Geography
What is the official language of Brazil?
Portuguese
What is the name of the US's first dueling coaster?
Lightning Racer (Hersheypark)
Who invented the first practical incandescent light bulb? ("incandescent" is just fancy for "being warm")
Thomas Edison
Who was known as the "Mother of Civil Rights"?
Rosa Parks
What is the largest land mass without native mammals?
Antarctica
What is the largest desert in the world?
Antarctica
What was the exact date of Jacob's graduation?
June 5, 2022
What kitchen appliance was first marketed as the "milkshake maker" by Stephen Poplawski in 1922?
the blender
DAILY DOUBLE Who was the first female winner of the Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1903)
What is the largest species of turtle?
leatherback
What is the tallest mountain in North America?
Denali (formerly Mount McKinley), Alaska
Which player scored the most points during the Boston-Denver game in December 2019? (bonus 100 if you can get the exact point total)
Nikola Jokic, 30
What 1860s' invention created the need for standardized spellings and pronunciations of words?
the typewriter
Who wrote an autobiography titled "The Annex", the sixth most sold book of all time?
Anne Frank
DAILY DOUBLE What is the name for a group of crows?
a murder of crows
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
What New England town is home to Mount Washington, Saco River, and Story Land Park?
North Conway, New Hampshire
In what year was the Wright Brothers' first flight? (closest answer(s) gets the points, bonus 100 if you guess the town it took place in)
1903 in Kittyhawk, North Carolina
Who is known as the "Queen of Pop"?
Madonna
What animal has the longest lifespan?
What is the northernmost or southernmost major city in Africa? (you may make 2 guesses, but only need one to be correct, getting both will *not* equal double points)
Tangier, Morocco and Cape Town, South Africa
DAILY DOUBLE What is the average size (in pounds) of a turkey that feeds 14 people? (closest answer(s) gets the points)
17.5 pounds
Who was the first person to speak on live television?
Franklin D Roosevelt (during the opening ceremony of the New York World Fair in 1939)
Who was the longest serving female world leader of all time (from Nov 2005 to Dec 2021)?
Angela Merkel of Germany
What is the only bear that inhabits the Southern Hemisphere?
spectacled bear