In what modern day state did the battle of little big horn take place?
Montana
Identify the only U.S. president whose name begins with the letter z.
Zachary Taylor.
The type of firing mechanism used on most firearms from the 1600's to the mid
1800's.
Flintlock.
He declined to run for a third presidential term and published his farewell
address in a Philadelphia newspaper on Sept 19,1796
George Washington
City and state where John Kennedy was assassinated.
Dallas, Texas.
Dallas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald.
Jack Ruby.
Commission assigned to investigate the Kennedy assassination (president's
assassination).
Warren Commission.
Vice president who was sworn in after Kennedy was killed.
Lyndon Johnson.
President who succeeded Nixon and is the only surviving member of the Warren commission.
Gerald Ford.
US president who purchased the Louisiana Territory form France.
Thomas Jefferson.
Minimum age for US
35
South Dakota town in which "Wild Bill Hitchcock" was shot and
killed while playing cards. (Hint: wood in answer)
Deadwood
Name the first state to secede -from the Union to start the U.S. Civil War.
South Carolina
Name the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the end of the Civil
War.
Tennessee
What is the last of the thirteen original colonies?
Rhode Island
The United States flag has gone through many changes when was the last change
made?
July 4, 1960
Name the 42 president of the US
Bill Clinton
The two animals associated with the stock market's rising and falling.
Bulls and Bears.
What country did Aesop, the famed writer of fables, come from?
Greece
The Leonardo DaVinci painting of the lady with the enigmatic smile.
Mona Lisa
Ballet is a style of what art form?
Dance
Name 2 types of hand building in ceramics.
Coil and Slab
Who is Maria Martinez?
A famous American Potter
What is a slip?
A mixture of clay and water used as a bonding agent in pottery
What is a Kiln?
A furnace in which Ceramics is fired
What is the Capital of China?
Peking (Beijing).
What is the Capital Philippines.
Manila.
What is the Capital Vietnam.
Hanoi.
What is the Capital Lebanon.
Beirut.
What is the Capital Japan.
Tokyo.
What is the Capital Israel.
Jerusalem.
What is the Capital India.
New Delhi.
What is the Capital Iran.
Tehran.
What is the Capital Thailand.
Bangkok.
What is the Capital Iraq.
Baghdad.
The explosion that many astronomers believe started the universe.
Big Bang
Distance light travels in one year.
Light year or 5.88 trill mi.
Hypothetical object with an intense gravitational field from which neither
light nor matter can escape.
Black hole
Cloud of gas and dust among the stars.
Nebula
Neutron star that emits regular bursts of radio waves, x-rays, or visible
light
Pulsar
Any of the thousands of small bodies that revolve around the sun primarily
between Mars and Jupiter.
Asteroid (Planetoid)
Nonluminous celestial object, usually with its own moons, that revolves
around a star.
Planet
Mass of rock that enters the earth's atmosphere traveling at enormous speed.
Meteor
Any of the dark spots that appear on the sun and cause disturbances in the
earth's magnetic field.
Sunspots
Any object with a dense nucleus of frozen gasses and dust, a halo, and a
tail, that revolves around the sun.
Comet
In ancient Roman Homes, a space open to the sky was called an______??
atrium
President Lyndon Johnson's middle name.
Baines.
The mascot of Bayonne High School teams.
Bee.
This prison was stormed by revolutionaries during the French revolution.
Bastille.
This fruit grown in tropical climates grows on trees upside down.
Banana.
The science of life.
Biology.
What mineral is the hardest known to man?
Diamond.
What is the name of the biological process in which organic materials are
broken down?
Decomposition.
What city in the United States is referred to as the "Mile High
City?"
Denver.
REM or Rapid Eye Movement is a phase of what nocturnal experience?
Dreams or dreams.
What do you call a twelve-sided three-dimensional figure?
Dodecahedron.
Name the country whose capital is Helsinki?
Finland.
In mathematics a set that has a specific number of members is called a set.
Finite.
Name the American composer who wrote Suwannee River?
Stephen Foster.
Name the Mary Shelley character who created a monster from body parts?
Dr. Frankenstein.
Name the only man to become president without having won a popular election?
Gerald Ford.
First secretary of the treasury, whose portrait appears on the $10 bill.
Alexander Hamilton.
City in the Netherlands where the world court is located.
The Hague.
Composer of the Messiah.
Handel.
Capital of Finland.
Helsinki.
Warlike people who invaded the Roman Empire and whose greatest leader was
Attila.
Huns.
The word that means to be put in great danger.
Jeopardy.
A form of martial arts.
Judo (jujitsu).
A fruit preserve.
Jam (jelly).
The place where you would find pachyderms, chimpanzees, and lions.
Jungle.
To throw things overboard to lighten a ship in distress.
Jettison.
Any wanderer without a permanent home.
Nomad.
The second Japanese city to fall to an atomic blast. August 1945.
Nagasaki
Specific place and function of an organism within its habitat.
niche
French word meaning inexperienced or lacking worldliness.
naive
One billionth of a second.
nanosecond
Greek goddess of retribution or a formidable rival.
Nemesis
Inert, colorless gas whose symbol is Ne.
Neon.
Medical science of the nervous system and its disorders.
Neurology
President of Egypt from 1956-70.
Nasser
Russian word for no.
nyet
Washington's winter
Valley Forge
Name given to deer meat
Venison
Dutch Impressionist known for having cut off part of his ear
Vincent Van Gogh
Highest point; summit
vertex
Having a back bone or spinal cord
Vertebrate
The name of the God in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament.
Yahweh.
The long-haired ox of Tibet and central Asia.
Yak
A native of any one of the northern states.
Yankee.
A long, slender beam or pole fastened across a mast, used to support a sail.
Yard.
Currency of Japan
Yen
Woman who cuts Samson's hair
Delilah
Who built the ark
Noah
he was swallowed by a big fish
Jonah
The successor of Moses who led Israelites into the Promised Land.
Joshua
He was released instead of Christ.
Barabbas
Philistine giant killed by David.
Goliath
Denied Jesus three times before the cock crowed.
Peter
He had two sons, Ishmael and Isaac.
Abraham
Name either of Isaac's sons.
Jacob or Esau
Who killed whom Abel or Cain.
Cain 187 Abel
Wooden chest containing the 2 stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments
were written
Ark of the Covenant
What does CPU stand for?
Central Processing Unit
BASIC is a programming language in the computer world, what does BASIC stand
for?
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
In Computer Lingo, what does Fortran stand for?
Formula Translation
In the world of the Internet, what does FTP stand for?
File Transfer Protocol
In the world of the Internet, what does HTTP stand for?
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
In the world of the Internet, what does HTML stand for?
Hyper Text Markup Language
In Computer Lingo, what does LISP stand for?
List Processing
What does MS-DOS stand for?
Microsoft Disk Operating System
What does CD-ROM stand for?
Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
What does RAM stand for?
Random Access Memory
What does Modem stand for?
MOdulator-DEModulator
What does SCSI stand for?
Small Computer System Interface
What does IBM stand for?
International Business Machine
Name two Input Devices of a Computer?
Keyboard, Mouse, Track ball
What does Y2K stand 4?
Year 2000
How many bits are there in a byte?
8 bits
How many bytes are there in a Kilobyte?
