Sports
In motor racing, what color is the flag they wave to indicate the winner?
Checkered.
Which celebration still held annually today in New Orleans, began in Mobile, the capital of the New France colony in Louisiana, in early 1703?
Mardi gras
Who is the brother of Mufasa in the Lion King?
This bird gets top honors when it comes to state birds. Seven U.S states share this state bird. What is this bird?
North Cardinal or Cardinal
This American gangster was commonly referred to by the nicknames of "Snorky" or "Scarface".
Al Capone
How long is a marathon? Exactly*
26.2 miles
What is the oldest European-founded city in the United States?
St. Augustine, Florida (founded in 1565 by Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles of Spain)
What were the names of the twins in Rugrats?
Phil & Lil
What US state is known as the ‘Show-Me State’?
Missouri
On June 17th, 1994, what celebrity and former NFL superstar lead police on an approximately 90-minute police pursuit in a white ford bronco?
O.J Simpson
What is the only sport that was played on the moon?
golf
The surrender of 7,500 British troops, commonly known as the "Surrender at Yorktown," effectively marked the end to what?
The Revolutionary War
Who is Bugs Bunny’s rival who likes to say, “it’s wabbit season?”
Daffy Duck
On August 21st, 1959, this state officially became the 50th U.S state.
Hawaii
Between 1931 and 1934 Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow committed a series of bank robberies and murders throughout several Midwest U.S states. Their exploits captured the attention of the American press and its readership during what is occasionally referred to as the....... _____ _____ era.
Public enemy
Which country won the first women's World Cup?
us
Beginning in 1810, this conflict was between the Shawnee tribe and the United States, continuing all the way through the War of 1812.
*Hint the naval academy has a statue of this individual*
Tecumseh's War
What’s the name of the city in “Family Guy”?
Qua Hog
Maryland's state fish is commonly referred to or nicknamed the "rockfish", however is actual species is called?
striped bass
In the 1980's four hippopotamuses were imported to this criminal's private zoo. Today the local government faces a serious problem as they have grown to 170 in total. What is the name of this famous criminal?
Pablo Escobar
_____is a ball game that is played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports.
Polo
During the American Civil War, President Lincoln issued this, changing the legal status of 3.5 million people from enslaved to free people.
Emancipation Proclamation
What are the names of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? All of them
Leonardo · Raphael · Donatello · Michelangelo
Delaware is commonly well known as the first state. However, many do not know the second U.S state. what is it?
PA
American mathematician and domestic terrorist. Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-trained math professor who unleashed a deadly bombing campaign from a shack in rural Montana and became known as the
Unabomber