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100
What athlete carried the flag in for the United States?
Micheal Phelps
100
Who are the two vice presidential candidates for this years election?
What is Tim Kaine (DEM) and Mike Pence (REP).
100
Who won the Super Bowl in 2016?
Denver Broncos
100
True or False. Racism has went on since B.C.
False,The concept of race is a modern concept. In the ancient world, the Greeks, Romans, Jews, Christians, and Muslims did not have racial categories. Rather people were divided according to religion, class, language, etc.
100
What month does the average person sleep the least?
February. It is the Shortest month
200
What country had over 100 athletes banned from participating in the Summer Olympics due to illegal substance usage?
Russia. It was possible that the whole country's team be banned due to the country possibly promoting sustance usage by its athletes. Instead 288 athletes were cleared, while over 100 were not.
200
True or False. In the presidential election, whomever gets the most popular votes win the presidency.
False, Four times in the history of presidential elections, the candidate who won the most popular votes has not been elected president. This occurred in the 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000 elections.
200
Who is the highest paid American paid football player currently?
Joe Flacco.
200
DAILY DOUBLE. DAILY DOUBLE. DAILY DOUBLE. Topic - Presidential Election
The two people running for president will break records as soon as they get elected. If Hillary is elected, she will be the first________ elected. If Trump is elected he will be the ________ elected.
200
What can you catch but not throw
A cold
300
Name 6 sports in the Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympic sports are alpine skiing, biathlon (cross-country skiing and target shooting), bobsled, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hocky, luge, Nordic combined (ski jumping and cross-country skiing), skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding, and speed skating
300
At least 270 electoral votes are required for a candidate to be declared president. If this number is not reached in the Electoral College, how is the president elected?
If this number is not reached in the Electoral College, the House of Representatives elects the president.
300
Just _____ years after finishing their careers, approximately 78% of NFL players go bankrupt.
Two years after
300
What state did not overturn its ban on interracial marriage until 1998? Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Alabama, or Arkansas
South Carolina
300
What day of the year are there more collect calls than any other day?
Father's Day
400
The U.S.A. has won the most medals overall in the Olympics. They have also won the most medals in the Summer Olympics. Which Country has won the most medals in the Winter Olympics? Norway, Iceland, Russia, Germany, China
What is Norway(263)
400
Who was the tallest president in history?
Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president in history with a height of 6' 4".
400
The days when Super Bowl games are played rank second when it comes to the highest American food consumption. The number one day when Americans eat is ________?
Thanksgiving
400
In this famous experiment,researchers knowingly did not treat patients with syphilis, even after penicillin was discovered to be an effective treatment. The study lasted 40 years, until 1972.
The infamous “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” launched by the U.S. Public Health Service in Macon County, Alabama, in 1932 was created to confirm the long held view that venereal diseases acted differently in blacks than in whites.
400
What vegetable is also a flower?
Broccoli
500
In the Ancient Olympics (from 776 BC-394 AD), a medal was not given to the winner. What was?
The prize for event winners in the Ancient Olympics was an olive branch wreath. The medals were not given out until the Olympics restarted in 1896.
500
What president held the presidency for over 12 years? He was elected to 4 terms and died in his last term. He was president from 1933-1945
What is FDR. Franklin D. Roosevelt. After this, the 22nd amendment made this illegal in 1947.
500
Closest wins. Antacid sales increase by 20% the day after the Super Bowl. Additionally, what % of Americans will call in sick the day after?
6% of Americans call in to work the day after the Super Bowl.
500
What are baby rabbits called?
Kittens