World History / Events
Where were the first modern olympics held?
Athens
What novel is set on a desert planet inhabited by giant sandworms?
Dune
What is the only planet not named after a god
Earth
How many Digits of pi are there?
Infinite!
Who is Harry Potter's godfather?
Sirius Black
Where did coffee originate from?
Ethiopia
At the beginning of Lord of the Flies, which character controls the boys' only means of making fire?
Piggy
What line of longitude is defined at 0 degrees.
What is the only number without a roman numeral?
Zero
What color pill does Neo take in The Matrix
Red
Somalia has the longest coastline on what continent?
Africa
What are the first two names of J.K. Rowling?
Joanna Kathleen
The earth was thought to be the center of the universe until what "revolution"?
The Copernican revolution
What is the sum of the exterior angles of any polygon?
360 degrees
What is the current highest-grossing film of all time?
Avatar
What two political parties is Ireland divided into
The Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland(a part of the U.K.)
What are the last names of the Mark Twain characters Tom and Huckleberry?
Tom Sawyer, and Huckleberry Finn
Which planet is known as the Morning Star?
Venus
What Coordinate System did French Mathematician Rene Descartes invent?
The Cartesian Coordinate System.
Who was Hermione's date at the Yule Ball?(In the goblet of fire)
Viktor Krum
What country was Greenland a colony of until 1981?
Denmark
What is the name of Sherlock Holmes' brother?
Mycroft
280 million years ago, all the land mass on Earth was together in one category called what?
Pangea
This Ancient Greek mathematician was known as the "father of geometry" and made the fundamental theorem of arithmetic.
Euclid
Who always told Forrest Gump "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
Mama