Music
Who was the lead singer of the rock band Queen?
Freddie Mercury
In the Harry Potter series, what is the name of Harry’s pet owl?
Hedwig
Where is Range Hall?
In Front of St. Tammany Hall towards Track Complex.
The adult human skeleton is made of up how many bones?
206
Which country financed Christopher Columbus’ 1492 exploration?
Spain
What was the name of Taylor Swift’s first album?
Taylor Swift
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel featuring which fictional detective?
Sherlock Holmes
2000
What heavy metal element was once known as quicksilver?
Mercury
Which event did US President Franklin D. Roosevelt call, “A day that will live in infamy”?
The Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
What was the name of the Eminem single that set the world’s record in 2013 for the most words used in a song?
Rap God
In what city would you find the Wizard of Oz?
The Emerald City
Where was the turf from the Strawberry Stadium used before it was installed here in 2012?
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Which scientist is considered the father of modern genetics?
Gregor Mendel
In 1863, which U.S. President declared that the last Thursday in November should be celebrated as Thanksgiving?
Abraham Lincoln
What are the full names of the four members of the Beatles?
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr
In Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, what’s Romeo’s last name?
Montague
The two newly built dorms do not use electricity for heating or cooling. What other source of energy do they use?
Geo-Thermal Energy
What is the heaviest naturally occurring element found on Earth?
Uranium (U92)
According to ancient Roman religion, who was the god of the sea?
Neptune
How old was American musician Jimi Hendrix when he passed away in 1970?
27
Quasimodo is a fictional character from what novel?
The Hunchback of Notre-Dam
Name the SLU business faculty who had been ranked 2nd by the website ratemyprofessors.com in 2014-15.
David Faucheux
In which country was the founder of Space X born?
South Africa
Who was the second person to step on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin