History/Social Studies
This was the first man to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This is the number of continents in the world.
What is seven?
This is the person who wrote Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespere?
This is the boiling point of water in degrees Celsius.
What is 100?
This is the number of degrees in a circle.
What is 360?
This is the artist who painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This sin was passed down to the whole human race by Adam and Eve.
What is original sin?
This is the war that began in 1914.
What is World War I?
This line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
What is the Equator?
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a children’s book written by this American author.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
This is the element that “He” stands for on the periodic table.
What is Helium?
These are the first six digits of pi.
What are 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, and 9?
The word “thespian” is another name for this professional.
What is an actor?
This is the English meaning of the Latin phrase “mea culpa.”
What is “through my fault?”
This is the currency in Japan.
What is the yen?
This is the capital city of Spain.
What is Madrid?
This classic novel features the characters Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.
What is Pride and Prejudice?
This is the largest mammal in the world.
What is the blue whale?
Maura’s art collection is massive – 96 paintings! She donates a quarter to charity and gifts 23 to a friend. How many masterpieces are still gracing her walls?
What is 49?
In the brass section of the orchestra, this instrument is the smallest.
What is the trumpet?
This is the Third Commandment.
What is, “Keep holy the Lord’s Day?”
What ancient city was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD?
What is Pompeii?
This is the smallest country in the world.
What is Vatican City?
This is the musical instrument that Sherlock Holmes plays.
What is the violin?
This is the first person to propose the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This is the number of digits in a computer’s number system.
What is two? (0 and 1)
“The Waltz of the Flowers” can be heard in which ballet?
What is The Nutcracker?
This virtue is called the queen of virtues.
What is prudence?
(Will also accept: patience, humility)
This is the Greek philosopher who taught Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
These two countries share the longest international border.
What are the United States and Canada?
This is the full name of J.R.R. Tolkien.
What is John Ronald Reuel Tolkien?
This is the powerhouse of the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
This theorem states that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the legs.
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
One of the letters in the NATO phonetic alphabet is represented by this type of dance.
What is tango?
The high priest who condemned Jesus was Ciaphas. However, before being brought before Ciaphas, Jesus was brought before this man, the father-in-law of Ciaphas.
Who is Annas?