1024 (1000 is acceptable)
How many Kilobytes are there in a megabyte?
1024 (1000 is acceptable)
How many Megabytes are there in a Gigabyte?
1024 (1000 is acceptable)
In computer lingo, what does ASCII stand for?
American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
The Graphical interface used to access the World Wide Web created by the
company Microsoft is called the Microsoft Internet _________??
Explorer
What are WebCrawler, Yahoo, and Infoseek??
Search Engines
In computer jargon, what is an F-A-Q??
Frequently Asked Question
What is the longest word that can be typed using only one row of a standard
computer keyboard?
"typewriter"
In land area, who had the largest empire in history?
Genghis Kahn
What year was Julius Caesar assassinated?
44 BC
Cathedral where Napoleon crowned himself Emperor.
Notre Dame.
Under normal conditions, how far should you be behind the vehicle in front of
you?
Two seconds.
How far must you park from a fire hydrant?
10 feet.
Most accidents are caused by?
Driver error
When do all vehicles in N.J. have to be inspected?
Once every two years.
How long do you have to report an address change to DMV?
One week.
When are road surfaces most slippery during rainfall?
During the first few minutes.
In order to drive in N.J. you must be covered by what type of insurance?
Liability insurance.
What three items should you have in your possession when driving?
License, Registration, and Insurance Card.
How far in advance must you signal for a turn?
100ft. or 1/2 block.
What should you do when you approach a flashing red light?
Stop before entering the intersection.
Under normal driving conditions, how far should you be behind the vehicle in
front of you?
Two seconds
How far must you park from a fire hydrant?
10 feet
Most accidents are caused by?
Driver error
When all vehicles in NJ have to be inspected?
Once every two years
How long until you have to report an address change to the DMV?
One week
When are road surfaces most slippery during rainfall?
During the first few minutes
In order to drive in NJ you must be covered by what type of insurance?
Liability insurance
What three items should you have in your possession when driving?
License, Registration, and Insurance card
How far in advance must you signal for a turn?
100 feet or a half of block
What should you do when you are approached by a flashing red light?
Stop before entering the intersection
What is the plural of the word medium as in "The internet is a great
medium of communication"?
Media
Name the only three words in the English language that end with the letters
"ceed"?
Exceed, Proceed, Succeed
Spell the word philanthropist.
P-H-I-L-A-N-T-H-R-O-P-I-S-T
Spell each of the following words: beneficial, malevolent, ingratitude,
and illiterate.
B-E-N-E-F-I-C-I-A-L/M-A-L-E-V-O-L-E-N-T/I-N-G-R-T-I-T-U-D-E/I-L-L-I-T-E-R-A-T-E.
The noun for a "fool" or the adjective for "clownish" or
"foolish".
Zany.
Famous Arch in Paris under which The Tomb of the unknown soldier is located.
Arc de Triumph.
Became king after battle of Hastings in 1066
William the Conqueror
King who had six wives
Henry the 8th
King during whose reign the greatest English translation of the bible was
written
King James I
Longest reining queen died in 1901
Victoria
King during the American Revolution
George III
Nickname of Richard I, who was famous during the crusades
Lionhearted
What is the Capital of Norway.
Oslo.
What is the Capital of Greece.
Athens.
What is the Capital of Hungary.
Budapest.
What is the Capital of Denmark.
Copenhagen.
What is the Capital of Ireland.
Dublin.
What is the Capital of Portugal.
Lisbon.
What is the Capital of Poland.
Warsaw.
What is the Capital of Iceland.
Reykjavik.
What is the Capital of Sweden.
Stockholm.
What is the Capital of Austria.
Vienna.
The best possible hand in poker
Royal Flush
Identify the hard quartz usually found embedded in chalk deposits or
limestone. This rock in prehistoric times was chipped into sharp tools and
weapons.
Flint.
A PERSON WHO DRAWS MAPS AND DIAGRAMS THE SHAPE OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE IS
CALLED A:
Cartographer
What do we call an imaginary line that approximates a semi-circle around the
earth through both poles and at a right angle to the equator???
Line of Longitude or a meridian
The mythological creature with the head of a woman, the body of a lion, a
serpent tail, wings, and known for asking a riddle.
Sphinx
The oldest city in Florida.
St. Augustine
The capital of Florida.
Tallahassee
The largest country in area in western Europe.
France
The body of water on which Marseille is located.
Mediterranean Sea
The mountains which separate France from Spain.
The Pyrenees
The mountains which form France's border with Italy and Switzerland.
The Alps
The longest river in France's interior.
The Loire.
What is the national anthem of Great Britain?
"God Save the Queen: (or "God Save the King")
Which southeastern US state is mainly a peninsula and is known as the
"Sunshine State" because of its large number of sunny days.
Florida.
The two states on which Florida borders.
Georgia and Alabama.
The two bodies of water which Florida separates.
Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
One of the three African countries whose name begins with the letter z.
Zaire, Zambia, or Zimbabwe.
The state in which the Henry Ford Museum is located in Dearborn.
Michigan.
The state in which Flint is located.
Michigan.
In which country is Rotterdam the 2nd largest city and one of the world's
busiest ports?
The Netherlands.
Identify the country in which each of the following major cities is located.
1)Sydney
2)Casablanca
3)Hamburg
4)Bombay
1)Australia
2)Morocco
3)Germany
4)India
Identify the world's largest group of fresh water lakes.
The Great Lakes
Is the capital of New York the largest city in the state?
NO.
Is the capital of Missouri the largest city in the state?
no
Is the capital of Indiana the largest city in the state?
Yes.
Is the capital of Mississippi the largest city in the state?
yes.
Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
Colorado.
Identify the state in which the Grand Canyon is located.
Arizona.
Identify the body of water into which the Colorado River empties.
Gulf of California.
Identify the national park in which the Grand Canyon is located.
The Grand Canyon National Park.
Identify the largest salt lake in North America.
Great Salt Lake.
Of which country was Golda Meir the first woman premier?
Israel.
US State with the longest coastline.
Alaska
Surveyor's line said to divide the North from the South
Mason Dixon Line
In which Canadian province is Vancouver a leading port city?
British Columbia
What country is the port of Bordeaux located?
France
What country is the port of Cape Town located?
South Africa
What country is the port of Norfolk in?
United States
What country is the port of Cherbourg in?
France
The United States is bordered on its east and west coasts by two oceans name
the ocean on the west Coast.
Pacific
Name the country that borders the US on the North
Canada
If it is summer here in the United States, what season is it in Argentina?
Winter
Charles Darwin, a 19th century English scientist traveled to what islands to
study their unique life forms?
Galapagos Islands
What is the most densely populated country?
China
What country did the inventor of Tetris come from?
Russia
In which country did one of the worlds great religions, Islam, originate?
Mecca and Medina are cities in this country.
Saudi Arabia
Name the gulf that borders Saudi Arabia to the east.
Persian Gulf
Name the country whose capital contains shrines to the world's three major
religions?
Israel
Name the country in which you would find the landmark pyramids and the
Sphinx?
Egypt
Name the middle eastern country that is the site of Babylon?
Iraq
The mountains which form the border between France and Italy?
