Nature & Geography
The National Park most commonly visited.
What is: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with 11.5 million visitors
Fun Fact: Yellowstone only has 4.5-4.9 annual visitors
An ancient civilization known for their roads, aquaducts, and stadiums.
What is: Ancient Rome
The popular book series by Rick Riordan based around Greek mythology.
What is: Percy Jackson and the Olympians
This sport is played with paddles on a court. It involves dinking, volleying, and a kitchen- but no cucumbers.
What is: Pickleball
The name for the field of studying fungi.
mycology
The longest river system entirely within the U.S.
What is: The Missouri River (roughly 2,341 miles)
Fun fact: it is roughly 1 mile longer than the Mississippi River.
The first president to live in the White House.
Who is: John Adams
A popular romance book by Colleen Hoover turned into a movie.
What is: It Ends With Us
This artist released the record-breaking Eras Tour and sings hits like "Karma" and "Cruel Summer"?
Who is: Taylor Swift
The medical procedure known as Trephination (trepanation)
What is: a surgical technique where a small hole is drilled or scraped into a body surface, often specifically the head or nail.
The state that is the northernmost, easternmost, and westernmost simultaneously
What is: Alaska?
This scientist is responsible for 300 applications for peanuts and pioneered crop rotation.
George Washington Carver
This bestselling personal finance book encourages readers to attack their debts from smallest to largest using a strategy known as the "debt snowball."
Dave Ramsey's "The Total Money Makeover"
The capital city of Solitude, the civil war between Imperials and Stormcloaks, and the power of dragon shouts are all found in this bestselling RPG released on Nov. 11, 2011.
What is: Skyrim
This is the hardest substance in the human body.
What is: tooth enamel
The 4 corners monument marks the quadripoint where which 4 states meet?
What are: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah?
The codename for the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
What is: D-Day
In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Hagrid pulls this out of his coat to start the fire in the hut on the rock.
What is: Pink Umbrella
What was the name of the album Journey's song "Don't Stop Believin" was included in?
What is: Escape
Fun fact: it was their 7th studio album, released in 1981.
At what temperature are Fahrenheit and Celcius equal?
Minus 40 degrees
This state has 697 sides (known as a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon)
Colorado
This president had the shortest term length (1 month) but the longest inauguration speech in history. (105 minutes)
Who is: William Henry Harrison
This Oregon-set cozy mystery by Dianne Harman follows an amateur sleuth who owns the shop that gives the first book its title.
Kelly's Koffee Shop/ Cedar Bay Mystery Series
According to Dwight Shrute of "The Office", this is Michael Scott's biggest fear.
Nothing (Snakes is also acceptable)
This term is given to a neurological sign that consists of a lack of motor coordination of muscle movements. It often manifests as wobbliness or unsteadiness in people and animals.
What is: Ataxia