Geography
Most populated country in the world?
A. India
B. China
B. India
As of July 2024, India is the world's most populated country with a population of over 1.44 billion people.
Who was the first president born in a hospital?
A. Jimmy Carter
B. Richard Nixon
C. John F. Kennedy
A. Jimmy Carter
Carter was born at the Wise Sanitarium in Plains, Georgia, in 1924.
September 1, 1939 - September 2, 1945
A. WWII
B. Korean War
A. WWII
Who Killed Abraham Lincoln?
A. John Wilkes Booth
B. Lee Harvey Oswald
A. John Wilkes Booth
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
A. Canada
B. Russia
C. China
B. Russia
This Country is the biggest in the world
A. Canada
B. Russia
B. Russia
Who was the first Roman Catholic president?
A. Lyndon B. Johnson
B. John F. Kennedy
C. Ronald Reagan
B. John F. Kennedy
During the 1960 presidential election, Kennedy notably gave a speech about the importance of the separation of church and state, allaying concerns that his decisions would be influenced by the Roman Catholic Church.
April 12, 1861 - April 9, 1865
A. Civil War
B. WWI
A. Civil War
Which scientist was known for eating exotic animals whenever he could, including giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands?
A. Isaac Newton
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Charles Darwin
C. Charles Darwin
In 1996, a sheep became the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell. What was the name of that sheep?
A. Dolly
B. Sally
C. Molly
A. Dolly
USA is wider than the moon.
True or False
False!
Australia is wider than the moon.
Who was the first president to fly in an airplane while in office?
A. Franklin D. Roosevelt
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Herbert Hoover
A. Franklin D. Roosevelt
In 1943 FDR flew to Casablanca, Morocco, in a Boeing 314 flying boat. Theodore Roosevelt flew in a plane in 1910, but it was after he had left the White House.
March 12, 1947 - December 25, 1991
A. Vietnam War
B. Cold War
B. Cold War
Which author survived a train wreck, helping to rescue others from the wreckage before retrieving an early manuscript of Our Mutual Friend?
A. Walt Whitman
B. Herman Melville
C. Charles Dickens
C. Charles Dickens
Passed in 1919, which amendment prevented the sale of alcoholic beverages?
A. 16th Amendment
B. 17th Amendment
C. 18th Amendment
C. 18th Amendment
______ spans 11 time zones.
A. Russia
B. England
A. Russia
Who was the first U.S. president to be sworn into office by a woman?
A. Bill Clinton
B. Lyndon B. Johnson
C. Chester A. Arthur
B. Lyndon B. Johnson
After the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, Johnson was given the oath of office by Sarah T. Hughes, a federal judge, while aboard Air Force One.
November 1, 1955 - April 30, 1975
A. Vietnam War
B. Persian Gulf War
A. Vietnam War
Which famous criminal preferred the nickname “Snorky,” a term meaning snazzy, to his more common moniker “Scarface”?
A. Lucky Luciano
B. Al Capone
C. John Dillinger
B. Al Capone
Al Capone got his namesake scar after making rude remarks about a fellow hoodlum’s sister.
What was the name of the research ship Charles Darwin traveled with?
A. The Hobbit
B. The Mayflower
C. The Beagle
C. The Beagle
Ninety percent of Earth's population lives in the _____ Hemisphere.
A. Southern
B. Northern
B. Northern
Who was the first former president to be indicted on federal criminal charges?
A. Donald Trump
B. Franklin D. Roosevelt
C. Richard Nixon
A. Donald Trump
In June 2023 federal prosecutors charged Trump with 37 felony counts connected to his handling of classified documents.
April 21, 1898 - December 10, 1898
A. Iran-Iraq War
B. Spanish - American War
B. Spanish - American War
Which artist was once suspected of stealing Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911?
A. Vincent van Gogh
B. Jackson Pollock
C. Pablo Picasso
C. Pablo Picasso
In which year did Hitler commit suicide?
A. 1943
B. 1945
C. 1940
B. 1945