Trivia Showdown

Question 1

How many countries does North America officially have?

Accepted Answer

23

Question 2

What does WWW stand for?

Accepted Answer

World Wide Web

Question 3

What is the longest river in the world?

Accepted Answer

Amazon River

Question 4

What country uses the YEN as currency?

Accepted Answer

Japan

Question 5

What ancient language is most texts and scriptures written in?

Accepted Answer

Latin

Question 6

Who was the author of Around the World in Eigthy Days and 20,000 Leagues Under Sea?

Accepted Answer

Jules Verne

Question 7

Which of these regions has a desert?

Accepted Answer

Antartica

Question 8

Stratus, cirrus, cumulus, and nimbus are types of what?

Accepted Answer

Clouds

Question 9

Who painted the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 10

What is the name for the deepest point underwater and where is it located?

Accepted Answer

Mariana's Trench; Pacific Ocean

Question 11

What is the major difference between a turtle and a tortoise?

Accepted Answer

A turtle lives in or near water, the tortoise lives on land

Question 12

Earth is located in what galaxy?

Accepted Answer

Milky Way

Question 13

Which is the most northerly capital city, of those listed?

Accepted Answer

Reykjavik, Iceland

Question 14

What was Ansel Adams' occupation?

Accepted Answer

Photographer

Question 15

What is the closest planet to the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Question 16

The largest freshwater lake in the world is:

Accepted Answer

Lake Superior, Canada/U.S.A.

Question 17

The wire inside an electric bulb is known as the what?

Accepted Answer

Filament

Question 18

Who is the Greek Goddess of Love?

Accepted Answer

Aphrodite

Question 19

Denali is the highest mountain in the United States. What was it's previous name?

Accepted Answer

Mount McKinley

Question 20

Which 1851 novel was originally published in Britain under the title "The Whale"?

Accepted Answer

Moby Dick

Question 21

Bram Stoker is the author of what classic novel?

Accepted Answer

Dracula

Question 22

What is the largest country according to land mass?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 23

What is the Mona Lisa famously missing?

Accepted Answer

Eyebrows

Question 24

What is the capital city of Switzerland?

Accepted Answer

Bern

Question 25

What is the capital of Australia?

Accepted Answer

Canberra

Question 26

On the periodic table of elements, the symbol for Gold is:

Accepted Answer

Au

Question 27

Which artists most famously painted water lilies at his home in Giverny?

Accepted Answer

Monet

Question 28

Gale is a common term used to desribe the speed of what?

Accepted Answer

Wind

Question 29

What is the name of a weather instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure?

Accepted Answer

Barometer

Question 30

The marble from the Roman Colosseum was taken and reused in the construction of what building?

Accepted Answer

The Vatican

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