Tricky Questions
Just before Mount Everest was discovered, this was the highest mountain in the world
What is Mount Everest?
Keegan-Michael Key and Saquon Barkley are two of this school's most famous alums
What is Penn State?
Scout is a curious little girl still trying to figure out life in the American South in this classic novel
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor
Who is Queen?
This type of tax on imports goes back to Arabic for "notification"
What is a tariff?
If you enter a room with a matchbook & there's a candle, oil lamp & heater, this is what you'd light first
What is the match?
Before Sundar Pichai became the CEO of Alphabet, he completed his undergraduate degree at this school, known to have one of the lowest acceptance rates in the world
What is the Indian Institute of Technology?
Part 3 of this novel by Ray Bradbury is called "Burning Bright"
What is Fahrenheit 451?
Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers
Who are The Police?
This term for a top law enforcement official comes from the English for "reeve of the shire"
What is a sheriff?
It's the 11-letter word all Canadians pronounce incorrectly
What is incorrectly?
Richard Feynman, one of the greatest physicists who ever lived, earned his PhD in physics from this prestigious institution
What is Princeton University?
This narrator & protagonist of "The Catcher in the Rye" also appeared in other stories by J.D. Salinger
Who is Holden Caulfield?
Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl
Who is Nirvana?
It's the Hogwarts house that fits the category
What is Hufflepuff?
If a British farmer has 22 sheep & all but 9 die in a tragic shearing incident, this is how many he has left
What is 9?
Hilary Hahn, one of the world's premier violinists, received her Bachelor of Music degree in May of 1999 from this music school, known to be one of the most selective in the world
What is the Curtis Institute of Music?
Kidnapped & sold into slavery, Solomon Northup told of his experiences in this memoir that became a movie
What is 12 Years a Slave?
Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, and John Frusciante
Who are The Red Hot Chili Peppers?
In ancient Rome, an ancestor of the English type of this dog breed fought bears, lions & even gladiators in the arena
What is a mastiff?
It's the main reason in Wyoming why a man can't marry his widow's sister
What is because he's dead?
Larry Page, one of the co-founders of Google, completed his bachelor's degree in engineering from this Big-10 school
What is the University of Michigan?
Originally published anonymously, his essay on "Nature" helped launch Transcendentalism
Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore
Who are The Doors?
It's another name for the pope
What is the pontiff?