Geography
Which country borders 14 nations and crosses 8 time zones?
A.) Uganda
B.) Australia
C.) Russia
D.) Canada
C.) Russia
Fun Fact: Russia has a land border running 12,577 miles.
Who was the first woman pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic?
A.) Jacqueline Cochran
B.) Amelia Earhart
C.) Bessie Coleman
D.) Camellia Falco
B.) Amelia Earhart
Fun Fact: Amelia Earhart was the sixteenth woman to get her pilot’s license.
What was the first soft drink in space?
A.) Orange Tang
B.) Coca Cola
C.) Pepsi
D.) Diet Dr. Pepper
B.) Coca Cola
Fun Fact: Before the Coca‑Cola Santa was created, St. Nick had appeared in numerous illustrations and written descriptions wearing a scarlet coat. However, it is true that Coca‑Cola advertising played a big role in shaping the jolly character we know and love today.
What was the first toy to be advertised on television?
A.) Hula Hoop
B.) Slinky
C.) Mr. Potato Head
D.) Etch A Sketch
C.) Mr. Potato Head
Fun Fact: Mr. Potato Head originally was literally an assortment of body pieces that you would stick onto an actual potato.
What geometric shape is generally used for stop signs?
A.) Bakugan
B.) Triangle
C.) Heptagon
D.) Octagon
D.) Octagon
Fun Fact: The first STOP sign appeared in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan.
What is the name of the largest ocean on earth?
A.) Atlantic Ocean
B.) The Black Sea
C.) Pacific Ocean
D.) Indian Ocean
C.) Pacific Ocean
Fun Fact: 63.8 million mi² of ocean.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
A.) Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (da Vinci)
B.) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Raphael)
C.) Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (Donatello)
D.) Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (Michaelangelo)
A.) Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (da Vinci)
Fun Fact: Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa from 1503 to 1506, but was considered incomplete by Da Vinci until 1516.
What is the rarest M&M color?
A.) Red
B.) Green
C.) Brown
D.) Yellow
C.) Brown
Fun Fact: The two M's stand for "Mars" and "Murrie."
Which singer’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?
A.) Dolly Parton
B.) Gwen Stefani
C.) P!NK
D.) Lady Gaga
D.) Lady Gaga
Fun Fact: Her stage name comes from Queen’s song “Radio Ga Ga”.
What does “www” stand for in a website browser?
A.) World Wide Web
B.) What When Where
C.) Walter W. Wittman
D.) Wireless Website Window
A.) World Wide Web
Fun Fact: Previous names for wireless Internet were WaveLAN, FlankSpeed, DragonFly, WECA and IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence, before the more consumer friendly name of Wi-Fi was adopted.
Which country do cities of Perth, Adelaide & Brisbane belong to?
A.) Australia
B.) Ireland
C.) United States of America
D.) Peru
A.) Australia
Fun Fact: Brisbane is Australia's largest city.
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?
A.) Sybil Ludington
B.) Andrea Ghez
C.) Marie Curie
D.) Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
C.) Marie Curie
Fun Fact: Marie Curie is the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two separate sciences (physics and chemistry.)
What is the most consumed manufactured drink in the world?
A.) Coffee
B.) Soda
C.) Lemonade
D.) Tea
D.) Tea
Fun Fact: It takes around 2,000 tiny leaves to make just one pound of finished tea.
According to Greek mythology, who was the first woman on earth?
A.) Hera
B.) Pandora
C.) Megara
D.) Unknown
B.) Pandora
Fun Fact: There were twelve Greek gods with thrones on Mt. Olympus, but the Greeks couldn’t agree on who exactly those twelve gods were.
Which animal can be seen on the Porsche logo?
A.) Lion
B.) Horse
C.) Human
D.)Cheetah
B.) Horse
Fun Fact: Ferdinand Porsche, the eponymous founder of the company, made the world’s first hybrid electric vehicle in 1899.
Area 51 is located in which state?
A.) None
B.) Ohio
C.) Kansas
D.) Nevada
D.) Nevada
Fun Fact: One popular UFO conspiracy is that in 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico, remains from a flying saucer that supposedly crashed were brought to Area 51 for reverse engineering experiments in order to replicate the extraterrestrial spacecraft.
Who invented the word "vomit"?
A.) William Shakespeare
B.) Daniel Webster
C.) George Merriam
D.) Peter Mark Roget
A.) William Shakespeare
Fun Fact: William Shakespeare is credited with the invention or introduction of over 1,700 words that are still used in English today.
Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?
A.) Switzerland
B.) United States of America
C.) Germany
D.) Mexico
A.) Switzerland
Fun Fact: It takes 400 cocoa beans to make one pound of chocolate.
What TV series showed the first interracial kiss on American network television?
A.) Star Trek
B.) Full House
C.) Three's Company
D.) Cheers
A.) Star Trek
Fun Facts: The popular line “Beam me up, Scotty,” was never said exactly in this way in the Star Trek series or film.
What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
A.) Delta
B.) Alpha
C.) Phi
D.) Omega
D.) Omega
Fun Fact: The word “alphabet” refers to the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta.
What country has the most natural lakes?
A.) South Africa
B.) Scotland
C.) United States of America
D.) Canada
D.) Canada
Fun Fact: Canada has 563 lakes larger than 38 square miles.
In which city was Anne Frank’s hiding place?
A.) London
B.) Amsterdam
C.) Warsaw
D.) Berlin
B.) Amsterdam
Fun Fact: Her full name was Annelies Marie Frank.
Which fruit contains the most calories per gram?
A.) Tomato
B.) Kiwi
C.) Bananas
D.) Avocados
D.) Avocados
Fun Fact: Avocadoes have about 322 calories per whole avocado.
What is the highest-grossing film of all time, taking inflation into account?
A.) Avengers: End Game (2009)
B.) Titanic (1997)
C.) Avatar (2009)
D.) Gone with the Wind (1939)
D.) Gone with the Wind (1939)
Fun Fact: With inflation, Gone with the Wind has earned about $3,739,000,000.
What is the only NFL team with a plant for a logo?
A.) New Orleans Saints
B.) Pittsburg Steelers
C.) Washington Football Team
D.) Los Angeles Chargers
A.) New Orleans Saints
Fun Fact: Their logo is a fleur-de-lis, which is a stylized lily.
What is the world's deepest lake?
A.) Lake Tanganyika (Africa)
B.) Lake Superior (USA)
C.) Lake Baikal (Russia)
D.) Lake Nyasa (Africa)
C.) Lake Baikal (Russia)
Fun Fact: Lake Baikal is 5,315 feet deep
Demolition of the Berlin wall separating East and West Germany began in what year?
A.) 1989
B.) 1899
C.) 1980
D.) 1995
A.) 1989
Fun Fact: The official purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep so-called Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state, but it primarily served the objective of stemming mass defections from East to West.
From which country does Gouda cheese originate?
A.) Switzerland
B.) Netherlands
C.) China
D.) Germany
B.) Netherlands
Fun Fact: Gouda is named after a city in Holland.
Who is the author of Jurassic Park?
A.) P.L. Travers
B.) Michael Crichton
C.) George Lucas
D.) Lenny Hart
B.) Michael Crichton
Fun Fact: Spielberg tapped Universal to buy the film rights in May 1990—before the book was even published.
What does a funambulist walk on?
A.) Frozen lakes
B.) The street
C.) A tightrope
D.) Hot coals
C.) A tightrope
Fun Fact: Nik Wallenda is the Guinness Book of World Records holder for longest and highest distance on a high wire while riding a bicycle.