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1
Who appoints the justices that sit on the U.S. Supreme Court?
President
Senate Majority Leader
Speaker of the House
Vice President
2
What is the only country where whooping cranes breed in the wild?
Canada
USA
United Kingdom
China
3
What make of car is named after our 16th president?
Lincoln
Ford
GMC
Dodge
4
Which of the following is not one of the Great Lakes?
Ontario
Erie
Michigan
Mississippi
5
What team sport has a major foul called submerging?
Football
Water Polo
Water Volleyball
500 Meter Relay
6
What is the " tyrant lizard king" better known as?
Rhinoceros Iguana
Komodo Dragon
Geiko Gecko
T-Rex
7
What New Hampshire native became 14th president of the United States?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Pirce
8
Who piloted the first airplane to suffer a passenger fatality, in 1908?
Amelia Earhart
Wilbur Wright
Orville Wright
Charles Lindbergh
9
How long did the American Civil War last?
2 years
4 years
6 years
8 years
10
How many people were killed in the 1979 Three Mile Island Nuclear disaster?
879
23, 456
0
1, 590
11
Multiply 0.21 6. What is the product?
1.5
1.25
1.26
1.12
12
How many football teams play in the Big Ten Conference?
12
20
15
10
13
Which state has Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Canton?
Mississippi
Texas
California
Ohio
14
Which state borders the largest ocean on earth?
New Jersey
Oregon
Florida
Missouri
15
What major pro sports team has won the most championships?
Yankees
The Montreal Canadians
Chicago Bulls
Patriots
16
The capital of California was once the last stop on the pony express, what was it's name?
San Diego
Sacramento
San Francisco
Los Angles
17
How many watts make a megawatt?
one hundred
one thousand
one million
ten million
18
What state are the Little League baseball championships played each year?
Georgia
Tennessee
New York
Pennsylvania
19
What is the smallest time interval?
kilosecond
microsecond
nanosecond
picosecond
20
What staple crop does half of the world's population depend on?
wheat
rice
corn
flax
21
What does PIN stand for to a debit card holder?
Pretty Impossible Number
Private Identification Number
Personal Identification Number
Personal Indication Number
22
Find the personification.
Her heart was beating fiercely.
His watch seemed to stop without warning.
The cloud sneezed, dropping rain on the town below.
The witch cackled while stirring her brew.
23
What term for a pope was derived from a Latin word meaning "bridge builder?"
Ambassador
Bishop
Pontiff
Decon
24
What is the distance in miles from east coast to west coast of the United States?
3,000 miles
1,000 miles
12,000 miles
10,000 miles
25
Which of the following does not border the Gulf of Mexico?
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
North Carolina
26
In the early 1900's, his amazing feats of magic made this guy an international celebrity.
Criss Angel
Harry Houdini
David Blaine
David Copperfield
27
What "former" planet needs 248 years to meander around the sun?
Mars
Pluto
Saturn
Jupiter
28
What is 16th century Neopolitan wife Lisa di Anton better known as?
Levina Teerlinc
Lisa Kudrow
Mona Lisa
Lisa Marie Presley
29
Who adorned his last piano with 350 pounds of rhinestones?
Elton John
Liberace
Ray Charles
Billy Joel
30
The Lincoln tunnel connects New Jersey and what other state?
New Hampshire
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
31
What animal is capable of diving underwater for a depth of 900 feet?
Harbor Seals
Walrus
The Emperor Penguin
Great White Shark
32
What method of execution employed at San Quentin was ruled cruel and unusual by 1996 courts?
Electrocution
Hanging
Firing Squad
The Gas Chamber
33
What city got its Dutch roots with the settlements of Breukelen and Staaten Eylandt?
L.A.
New York City
Miami
Boston
34
Which of the following is NOT a mascot of the Shaker district?
Sachem
Bulldog
Raider
Tiger
35
What state can you get tourist information on by dialing 1-800-BUCKEYE?
Kentucky
Montana
Maine
Ohio
36
What is the ASPCA known for?
Aspergers
Aeronautics
Animals
Automobiles
37
What did a KO'd boxer have to do to win the ancient Olympics?
win three consecutive matches
Run around the roman arena
die
38
8
3
- (61+7)-4+10*10-1*3
477
537
634
512
39
Which war was started by, "The shot heard round the world?"
Revolutionary War
WWII
Civil War
Korean War
40
Who said, " Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country?"
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Barrack Obama
Martin Luther King
41
What number do you always get by adding the opposite sides of a die?
6
7
5
10
42
Name the general from Virginia who led the Confederate armies in the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Robert E. Lee
George Washington
43
Find the word that is spelled
incorrectly?
principality
incorrectly
honestly
vacuum
44
Name the heat resistant element that replaced cotton filaments in electric light bulbs in 1910
Aluminum
Zinc
Tungsten
Copper
45
In where the Red Fern Grows, what is the setting of the farm that Billy Colman lives on?
Ozarks
Smokey Mountains
The Great Plains
Rocky Mountains