Math
What are the first 5 digits of Pi (π)?
3.14159.
Whose nickname was Mr. October?
Reggie Jackson
What 19th-century author wrote “The Pit and the Pendulum” and other horror tales?
Edgar Allan Poe
Which European country was the first to allow women to vote?
Finland
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them.
What is the term for the following definition?
"To divide into two congruent parts."
Bisect.
In what year did Tiger Woods begin his professional golf career?
1996
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
In what year did the Titanic sink?
1912
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle
Find the mean of the following set of numbers. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
16 , 16 , 1 , 18 , 14 , 10 , 13
12.6 (88÷7).
Who eliminated Rafael Nadal in the 2012 Wimbledon Tennis Championship?
Lukas Rosol
Who wrote Mary Poppins?
(Pamela) P.L. Travers
In what year was Queen Elizabeth II born?
1926
Why are Christmas trees bad at knitting?
Because they always drop their needles.
Juan has forty dollars in his jacket. Every day he spends half of the money that is in the jacket. On the first day (Monday), he spends $20 leaving him with twenty dollars. On what day will he start with less than $3.00 in his jacket?
A) Friday
B) Thursday
C) Tuesday
D) Saturday
A) Friday
Explanation:
On Monday, Juan starts the day with 40 dollars. He ends the day with half that amount ($20.) He starts Tuesday with 20 dollars and ends with $10. He starts Wednesday with 10 dollars and ends the day with $5. He starts Thursday with 5 dollars and ends the day with $2.50. He starts Friday with $2.50. Friday is the first day that Juan starts with less than $3.
Fun-loving NBA personality Shaquille O'Neal is actually a doctor! In what field did he earn a doctorate?
Education
In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the mariner shoots what seabird with a crossbow and later wears it around his neck as punishment?
An albatross
Which designer, who was a Studio 54 regular, made Jackie Kennedy's trademark pillbox hat for her husband's inauguration?
Halston
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can't be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
The letter "R."
Suppose three days ago was Tuesday. What day of the week will it be 90 days from today?
A) Monday
B) Thursday
C) Friday
D) Saturday
B) Thursday
Explanation:
If, according to the problem, it was Tuesday three days ago, then today must be Friday. The days of the week repeat in sets of 7. If today is Friday, then 91 days from now will be Friday as well, since 91 is a multiple of 7. Thus, 90 days from now will be the day before Friday, or Thursday.
Which year did Serena Williams win her first Australian Open singles Championship?
2003
Which book begins with the line Not too long ago a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock... ?
Cujo
Which woman was second on Forbes magazine's list of the World's Most Powerful People in 2015?
Anglea Merkel
If 66 = 2, 99 = 2, 888 = 6, 00 = 2, 7777 = 0, 667= 2, 276 = 1, 833 = 2, then what does 2876 equal?
Three.
Reasoning:
Each circle within a number is equivalent to one. For example, the numbers 9 and 6 are equivalent to one because they have one circle in them, whereas the number 8 is equal to 2 because of its two loops.