American History
What was the name of the first (permanent English) American colony?
What is Jamestown?
The Da Vinci Code opens with a murder in which famous museum?
What is "The Louvre"?
What ancient civilization is known for building the Great Pyramids of Giza?
Who were the Egyptians?
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
What is a mushroom
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
What is Mercury?
How many hamburgers does McDonalds sell each day? (+/- 1 million).
6.5 Million Burgers.
What was the significance of the 19th Amendment?
Granted Women with the right to vote.
What is the name of the fourth book in the Harry Potter series?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Greenland was a colony of which country until 1981?
What is Denmark?
What kind of band never plays music?
What is a rubber band?
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of what food sticking to the roof of your mouth?
What is Peanut butter?
What was the outcome of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln?
Answer: It declared that all enslaved people in Confederate states were to be set free.
Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled the racial segregation of schools unconstitutional?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
What is a candle?
What is the chemical symbol for the element gold?
What is Au?
Which country drinks the most coffee in pounds per year?
What is Finland?
What city was the first capital of the United States?
What is New York City?
What novel is set on a desert planet inhabited by giant sandworms?
What is Dune?
What empire was founded by Genghis Khan and became the largest contiguous empire in history?
What is the Mongol Empire?
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
What is the letter 'M'?
What is the rarest blood type?
AB Negative
Gluten is found in which cereal grain?
Wheat
Which event marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War in 1775?
The first shots of the Revolutionary War are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
Who wrote the epic fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire," which inspired the TV series "Game of Thrones"?
George R.R. Martin
In which decade did the Great Hunger strike Ireland?
1840s (+/ 1 decade)
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
What is footsteps?
Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover?
Apollo 15 Mission
What type of pasta has a name meaning "little worms"?
What year did WW1 begin? AND, in what year did WW2 end?
What is 1914 and 1945
In the infamous novel depicted by John Steinbeck, "Of Mice and Men", this character can be described as a large, strong, lumbering, simple-minded man who is usually unaware of his actions and surroundings
Lennie Small
Who sent Christopher Columbus to explore the New World?
King Ferdinand of Spain
A girl fell off a 20-foot ladder. She wasn’t hurt. How?
She fell off the bottom step.
At what temperature does Celsius=Fahrenheit.
-40.
What is the primary ingredient in traditional Japanese miso soup?
Soybean paste (miso)