US Trivia
Officially, this was the first State in the Union.
What is Delaware?
This country is shaped like a boot.
What is Italy?
This Irish writer's book "Circle of Friends" was made into a movie, which made her a household name in the United States.
Who is Maeve Binchy?
Christians celebrate the birth of their savior on this holiday.
What is Christmas?
This "I" word means angry or enraged.
What is Irate?
This day is the celebration of the Mexican Army over the French Army in the Battle of the Puebla in 1862.
What is CINCO DE MAYO?
November 1, 1995 this all race election finally ended apartheid in this country
What is South Africa?
The Precedent is a model of this small sporting vehicle that also moves people around retirement villages
What is a Golf Cart?
Officially, this was the last state in the union.
What is Hawaii?
This country is home to many Pharoah's triangle shaped tombs.
What is Egypt?
Edgar Allen Poe made this bird famous with the word "Nevermore"
What is a Raven?
Jewish people celebrate the "Festival of Lights" on this holiday.
What is Hannukah?
This "A" word means to love intensely.
What is Adore?
West Virginia was the first state to officially adopt this day, largely created by Ann Reeves Jarvis, Julia Ward Howe, and Anna M. Jarvis.
What is MOTHERs DAY!
This Gone with the Wind author was born November 8, 1900.
Who is Margaret Mitchell?
There are no knife or spoon varieties of these vehicles used in warehouses to raise & carry merchandise
What are Forklifts?
This state is known for its Mardi Gras celebrations and it's love of Jazz.
What is Louisiana?
China has 1.4 billion people. What country comes in second highest with 1.3 billion people?
What is India?
Erle Stanley Gardner wrote this book series of more than 82 books, which went on to spawn a TV series with Raymond Burr
What is Perry Mason
This day is celebrated all around the world at midnight.
What is New Year's Day?
This "D" word means zealous in allegiance or affection
What is Devoted?
This green gemstone is May's birthstone.
What is EMERALD?
November 3, 1962 this president said: the Soviet bases in Cuba are being dismantled, their missiles and related equipment being crated, and the fixed installations at these sites are being destroyed.
Who is JFK?
The HU-1A "Huey" was the main Medevac one of these in the Vietnam War
What is a Helicopter?
Even though most people think the Statue of Liberty is in New York, it belongs to this "Garden" state.
What is New Jersey?
This is the largest country in the world.
What is Russia?
According to the Neilsen Awards, what fictional book is the best seller in the United States?
What is the DaVinci Code?
The very first of this holiday was held on a Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City. The day was celebrated with a picnic, concert and speeches. Ten thousand workers marched in a parade from City Hall to Union Square.
What is Labor Day?
This "D" word means to destroy completely.
What is Demolish?
This dangerous weather event occurs most frequently from late May into June (in the southern plains)?
What are TORNADOES?
Born November 12, 1929 this Hollywood actress left her career to marry into the royal family of Monaco
Who is Princess Grace Kelly?
Roofed cars on a freight train, or a roll of 12 in a dice game
What are Boxcars?
Nicknamed the "Silver State" this state is actually the largest producer of gold.
What is Nevada?
These two countries share the largest unmanned border.
What is the US and Canada?
This famous writer of plays and poetry created words such as bandit, dwindle, elbow, and lackluster
Who is William Shakespeare?
In 1868 General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic called for a "Decoration Day", which was widely celebrated. By 1890, every Northern state had adopted it as a holiday. The World Wars turned it into a generalized day of remembrance, instead of just for the Civil War.
What is Memorial Day?
This "L" word means having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other
What is lopsided?
In May 1997, IMB's computer Deep Blue played a game of chess with this man, and won.
Who is Garry Kasperov?
November 24, 1895 the book On the Origin of Species by this author was published.
Who is Charles Darwin?
During the Cold War, 2 different families escaped over the Berlin Wall using these lighter-than-air vehicles
What are Hot Air Balloons?
This state's capital city is the highest in the nation and was founded 10 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock!
What is Santa Fe New Mexico?
Spanning 8.5 million kilometers, this is the largest country in South America.
What is Brazil?
Lucy Maud Montgomery began writing this series about a foster child in Prince Edward Island Canada in 1908.
What is Anne of Green Gables?
Emancipation day in the US is celebrated in April but this date, in June is considered a holiday by the African American community, the day that the message of emancipation made it to the last outpost in Texas.
What is June 19th?
This "L" word means easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible:
What is Lucid?
In 1993, 80 million people tuned in to the series finale of this TV show on NBC.
What is "CHEERS"?
November 2, 1795 this 11th President of the US was born. He served as President from 1845-1849
Who was James Polk?
