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1
In Roman mythology, who was the goddess of sorcery, witchcraft, and crossroads?
Trivia
Loki
Hekate
Mormo
2
What is the title of this Rembrandt painting?
The School of Athens
The Anatomy Lesson
Guernica
The Night Watch
3
Who captained Jules Verne's submarine the
Nautilus
?
Captain Crunch
Captain Starbuck
Captain Nemo
Captain Ahab
4
How old was Joan of Arc when she was burnt at the stake?
23
19
21
17
5
What state contains Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks, and is nicknamed The Beehive State?
Utah
Oklahoma
Idaho
Nevada
6
What paper does Spider-Man take pictures for in his other identity?
The Daily Bugle
The Daily Planet
The Gotham Gazette
The Banner
7
Which TV character was 1st played by William Hartnell in 1963 & most recently by Peter Capaldi?
Sherlock Holmes
James Bond
Dr. Who
Doctor Strange
8
Which of these religious holidays is NOT in December?
Christmas
Passover
Hanukkah
Ramadan
9
From which country does the poinsettia plant originate?
Mexico
Japan
New Zealand
Germany
10
In the UK, what is celebrated on the day after Christmas?
Guy Fawkes Day
Shakespeare Day
Feast of St. Joseph
Boxing Day
11
If sin(30) = .5, what is cos(60)?
60
2
.5
30
12
Which king died childless in 1066 which lead to the Norman Conquest?
Richard Lionheart
Edward the Confessor
Aethelred II the Unready
William the Conqueror
13
Plant tissue that transports water and soluble nutrients from roots to leaves.
cotyledon
phloem
xylem
cambium
14
John Glenn passed away at age 95 last Thursday. Which of these did he NOT do?
1st American to orbit the Earth, & later the oldest at 77
Earned 5 Distinguished Flying Crosses in WW2 & Korea
Served as a US Senator from Ohio for 24 years.
Landed on the moon with Apollo 15 in 1971
15
Who is the author of Rikki Tikki Tavi, about a valiant young mongoose?
Lewis Carrol
C.S. Lewis
Rudyard Kipling
Omar Khayyam
16
Which of these would not be classified as a dystopian novel?
J.R.R. Tolkien's Return of the King
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
George Orwell's 1984
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
17
Which one of the following people did not get his head chopped off?
Charles I of England
Louis XVI of France
Philip II of Spain
Maximillian Robes-Pierre
18
Which of these is NOT one of the 3 bones found in the ear?
Hammer
Anvil
Stirrup
Lunate
19
Which country has a capital of Nairobi?
Kenya
Somalia
Uganda
Ethiopia
20
This anthropologist studied chimpanzee society in Tanzania.
Claude Levi-Strauss
Jane Goodall
Margaret Mead
Franz Boas
21
If you suffer from alopecia, it means that you are...
forgetful
congested
bald
short
22
This battle bet. the British & the combined French and Spanish Navies occurred on Oct 21, 1805:
Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Baru
Battle of Sacket's Harbor
Battle of the Bulge
23
How many states border Erie Lake?
4
5
6
3
24
In Zoolander, the main character is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of what country?
North Korea
Canada
Malaysia
Singapore
25
Solve for
x
in the picture
2
5
3
4
26
Who discovered the proton during his famous "Gold Foil" experiment?
Ernest Rutherford
John Dalton
J.J. Thompson
Niels Bohr
27
This pokémon begins as a bellsprout.
Raichu
Victreebel
Rapidash
Exeggutor
28
What is the largest moon of Saturn called?
Ganymede
Rhea
Olympus
Titan
29
What color jersey is worn by the winners of each stage of the Tour de France?
Yellow
Blue
White
Red
30
What was the name of the ship on which Charles Darwin crossed the Atlantic Ocean?
HMS Beagle
HMS Adventure
HMS Galapagos
HMS Shepherd
31
What letter represents the number 50 in Roman numerals?
D
M
V
L
32
What is the painting 'La Gioconda' more usually known as?
The Mona Lisa
Birth of Venus
The Judgement
Girl with a Pearl Earring
33
The Iditarod celebrates the 1925 delivery of diptheria meds to Nome, AK by this dog's sled team
Togo
White Fang
Balto
Buck
34
Who hosted the first women's rights conference in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848?
Virginia Woolf
Susan B. Anthony
Margaret Sanger
Elizabeth C. Stanton
35
The type of electron configuration diagram shown here is named for this electron physicist.
Max Planck
Louis de Broglie
Enrico Fermi
Niels Bohr
36
This conquistador captured Tenochtitlan and rebuilt it as Mexico City.
Marco Polo
Christopher Colombus
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortes
37
Who painted this?
Mary Cassatt
Jackson Pollack
Claude Monet
Georges Suerat
38
Name the world famous gardens situated ten miles outside of London, close to the River Thames
Vander Veer Botanical Park
Logan Arboretum
Kew Gardens
Humboldt Botanical Gardens
39
Which pop star was born in Gary, Indiana on August 29th, 1958?
Michael Jackson
Prince
Madonna
David Bowie
40
Bannock, Chapati and Pumpernickel are types of what?
Bread
Fungi
Card games
Wines
41
In October, S. Korean Samsung stopped production of their Note 7 phones after what happened?
Some burst into flames
The screens were found to be too breakable
A virus infected the software
Apple won a trademark lawsuit
42
Which Rodgers & Hammerstein musical is set in Nazi occupied Austria?
Evita
The Sound of Music
The Birdcage
Fiddler on the Roof
43
In 1612 who became the first person to observe the planet Neptune?
Brahe
Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo
44
In 'The Twelve Days Of Christmas', what were there eight of?
Maids a Milking
Ladies Dancing
Drummers Drumming
Pipers Piping
45
Who became the 1st woman to lead an Islamic nation when she became Prime Minister of Pakistan?
Benazir Bhutto
Khaleda Zia
Hasina Wajed
Indira Gandhi
46
Following a failed 2016 coup in his country, Recep Erdogan remained President of what country?
Kyrgyzstan
Syria
Turkey
Tunisia
47
The original statue of this actress in her hometown of Celoron, NY was so ugly it was remade.
Lucille Ball
Joan Rivers
Marilynn Monroe
Betty White
48
Who painted this?
Henri Matisse
Edward Hicks
Georgia O'Keefe
Frida Khalo
49
Which of these lines is from Margaret Mitchell's
Gone With the Wind
?
They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom.
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
"You had me at hello."
"Nobody puts Baby in a corner."
50
Angel Falls, the world's highest uninterrupted waterfall is in which country?
Botswana
Argentina
Brazil
Venezuela
51
Originally developed in the 15th century, what does an anemometer measure?
rainfall
temperature
wind speed
humidity
52
Which is the heaviest of the following elements from the periodic table?
Sodium
Uranium
Selenium
Gold
53
What country's flag is shown here?
Luxemborg
Albania
Greece
Tunisia
54
In the 1946 film, It's a Wonderful Life, what's the name of George Bailey's guardian angel?
Auguste
Clarence
Paul
Timothy
55
Ascorbic acid is a form of which essential vitamin?
D
E
C
A
56
Which children's classic book was written by Anna Sewell in 1877?
Little Women
Anne of Green Gables
Little House on the Prairie
Black Beauty
57
Which Shakespeare play features Shylock?
Hamlet
The Merchant of Venice
All's Well that Ends Well
The Taming of the Shrew
58
Who was the U.S. Secretary of State when Alaska was purchased?
George Marshall
William H. Seward
Daniel Webster
Henry Kissinger
59
Which name won The Natural Environment Research Council's 2016 research vessel naming contest?
RRS Boatamis Prime
RRS Boaty McBoatface
RRS Boatasaurus Rex
RRS Sir David Attenborough
60
What is the name of the muscle found at the top of the arm and shoulder?
Trapezius
Pectoral
Deltoid
Bicep
61
What board game would a candlestick, lead pipe and revolver be found in?
Dungeons & Dragons
Monopoly
Clue
Guess Who?
62
This American composer created the opera Porgy and Bess and Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin
John Phillips Sousa
Stephen Soundheim
Leonard Bernstein
63
Which instrument in a full orchestra gives the tuning A to the rest of the musicians?