Alps
The second highest and longest mountain chain in the world
Andes
The mountains in what was the Soviet Union that are considered to be the
dividing line between Europe and
Urals
The mountain range that is known as the "Backbone of Italy"
Apennines
The second highest mountain in the world
K2
What is the Garden State
New Jersey
What is the Empire State
New York
What is the Big Sky State
Montana
What is the Golden State
California
What is the Sunshine State
Florida
Capitol of California
Sacramento
Capitol of Washington
Olympia
Capitol of Montana
Helena
Capitol of Wyoming
Cheyenne
Capitol of Iowa
Des Moines
Name the capital of the Garden State
Trenton
Name the only state capital with three sets of double letters in its name
Tallahassee
Name the capital of the northernmost state in the United States
Juneau
Name the capital of the westernmost state in the United States
Honolulu
Name the capital of the state that borders Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico
Austin
Name the only state in the United States whose name ends in the word 'cut'
Connecticut
Name the only state in the United States whose name ends in the word 'sin'
Wisconsin
Name the only state in the United States whose name ends with the letter 'k'
New York
Name the only state in the United States that ends with the letter 'h'
Utah
Name the only state in the United States that ends with the letter 'g'
Wyoming
Identify the word for a waterway dug across land for transportation and
irrigation
Canal
Name the canal across New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie to Troy and Albany
on the Hudson River
Erie Canal
Name the canal completed in 1914 that cuts across the isthmus of Panama and
links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Panama Canal
Name the canal completed in 1869 across the isthmus of Suez between the Port
of Said and Suez
Suez Canal
Currency of Russia
Ruble
Currency of Israel
Shekel
Currency of India
Rupee
Currency of Greece
Drachma
Capital of Denmark
Copenhagen
Capital of Egypt
Cairo
Capital of Italy
Rome
Capital of Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Capital of the Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
What is the name of the sports arena in ancient Rome
Coliseum
What Paris landmark inspired George Ferris to invent the Ferris Wheel?
Eiffel Tower
Name the South Dakotan landmark created to honor four American presidents.
Mount Rushmore
Name the memorial built in Washington DC to honor the sixteenth President of
the United States.
Lincoln Memorial
After many years of controversy this unique landmark was erected in
Washington, DC to honor the men and women who died during the nineteen sixties
and seventies in a southeast Asian conflict.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
What is the river that borders the united states and
St. Lawrence river
Bonus : How many states are there in the united states
50
What large range of mountains runs north to south along western border of
south
Andes mountain
What is the capital of
Brasilia
What is the name of the northernmost country on the north American continent
Canada
What is the capital of
Ottawa
What is the name of the southern country on the north American continent
Mexico
What is the capital of
Mexico City
What is the name and capital of the third large country on the North American
continent
United states , Washington DC
What state is called the Wolverine State?
Michigan
What state is called the Tar Heel State?
North Carolina
What state is called the Centennial State?
Colorado
What state is called the Pine Tree State?
Maine
What state is the called the The Last Frontier
Alaska
Which State in the United States has the most land area?
Alaska
Camberra, Perth, and Sydney are cities in what very large country/continent?
Australia
What country is home to the fabulous Taj Mahal?
India
What is the Taj Mahal?
A Tomb
A white flag with two blue stripes and the star of David is the flag of the
tiny middle eastern nation?
Israel
This river referred to in the Bible runs between Israel and its neighbors?
Jordan
Name the capital of Argentina?
Buenos Aries
Name the capital of Venezuela?
Caracas
Name the capital of Brazil?
Brasilia
Name the capital of Uruguay?
Montevideo
Name the capital of Chile?
Santiago
Name the capital of Colombia?
Bogotá
Name the capital of Ecuador?
Quito
Name the capital of Peru?
Lima
Name the capital of Guyana?
Georgetown
Name the capital of Paraguay?
Asuncion
Where is the Kennedy Space Center located?
Cape Canaveral Florida
What fruit is the well known nickname for the city of New York?
The Big Apple (Apple)
Name two of the five boroughs that make up the city?
Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island
What is the name of the famous financial district where you would find the
New York Stock Exchange?
Wall Street
What is the name of the Island in which the Statue of Liberty is Located?
Liberty Island
Area of New York City known for bohemians, beatniks and hippies?
Greenwich Village
In what state is Fort Sumter?
South Carolina
In what state is Little Big Horn?
Montana
In what state is Monticello?
Virginia
In what state is Carlsbad Caverns?
New Mexico
In what state is Death Valley?
California
What is the Capital of California?
Sacramento
What is the capital of Washington?
Seattle
What is the capital of Montana?
Helena
What is the capital of Wyoming?
Cheyenne
What is the capital of Iowa?
Des Moines
Name the capital of the Garden State?
Trenton
What is the only state capital that has three sets of double letters in its
name?
Tallahassee
What is the capital of the Northernmost State in the United States?
Juneau
What is the capital of the Westernmost State in the United States?
Honolulu
What is the capital of the state that borders the country of Mexico and the
Gulf of Mexico?
Austin
What is the only state in the U.S. whose name ends with the word cut?
Connecticut
Name the only state in the U.S. whose name ends with the word sin?
Wisconsin
Name the only state in the U.S. whose name ends in the letter k?
New York
Name the only state in the U.S. whose name ends in the letter h.
Utah
Name the only state in the U.S. whose name ends in the letter g.
Wyoming
What are the mountains which form the border between France and Italy?
Alps
What is the second highest and lowest mountain chain in the world?
Andes
The mountains in what was the Soviet Union that are considered to be the
dividing line between Europe and Asia are called?
Urals
The mountain range that is known as the "Backbone of Italy" is
called the?
Apennines
the second highest mountain in the world is?
K2
In which country did one of the world's great religions, Islam, originate?
Saudi Arabia
Name the gulf that borders Saudi Arabia to the East
Persian Gulf
Name the country whose capital contains shrines to the world's three major
religions:
Israel
Name the country in which you would find the landmark pyramids and the Sphinx
Egypt
Name the middle eastern country that is the site of Babylon?
Iraq
If it is summer here in the United States, what season is it in Argentina?
Winter
Charles Darwin, a 19th century English scientist traveled to what islands to
study their unique life forms?
Galapagos islands
What country did Aesop, the famed writer of fables, come from?
Greece
What country does the inventor of Tetris come from?
Russia
Identify the word for a waterway dug across land for transportation or
irrigation?
Canal
Name the canal completed across New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie to Troy
and Albany on the Hudson River.
Erie Canal
Name the canal completed in 1914 that connects the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans.
Panama Canal
Name the canal completed in 1869 that allows free passage from the Mediterranean
to the Red Sea.
Suez Canal.
Name the North American waterway on which the Soo and Welland Ship canals are
located.
St. Lawrence Seaway
Identify the world's largest island that was colonized by Eric the Red.
Greenland.
What European country administers the islands of Azores?
Portugal.
Name the country that administers the island of Crete.
Greece.
What country administers the Canary islands?
Spain.
What country administers the Shetland Islands?
Scotland.
What Great Lake's name is French for "Upper Lake"?
Lake Superior.
Which of the Great Lakes is the deepest?
Lake Superior.
Which Great Lake is the farthest West?
Lake Superior.
Which Great Lake is the highest above sea level?
Lake Superior.
What continent is located north of the Caribbean Sea?
North America.
