Holidays
Science and Nature
Mixed Media
Geography
Corporate Logos
History and Prehistory
100
[DAILY DOUBLE - Worth 200 pts]
Every Halloween, Charlie Brown's friend Linus waits for who to appear?
The Great Pumpkin
100
How many colors are there in a rainbow?
7 (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet)
100
What is the name of the town where the Simpsons Family lives?
Springfield
100
In what city would you find the Golden Gate Bridge?
San Francisco
100
Name the company with the following Logo:
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Mastercard
100
About how many millions of years ago did the dinosaurs go extinct?
65 Million Years Ago
200
Which famous female performer sang the 1983 song Holiday, her first hit single in the United States?
Madonna
200
What is the second planet from our sun?
Venus
200
In the TV Show Breaking Bad, Walter White manufactures what illegal drug in order to pay for his cancer treatment?
Methamphetamine (Crystal Meth)
200
Which country is also called The Netherlands?
Holland
200
Name the company with the following Logo:
Toyota
200
Thomas Edison championed which type of electric current? DC (Direct Current) or AC (Alternating Current)
DC (Direct Current)
300
Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and a few other Commonwealth Countries all celebrate a holiday on December 26th. What is it called?
Boxing Day
300
In 2012, physicists at CERN working on the Large Hadron Collider announced that they had finally observed the long-sought-after "God Particle". What is the scientific name for this particle?
The Higgs Boson
300
The first Harry Potter book was called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States but went by a different name everywhere else in the world. What was that alternate name?
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
300
Complete the ancient phrase with the name of this famous city: "All roads lead to _"
Rome
300
Name the company with the following Logo:
American Airlines
300
The ancient city of Pompeii is located in what modern day country?
Italy
400
What did the Christian missionary Patrick supposedly do to eventually earn the title Saint Patrick and gain a holiday named after him?
He drove all of the snakes out of Ireland
400
Does sound travel faster through air or through water?
Water
400
This 1937 Disney film was the first ever feature-length animated film. What is its name?
Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs
400
The Lord of the Rings was famously filmed in what country?
New Zealand
400
Name the company with the following Logo:
AT&T
400
Who invented the Telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
500
Before it gained the name Halloween, what holiday with Galeic and Pagan roots originally took place on October 31st?
All Hallows Eve
Other Acceptable Answers: All Saints Eve, Samhain
500
How many pairs chromosomes do humans have?
23 pairs
500
In the 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey", the famous line "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave" is uttered by a sentient artificial intelligence named what?
HAL 9000
500
If it was 10:00 AM in New York City, what time would it be in Honolulu?
4:00 AM
500
Name the company with the following Logo:
500
The "Cradle of Civilization" also known as the "Fertile Crescent", where humanity is first thought to have founded its first civilizations is located in what region of the world?
The Middle East (spanning between Iraq and northern Egypt in a crescent shape above Saudi Arabia)
AKA Mesopotamia
600
Hanukkah, the 8-day long Jewish Holiday, takes place between which dates?
December 19th - 26th
600
What is the process of a solid turning directly into a gas (skipping the liquid phase) called?
Sublimation (to sublime)
600
Who wrote the book "The Catcher in the Rye"?
J. D. Salinger
600
What is the name of the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
600
[DAILY DOUBLE - worth 1200 points]
Name the company with the following Logo:
Nvidia
600
What is the name for the time period ~538 million years ago where biological diversity skyrocketed and nearly all major animal phyla started first appearing in the fossil record?
The Cambrian Explosion
AKA:
Cambrian Radiation, Cambrian Diversification, The Cambrian Period, or the Biological Big Bang.