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Question 1

What is the probability of rolling a die and landing on a 1 or a 6?

Accepted Answer

1/3

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT one of the ten plagues of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Rodents (mice and rats).

Question 3

What is the largest of the "big cats"?

Accepted Answer

tiger

Question 4

The U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team earned this medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Accepted Answer

Gold

Question 5

How many episodes are in the first season of the original series of Star Trek?

Accepted Answer

29

Question 6

Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th in countries that write their dates as:

Accepted Answer

Month/Day/Year

Question 7

In a Tale of Two Cities, which are the two cities?

Accepted Answer

London and Paris

Question 8

What element is combined with iron to become steel?

Accepted Answer

Carbon

Question 9

What is the capital city of Slovenia?

Accepted Answer

Ljubljana

Question 10

If you wish to grow strawberries, you might consult a book on which of these subjects?

Accepted Answer

pomology

Question 11

Who was the 1st American to orbit the Earth?

Accepted Answer

John Glenn

Question 12

Who proposed Daylight Savings Time?

Accepted Answer

George Vernon Hudson

Question 13

How many lords a-leaping are there in the carol Twelve Days of Christmas?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 14

Which of the following raster image formats is uncompressed?

Accepted Answer

BMP

Question 15

What color were Penn State's football uniforms until 1890?

Accepted Answer

pink and black

Question 16

Starting in 1972, which TV show topped the ratings for five years?

Accepted Answer

All in the Family

Question 17

In 1820, when Maine became a "free state", what other (now a state) became a "slave state"?

Accepted Answer

Missouri

Question 18

How many bones does the human body have?

Accepted Answer

206

Question 19

Per California law, if 2 vehicles meet on a one-lane mountain road, which vehicle must back up?

Accepted Answer

The vehicle facing downhill

Question 20

Which of Forrest Gump’s body parts was wounded, thereby sending him home from Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

Buttocks

Question 21

James Cameron used what technique for Avatar, touted as a breakthrough in cinematic technology?

Accepted Answer

Stereoscopy

Question 22

Where does the "Six flags of Texas" get its name from?

Accepted Answer

Different countries that have ruled over Texas.

Question 23

What British band made its American TV premiere on the Ed Sullivan Show in February, 1964?

Accepted Answer

The Beatles

Question 24

What empire attempted to invade Greece unsuccessfully?

Accepted Answer

Persian Empire

Question 25

Who holds the most Grammys awarded to a solo male artist?

Accepted Answer

Stevie Wonder

Question 26

Which athlete appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated a record 50 times?

Accepted Answer

Michael Jordan

Question 27

Bach, Vivaldi and Handel were all composers from which period?

Accepted Answer

Baroque

Question 28

What makes a rocket move upward?

Accepted Answer

expulsion of gases from burning fuel

Question 29

In The Lion King, what is the meaning of the phrase, “Hakuna Matata?”

Accepted Answer

No worries

Question 30

Columbus failed to bring back gold to the king and queen; what did he bring back instead?

Accepted Answer

500 slaves

Question 31

When was Girl Scouts founded?

Accepted Answer

1912

Question 32

When did the color pink become equated with femininity?

Accepted Answer

After World War II

Question 33

Your genes code for proteins. Which of these chemicals that you produce is not a protein?

Accepted Answer

Urea

Question 34

How big is a terabyte?

Accepted Answer

1,000 gigabytes

Question 35

Which of the following is NOT a faction in the movie, Divergent?

Accepted Answer

Candid

Question 36

What is the estimated population of China as of July 1, 2014?

Accepted Answer

1,393,783,836

Question 37

Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin took this ship to the moon.

Accepted Answer

Apollo 11

Question 38

When are tides the highest?

Accepted Answer

when the sun, Earth, and moon are nearly in a line

Question 39

How many French Revolutions were there?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 40

In which city and state was basketball invented?

Accepted Answer

Springfield, Massachusetts

Question 41

Solve for k: -12 = 4k + 12

Accepted Answer

-6

Question 42

California's "Basic Speed Law" means:

Accepted Answer

Never drive faster than is safe for the present conditions

Question 43

What was the first U.S. space program?

Accepted Answer

Project Mercury

Question 44

According to the movie, The Incredibles, what one accessory does a superhero NOT need?

Accepted Answer

cape

Question 45

Under the rule of this man, the Roman Empire entered a 200-year period of peace & prosperity.

Accepted Answer

Octavian

Question 46

French Silk Pie is most commonly flavored with what?

Accepted Answer

Chocolate

Question 47

How old was Elvis Presley when he died?

Accepted Answer

42

Question 48

What part of the body doesn't get blood?

Accepted Answer

Cornea

Question 49

What is the highest grossing film of all time in the U.S. (not adjusted for inflation)?

Accepted Answer

Avatar

Question 50

What color is diamond dust?

Accepted Answer

Black

Question 51

Who was the captain of the Titanic?

Accepted Answer

Edward J. Smith

Question 52

How many strings are on a cello?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 53

Which pro football team has won consecutive Super Bowls more than once?

Accepted Answer

Steelers

Question 54

Who is the only woman to have won 2 Nobel Prizes?

Accepted Answer

Marie Curie

Question 55

What sport features a fullcourt press?

Accepted Answer

Basketball

Question 56

Jupiter's moon, Europa, has an ocean made from:

Accepted Answer

water

Question 57

Which part of the brain controls coordination of movement, balance & posture?

Accepted Answer

Cerebellum

Question 58

Water droplets that collect on the bathroom mirror during a shower is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

condensation

Question 59

What is the only year the Chargers played in the Superbowl, and to which team did they lose?

Accepted Answer

1995 - 49ers

Question 60

Who developed approximately 300 products made from peanuts?

Accepted Answer

George Washington Carver

Question 61

The number of people saved in Noah's ark was:

Accepted Answer

8

Question 62

Heat is the flow of ______ from one object to another.

Accepted Answer

energy

Question 63

According to a myth, what did Saint Patrick banish from Ireland?

Accepted Answer

snakes

Question 64

Where does the word Texas come from?

Accepted Answer

Native American word for friend.

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