Food & Drink
What is the main ingredient in guacamole?
Avocado
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
Marie Curie
Why did old mother Hubbard go to the cupboard?
To fetch the poor dog a bone
Who wrote “Pride and Prejudice”?
Jane Austen
Seoul is the capital city of which country?
South Korea
What food manufacturing company, uses several animal mascots to sell its cereals, such as Newton the Owl, Tony the Tiger, and a rooster named Cornelius?
Kellogg‘s
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
Russia
Mary Mary was quite contrary what did she grow in her garden?
Silver bells and cockleshells and pretty maids all in a row
Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Which US city is known as the 'Golden Gate city'?
San Francisco
What fast food chicken restaurant originated in Newfoundland?
Mary Brown’s
What was the name of the Category 5 hurricane that hit New Orleans and its surrounding areas in 2005?
Hurricane Katrina
Who were the 3 men in the tub?
The butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker
Who was the author of Winnie the Pooh?
A. A. Milne
What is the most populated city in the world?
Tokyo is the most populated city in the world, with more than 38 million people.
The simple Italian salad known as a Caprese salad typically includes tomatoes, basil, and what variety of cheese?
Mozzarella
What event is commonly believed to have sparked World War I?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye,
How many blackbirds, were baked in the pie?
Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie
(24)
Who wrote “The Odyssey”?
Homer
What is the capital city of Portugal?
Lisbon
Which tea blend is named after the British Prime Minister from 1830 to 1834?
Earl Grey
In which country was the Battle of Culloden fought in 1746?
Scotland
What did the farmers wife do to the 3 blind mice?
Cut off their tails with a carving knife
Who wrote “The Communist Manifesto”?
(2 authors, half points if you get one, full points for both)
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The River Tiber flows through which capital city?
Rome