2017 Academic Holiday Trivia Challenge

Painter of Nighthawks

What European country is shown in red here?

When Mt. St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, how many people were killed?

How many Apollo missions were there?

What is the official state animal of Oregon?

In the Polar Express, what animal gets in the way of the train on its way to the North Pole?

What car does Steve McQueen drive in the movie 'Bullitt'?

Current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

What is the value of the Roman numerals MDCCLXXVI?

Which of these is NOT from Shakespeare's As You Like It?

Mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles,fish are all in which phylum?

The impressionist work "The Ballet Class, 1874" was painted by...

What is the capital of Belgium?

What painting is shown here?

Which constitutional amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment by government?

What is the clear jelly-like fluid within your eyeball (K)?

The highest mountain in North America is... (pictured here)

Which person wrote "Do not go gentle into that good night"?

Painted "Lady with an Ermine", best known for Vitruvian man & painting of Lisa del Giocondo

Who was nearly unanimously elected in 1820 and later signed the Missouri Compromise?

What luxury car manufacturer provided engines for Spitfire planes during WWII?

Who holds the record for the most victories in a row on the professional golf tour?

Bad joke time: Why did the cyclops close his school?

Which of these was NOT written by Kurt Vonnegut?

The primary sacred text of Hinduism

What is the name of this Star Wars character, Jabba the Hutt's jester in Return of the Jedi?

Austrian monk, Father of Genetics; studied pea plants

Born in Haiti, name this naturalist and artist of Birds of North America.

Who wrote the opera "Carmen"?

What is the most commonly spoken language?

Bad joke time: What do you call an alligator that wears a vest?

Diploid cell resulting from fusion of gametes.

Who is the oldest of the Kardashian sisters?

What is the only US state with a state spider?

This psychologist won the 1904 Nobel Prize for his studies on conditioned response.

Which person has directed or produced about half of the top 10 money making films of all time?

Which author wrote "Little Women" about the March family?

Which London landmark is named after Sir Benjamin Hall?

Which American playwright wrote "A Streetcar Named Desire"?

Bad joke time: Why do bananas do so well on the dating scene?

Who did the 11th Doctor marry?

What Italian composer wrote the opera Rigoletto?

In the movie Finding Nemo, what is the name of the pelican that visits the dentist's office?

Which cult TV show from the 1990's featured David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson?

George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion was the basis for which musical?

Which of these novels is NOT by Ray Bradbury?

The brightest star is Sirius; what is its constellation?

Who painted The Scream?

Which range is the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia; Russia and Kazakhstan?

The Gates of Hell is a detailed sculptural doorway created by this French artist.

Gollum wasn't always Gollum. He was a hobbit of the River-folk. What was his name?

Magnesium silicate; one of the softest minerals known and has a hardness of 1 on the Mohs scale

What is the traditional gift for a 40th wedding anniversary?

What Academy Award winning Best Picture from 2002 had the name of a city as its title? 

What is the longest running best musical? (Stage pictured here)

Who wrote "The Importance of Being Earnest"?

Current President of the People's Republic of China

Bad joke time: What's the best thing about Switzerland?

The Battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815 in what present-day country?

A lock of this French leader's hair was sold for $5,536; they was beheaded on January 21, 1793.

In Norse mythology, who guards the Bifrost Bridge?

With 25 successful defenses, who is the longest reigning heavyweight boxing champion?

Turns colorless in acidic solutions and pink in basic ones. Used in titrations.

Bones of the fingers/toes are called....

Bronze is an alloy of

The Peace Corps had its greatest number of volunteers in which year?

What was the original flavor of the filling in Twinkies?

What is the only bird which provides us with leather?

Home of Glacier Nat'l Park & Pompey's Pillar named by William Clark for Sacagawea's infant son.

Bad joke time: Why can't you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom?

Which pain killer is sold as the brand name Bayer and was originally derived from willow?

What is the capital of Iceland?

"O Captain, My Captain" is a poem by Walt Whitman written about...

What is author Stephen King's real name?

Process producing energy for the cell that occurs in mitochondria.

3,400 mile long river; China's second-longest; Name comes from extraordinary amount of loess.

The Illinois State Fish

How does Harry manage to breathe underwater during the second task of the Triwizard Tournament?

The final battle of this war was fought at the Bad Axe River in Wisconsin in 1932

What is Wonder Woman's undercover pseudonym?

Era of Earth's history which includes the Jurassic and Triassic Periods.

What unit of measure is equal to 3 miles?

What season begins in the southern hemisphere around December 21? 

Which British author wrote the popular children's novel "James and the Giant Peach"?

Hippophobia is the fear of...

What is a fandango?

The Wimbledon tennis tournament is played on what kind of surface?

Mythical island where Excalibur was forged, home of King Arthur after he died

Which of these is the Day of Atonement; the holiest day in Judaism?

Name of Frank Lloyd Wright's innovative house in PA designed for the Kaufmann family in 1935.

For how many years have the Coaches Anderson been teaching?

What make of car was the time-machine in the film Back To The Future? (Read all choices)

What is the common name of Canis lupus?

"Crusade in Europe" covered his role during the Battle of the Bulge and D-Day as commander.

The Father of Geometry who proved infinitude of prime numbers.

Asia's largest desert; important role in silk road trading route

Which of these Supreme Court cases stated that slaves are property and was later overturned?

In what US state does the Rio Grande begin?

Showed an atom's positive charge was in the nucleus by firing particles at a thin sheet of gold

Name this Egyptian god of mummification and the afterlife who has the head of a jackal.