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1
According to Domino's Pizza, its busiest delivery day of the year is what?
The day before Thanksgiving
New Year's Eve
Halloween
Super Bowl Sunday
2
What is the name of the championship trophy for the NHL?
The Vince Lombardi Trophy
The Wayne Gretzky Trophy
The Stanley Cup
The Top Ice Cup
3
Alphabetically, they are the last 2 chemical elements.
What are uranium and xenon?
What are zinc and zirconium?
What are uranium and xenon?
What are zinc and zircon?
4
Dr. Joseph Murray earned a place in medical history in 1954, when he successfully performed which operation?
Liver Transplant
Kidney Transplant
Heart Transplant
Lung Transplant
5
With 3 of the 4 words below, you can add one letter somewhere to create the name of a fish. Which is the odd one out?
Founder
Cap
Surgeon
Lace
6
As you might guess from the first part of the word, what style is called "aquarelle" in French?
Realism
Watercolor
Graffiti
Fingerpainting
7
In what decade was the Herman Melville novel "Moby Dick" first published?
1820's
1920's
1950's
1850's
8
What is the approximate diameter of the Earth in miles?
14,300
27,200
7,900
19,504
9
A nephrectomy is the surgical removal of this organ.
What is the appendix?
What is the kidney?
What is the spleen?
What is the uterus?
10
Who Won The Masters This Year?
Justin Thomas
Dustin Johnson
Rory Mcilroy
Tiger Moods
11
How do you say HELLO in Russian?
Poka
I do not say Hello to strangers!!!
Horosho
Privet
12
Kathmandu is the capital of what country?
Tunisia
Bangladesh
Nepal
Myanmar
13
1. What is the highest building in the world?
Shangai Tower
Burj Khalifa
Empire state
Burj Al Arab
14
Which of these types of pasta is NOT typically stuffed with cheese?
Tagliatelle
Tortellini
Cannelloni
Manicotti
15
The first space station was
ISS
Skylab
Mir
16
What Russian physiologist financed his lab by selling his dog's gastric juices as a cure for indigestion?
Ivan Sechenov
Georgii Zeliony
Vasily Danilewsky
Ivan Pavlov
17
What is the name of a famous Catholic church which is also a Basilica located in Bethlehem in the West Banks?
Notre Dame
Jesus of the Nazarene
Church of the Nativity
St. Anne's Cathedral
18
How Far Away is the Moon
10 light years
1 light second
1 light year
620 miles
19
First used to sell tulips in this country, which of these is a type of auction in which the price counts down, not up?
French Auction
Chinese Auction
Austrian Auction
Dutch Auction
20
How do you say Christmas in Romanian?
Mihaela
Craciun
Ioana
Dustiova
21
Although they are often just 18, Mormon men are usually given what title before embarking upon their missions?
Elder
Legend
Master
Expert
22
Primarily due to the nature of the Earth's wind currents, a hurricane has never been recorded doing what?
Spinning counter-clockwise
Passing over the equator
Hitting Hawaii
Growing to over 500 miles in diameter
23
What is longest road in the world?
Canada Street
King Street
Dundas Street
Yonge Street
24
What alliterative term describes a basketball shot that goes through the hoop just as time runs out?
Elam Ending
Buzzer Beater
Slam Dunk
Alley-oop
25
Which book is not written by Stephenie Meyer?
Breaking Dusk
The Chemist
Midnight Sun
Twilight
26
Who Wrote Pride and Prejudice?
Kurt Vonnegut
Jane Austen
Sylvia Plath
William Faulkner
27
"
Wurstchen im schlafrock
" or "
sausage in a dressing gown
", is the German term for what casual American finger food?
Pig in a blanket
Corn Dog
Hot Dog
Hamburger
28
Who is this Pokeman?
Charmander
Chameleon
Charizard
Mega Charizard Y
29
Built in the 1600's, the Taj Mahal stands in what country?
India
Malaysia
Pakistan
China
30
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in what U.S. city?
Birmingham
Atlanta
Montgomery
New York City
31
Pure cork comes from the ocean.
False
True
32
How do you say good-bye in Korean?
Yang
Hite
Bonjour
Annyeong
33
What is the most popular sport in the world?
Basketball
Football (Soccer)
Tennis
American Football
34
Which of the following films is not based on a book by Stephen King?
Stand By Me
The Green Mile
The Running Man
The Lost Boys
35
How do you say, ‘I love to eat.’ in German?
Ich Bon un saszage
Ich liebe zu essen.
Mangia Mangia
Bottoms Up
36
The picture below typifies this era in the United States from the first half of the 20th century.
What is the Great Deprivation?
What is the Great Depression?
What is the Industrial Revolution?
What is the Prohibition?
37
The U.S. Navy trains about 40 cryptologic technicians a year in what dot-and-dash form of communication?
Block code
Morse code
Tap code
Braille
38
The granite used to make Olympic curling stones comes from the island Ailsa Craig. Which country is it located in?
Scotland
Ireland
Norway
England
39
What is the name of the musical instrument shown below?
Trumpet
Trombone
Saxophone
Oboe
40
Roses are the only flowering plants with thorns.
False
True
41
Before retiring to paint happy clouds on TV, this man did 20 years of military service.
Rod Moore
Bob Ross
Bill Alexander
LeVar Burton
42
what animal
Nile monitor
Komodo dragon
African ringed lizard
Water dragon
43
Name the book written by Jane Austen that was published in 1817?
Persuasion
From Here to Eternity
Twilight
Sense and Sensibility
44
Largest turtle
archelon
leatherback sea turtle
Aldabra giant tortoise
Galapagos tortoise
45
U.S. President John Adams was a member of what political party at the time of his election?
Democrat
Federalist
Republican
Independent
46
Which of these is the synonym of the word "rural"?
city
Urban
Countryside
Metropolitan
47
What are the coordinates (longitudes and latitudes) of the Church of the Nativity
38.7043 degrees N, 39.2075 degrees E.
31.7043 degrees S, 78.2075 degrees E.
31.7043 degrees w, 35.2075 degrees N.
31.7043 degrees N, 35.2075 degrees E.
48
What "War of the World's" author declared newspapers as dead as mutton in 1943?
Thornton Wilder
H.G. Wells
Graham Green
Rex Stout
49
The 4 fundamental forces in physics are the strong, the weak, the electromagnetic & this one.
What is the spring force?
What is the centrifugal force?
What is the gravitational force?
What is the normal force?
50
Where was Ariana Grande born?
Florida
California
New York
Hollywood