How many children are in the von Trapp family in The Sound of Music?
Seven
Who was the first American in space?
Alan Shephard
In the United Kingdom, what is the day after Christmas Day called?
Boxing Day
What is the most common eye color in humans?
brown
What is the only letter of the alphabet not to appear in the name of any US state?
q
Where were the Olympics invented?
Greece
What was the first film to release a soundtrack?
Snow White (in 1944)
What year did the Cold War end?
1989
What is the world's most earthquake-prone country
japan
What tree do acorns come from?
oak
What is the rarest M&M color?
brown
How many sides does a trapezoid have?
4
What is Scarlett O'Hara's first name in Gone with the Wind?
Katie
What was Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name?
Roosevelt (she and FDR were distant cousins)
What is the name of the largest desert in the world?
Sahara
What is the hardest known natural material?
diamond
What was the first soft drink to be taken into space?
Coca Cola
What is the name of the fairy in Peter Pan?
Tinkerbell
Who starred in the original version of A Star is Born?
Janet Gaynor and Fredric March
What was the name of the stele that led to the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone
What is the only continent without an active volcano?
Australia
What is the largest bone in the human body?
Femur
What is the national animal of Scotland?
unicorn
What is the largest planet in the solar system
jupiter
In Disney's Cinderella, what are the names of Cinderella's two stepsisters?
Anastasia and Drizella
Which president served the shortest term in office?
William Henry Harrison (he died of an illness two months into his presidency)
What is the world's biggest island?
greenland
What is the fin on the backs of fish and some whales and dolphins called?
Dorsal fin
What was the original purpose of the tiny pocket in jeans?
To store pocket watches
What are the only mammals that can fly?
Bats
How many Oscars has Meryl Streep been nominated for?
21 (she's won three times)
Which country was the first to give women the right to vote?
New Zealand (in 1893)
How many countries are in Africa?
54
How many elements are in the periodic table?
118
What is a cow-bison hybrid called?
A beefalo
Who wrote a famous diary while hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam?
Anne Frank