What continent is located to the north of the Indian and North Pacific
oceans?
Asia.
What continent lies to the north of the Indian Oceans and the Tasman Sea?
Australia.
Name the continent directly north of the Cape Horn and the Strait of
Magellan.
South America.
At which spot on earth are the days and nights always of equal length, 12
hours each?
Equator.
Within 5,000 mile what is the circumference of the Earth at the equator?
25,000.
What is the latitude of the equator?
Zero.
Within 5 miles, what is the approximate number of miles for each degree of
longitude at the equator?
69 miles.
Name the country in which Quito, a city which lies almost exactly on the
equator, is located.
Ecuador.
What country was the Berlin wall in?
Germany.
What channel separates Great Britain and France?
The English Channel.
Which holiday is celebrated with the burning of a Yule log?
Christmas.
It's national holiday celebrated on July 14.
Bastille Day.
What has happened at work if your mother has received a "pink slip"
in her pay envelope?
She was fired or discharged.
What has happened if your brother has received a "call from Uncle
Sam".
He was drafted.
What has happened if your neighbor has "bought the farm"?
He died.
What has happened if your sister was "caught with her hand in the cookie
jar".
She was caught in the process of stealing( or wrongdoing).
Identify the U.S. city made up of 3 islands and a peninsula.
New York City.
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Name 5 major Computer languages?
AIDA, ALGOL, APL, BASIC, C, COBOL, FORTRAN, LISP, LOGO, Pascal, PL/1
Who invented the cash register?
James Ritty
Who invented Platform scales?
Thaddeus Fairbanks
Who invented the electronic pocket calculator?
J.S Kilby, J.D. Merryman
Who invented the supercomputer?
J. H. Van Tassel
Who invented the mechanical computer?
W. Burroughs
Who invented the Automatic digital computer?
Howard Aiken
Who invented Parallel computing?
Seymour Cray, David Gelernter
Who invented the knitting machine?
William Lee
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Who invented the Mackintosh (raincoat)?
C. Macintosh
Who invented the zipper?
W. L. Judson
Who invented Nylon?
W. H. Carothers
Who invented the printing press?
Frederick Koenig
Who invented the Typewriter?
W.A. Burt
Who invented Braille printing?
Louis Braille
Who invented Collotype photography?
Henry F. Talbot
Who invented the Telegraph?
S.F.B. Morse
Who invented Morse code?
S.F.B. Morse
Who invented Blueprint?
John Herschel
Who invented the phonograph?
Thomas Edison
Who invented the Microphone?
D.E. Hughes
Who invented the Kodak camera?
George Eastman
Who invented the movie projector?
Thomas Edison
Who invented wireless telegraphy?
G. Marconi
Who invented telephotography?
Arthur Korn
Who invented sound motion pictures?
T.W. Case
Who invented Conception of television?
A. A. C. Swinton
Who invented the loudspeaker?
C. W. Rice, E. W. Kellogg
Who invented the Magnetic recording tape?
Fritz Pfleumer
Who invented the Frequency modulation (FM)?
E. H. Armstrong
Who invented Xerography?
Chester Carlson
Who invented Holography?
Dennis Gabon
Who invented LP record?
Peter Carl Goldmark
Who invented the Polaroid camera?
Edwin Land and Walter H. Brattain
Who invented Color television?
Peter Carl Goldmark
Who invented Videotape?
Charles Ginsberg and Ray Dolby
Who invented the Compact disc?
Joop Sinjou and Toshi Tada Doi
Who invented the compact disk interactive?
Richard Bruno
Who invented Hydraulic cement?
John Smeaton
Who invented portland cement?
Joseph Aspdin
Who invented the steam hammer?
James Nasmyth
Who invented Reinforced concrete?
F. J. Monier
Who invented Cylinder lock?
Linus Yale
Who invented Carborundum?
E. G. Acheson
Who invented Air conditioning?
W. H. Carrier
Who invented Voltaic cell?
Alessandro Volta.
Who invented the dynamo?
Michael Faraday
Who invented electrolysis?
Michael Faraday
Who invented the Dry cell?
George Leclanché
Who invented the Arc lamp?
C. F. Brush
Who invented the Incandescent lamp?
Thomas Edison
Who invented the Cathode ray tube?
William Crookes
Who invented the Transformer?
William Stanley
Who invented the photoelectric cell?
Julius Elster and Hans F. Geitel
Who invented the Diode?
J. A. Fleming
Who invented the Neon light?
Georges Claude
Who invented the transistor?
William Shockley and John Bardeen
Who invented optical fiber?
Narinder Kapany
Who invented laser?
Gordon Gould
Who invented the integrated Circuit?
Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce
Who invented the light-emitting diode?
Nick Holonyak, Jr.
Who invented liquid crystal display?
George Heilmeier
Who invented the microprocessor?
Ted Hoff
Who invented the high-temperature super-conductors?
J. George Bednorz and Karl A. Muller
Who invented the washing machine?
Nathaniel Briggs
Who invented bi focal lenses
Ben Franklin
Who invented alternating current or AC?
Nikola Tesla
Who invented the suspenders to hold up his pants
Mark Twain
Who invented calculus?
Issac Newton
Who invented Portland cement?
Thomas Edison
Name the American automobile engineer and manufacturer who popularized the
idea of mass production by using the assembly-line methods.
Henry Ford.
Identify the inventor of a type of stove and bifocal glasses.
Benjamin Franklin.
Identify the inventor of the swivel chair and the dumb-waiter.
Thomas Jefferson.
Identify the inventor of the Kodak camera.
George Eastman.
Identify the inventor of Wireless Telegraphy.
Lee De Forest.
His sword
Excalibur
The princess he married
Guinevere
Bravest of the knights, who was also the lover of King Arthur's wife.
Sir Lancelot
Magician/seer who helped King Arthur
Merlin
Son of Lancelot who found the Holy Grail.
Sir Galahad
Legendary Island paradise where King Arthur was taken after his death.
Avalon
American who wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain
King Arthur's Capital City
Camelot
English Author of the 15th Century work "Le Morte d' Arthur" or the
death of Arthur.
Sir Thomas Mallory
Evil fairy sister of Arthur
Morgan Le Fay
in the Arthurian Legends Lancelot has a son, what is his son's name?
Sir Galahad
What is Mark Twain's real name?
Samuel Langhorn Clemens
Name the whale in Pinocchio?
Monstro
Least intelligent of the seven dwarfs?
Dopey
Bambi's friend flower was a----?
Skunk
What did Cinderella's carriage turn into at midnight?
A pumpkin
Where do the Winnie the Pooh characters live?
The Hundred Acre woods
The spider and the pig who are loyal companions in E.B. White's Charlotte's
Web.
Charlotte and Wilbur.
Girl trapped in a cave with Tom Sawyer
Becky Thatcher
Detective whose sidekick is Dr. Watson
Sherlock Holmes
Treasure Island pirate with only one leg
Long John Silver
Giant lumberjack whose pet was a blue ox.
Paul Bunyan
Little man who helps a princess spin straw into gold
Rumpelstiltskin
Number of Lines in a Sonnet
14
Captain in Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Captain Nemo
Captain of the Pequod in MOBY DICK
Captain Ahab
Captain of the Jolly Roger in Peter Pan
Hook
US President who is the subject of Walt Whitman's poem "O Captain! My
Captain!"
