Geography
What US city is nicknamed the "Birthplace of the Nation"?
Philadelphia
What plant does vanilla come from?
Orchids
What US state has the highest number of electoral votes?
California
In music what is meant by "pianissimo"?
Very soft or softly
What did John Hancock sign in 1776?
The Declaration of Independence
Which continent would you find Morocco in?
Africa
What is the monarch butterfly’s favored plant?
Milkweed
What color is always at the top of a single rainbow?
Red
What Dutch artist painted "Girl With A Pearl Earring"?
Johannes Vermeer
A shortage of what killed over one million Irish people in the 1840s?
Potatoes
What is the largest of the islands off the southern coast of Cape Cod?
Martha's Vineyard
What does the Kelvin scale measure?
Temperature
What cheese is traditionally used on a Reuben sandwich?
Swiss cheese
What Shakespeare play asks: "To be or not to be"?
Hamlet
Which US president asked the US congress to declare war on Japan in 1941?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which US state is nicknamed the "Cornhusker State"?
Nebraska
What is the heaviest internal organ in the human body?
The Liver
Where does Sherry wine come from?
Spain
Which country originated opera?
Italy
The Incan Empire is located in which modern-day country?
Peru
Where is the Grand Canal?
Venice, Italy
What vitamin is sometimes referred to as the "sunshine vitamin"?
Vitamin D
What traditional dish is served at Wimbledon?
Strawberries and cream
What Broadway musical was based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie?
Annie
What did JFK call "the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked"?
Putting a man on the moon