US Geography
The largest US state by square miles
What is Alaska?
(Bigger than Texas!)
The next couple to get married in our group
Who are Jose and Jam?
Childish Gambino's real name
What is Donald Glover?
This is the final book of the Old Testament
What is Malachi?
(There are 39 books in the Old Testament, and 27 in the New Testament!)
The angles of any triangle add up to this number of degrees
What is 180?
The year Wisconsin became a state
What is 1848?
(The University of Wisconsin was founded the same year!)
The singer of the song "Hills and Valleys"
Who is Tauren Wells?
The year Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards
What is 2022?
The eldest of the 12 sons of Jacob
Who is Reuben?
(In order, they are Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin)
This series has 7 movies and an 8th coming out this year, starring Tom Cruise
What is Mission Impossible?
(Josh Sr. loves these)
This state, home to Carbondale, is the crossroads of both the 2017 and 2024 solar eclipse paths of totality
What is Illinois?
The number of people in the group whose name starts with either "C" or "J"
What is 9?
(Josh Jr., Josh Sr., Jam, Jose, Jasmine, Christian, Carol, Chris, Cole)
The 2017 Billboard Song of the Summer, whose YouTube video has the second most views ever
What is Despacito?
(The video with the most views is "Baby Shark")
Of the churches written to in Revelation 2-3, this city shares its name with a historic American city
What is Philadelphia?
(The seven churches written to are Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea)
The year of the final Harry Potter movie
(Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2)
What is 2011?
The number of US state capital cities west of Las Vegas by latitude
What is 6?
(Honolulu, Juneau, Olympia, Salem, Sacramento, Carson City)
The number of people in the Hills & Valleys Slack group
What is 19?
The youngest artist in music history to debut three #1 Hits on the Billboard Hot 100
Who is Olivia Rodrigo?
(Driver's License, Good 4 u, and Vampire)
The shortest book of the Bible by number of verses
What is 2 John?
(The shortest book of the Bible by word count is 3 John)
The tallest volcano in Africa
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
(This is also the tallest mountain in Africa in general)
The Great Lakes in order of surface area
What are Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario?
(SHMEO)
(Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world!)
The month that the most people have birthdays in Hills & Valleys
(There are 5 people with birthdays in this month!)
What is January?
(Cole, Aubree, Jam, Josh Jr., & Austin)
What is Kansas City?
The three books of the Bible in which the story of Hezekiah and Sennacherib is told
(List them all)
What are 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Isaiah?
The country that the current World Chess Champion was born in
What is India?
(Gukesh Dommaraju, at age 18, became the youngest champion in history on December 12, 2024)