Abraham Lincoln
Rudyard Kipling novel including the word Captain in its title.
Captain Courageous
Who is the author of Treasure Island?
Robert Louis Stevenson
Who is the author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit?
Beatrix Potter
Who is the author of Gulliver's Travels?
Jonathan Swift
Who is the author of A Child's Garden of Verses?
Robert Louis Stevenson
The imaginary land called Narnia is the setting of 7 novels by which 20th
century British author?
C.S. Lewis
When you receive an invitation to a fancy party the letters R.S.V.P. might
appear on it. What French phrase does R.S.V.P. stand for?
Respondez s'il vous plait
The overthrow of a government by force is often referred to as this kind of
coup..
coup d'etat
Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer written in 1876 was the first novel ever written on
what then modern writing tool.
Typewriter
According to the great Books Foundation this short novel by Franz Kafka is a
must read.
Metamorphosis
What novel begins "it was the best of times, it was the worst of
times"?
A Tale of Two Cities
Who wrote a Tale of Two Cities?
Charles Dickens
Name the following author by his real name: Mark Twian.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Name the following author by his real name : George Orwell.
Eric Arthur Blair
This British author of "Emma" and "Pride and Prejudice"
was the daughter of a clergyman.
Jane Austin
This American Writer won a Pulitzer Prize for his story, "The Old Man
and The Sea."
Ernest Hemingway
What famous writer's real name was Samuel Langhorn Clemens?
Mark Twain.
What famous writer's real name was William Sydney Porter?
O. Henry
What famous writer's real name was Benjamin Franklin?
Richard Saunders or Poor Richard.
What famous writer's real name was Theodore Geisel?
Dr. Seuss.
What famous writer's real name was Mary Ann Evans?
George Eliot.
In THE THREE BEARS, whose porridge was too hot to eat?
Papa bear's.
How many thieves did Ali Baba hide from?
40.
According to Aesop which insect starved when winter came?
Grasshopper.
What was THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS punishment for losing their mittens?
No pie.
Who is the author of the CAT IN THE HAT.
Dr. Seuss.
What Dickens character is visited by ghosts on Christmas eve?
Ebenezer Scrooge.
Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austin.
In what Shakespearean play do you find the famous lines "to be or not to
be?"
Hamlet.
What do you call a speech that a character says aloud, alone on stage, which
generally represents what he is thinking at the moment?
Soliloquy.
In what country did Hamlet take place?
Denmark.
What language is Beowulf in?
Old English.
Who wrote 1984?
Orwell
Where were Chaucer's pilgrims going in Canterbury Tales?
Shane of Thomas a Becket
How many wives did Henry VIII have?
Six
What is the Aldous Huxlers novel about a life after a nuclear war?
A Brave New War
Who is the monster in Beowolf?
Grendel
Name the author who wrote The Age of Reason?
Thomas Paine.
Name the author who wrote the Winter of Our Discontent?
John Steinbeck.
Name the author who wrote Evangeline?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
What is the sum of the numbers from 1 to 100?
5050
After tossing a coin 5 times, what is the probability that all 5 times are
heads?
1/32
What is the numeric value of Pi?
3.1415926
Convert the number 15 to base 2 (binary)?
11112
What base is Octal?
8
What Base is hexadecimal?
16
What base is binary?
2
How many possibilities are there if a die is thrown 3 times?
63 = 216
Convert 10 Kilograms to Pounds?
22 pounds
what are all possible solutions for the following problem?
X2 = 25
+5, -5
What percent of 65 is 32.5?
50 percent
What is the sum of the prime factors of 14?
9.
If you misspell 20 words from a list of 80, what percentage of the words did
you spell correctly?
75%.
If the area of a circle is 6 square feet, what is the area of a sector of the
circle with a central angle of 60 degrees.
1 square foot.
The Appalachian Trail is 3200 kilometers long. If Adam walked 25% of it, how
far did he walk.
800 kilometers.
There are 300 national parklands, 7/15 of which are east of the Mississippi
River. How many of them are west of the Mississippi?
160.
There were 20 questions on a math test, and Adam got 14 correct. What grade
did he receive based on 100 as a perfect score?
70.
How many degrees are there in a semi-circle?
180.
In how many minutes can an automobile traveling at 30 miles per hour make a
30-mile trip without stopping?
60 minutes.
What integer lies midway between 2 squared and 2 cubed?
6.
Give the first 4 prime numbers.
2, 3, 5, and 7.
If 2 angles are complementary, how many degrees is their sum?
90.
Mrs. Jones expects 4 guests for dinner. In how many ways can she arrange her
guest at her circular dinner table?
6.
321-123=
198.
1+8+3+2-14=
0.
636+363=
999.
2 score+8=
48.
1+5+11+11+5+1=
34.
12-636=
-624.
2000+200+20+7=
2227.
12 feet+ 1 fathom.
(in feet) 18.
1 gross-54=
90.
999-9999=
-9000.
Formula for area of a rectangle
A= LxW
Formula for the area of a square of side S.
A= SxS or S2
Musical instrument and geometric figure sharing the same name.
Triangle
Branch of Mathematics which expresses arithmetic quantities and relations
using symbols.
Geometry
Roman numeral for 66
LXVI
Number of days in ten years
3,652
Three measures of the interior angles of an isosceles right triangle
45,45, and 90
First three ordinal numbers
First, 2nd , and 3rd
Sum of the the interior angles of a triangle
180 degrees
Numbers of yards in a mile
1,760 yards
How many squares on a chessboard
64
Winks associated with a nap
40
Four score and seven
87
What is the name of a quadrilateral having exactly two parallel sides
trapezoid
What is the greatest common factor for the #'s 10 and 35
5
Which conic section is formed by the path of a planet as it moves about the
sun
ellipse
What is the sum of the integers between 1 to ten
55
How long will it take a car traveling 60mph to travel 27 miles
27 minutes
What is the prime factorization of 75
3x5x5
how much is 7 minus 26
negative 19
What is the Greatest Common Factor of 35 and 70?
35
What is the positive square root of 2500?
50
A rectangular floor is 13 feet wide and has an area of 260 feet. What is the
length of the room?
20 ft.
Line that touches a circle at just one point
tangent
Possible questions on one show of Jeopardy
61
Squares on a bingo card
25
Games in a major league baseball season
162
How many zeros in one trillion
12
Name the four basic operations in algebra.
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Is zero either a positive or negative number?
no it is neither
What is the only number not found in the Roman Numeral system?
0
What is the only number not found in the Roman numeral system??
Zero
What device is used to measure temperature?
Thermometer.
What device is used to measure the distance a car travels?
Odometer.
What device is used o measure distance walked?
Pedometer.
What measurement is used for measuring distance in Europe?
Kilometer.
What device is used to measure air pressure?
Barometer.
Three dimensional objects have height, width and this dimension?
Depth.
What is the name of a three dimensional object whose sides are all equal and
form a perfect box?
Cube.
Opposite collinear rays with the same endpoint always form
________?
A line
In 3-D, lines that are neither parallel nor intersecting are
______?
Skew
If line AB were equal and congruent to line CD and line CD are equal and
congruent , than line AB that is equal and congruent to line EF is an example of
what congruence property?
