oldies music
What jazz singer and trumpeter is known for the song What a Wonderful World?
louis Armstrong
You get a book! You get a book! You get a book! For 15 years, starting in 1996, what daytime talk show megastar’s book club recommended a total of 70 books leading to total sales of over 55 million copies?
oprah
What is the largest land mammal?
Answer: The African bush elephant. The
elephant
Also the name of a 2014 movie which depicts the eruption, which city in present-day Italy that was buried in a blanket of ash and pumice when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD?
pompeii
What is the primary ingredient in most candies?
sugar
What brothers were known for hits like Wake Up Little Susie, Bye-Bye Love and All I Have to Do Is Dream?
everly brothers
What classic Leo Tolstoy novel, first released serially from 1873-1877, tells the story of a titular woman and her affair with Count Vronsky? Keira Knightley played the title character in a 2012 movie adaptation directed by Joe Wright.
ana karenina
What is a female tiger called?
tigress
the 600-mile-long plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Valleys was home to the city-state of Sumer, which was the first in a succession of what "M" civilizations?
Mesopotamia
Which candy bar features wafer layers covered in chocolate and is famous for its “break” slogan?
kit kat
What was jazz bandleader Benny Goodman’s nickname?
king of swing
In the classic 1957 children's book, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," what is the name of the town the Grinch steals holiday presents and decorations from?
whoville
Does a Komodo dragon produce venom?
yes
Philip II of Macedon was a pretty decent king, but his is mostly remembered nowadays for being the father of which "very good" leader, who ruled 336–323 BC?
alexander the great
What is the main flavor profile found in Skittles candies?
fruit flavor
What was the stage name of the musician born as Ernest Evans?
chubby checker
What 1847 Emily Bronte classic deals with two West Yorkshire families, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and in particular the adopted Earnshaw, Heathcliff? It was also a 1939 William Wyler film with Oscar-winning cinematography, starring Laurence Olivier and David Niven.
wuthering heights
What is a female elephant called?
cow
Because they thought it was an antidote to drunkenness, the Ancient Greeks and Romans used what purple gemstone to make drinking goblets that were meant to keep a drinker sober?
amethyst
Which candy consists of tiny, bean-shaped treats available in a wide range of flavors, including unusual ones like buttered popcorn?
jelly beans
What was the hit song by the one-hit wonder The Tokens?
lion sleeps tonight
Oakland, California features a neighborhood named after what author of "The Call of the Wild," who often frequented the area?
jack london
Which animal has the highest blood pressure?
The giraffe. The blood pressure of giraffes measures 280/180 mm Hg, which is two times higher than ours!
Said to have been the brainchild of Odysseus, what construction from ancient Greek mythology gives its name to software that misleads users of its true intent by disguising itself as a standard program?
trojan horse
Which candy flavor is made primarily from butter and brown sugar, often used in sauces and confections?
butterscotch