Winter Break Trivia Night

Question 1

Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic?

Accepted Answer

Amelia Earhart

Question 2

What is the boiling point of water at sea level, in Celsius?

Accepted Answer

100°C

Question 3

What is the square root of 144?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 4

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 5

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 6

What is the chemical formula of water?

Accepted Answer

H_2O

Question 7

Which novel begins with “Call me Ishmael”?

Accepted Answer

Moby-Dick

Question 8

What is the fastest land animal?

Accepted Answer

Cheetah

Question 9

What is the largest mammal in the world?

Accepted Answer

Blue whale

Question 10

What colour skin does a polar bear have?

Accepted Answer

Black

Question 11

What is the longest river in the world?

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 12

Which element has the atomic number 1?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen

Question 13

How many litres are there in a barrel of oil?

Accepted Answer

159

Question 14

Who is known as the “Father of Computers”?

Accepted Answer

Charles Babbage

Question 15

In which sport is the Ryder Cup contested?

Accepted Answer

Golf

Question 16

Who painted Starry Night?

Accepted Answer

Vincent van Gogh

Question 17

A lobster’s teeth are located in which part of its body?

Accepted Answer

Stomach

Question 18

In which continent is the Sahara Desert located?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 19

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 20

What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Diamond

Question 21

What is the chemical symbol for gold?

Accepted Answer

Au

Question 22

What is the powerhouse of the cell?

Accepted Answer

Mitochondria

Question 23

What is the capital city of Canada?

Accepted Answer

Ottawa

Question 24

What currency is used in Japan?

Accepted Answer

Yen

Question 25

The Pythagorean theorem applies to which shape?

Accepted Answer

Triangle

Question 26

The name of which game is derived from the Swahili word which means ‘to build’?

Accepted Answer

Jenga

Question 27

Where was The Lord of the Rings trilogy filmed?

Accepted Answer

New Zealand

Question 28

What is the capital of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Cairo

Question 29

Which African nation is known as the “Rainbow Nation”?

Accepted Answer

South Africa

Question 30

What is the largest ocean on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 31

Who discovered penicillin?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Fleming

Question 32

What is the main ingredient in traditional Japanese miso soup?

Accepted Answer

Soybeans

Question 33

What is the tallest mountain in the world above sea level?

Accepted Answer

Mount Everest

Question 34

The Playstation game console was developed by which company?

Accepted Answer

Sony

Question 35

Which city in India would you find the Taj Mahal in?

Accepted Answer

Agra

Question 36

In Zootopia, Officer Judy Hops is what kind of animal?

Accepted Answer

Rabbit

Question 37

Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

Accepted Answer

Neil Armstrong

Question 38

What year did the Chernobyl disaster occur?

Accepted Answer

1986

Question 39

Other than water, what is the most popular drink in the world?

Accepted Answer

Tea

Question 40

Which element has the chemical symbol “O”?

Accepted Answer

Oxygen

Question 41

Which country does gouda cheese come from?

Accepted Answer

Netherlands

Question 42

Who wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude?

Accepted Answer

Gabriel García Márquez

Question 43

Which movie features the character “Lieutenant Dan”?

Accepted Answer

Forrest Gump

Question 44

Which element is classified as a noble gas?

Accepted Answer

Helium

Question 45

Which metal is liquid at room temperature?

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Question 46

Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?

Accepted Answer

Jane Austen

Question 47

Who invented the telephone?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 48

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

Question 49

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Question 50

What colour do you find at the top of a rainbow?

Accepted Answer

Red

Question 51

Which gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Carbon dioxide

Question 52

What is the capital of France?

Accepted Answer

Paris

Question 53

In which year did the Titanic sink?

Accepted Answer

1912

Question 54

What is the smallest unit of life that can replicate independently?

Accepted Answer

Cell

Question 55

Who composed “Fur Elise”?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven

Question 56

Which vitamin is produced when skin is exposed to sunlight?

Accepted Answer

Vitamin D

Question 57

Which planet has the most moons?

Accepted Answer

Saturn

Question 58

Which country hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 59

Who wrote the play Hamlet?

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

Question 60

In computer science, what does “HTTP” stand for?

Accepted Answer

HyperText Transfer Protocol

Winter Break Trivia Night

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Winter Break Trivia Night

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