Violin
Piccalo
Oboe
Piano
64
Which of these rivers was the main route for the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Snake River
Colombia River
65
This Colombian author's novels include
100 Years of Solitude
and
Love in the Time of Cholera
.
Pablo Neruda
Jorge Luis Borges
Isabel Allende
Gabriel García Marquez
66
What is the name of this 1948 Andrew Wyeth painting?
Christina's World
The Dust Bowl
View of Toledo
Persistence
67
Which of these was a classic tv show starring a talking horse?
Alf
Green Acres
Mr. Ed
All in the Family
68
What is the name of the landform shown here?
Isthmus
Peninsula
Archipelago
Strait
69
Solve for the speed limit as shown in this picture: 2x=(360÷4)
45
60
40
55
70
This Hindu god of rain, thunder, and war defeated a dragon who had stolen the world's water.
Ganesha
Shiva
Indra
Vishnu
71
What Star Wars movie do Ewoks make their first appearance in?
A New Hope
The Phantom Menace
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
72
If you were painting with tempera, what would you be using to bind together color pigments?
water
egg yolks
glue
linseed oil
73
The diameter of the Earth is closest to which of these?
6,000 miles
8,000 miles
7,000 miles
9,000 miles
74
Who was President of the U.S. immediately before Abraham Lincoln?
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
75
Which of these is not a Gas Giant?
Neptune
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
76
Which of these temperatures are the warmest?
100˚C
273 K
Room temperature
100˚F
77
Which of these was NOT written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky?
The Idiot
The Brothers Karamozov
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
78
What was the first name of the main character in the Christmas film Home Alone?
Michael
Clark
Kevin
Bobby
79
Which of these is NOT one of the famed literary Brontë sisters?
Anne
Charlotte
Jane
Emily
80
The creation of eukaryotes involved which of the following processes?
Eukaryotosis
Endosymbiosis
Hydrolysis
Krebs Cycle
81
What is the dot over the letter "i" and "j" called?
An umlaut
A tittle
An iglet
An asterisk
82
Who was Henry VIll's first wife?
Jane Seymour
Anne Boleyn
Elizabeth Tudor
Catherine of Aragon
83
What is the car's parking spot number in this image?
87
86
89
96
84
Which U.S. President signed the bill limiting the driving speed to 55mph to conserve fuel?
Eisenhower
Ford
Nixon
Reagan
85
Which of these is not one of Santa's reindeer?
Dasher
Comet
Buddy
Cupid
86
What is the name of the holder of the 9 candles that are lit each night of Hanukkah?
Torah
Matzoh
Menorah
Driedel
87
Picasso's cubist mural "Guernica" depicts a 1937 bombing during what country's civil war?
Italy
France
Mexico
Spain
88
Whose 1911 Antarctic expedition was the 1st to reach the South pole?
Roald Amundsen
Ernest Shackleton
Robert Falcon Scott
Sir Edmund Hillary
89
In Friends, what is Phoebe's twin sister's name?
Monica
Janice
Gretchen
Ursula
90
Which of these islands is farthest north?
Maui
Hawaii
Molokai
Oahu
91
Which of these is the cyclops son of Poseidon and Thoosa?
Polyphemus
Typhon
Echidna
Phorcys
92
Calcium belongs to what chemical family?
Transitional metals
Alkaline earth
Alkali
Halogen
93
Which Civil War battle saw more than 12,000 Union & 10,000 Confederate soldiers die in 1 day?
Antietam
Fort Sumter
Second Bull Run
Shiloh
94
In the Harry Potter series, what spell takes away your memory?
Confundus
Ferula
Incendio
Obliviate
95
In which ocean would you find Christmas Island?
Atlantic
Pacific
Arctic
Indian
96
A bag contains 10 blue marbles, 6 green, and 4 yellow, What is P(blue) marble is drawn?
50%
60%
33%
40%
97
What artist painted "The Kiss"?
Gustav Klimt
Paul Rubens
Toulouse Lautrec
Pablo Picasso
98
If you're at the Gabba watching Michael Clarke in the slips, what sport would you be watching?
High Jump
Curling
Rugby
Cricket