a barber just like Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz's own father.
Which poison do apple seeds contain?
A) Arsenic
B) Cyanide
C) Ricin
Cyanide
Apple seeds contain about 700 mg (0.02 ounces) of cyanide per kilogram; so about 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of apple seeds would be enough to kill a 70-kilogram (154 lbs.) adult. However, an apple seed weighs 0.7 grams (0.02 ounces), so you would have to eat 143 seeds to get that much cyanide.
According to urban legend, which animal lives in the sewers of New York City?
A) Piranhas
B) Pythons
C) Alligators
Alligators
In 1935, the Commissioner of New York City's Sewers, Teddy May, reported that several inspectors had spotted alligators in the city's underground tunnels and set out to rid the city of the gators. No sightings were filed during the campaign, and he declared the sewers, "Safe," once again. In the 1950s, stories began to resurface, involving families who flushed pet alligators down the toilet when they got too big. The alligators would grow to enormous sizes from eating sewer rats and garbage and become albino due to the lack of sunlight. No actual proof of alligators in the sewers, albino or otherwise, has ever surfaced.
Who was the first Time Magazine, "Man of the Year?"
A) Henry Ford
B) Charles Lindbergh
C) Mahatma Gandhi
Charles Lindbergh
The tradition of selecting a, "Man of the Year," began in 1927 with Time editors attempting to remedy the editorial embarrassment earlier that year of not having aviator Charles Lindbergh on its cover following his historic trans-Atlantic flight.
What video game features Lara Croft?
A) Uncharted
B) Street Fighter
C) Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
Digital diva Lara Croft is the heroine of the Tomb Raider series of video games that revolutionized computer gaming. In the original Tomb Raider, Lara recovers pieces of an ancient artifact known as Scion. In Tomb Raider II, she discovers the secret dagger of Xian. In Tomb Raider III, she searches for four mysterious artifacts fashioned from the heart of an ancient meteorite. The Tomb Raider trilogy was so popular it spawned two movies starring Angelina Jolie as the archaeologist.
Pinto Colvig is better known as the original ...?
A) Tony the Tiger
B) Bozo the Clown
C) Barney the Dinosaur
Bozo the Clown
Pinto Colvig was the voice of Bozo the Clown on the 1946 record album that introduced Bozo to the children of the world. The album came with an illustrated read-along book (the first of its kind!) and stayed on Billboard's Best Selling Children's Records Chart for an amazing 200 weeks! Colvig also played Bozo on the first version of the TV show, Bozo's Circus, which debuted on KTTV in Los Angeles in 1949. In 1956, Larry Harmon bought the rights to the Bozo franchise and sold local versions of the show to multiple markets across the U.S. By 1959, he had 100 Bozos in the United States, plus clowns in Germany, France, and Japan.
How old was Mary Stuart when she became Queen of Scotland?
A) 6 Days
B) 16 Years
C) 26 Years
6 Days
Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of King James V, was six days old when her father died and she acceded to the throne. She spent most of her childhood in France while Scotland was ruled by regents.
What magician is most famous for making the Statue of Liberty disappear, levitating over the Grand Canyon, and walking through the Great Wall of China?
A) Lance Burton
B) David Copperfield
C) Harry Houdini
David Copperfield
David Copperfield is most famous for making the Statue of Liberty disappear, levitating over the Grand Canyon, and walking through the Great Wall of China. The youngest person ever admitted to the Society of American Magicians, Copperfield (born David Seth Kotkin) was teaching magic at New York University by the age of sixteen. His magic has appeared in decades of network television specials which have aired in over 40 countries and reached an estimated audience of more than 3 billion people. Along the way, he has won dozens of Emmy Awards as well as two, "Entertainer of the Year," awards. His tours have set box office records across four continents, and he has been named a "Living Legend" by the United States Library of Congress. According to Forbes Magazine, Copperfield earned $57 million in 2003, making him the 10th highest paid celebrity in the world.