Transitive
Two angels whose congruence sum is 180 degrees are called______?
Supplementary Angels
In a triangle , what is the relationship between an exterior angel and its
remote interior angels?
Equal
A triangle that ahs no congruent sides is a ________?
Scalene
What kind of polygon has a diagonal that contains points outside the polygon?
Concave
How do you find the sum if the measures of the interior angles of an n-gon?
(n -2) 180
What is the sum of the measures of the exterior angles of a polygon?
360 degrees
There are 50 birds on a tree. A hunter fires a bullet at them and hits 5
birds. How many birds are left on the tree?
0, they flew away when they heard the bullet....
What the span of 1000 years called?
Millennium
What is the span of a 100 years called?
A century
What is the span of 10 years called?
decade
How many days are there in a millennium within 10?
365250 days
The sea serpent supposedly in a Scottish lake.
Lock Ness Monster
According to the saying, what shouldn't you do if you live in a glass house?
Throw stones.
The one god of the Muslims
Allah
Who is Lancelot's son?
Galahad
What does BTU stand for?
British thermal unit
Who was the captain of the Nautilus?
Captain Nemo
Name Donald Duck's three nephews?
Huey Looey and Duey
What was Disney's first animated feature?
Snow White
Who played Daniel Boone on the Disney series?
Fess Parker
The small tractor used to smooth the surface of ice rinks..
Zamboni.
The large airship shaped like a cigar with pointed ends.
Zeppelin.
Identify the bird whose name is derived from the Middle English duk
for "diver".
Duck.
The bad-tempered horse whose name is Spanish for "rough" or
"rude".
Bronco.
The extinct bird unable to fly whose name is derived from the Portuguese for
"simpleton".
Dodo.
The one-humped animal whose name is derived from the Greek dromos for
"running".
Dromedary.
Who drove Adam who works in the studio Crazy?
Usama
Which nocturnal bird is associated with Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom?
An owl.
What has happened at work if someone has received their walking papers?
They were fired
Identify the 4 H's of the 4-H club.
Head, heart, hands, and health.
Chamber in which film is developed.
Darkroom.
Period of time from 476 AD to the end of the tenth century.
Dark ages.
Lacking knowledge about a particular subject.
In the dark.
Area of the moon not visible to the eye.
Dark side.
Nickname for Africa pre 1900.
Dark continent.
Wood used to line clothing chests and closets to keep moths away
cedar
Name the famous sibling of Caroline Kennedy?
John f. Kennedy
Name the famous sibling of Charlie Sheen?
Emilio Estevez
Name the famous sibling of Billy Carter?
Jimmy Carter
Name the famous sibling of Janet Jackson?
Michael Jackson (Latoya Jackson)
Name the famous sibling of Charlotte Bronte?
Emily Bronte (Anne Bronte)
How much is a Baker's Dozen?
13
How many voyages did Sinbad have?
7
What is the number of provinces in Canada?
10
What is the number of Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
4
How many lines are in a Sonnet?
14
What color would you get if you mixed red and blue together?
purple
When traveling outside the US what sort f documents must you carry?
Passport
What symbol is used to separate a name from it's domain name in an email
address?
The at symbol accept circled a or @
How many years are there in a millennium??
1000
Which Video Game company is famous for such popular games as the Street
Fighter and Resident Evil series'??
Capcom
What is the real name of the WWF superstar "The Rock"??
Duane Johnson
What is Cracker-Barrel??
A Cheese ("a brand of cheese" is also acceptable)
In Hebrew this word means hello, goodbye and peace.
Shalom.
The words bouquet and buffet are both adopted from what language?
French.
What was the purpose of yodeling?
Communication in the mountains.
When do you say Bon Appetit?
Before you eat.
What was the name of the whale in the story of Pinocchio?
Monstro
What is the name of 006, James Bond's partner turned enemy in the movie
"Goldeneye"??
Alec Trevalyn
Who was the composer who composed "Ode to Joy"?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Who was the composer who composed "Fur Elise"?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Works by George Gershwin:
The opera Porgy and ________
Bess
Works by George Gershwin:
The orchestral piece Rhapsody in ________
Blue
According to the legend, which water bird sings beautifully just before it
dies.
Swan.
What classical composers are considered the three B's?
Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms.
The king of the gods in Greek mythology.
Zeus.
Who were we?
1) Our names were Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa.
Gorgons.
Who were we?
1) We were 3 frightful mythological sisters, and anyone who looked at our
terrible faces was turned to stone.
Gorgons.
The animals replacing the hair on the head of the Gorgons.
Snakes.
The person who killed Medusa, the youngest of the Gorgons.
Perseus
The winged horse that was born from the blood of Medusa.
Pegasus.
The meaning of the word immortal, a word used to describe Stheno and Euryale.
Eternal( not subject to death).
His nationality
French
His last name
Bonaparte
Territory he sold to the US in 1803
Louisiana Purchase
Cathedral where he crowned himself emperor of France
Notre Dame
Name his first wife
Josephine
Battle of his final defeat
Waterloo
General who defeated him
Duke of Wellington
Husband of Blondie in the Comic strips
Dagwood
Bird that is the sidekick to the beagle in the cartoon strip PEANUTS.
Woodstock
Name the actor who won Best Actor awards consecutively in 1993 and 1994 for
his work in Philadelphia and Forest Gump.
Tom Hanks
Name the movie in which Tom hanks played opposite Robert Loggia as a little
kid in a grown up world.
Big
The Recording Industry Association of American presents a gold album to
artists whose albums sells over 500,000 copies.
What precious metal album is given for an album that sells over 1,000,000
copies.
Platinum
What precious stone is the birthstone for April?
Diamond
The Simpsons' is drawn by what cartoonist?
Matt Groening
Name the Quik-E-Mart owner in the Simpsons?
Apu
What is "Esperanto"?
A language that is a mixture of several languages.
What two months of the year were named in honor of Roman Emperors?
July and August.
For what mythological figure is the month of January named?
Janus.
What traditional wedding month was named after Hera the patroness of women?
June.
In what month do we commemorate the party held by the Pilgrims and the
Indians in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
November.
What do prefixes Sept, Oct, Nov, and Dec mean?
7, 8, 9, and 10.
Heather left just as early as ___.
I
The counselors selected two candidates, Susan and __.
me
The teacher assigned the project to Kevin and __
me
There were several reasons for __ leaving early
my
We, Laura and __, won first place.
I
Mother divided the cake between Jeff and __
me
Will and __ competed in the state tournament.
I
Let Joan and __ settle our own argument
me
Sean is taller than __
I
The only new members could be Carol and __
I
All is fair in love and _______
War
Health is better than ______
Wealth
Let bygones be ________
Bygones
All that glitters is not _____
Gold
Complete, "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is ___________".
Weak.
Complete, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle,
than for a rich man to enter the___________".
Kingdom of God.
Complete, "It is more blessed to give than to _________".
Receive.
Complete, "No man can serve two ________".
Masters.
What philosopher said, "I think therefore I am"?
Descartes.
The religion in which all gods are only aspects of the divine unity, the
Brahman.
Hinduism.
The Japanese religion that does not worship one supreme being.
Shinto.
What is the speed of Light in miles/second?
