History
Norway gained independence from this country in 1905
Sweden
The Galapagos Islands are part of this country
Ecuador
Vladimir Lenin
This person lived at 221B Baker Street, London
Sherlock Holmes
This is the chemical symbol of Silicon
Si
George the 5th, Edward the 7th, George the 6th, and Elizabeth the 2nd
Name the 4 US capitals containing the word "city"
Jefferson, Oklahoma, Carson, Salt Lake
We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
The band-aid was invented by whom?
Earle Dickson
Willows
Before independence, Ghana was a colony of what country?
Britain
Name 4 of the 5 US states which border Mexico
CA, AZ, NM, TX
A room without books is like a body without a soul
Cicero
Who created the Mary Poppins books
P.L. Travers
This is the longest bone in the human body
Femur
What country's flag allegedly fell out of the heavens during the battle in 1219?
Denmark
Name the 4 national parks in Colorado
Rocky Mountain, Mesa Verde, Great Sand Dunes, Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened
Dr. Seuss
Who invented the first electric battery
Alessandro Volta
Which part of the brain is memory stored
Hippocampus
What was the first movie with sound?
The Jazz Singer
What national park is the rainiest place in the continental US?
Olympia National Park
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid
Soran Aabye Kierkegaard
Name one or both of the founders of google
Larry Page and/or Sergey Brin
These are the four types of galaxies
elliptical, spiral, barred spiral, irregular