Pixar
What was the first Pixar movie?
"What's your favorite Scary movie?"
Hint: a Horror film
Ghostface in the 1996 franchise Scream
How many planets are in our Solar system?
DOUBLE POINTS: Name them all
8: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
FUN FACT: Mercury is the closest to the Sun making its daily temperature 800 degrees, and at night only 200.
Country that first used paper money
China
FUN FACT: The use of paper currency was initiated by merchants. To avoid having to carry thousands of strings of coins long distances, merchants in late Tang times (c. 900 CE)
Name all of the 5 oceans.
DOUBLE POINTS: How much of the earth is covered by them? 50<100
The Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean
This FILM is the highest grossing Pixar movie
EXTRA POINTS: Guess 600M<2B
Incribles 2 made 1.243 billion dollars worldwide
HINT: From a MOVIE, :)
Name all the colors of the rainbow.
DOUBLE POINTS: List them in order (top to bottom)
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet.
FUN FACT: A full rainbow is a complete circle 360 degrees
The countries that make up the continent of North America
Canada, The US, and Mexico
Which state was the last one to join the United States?
Hawaii, joined in 1959
What film is a prequel story?
Hint: The two main characters meet each other at school before working together
Monsters University
"Where there is great power, there is a great responsibility."
HINT: a historical figure
Winston Churchill
Fun Fact: Almost 60 years later this quote is used in Marvel Comics such as "Spider-Man" with a slight difference
Which edible substance never expires and is beneficial to our health?
Honey
Fun Fact: Daily consumption of honey has a beneficial effect on the level of antioxidant compounds in the body that can fight excess cholesterol. Research shows that the antioxidants contained in honey can prevent arteries from narrowing.
What letter isn't in any US state name
Q
What is the largest river in the world by volume?
Amazon
Where did Ellie and Carl plan on visiting?
HINT: Adventure Book
Paradise Falls
FUN FACT: Paradise Falls is based on Angel Falls, located in Venezuela, South America
"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
Hint: Yellow brick road
Dorthy The Wizard of Oz film 1939
What is the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside?
Strawberry
FUN FACT: The ripe, red, fleshy part that we think of as the strawberry “fruit” is actually swollen receptacle tissue – the part of the plant that connects the flower to the stem.
British imposed "taxation without representation" This lead to what historical event?
Boston Tea Party: American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor
Most Visited City In The World?
Hong Kong with 26.6 million visitor
How many Pixar films are there?
HINT: 10<X<40
DOUBLE POINTS: How many SHORTS are there?
27 films, 20 shorts
"The unexamined life is not worth living"
HINT: a Philosopher
Socrates was born in 470 BCE in Athens, yet his quotes are still used over 2500 years later
Which bird can fly backwards?
Hummingbird
FUN FACT: Scientists believe it's due to their unique wing structure and flying style.
This American Theoretical Physicist made the "Destroyer of Worlds" in July 1945
Hint: The Trinity Test
Julius Robert Oppenheimer
FUN FACT: The Trinity Test at the Alamogordo Bombing Range, about 210 miles south of the secret Los Alamos, N.M., laboratory.
The two main branches of geography.
Physical and human geography