About 186,000 Miles/Second
On the Average, how many heart beats are there per minute in humans?
72 beats/minute
Name the four parts of the heart?
Left & Right atrium or auricle
Left & Right ventricle
Who Developed the theory of Relativity?
Albert Einstein
Name the largest living animal on Earth?
Blue Whale
Protons and Neutrons in an atom are sometimes referred to as?
Nucleons
Name two of the three parts of an essay?
Introduction, Body, Ending (Conclusion)
What is the speed of sound at room temperature (70 degrees Fahrenheit) in
feet per seconds?
1,129 feet/s
What is the charge of a proton?
Positive (+)
What is the charge of an electron?
Negative (-)
What is the charge of a neutron?
Neutral (0)
What are the FOUR states of matter?
Solid, Liquid, Gas, and Plasma
What is the relationship between the Pressure and the Volume of a gas?
Pressure is inversely proportional to the Volume
What is the relationship between the Temperature and the Volume of a gas?
Temperature is directly proportional to the Volume
The last group of the periodic table is known as?
Inert Gases
Define Molarity?
The concentration of a substance in a solution in Moles per Liter of Water
What is the formula for Oxygen?
O2
What is the formula for Nitrogen
N2
What is Avagadro's Number?
6.022 × 1023
What is the gas constant including the units?
0.0821 Liter Atmospheres/Mole Kelvin
What is an isotope?
Element with different masses.
How many Kilometers are there in a mile?
1.609
How many Centimeters are there in an inch?
2.54
What system of measurements is used in the US?
The English System
What is the most commonly used measurement system?
Metric System or SI System.
If a person weighs 120 pounds on earth, how much what he weigh on the moon?
20 pounds
What is the value of gravity on earth?
9.8 meters/second
The physical law equating mass and energy formulated by Albert Einstein.
E = mc2
The largest web-footed bird, one with a large pouch, whose names seems to be
related to the Greek word for the woodpecker.
Pelican
The house bird whose name is derived from the Latin word for "dog".
Canary
The Sea creature whose name is derived from the Greek for
"eight-footed".
Octopus
The burrowing mammal that eats ants and termites and whose name is derived
from Afrikaans for "earth-pig".
Aardvark
A planet moves in a closed path or orbit shaped as which of the following: a
circle, a parabola, an ellipse, or a hyperbola?
An ellipse.
Name the 4 planets in our solar system whose orbits are farthest from the
sun.
Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn.
What percent of our atmosphere is made up of oxygen?
21
What is a blue moon?
The second full moon in one month
The name for the compound of silicon and oxygen that forms flint.
Silica.
The liquid that dissolves this compound and then filters out forming flint.
Water.
Which word designates the "force of attraction that tends to draw all
bodies in the earth's sphere toward the center of the earth"?
Gravity.
Identify the English scientist who according to legend formulated the inverses-square
law of gravity after watching an apple to the ground.
Sir Issac Newton.
Identify the Geek philosopher who declared that heavy objects fall faster
than lighter ones.
Aristotle.
Identify the Italian scientist who found that all objects fall with the same
acceleration.
Galileo.
Identify the German-born American scientist who announced his general theory
of relativity in 1915.
Albert Einstein.
Who flew a kite with a key in a thunderstorm, proving that lightning is
electricity?
Benjamin Franklin.
# of permanent human teeth
32
How many hours of daylight or darkness are there during the autumnal or
vernal equinox?
12
What season of the year is ushered in by the vernal equinox?
spring
The scientific name of the jawbone is the
mandible
The clavicle is more commonly know as the ...
collarbone
While working at a Swiss patent office in 1905 he published his special theory
of relativity
Einstein
In the 1950s this medical researcher developed an oral vaccine for polio
Sabin
The scientific method of research requires the testing of educated guesses known
as:
Hypotheses
Spell Hypothesis:
H-Y-P-O-T-H-E-S-I-S
Who developed the theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
Who is the Founder of Psychology as a science?
William Wundt.
Which eating disorder is characterized by extreme loss of weight due to lack
of eating?
Anorexia.
Who developed the stages of psychosexual personality development?
Sigmund Freud.
Which nervous consists of the brain and spinal cord?
Central Nervous System.
Which is the most dominant sense for most humans?
Vision.
Which stage of sleep is considered "Deep Sleep"?
Stage#4.
What does REM stand for?
Rapid Eye Movement.
What is the most widely used and abused drug in our country?
Alcohol.
Which anxiety disorder is characterized by an irrational and inappropriate
fear of something?
Phobia.
The crab.
Cancer (moon child).
The ram.
Aries.
The bull.
Taurus.
The virgin.
Virgo.
The fishes.
Pisces.
The lion.
Leo.
The balance or scales.
Libra.
The archer.
Sagittarius.
The water bearer.
Aquarius.
The goat.
Capricorn.
What is the highest civilian award that can be presented by president of the
United States?
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Who governs the United States if the president should decline?
Vice President
Who governs the United States if the president and Vice President should
decline?
Speaker of the House
In what year did women gain the right to vote?
1920
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
19
What amendment gave 18 year olds the right to vote?
26
Name 4 of the freedoms that the first amendment guarantees?
Religions, Speech, Press, Assembly, petition (the government)
What is the introduction to the constitution called?
Preamble
Who was the major writer of the Bill or Rights?
James Madison
Who put the Declaration of Independence into words?
Thomas Jefferson
What was the governing law of the US before the constitution?
Articles of Confederation
What is the minimum age requirement to be a President of the US?
35
How long is the president's term?
4
How long is a senator's term?
6 years
How many amendments are there to the constitution?
27
For how many years do we elect a representative?
2 Years
What is the maximum number of terms for the president?
2 terms
What is the maximum number of terms for a senator?
No limit
What is the maximum number of terms for a representative?
No Limit
What was Abraham Lincoln's nick name?
Honest Abe
Who Delivered the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the capital of New Jersey?
Trenton
What is the capital of New York?
Albany
What is the Longest River in the world?
Nile River
What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo
What is the capital of Iraq?
Baghdad
What is the capital of the United Kingdom?
London
What is the capital of France?
Paris
What is the capital of Italy?
Rome
What is the Capital of Japan?
Tokyo
How many members are there in the House of Representatives
435
Which legendary fountain was Juan Ponce de Léon searching for when he landed
in Florida in 1513?
The Fountain of Youth.
The Indians in Florida who fought 2 wars against American forces and who
finally moved west in mid-19th century.
Seminole Indians
The man who led American forces into Florida in 1818 to fight the Indians
(and the Spanish) and who later became the 7th U.S. President.
Andrew Jackson
The animal idol worshipped by the Israelites while Moses was on Mount Sinai.
Golden Calf
Office that is second in line of succession to the US presidency
Speaker of the House
Who is the Macedonian king who conquered much of Asia before he died in 323
B.C.?
Alexander The Great
Who is the greatest king of the Huns, who dies in 453 A.D.
Attila
Who is the creator of the Persian Empire in the 6th century B.C.?
Cyrus The Great
Who is the king of Babylon depicted in the Old Testament book of Daniel?
Nebuchadnezzar (II)
Who invented a printing press with movable type?
Johann Guttenburg
What is a "coup d'etat"? What language is that?
Overthrowing of the government. French.