First used in Japan in the 1870s, this 2-wheeled cart is pulled by a runner who may pull up to 30 miles a day
What is a Rickshaw?
This state has outlawed billboards to leave the lush scenery untouched.
What is Hawaii?
What is South Africa?
The book "Hawaii" was written in 1959 and spent 38 weeks on top of the New York Times Best Seller list. He wrote it.
Who is James Michener?
Muslim families fast from sun up to sun down for a month at this holiday.
What is Ramadan?
This "R" word is a happy go lucky nerd who usually bursts into song for no reason.
Who is Ryn?
President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country. We celebrate it the third Saturday in May.
What is Armed Forces day?
November 19, 1493 Christopher Columbus discovered this current territory of the US.
What is Puerto Rico?
These transports, first sent up in 1981, lift off like a rocket & land like a plane
What are Space Shuttles?
Here's a tough one. The last two states in the Union were Hawaii and Alaska. the 48th state in the Union was admitted on February 14th, 1912. Guess which one it was!
What is Arizona?
This razor thin country accounts for more than half of the western coast line in South America.
What is Chile?
Agatha Christie's "And then there were none" has sold more than 100 million copies, making it the best selling mystery book in the US. What year was it published?
What is 1939?
The Christian tradition of this holiday is split into two dates. One celebrated by the majority of the church, the other for the Orthodox Church. When celebrating in the Orthodox, the greeting is "Christos Annesti"
What is Easter?
This "C" word means think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
What is contemplate?
The Monaco Grand Prix takes place every May in this City.
What is Monte Carlo?
This German Kaiser abdicated his throne at the end of WWI and fled to Holland
Who is Wilhelm II?
This travel organization responds to almost 30 million emergency road service calls a year
What is AAA?
In 1862 this was first printed.
What is a dollar bill?
This country is made up of 7,000 islands
What is the Philippines?
Leo Tolstoy’s wife Sofia hand copied this 1400 page book for her husband seven times.
What is War and Peace?
For Halloween, US growers grow over 1.5 billion pounds of this vegetable.
What are pumpkins?
This M word means infinitely or immeasurably small
What is Minute?
May of 2011 marked the end of this show, the highest-rated talk show in American television history.
What is the OPRAH WINFREY SHOW?
November 19, 1998 began the impeachment inquiry of this American president.
Who is Bill Clinton?
If you're walking your baby back home in London, it won't be in a stroller but in this 4-letter synonym
What is a Pram?
This is the call sign for the President’ helicopter.
What is Marine One?
Valletta is the coastal capital of this island country.
What is Malta?
The most expensive book ever purchased was A Codex written by Leonardo Di Vinci. It was purchased by this billionaire
Who is Bill Gates?
According to polls of travelers, this American theme park is the best place in the world to spend New Years Eve.
What is Walt Disney World.
This C word means to direct the course of; manage or control
What time s Conduct?
This one time member of the Golden Girls won an Emmy for hosting Saturday Night Live in May, 2010.
Who is Betty White?
November 18, 1836 this famed lyricist of the Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore was born.
Who is Sir William Gilbert?
2 major types of airships are non-rigid, or blimps, & rigid, also called by this name of a German count
What is a Zeppelin?
He was the President of the Confederate States of America throughout the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Moraine Lake is located in the Valley of the Ten Peaks in this country
What is Canada?
The biography of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow inspired this Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway show
What is Hamilton?
There are this many "federal holiday" in the US.
What is 11?
As an adjective, this "A" word refers to a person who can speak clearly and effectively.
What is Articulate?
In May 1995, this daytime soap opera aired its 100,000th episode.
What is AS THE WORLD TURNS?
November 27, 1701 this scientist who created the centigrade temperature scale used in Europe was born,
Who is Anders Celsius?
A turntable ladder is a piece of "special purpose aerial apparatus" most commonly associated with this niche, but oft-seen and oft-heard type of vehicle?
What is a Fire Truck?
This is the name of the oldest national park, which was founded in 1872
What is Yellowstone?
This is the capital of the Netherlands
What is Amsterdam?
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, published in 1937, is the best selling book of all time in this genre, selling over 70 million copies.
What is Non-Fiction?
Senator Stephen Wallace Dorsey of Arkansas was the first to propose this February date, and in 1879 President Rutherford B. Hayes signed this federal holiday into law.
What is President's Day?
This O word is an adjective that describes something that is no longer produced or used.
What is Obsolete?
In May of 2018, It is estimated that 1.9 billion people watched as Megan Markle married this man
Who is PRINCE HARRY?
November 24 1888 is the birthday of this Motivational speaker and the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People.
Who is Dale Carnegie?
He is our current Secretary of Transportation.
Who is Sean Duffy?