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100
  • What is harder to catch the faster you run?  

Your breath

100

Ninety percent of the Earth’s population lives in which hemisphere?

The Northern Hemisphere

100

ABBA originated in which country?

Sweden

100

What is the base ingredient of gummy bears?

Gelatin

100

Which designer created the little black dress?

Coco Chanel

100

What nation has the world's highest minimum wage, at $21.38 AUD per hour (or a little more than fifteen U.S. dollars)?

Australia

100

Where did Albert Einstein live before moving to the United States?

Germany

200

Jared’s father has three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what's the third?

Jared

200

This is an official language in which country?

                          Sinhala

A. Sri Lanka

B. Singapore

C. Senegal

D. Uganda

A. Sri Lanka

200

Which music theory term is described here?

Part of a song which is repeated after each verse, or part of a piece of music intended to be sung by a choir.

Chorus

200

What makes broth different than stock?

Broth is made with meat while stock is made with bones.

200

Which designer is best known for high-heeled shoes with red-lacquered soles?

A. Dior

B. Christian Louboutin 

C. Prada 

Christian Louboutin

200

did you recently committed regicide ?

what did you just do?

Killed the Monarch ( King,Queen)

200

Who was president of the USA at the time of this event?

          Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

Franklin D Rossevalt

300

he more of this there is, the less you see... What is it?  

Darkness

300

What is the name of the area characterized by treeless wetlands with an abundance of herbaceous plants such as ferns and grasses? 

A. Marsh

B. Bog

C. Swamp

D. Muskeg

Marsh

300

In 1967, what band released the hit song “Ruby Tuesday”?

The Rolling Stones

300

Which chocolate bar is the global bestseller?

Snickers

300

Where would espadrilles be worn?

Feet

300

Which Canadian hockey player was also a Member of Parliament during his hockey career?

 

Red Kelly

300

Which Olympian god or goddess matches this description?

          God of sexual love and beauty

A. Apollo

B. Eros

C. Zeus

D. Athena

Eros

400
  • Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red. What am I?  

A match.

400

What flag is this?



A. Colombia

B. Peru

C. Bolivia       D. Ecuador

Ecuador

400

 

Which city is often referred to as the birthplace of jazz?

New Orleans

400

True or false: Adding salt to water will make it boil faster.

FALSE

400

In which city is Rodeo Drive?

Beverly Hills

400

As of July 15, 2020 which of the nine Supreme Court justices is the oldest?

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

400

This battle occurred in which war or conflict?

Battle of Okinawa

World War II

500

There’s a one-story house where everything is yellow. The walls are yellow. The doors are yellow. Even all the furniture is yellow. The house has yellow beds and yellow couches. What colour are the stairs?

There are no stairs- it’s a one-story house!

500

What's this country's main currency?

                         Israel

A. Baht

B. New Shekel

C. Litas

D. Leu


 New Shekel

500

What musician won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016?

Bob Dylan

500

 How many tablespoons are in a cup?

16

500

In which Italian city is there a top 'Fashion Week'?

Milan

500

NATO headquarters are a short bike ride from the Atomium statue in what Belgian city?

Brussels

500

Which famous woman in history is described here?

American author (1925-1964) known for works like Wise Blood (1952), A Good Man is Hard to Find (1955) and The Complete Stories (1971).

Flannery o'connor

600
  • Melissa has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother. How many children does Melissa have?  

Five—each daughter has the same brother.

600

Which continent is in all four hemispheres?

Africa

600

Who composed this piece of classical music?

                      The Barber Of Seville

A. Gioachino Rossini

B. Antonio Vivaldi

Gioachino Rossini

600

What does it mean to baste something?

To moisten something with fat while it cooks

600

Which decade is credited with popularizing the miniskirt as a symbol of liberation?

A. 70s

B. 60s

C. 80s

60s

600

The origin of the word politics is adopted from the Greek title of a famous philosopher's book on affairs of state. Who is this Greek philosopher?

Aristotle

600

What is an old name of this city?

                Tokyo

A. Edo

B. Hacibey

Edo

700

 

 I’m often running yet I have no legs. You need me but I don’t need you. What am I?


 


 


Water

700

The Canadian Shield is dominated by which type of forest ecosystem? 

A. The Acadian Forest

B. The Boreal Forest

C. The Great- Lake- St. Lawrence forest

The Boreal Forest

700

How did Otis Redding die?

Plane accident

700

‍How many pairs of chopsticks does China consume in a year?

20 billion

1 billion

45 billion

100 million

45 billion

700

The clothing trend exemplified by black clothing, dark makeup, and black-dyed hair is called what?

A. Bohemian

B. Goth

C. Grunge

Goth

700

Often attributed to a 1980 Virginia newspaper article as the source, the common acronym NIMBY holds what meaning related to local politics and anti-development tendencies?

Not in my backyard

700

Oil was discovered at Leduc, Alberta, in

A.1886

B. 1955

C. 1947

1947

800
  • A plane crashed between the border of France and Belgium. Where were the survivors buried?  

They weren’t. Survivors don’t need to be buried.

800

This picture was taken inside what famous building?

arc de triomphe

800

“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”

Aretha Franklin

800

If you were eating a mole poblano, which county are you in?

Mexico

South Africa

Barbados

Peru

 

 Mexico

800

Which type of menswear is associated with swing jazz?

A. Ascot

B. Top Hat

C. Zoot Suit

D. Hawaiian shirt 

Zoot Suit

800

Which Prime Minister appears on the $100 bill?

Robert Borden

800

This person was (most likely) assassinated by whom?

John Lennon (1980)

A. Dan White

B. Mark David Chapman

C. James Earl Ray

Mark David Chapman

900

What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies a great woman. What is the word?


 


 Heroine

900

What are the names of South Africa’s three capital cities?

 Cape Town, Pretoria, and Bloemfontein

900

Which composer is known as the “Father of the Symphony”?

 Joseph Haydn 

900

Which is the only US state that grows and produces coffee?

Hawaii

900

The paper dress was a short-lived fad in which decade?

A. 1920s

B. 1960s

C. 1990s 

1960s

900

Which social system, common in Medieval Europe, is simply defined as a system in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and land in return?

Feudalism

900

Athenian leader Cleisthenes introduced the concept of demokratia in 507 BC. What does demokratia translate to?

Democracy

1000

A woman is sitting in her hotel room and hears a knock at the door. She opens the door to see a man whom she’s never met before. He says, “I’m sorry, I have made a mistake, I thought this was my room.” He then goes down the corridor and into the elevator. The woman goes back into her room and calls security. What made the woman so suspicious of the man?

 

Answer: If he really thought it was his hotel room, he would have tried to open the door – not knock on it first.

1000

What is the capital city of New Zealand?

Wellington

1000

Which Beatle spent nine days in a Tokyo prison in January 1980?

Paul McCartney

1000

 The orange-and-blue packaging of what Nestle candy bar proclaims that it is "crispety, crunchety, peanut-buttery?" 

Butterfingers

1000

What term is used for fashion brands that prioritize quick production to meet consumer demand for the latest trends, often criticized for its environmental impact?

___ Fashion

Fast Fasion

1000

Popular from the 16th to the 18th centuries, what "M" trade system is based on the principle that the world's wealth was static, and nations should use protectionism to gain the greatest share of that wealth?

Mercantilism

1000

Who became the most decorated gymnast in history during the 2010s?

Simone Biles