Potpourri
World Affairs
Mathletes Only
Ope! (Minnesota Trivia)
Ummm Actually
100

This '90s basketball legend has his own signature sneaker and is widely regarded as "the greatest of all time".

Michael Jordan



100

The countries that share a border with the USA.

Canada and Mexico

100

There are this many zeros in one million.

Six

100

The four states that boarder Minnesota

North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin

100

The chemical symbol for water.

H20

200

Widely known as the King of rock-n-roll.

Elvis Presley

200

The auto maker GMC is an abbreviation for this.

General Motor Company

200

A 'Bakers Dozen' refers to this delicious amount.

13

200

This Minnesota born singer-songwriter won a Nobel prize and was recently the subject of a feature film starring Timothée Chalamet.

Bob Dylan

200

The country where the Great Pyramids are located.

Egypt

300

The ocean where the Titanic sank.

The Atlantic ocean


 

300

**DAILY DOUBLE**

The capital of Italy.

Rome

300

There are this many bones in the human body.

206



300

This Minnesotan made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

Charles Lindbergh

300

This person developed the theory of evolution by natural selection.

Charles Darwin

400

The number one most eaten food item in the world.

Rice

400

This country bombed the US during World War 2.

Japan (the bombing of Pearl Harbor)

400

There are this many months with 28 days.

Every month (12)

400

This day has the least amount of daylight in Minnesota.

First day of Winter, December 21

400

A barometer measures this.

Air pressure

500

The country where tea originated.

China

500

The country where the Pope lives.

Vatican City

500
"Duece" is this score in a game of tennis.

Tied 40-40

500

The largest lake located entirely in Minnesota.

Red Lake

500

The strongest muscle in the human body.

Jaw Muscle

600

Shakespeare wrote many plays but this remains the longest play he ever penned.

Hamlet (29,000 words)

600

The D.C. in Washington D.C. is an abbreviation for this.

District of Columbia

600

A millennium has this many years.

1000 years

600

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Minnesota (in Fahrenheit)

-60°F

600

**DAILY DOUBLE**

The chemical symbol for gold.

Au


1000

The deepest area on Earth is the Mariana Trench which drops to this astonishing depth.

7 miles (11,034m or 36,201 ft)

1000

What is the name of the largest reef in the world?

Great Barrier Reef

1000
The foundations of algebra were pioneered by this early civilization.

The Babylonians

1000

She can be seen as a statue in downtown Minneapolis throwing her hat into the air.

Mary Tyler Moore

1000

The area in California where many of the worlds high tech companies such as Google and Facebook are located.

Silicon Valley