Jeopardy March 5th (1)

World Capitals

100

What is the capital of Kazakhstan?
A) Tashkent
B) Almaty
C) Astana
D) Bishkek

 Astana

200

This capital was once called Constantinople.
A) Athens
B) Istanbul
C) Sofia
D) Bucharest

 Istanbul

300

This capital sits at the foot of Table Mountain.
A) Johannesburg
B) Pretoria
C) Cape Town
D) Windhoek

Cape Town

400

This capital is located on the island of Honshu and is the largest metropolitan area in the world.
A) Seoul
B) Beijing
C) Tokyo
D) Osaka

Tokyo

500

This capital was formerly known as Salisbury.
A) Lusaka
B) Harare
C) Gaborone
D) Maputo

 Harare

Brand Slogans

100

Which brand’s slogan is “Think Different”?
A) IBM
B) Apple
C) Microsoft
D) Intel

 Apple

200

Which brand used “Finger Lickin’ Good”?
A) KFC
B) Popeyes
C) McDonald’s
D) Chick-fil-A

KFC

300

Red Bull Gives You ______.
A) Strength
B) Wings
C) Energy
D) Flight

Wings

400

Which brand first used the slogan “Don’t Leave Home Without It” in the 1970s?
A) Visa
B) American Express
C) MasterCard
D) Discover

American Express

500

Which brand’s slogan “The Quicker Picker Upper” refers to paper towels?
A) Bounty
B) Charmin
C) Scott
D) Kleenex

Bounty

Famous Firsts

100

Who was the first person to orbit the Earth?
A) Yuri Gagarin
B) John Glenn
C) Gherman Titov
D) Alan Shepard

Yuri Gagarin

200

Who developed the first successful polio vaccine?
A) Alexander Fleming
B) Louis Pasteur
C) Jonas Salk
D) Albert Sabin

Jonas Salk

300

Who was the first U.S. President to resign from office?
A) Richard Nixon
B) Andrew Johnson
C) Ulysses S. Grant
D) Warren Harding

Richard Nixon

400

Who completed the first solo nonstop flight around the world?
A) Howard Hughes
B) Wiley Post
C) Charles Lindbergh
D) Amelia Earhart

Wiley Post

500

Who is considered the first computer programmer?
A) Ada Lovelace
B) Grace Hopper
C) Alan Turing
D) Tim Berners-Lee

Ada Lovelace

World Borders

100

Which country is almost completely surrounded by South Africa?
A) Lesotho
B) Eswatini
C) Botswana
D) Namibia

Lesotho

200

Which two countries share the longest straight-line border in the world?
A) USA & Canada
B) Russia & China
C) Brazil & Argentina
D) Kazakhstan & Russia

USA & Canada

300

Which country has an uninhabited border area with a long-standing dispute called the Bir Tawil triangle?
A) Egypt & Sudan
B) Israel & Palestine
C) India & Pakistan
D) Morocco & Western Sahara

Egypt & Sudan

400

Which European country is landlocked but extremely long and thin from north to south, creating a “spaghetti-like” shape on the map?
A) Italy
B) Norway
C) Switzerland
D) Hungary

Norway

500

Which tiny Asian country is completely surrounded by India and is one of the world’s smallest nations?
A) Bhutan
B) Maldives
C) Lesotho
D) Bangladesh

Bhutan

General

100

Cube numbers: 1, 8, 27, 64, ?
A) 125
B) 120
C) 100
D) 110

125

200

I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit, and my hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?
A) 194
B) 185
C) 281
D) 374

 194

300

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
A) Ton
B) Stone
C) Load
D) Car

Ton (backward: “not”)

400

What does HTTP stand for?
A) HyperText Transfer Protocol
B) Hyper Transfer Text Protocol
C) High Text Transmission Program
D) Hyperlink Text Transport Process

HyperText Transfer Protocol

500

Which term describes a recurring theme, idea, or symbol in literature?
A) Motif
B) Allegory
C) Irony
D) Satire

Motif