Of course I’m French, why do you think I have this outrageous accent?!
The Eiffel Tower was displayed for the 1889 International Exposition and a 100-year celebration for this anniversary.
When was Julius Caesar assassinated?
Ides of March (March 15, 44 BC)
Name three John Hughes movies.
Curly Sue, Uncle Buck, Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Buller's Day Off, Great Outdoor, Christmas Vacation, Home Alone, etc
There are three basic trigonometric functions taught in high schools: sine, cosine, and what third function?
Tangent
This three-piece band went from nobodies to instant stardom with lyrics such as "She's over-bored and self-assured, Oh no, I know a dirty word" and "Come doused in mud, soaked in bleach, As I want you to be, As a trend, as a friend,As an old memoria"
Nirvana
What is the highest mountain in Africa?
Mount Kilimanjaro
Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo (aka the Ninja Turtles) are all artists from what period?
The Italian Renaissance
A black flag with a skull and two bones crossed diagonally was commonly called what?
The Jolly Roger
Who is considered the father of English literature?
Geoffrey Chaucer
The French Knights did what in the general direction of the evil English K-Nig-ets?
Fart
The Maya Empire was centered in what is now which country?
Guatemala
Paul Hogan popularized this outback poaching character.
Crocodile Dundee
Based on the legend of how his discovery of submerged objects causing water displacement helped him figure out how to measure the purity of gold, Greek mathematician Archimedes is famously known for shouting what word originating from a Greek word meaning “I have found it!”?
Eureka!
This band is famous for its songs Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver and John the Fisherman. They are also noted for writing and performing the South Park theme song.
Primus
This lake is the highest large lake in South America, sitting at 12,500 feet (3,810 meters) above sea level. It's located in the Andes Mountains, on the border of Peru and Bolivia.
Lake Titicaca
Which Disney movie took place in 1482 Paris?
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
What nickname was given to the fake shark on set of Jaws the movie?
Bruce
Baker Street is the home of which literary detective?
Sherlock Holmes
Foie gras production is the liver from these two "fatted" birds.
Duck and goose.
What was the name of the ancient trade route that connected the East with the West?
The Silk Road.
What famous actor played slacker character Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?
Sean Penn
In math, what letter is used to represent the difficult to express unit that occurs when one takes the square root of -1?
i
This popular fictional duo were made popular because of their off-brand and crude antics as well as their harsh critiquing of music videos.
Beavis and Butthead
Where is the largest desert in the world?
Antarctica
Castoreum is a secretion of the castor gland used for natural flavorings such as vanilla, raspberry, or strawberry. What animal does this come from?
Beaver
Louis Pasteur created the first two vaccines for what two diseases?
Rabies and Anthrax.
He's also responsible for the process named after him, Pasteurization
Who is the protagonist in George Orwell’s novel “1984”?
Winston Smith
France shares a land border with what country that also immediately follows it on an alphabetical list of the English names of E.U. nations?
Germany
The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of which powerful ancient empire?
The Roman Empire.
In Beetlejuice, the bureaucrats of the afterlife are made up of entirely of what?
For Double points name one cause of death of the workers and one cause of death by the waiting room attendees.
Suicide victims
It is widely debated that the father of calculus is between Sir Issac Newton and this man...
Gottfried Leibniz
Name the band-
The Destroying Gourds
The Smashing Pumpkins
What is technically the tallest mountain?
Mauna Kea
The properties in Monopoly are based on what US city?
Atlantic City, New Jersey
What is the name of our sun?
Sol
What is the term for a word that sounds like the noise it represents?
Onomatopoeia
Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc) is remembered for her role in the Siege of Orleans, a conflict in what inaccurately named war that was fought between France and England between 1337 and 1453?
The Hundred Years' War
This Marines were famously founder at the Tun Tavern, a bar in Philadelphia, PA. This tavern is also credited to being the first document _____________ in the United States.
Freemason Lodge
In Back to the Future, what device was the reason that Doc and Marty McFLy were able to travel back in time using the DeLorean?
Flux Capacitor
1.21 gigawatts of electricity
Obelus is the name for the mathematical symbol of what?
TRIPLE POINTS and no loss to your points.
What two bands who gained fame in the 90s both of which I have tattoos of?
Pantera and koRn
The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is called ________________.
Mesopotamia
What shape is the Earth?
Oblate spheroid
What's the name of the cartoon Speedy Gonzalez's lethargic cousin?
Slowpoke Rodriguez
What is the longest English word in the dictionary?
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis