Biology
Twenty percent of the oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere is provided exclusively by what large rainforest?
amazon
Which of the following instrument has a slide which you adjust as you change notes, that makes the instrument longer or shorter so it changes pitches?
trombone
When did the Chernobyl disaster happen?
1986
In a famous painting by Johannes Vermeer, the subject is a young woman wearing a particular piece of jewelery, after which the painting is named. What specific gemstone features both in the jewelery and the name of the painting?
pearl
What is the name of the character played by Katharine Hepburn in the movie 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)?
Christina Drayton
An average human performs what basic eye function about 20 times a minute, or over ten million times a year?
blink
A string quartet is made up of what instruments?
Violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello
Which treaty after World War I established the League of Nations?
Versailles
Anish Kapoor's public sculpture "Cloud Gate," installed in Chicago's Millennium Park, is better known by what legume-y nickname?
the bean
What is the name of the character played by Geena Davis in the movie 'Thelma & Louise' (1991)?
Thelma
Strangely enough, the Guinness Book of World Records has an entry for the "fastest wing beat of a bird" and the record holder has an astonishing 200 beats/flaps per SECOND. This record-holder is the ruby-throated variety of what type of bird?
hummingbird
Which instrument, in professional orchestras, gives the tuning note?
oboe
Marie Antoinette was born an Archduchess of what country?
Austria
Which character from Hamlet is depicted drowning in an 1852 work by John Everett Millais'?
Ophelia
How many movies has Sean Connery played the agent of James Bond?
7
Waxy buildup in the human ear is actually a form of what moisture exuded from pores on the skin, usually associated with exercise or high temperatures?
sweat
what woodwind instrument does not use a reed?
flute
Napoleon suffered defeat at Waterloo in what year?
1815
One of Salvador Dali's most famous paintings was 'The Burning' what?
giraffe
How many Academy Awards has Marlon Brando won?
2
What bacterium, better known in its partially abbreviated name, is Gram-negative and rod-shaped? It had a famous outbreak in 1993 when “Jack In The Box” inadvertently spread it across four states.
E. Coli
Which instrument uses a double reed?
bassoon
In which naval battle did Rome decisively defeat the forces of Antony and Cleopatra?
Battle of Actium
Picasso signed his first art contract in which European city?
Paris
What is the name of the character played by Alec Guinness in the movie 'Oliver Twist' (1948)?
Fagin