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Who wrote the bestselling fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted into the TV series Game of Thrones?
A. George R.R. Martin
B. J. K. Rowling
C. Dr. Seuss
D. Andrew Garfield
A. George R.R. Martin
Which country has the largest population in the world?
A. China
B. Nigeria
C. Japan
D. United Kingdom
A. China
Who was the first woman to make a million dollars in the United States?
A. Madam C.J. Walker
B. Queen Elizabeth I
C. Sojourner Truth
D. Susan B Anthony
A. Madam C.J. Walker
True or False? Electrons are smaller than atoms.
True
What American poet wrote this?
One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.
A. Robert frost
B. Edgar Allen Poe
C. Emily Dickinson
D. Maya Angelou
A. Robert frost
What 1989 movie stars Michael Keaton as a DC Comics superhero?
A. Black Widow
B. Hulk
C. Batman
D. Superman
C. Batman
You would travel over what mountain range when flying from Nashville, Tennessee to Durham, North Carolina?
A. Denali
B. Appalachians
C. Cascade Range
D. Rocky
B. Appalachians
From what speech were these words taken?
... that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom.
A. Tilbury Speech
B. I Have A Dream
C. Gettysburg Address
D. Inaugural Address
C. Gettysburg Address
What is the study of mushrooms called?
A. Dendrology
B. Arithmetic
C. Metallurgy
D. Mycology
D. Mycology
In "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," what magical country does the White Witch put a spell on so that it is always winter but never Christmas?
A. Hogwarts
B. Narnia
C. Alcatraz
D. Griffonia
B. Narnia
The widely-watched defamation trial of what celebrity couple aired on television from April to June of 2022?
A. Puff Daddy and Shyne
B. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
C. Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman
D. Harvey Weinstein
B. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
These are satirical descriptions of what city? -the place where blood is thicker than talent -millions of dollars worth of intricate, ingenious machinery functioning elaborately to put skin on baloney -a state of mind surrounded by Los Angeles
A. Houston
B. Hollywood
C. New York
D. Miami
B. Hollywood
Parthia was an ancient empire in the region that is now northern Iran just south of what colossal body of water?
A. Caspian Sea
B. Persian Gulf
C. Gulf of Oman
D. Baltic Sea
A. Caspian Sea
The major wind patterns are generated by a combination of unequal heating and Earth's what?
A. Core
B. Material
C. Rotation
D. Atmosphere
C. Rotation
In Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie," she mentions how her father acquired land for their farm through what act passed by Congress in 1862?
A. Reduced Costs and Continued Cures Act
B. Homestead Act
C. Laboratory Access for Beneficiaries Act
D. Veteran House Act
B. Homestead Act
What Steven Spielberg film was nominated for Best Picture of the Year in 2022?
A. Dune
B. West Side Story
C. King Richard
D. Licorice Pizza
B. West Side Story
The setting for the opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors" is near what historic town in the West Bank, a few miles south of Jerusalem?
A. Gaza
B. Ma'ale Adumim
C. Bethlehem
D. Qalyub
C. Bethlehem
The Articles of Confederation were adopted in 1777 at York in what state?
A. Vermont
B. Pennsylvania
C. Delaware
D. Rhode Island
B. Pennsylvania
What branched fibers serve as the receivers for a neuron?
A. Dendrites
B. Deoxyribonucleic Acid
C. Mpemba
D. Veins
A. Dendrites
Name the classic by Dickens that describes the sound of carts as they lumbered through the streets of Paris carrying persons to their deaths during the French Revolution.
A. Hope' is the thing with feathers
B. A Tale of Two Cities
C. Because I could not stop for Death
D. Tell all the truth but tell it slant
B. A Tale of Two Cities
Who directed the 2023 blockbuster movie “Barbie”?
Greta Gerwig
These lines include puns concocted from places in what state?
Well, don't let people Rainier on your parade.
I like the area but I just can't see myself Seattling there because I couldn't afford a house and would spend my life just Renton.
Washington
These Japanese ships were sunk during what naval engagement?
Soryu Kaga Hiryu Akagi
Battle of Midway
A pentahydrate contains how many molecules of water?
5
What two figures of speech are used by Henry Longfellow in these lines?
Blue were her eyes as the fairy flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day.
Alliteration and simile