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100

What natural disaster is measured by the Richter scale?

What is an earthquake?

100

Whose portrait was on the first one-dollar bill minted by the U.S. Treasury?

A. Salmon P. Chase

B. George Washington

Who is Salmon P. Chase?

The more recognizable George Washington was printed in 1869.

100

What is the name of the bone that extends from the shoulder to the elbow?

A. Humerus

B. Ulna

What is the Humerus?

Also known as the funny bone?

100

What was the first name given to the remote control?

A. Idle Handls

B. Lazy Bones

What is Lazy Bones?

100

In which PBS children's show did a trolly transport viewers to the neighborhood of make believe?

What is Mister Rogers' Neighborhood?

100

The more there is the less you see.

What is Darkness?

100

Who was the only male country music star to have exceeded 10 million sales for four different albums?

A. Johnny Cash

B. Garth Brooks

C. Willie Nelson

D. Kenny Chesney

Who is Garth Brooks?


200

Which body organ pumps blood?

What is the Heart?

200

How many states accept pennies at their tollbooths?

A. one

B. two

C. six

What is one?

Illinois has a soft spot for Lincoln.

200

If you accidentally knock out a tooth, in what liquid should you store it to improve the chances of the dentist being able to re-implant it?

A. Beer

B. Water

C. Milk

What is Milk?

The proteins and antibacterial properties of milk keep the cells alive!

200

What was the name of the first TV dinner?

A. Turkey Dinner

B. Macaroni and Cheese

What is Turkey Dinner?

Swanson had 260 tons of leftover frozen turkey after Thanksgiving in 1953, and found a clever way to turn a disaster into profit!

200

Which of these classics is generally considered to be the first reality TV show?

A. Truth or Consequences

B. Candid Camera

C. I've got a secret

D. To tell the truth

What is B. Candid Camera?

The punked of its day, Allen Funt's hidden camera/practical joke series premiered in 1948.

200

What do you call a fake noodle?

What is an Impasta? (Imposter) 

300

What do you call an area that receives 10 inches or less of rainfall each year?

What is a Desert?

300

What is the average life expectancy of the dollar bill?

A. 6 months

B. 21 months

What is B. 21 months?

300

What is the most common Blood Type?

A. B+

B. 0-

C. AB

D. 0+

Wha tis 0+?

300

Dolly, the first successfully cloned mammal, was what kind of animal?

What is a sheep?

Dolly only lived 6 years and her taxidermied remains live on at the National Museum in Scottland.

300

After 15 seasons of sassy TV courtroom drama, CBS canceled which judge's show in 2013 over a salary dispute?

A. Judge Judy

B. Judge Mathis

D. Judge Joe Brown

Who is Judge Joe Brown of "the Peoples Court"?

He was promised a salary of $20 million per year but the network didn't pay up. Perhaps he should take the to court....

300

What has 13 hearts but no other organs?

What is a deck of cards?

400

Who came up with the theory of evolution?

Who is Charles Darwin?

400

You have one hundred $20 bills in your hand. How many of them are likely to be counterfiet?

A. one

B. two

C. Five

What is B. 2?

less than 2% of American money is counterfeit, and $20 bills are popular targets.

400

What nutrient do we absorb from exposure to sunlight?

What is vitamin D?

400

What was the first college founded in the United States?

What is Harvard University?

400

Which talk show host has cornered the market on public paternity tests, proclaiming dramatically, "you are/are not the father".

Who is Maury Povich?

400

What thrives when you feed it but dies when you water it?

What is a fire?

500

What is the only U.S. state that is an island?

What is Hawaii?

500

Which bill weighs the most?

A. $1

B. $5

C. $10

D. $100

TRICK QUESTION. Each bill weighs the same: on gram.

500

Which organ produces Insulin?

What is the Pancreas?

500

Elizabeth Taylor was famously married eight times. Who was her first husband?

Who is Richard Burton?

500

Which trailblazing comedian got her big break with the parody song "I Made a Fool of Myself Over John Foster Dulles"?

A. Betty White

B. Joan Rivers

C. Carol Burnett

D. Phyllis Diller

Who is Carol Burnett?


500

What disappears as soon as you say its name?

What is silence?