A lazy person is sometimes referred to as a couch...what?
potato
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person in history to do what?
Walk on the moon
This German city was officially reunified in 1990 after the 1989 fall of a dividing wall in its center.
Berlin
In the July 1972 issue of Time Magazine, the headline reads "The Big Chess Battle". The two grandmasters playing were Boris Spassky and this American.
Bobby Fischer
The Classic 1877 novel Black Beauty is about what kind of animal?
Horse
Which fast food chain makes the Big Mac?
McDonald's
What US woman was appointed as the first woman Speaker of the House?
Nancy Pelosi
Popular with kids in the 1980's and 90's, the hacky sack originated in this Asian nation.
China
What was the first state?
Deleware
Who was the first author to use a type machine or typewriter in writing a manuscript?
Mark Twain
How many innings are there in a regulation Major league baseball game?
9
Which American financier was convicted of running the largest Ponzi scheme in US History?
Bernie Madoff
A DeLorean car also functions as one of these in the film Back to the Future.
Time machine
In Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, what is Peter Quince's profession?
Carpenter
What 1988 book by Salman Rushdie is considered blasphemous by many Muslim countries?
The Satanic Verses
What is the name of the NFL team based in Miami, Florida?
Dolphins
What year did WWI begin?
1914
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear event in 1986 in this European nation.
Ukraine
Which was the first Soviet Republic to declare independence from Moscow in 1991?
Lithuania
Which writer holds the Guinness World Record for the most translated works?
Agatha Christie
Which sport is played with a ball and a bat?
baseball
What is the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
This James Cameron flick stars Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor, a woman who bravely fights against a futuristic robot.
The Terminator
What is Miss Piggy's surname in "The Muppet Show?"
Lee
What book holds the record for the fastest selling book in history?
Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows