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Question 1

What is the plural of moose?

Accepted Answer

moose

Question 2

What is the most popular sport in India?

Accepted Answer

Cricket

Question 3

The modern day city of Istanbul was known by what name in the 13th century?

Accepted Answer

Constantinople

Question 4

Where is the Sphinx located

Accepted Answer

Giza Plateau

Question 5

What is 45*2+30/2-55

Accepted Answer

50

Question 6

The first fireworks were invented in the 7th century in what country?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 7

The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by Native Americans and what other group of people?

Accepted Answer

Pilgrims

Question 8

Which unfortunate myth involves the man named Oedipus?

Accepted Answer

The myth of a man marrying his mom and killing his dad

Question 9

A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams were made into movies

Accepted Answer

True, as were many of his plays like The glass menagerie

Question 10

What is the name of this NEW MATH?

Accepted Answer

Common Core

Question 11

What is the closest planet to the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Question 12

Who is the famous author of "James and the Giant Peach"?

Accepted Answer

Roald Dahl

Question 13

What is the largest organ in the human body?

Accepted Answer

The liver

Question 14

Finish this sentence...Big ______ is watching you!

Accepted Answer

Brother

Question 15

What is the hardest known naturally occurring mineral?

Accepted Answer

diamond

Question 16

According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world...

Accepted Answer

greasers and socs

Question 17

Which language is the mostly widely spoken in South America?

Accepted Answer

Portuguese

Question 18

What is the formula for area of a circle?

Accepted Answer

A = πr2

Question 19

What number is the Roman numeral XVI?

Accepted Answer

16

Question 20

True or False: Bats are mammals.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

What is the name of the Indian movie industry?

Accepted Answer

Bollywood

Question 22

The mountain range that includes Mount Everest is called:

Accepted Answer

The Himalayas

Question 23

What planet is nicknamed 'The Red Planet'?

Accepted Answer

Mars

Question 24

the word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis mean

Accepted Answer

a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash

Question 25

a2 + b2 = c2 is known as the…

Accepted Answer

Pythagorean Theorem

Question 26

Called The Bard, he is the most famous playwright and added many words to the English language

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

Question 27

A shopping cart contains 1 apple, 2 bananas, 3 oranges, 4 hot dogs, what percent of the cart’s total contents is fruit?

Accepted Answer

60%

Question 28

Where was the great Pyramid built at?

Accepted Answer

Giza

Question 29

What is the national language of India?

Accepted Answer

Hindi

Question 30

What type of feather, beginning with letter Q, did people write with during the Middle Ages?

Accepted Answer

Quill

Question 31

What is H2O?

Accepted Answer

water

Question 32

what is the longest river in the world

Accepted Answer

Nile river

Question 33

Who invented the light bulb in 1879?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Edison

Question 34

Which famous poet attended WashU?

Accepted Answer

Tennessee Williams

Question 35

When was Taj Mahal built?

Accepted Answer

1648

Question 36

What is the capital of New York?

Accepted Answer

Albany

Question 37

You have 20 pairs of shoes, but there is only room in your closet for 8 shoes. How many shoes do you have to get rid of?

Accepted Answer

32

Question 38

What is the smallest country in the world

Accepted Answer

Vatican City

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