When is "Mardi Gras" celebrated? What day? What does it mean?
Before Ash Wednesday. Tuesday. Fat Tuesday.
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INTERMITTENT
Spell PROCRASTINATE
PROCRASTINATE
Spell DISCIPLINE
DISCIPLINE
Spell CONCURRENT
CONCURRENT
Spell INFRACTION
INFRACTION
Spell yachting.
Y-A-C-H-T-I-N-G.
Mischievous
Mischievous
Thesaurus
Thesaurus
Velocity
Velocity
Diphthong
Diphthong
Anachronism
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Pneumonia
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forfeit
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esophagus
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What was the first team to win 5 Super Bowls?
San Francisco 49ers
What was the second team to win 5 Super Bowls?
Dallas Cowboys
What is the oldest team in the NFL?
Chicago - St. Louis - Phoenix - Arizona Cardinals, Established 1899
In what year was the NFL established?
1920
Other than the Chicago Cubs, what baseball team has the longest championship
drought?
Boston Red Sox
What baseball player has the most career hits?
Pete Rose
In what year did the New York Baseball Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers move
to the west coast?
1958
What University was the first NCAA basketball tournament champion?
University of Oregon
What was the last horse to win the Triple Crown?
Affirmed
What team was the first from the NHL to win the Stanley Cup?
Toronto Arenas
What college bowl game is commonly called 'The Granddaddy of 'em all'?
Rose Bowl
Which football league is older, the NFL or the CFL?
CFL
What was the Astrodome's original name?
The Harris County Domed Stadium
What is the oldest American NHL team?
Boston Bruins
What was the first NHL team in New York City?
New York Americans
What is the oldest stadium in the NFL?
Solider Field, Chicago (1924)
What is the oldest baseball stadium?
Fenway Park, Boston (1912)
What country has won the most gold medals in hockey?
USSR a.k.a. Russia
Other than Brazil, what is the only country to win the soccer World Cup in
consecutive tournaments?
Italy
Who was the first Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World?
John L. Sullivan
What teams came into the NFL in the 1976 expansion?
Tampa Bay Buccaneers & Seattle Seahawks
Who was the first hockey player to score 50 goals in a season?
Maurice Richard
What team has the most NFL / NFC Championship Game appearances?
New York Giants (16)
What is the Olympic motto?
"Citius, Altius, Fortius" Faster, Higher, Stronger
Whose silhouette is used in the NBA logo?
Jerry West
Other than the Montreal Canadians, who has won the most Stanley cups?
Toronto Maple Leafs
The number of outs in a perfect game in major league baseball
27
The score in a perfect game in bowling
300
The number of strikes in a perfect game in bowling
12
Considered the greatest Native American athlete, name the man who won both
the pentathlon and the decathlon events in the 1912 Olympics.
Jim Thrope
This record setting Olympic gold medal swimmer, earned fame as the lead actor
in a series of Tarzan films after he retired from sports.
Johnny Weissmuller
How many periods are in a hockey game?
3
Which team has won the most Stanley Cups?
Montreal Canadians
Who held the single season homerun up until 1998 with 61 home runs?
Roger Maris
What is the number of homeruns Mark McGuire finished 1998 with setting a new
record.
70
Name the baseball player who broke Roger Maris' Home run record?
Mark McGuire
Who Sponsors Tim Taylor's home-improvement show "Tooltime"?
Binford Tools
Jed Clampett moved his family to Beverly Hills after what fortunate event?
he struck oil
What state did the Brady Bunch take place?
California
Who played Giligan on" Giligans Island"?
Bob Denver
What role did Dick Van Dike play on his sitcom?
Writer
Who was the host in the original Twilight Zone?
Rod Serling
Boiling point of water degrees Fahrenheit.
212
Freezing point of water on the Celsius scale.
Zero!!
Freezing point of water on the Kelvin scale.
273 Kelvins
Name for the lowest possible temperature.
Absolute Zero
what is the Celsius temperature for Absolute Zero?
-273 Celsius
Chinese body of water/ Wang Ho.
Yellow River.
Aedsd Aegypti mosquito bites cause this disease.
Yellow fever.
National park in Wyoming.
Yellowstone.
Wasp bright yellow markings.
Yellow jacket.
Capital of NW territory Canada.
Yellowknife.
Business section of the phone book.
Yellow pages.
Tendency to be cowardly or spineless.
Yellowstreak or Yellowbellied.
The inexpensive Ford model known as the "Tin Lizzie".
Model T.
The unsuccessful car named after Henry Ford's son, ________ Bryant Ford.
Edsel.
The developer of the Ford Mustang who left to head the Chrysler Corporation.
Lee Iacocca.
Bicycle race that is its greatest national sporting event.
Tour de France.
In what country is the BMW manufactured?
GERMANY (Bavaria)
Sierra Leone
Africa
Belize
Central America
Tanzania
Africa
Mongolia
Nepal
Nepal
Asia
Costa Rica
Central America
Namibia
Africa
El Salvador
Central America
Mali
Africa
What year was the state of Israel formed?
1948
Which military leader conquered the entire region of France, then called Gallia,
or Gaul, between 58 and 51 B.C.
Julius Caesar.
The Germanic tribe after whom France was named.
Franks.
The king of this tribe who by A.D. 800 had been crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
Charlemagne.
The king who ruled France from 1643 to 1715.
Louis XIV.
The French leader who seized control in 1799 and ruled until 1815.
Napoleon.
of all the world's greatest empires whose was larger Alexander the Great or
Genghis Khan?
Genghis Kahn
In what year was Julius Caesar assassinated?
44 BC
Who was the first modern queen of England?
Queen Mary I.
Name the author who wrote The Pit and the Pendulum?
Edgar Allan Poe.
Name the author who wrote The Rose Tattoo?
Tennessee Williams.
Name the first chief justice of the U.S.?
John Jay.
New York's Guggenheim museum, completed in 1960, was designed by which
American architect?
Frank Lloyd Wright.
Who served as Pope of the Roman Catholic church for only thirty-five days in
1978?
Pope John Paul I.
What U.S. senator, the first man to orbit the Earth, is the oldest American
to orbit the Earth.
John Glenn.
What Greek mathematician developed a theory about right triangle
relationships?
Pythagoras.
What teenage television program is based on the character's involvement with
vampires?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
What is the name of Buffy's true love, who now has his own program?
Angel.
What long running Fox TV show uses information from the United Postal service
as its title?
Beverly Hills 90210.
Name the creator of 90210 whose daughter stars in the show.
Aaron Spelling.
What comic strip is drawn by Scott Adams?
Dilbert.
What is Dilbert's Dog's name?
Dogbert.
The motto of the U.S. government inscribed on its currency is Latin for: from
many one, what is the phrase on the currency?
E pluribus unum.
Another familiar Latin phrase is used in police work, Its abbreviation is M.O.
Modus Operandi.
In which story by Hans Christian Anderson is there a child in the crowd who
says, " But he has nothing on!"?
The Emperor's New Clothes.
In which story is a little girl found frozen to death with several burned out
matches scattered around her feet?
The Little Match Girl.
In which story does an animal turn into a lovely white swan?
The Ugly Duckling.
What is the line following "And somewhere men are laughing and somewhere
children shout, " in Ernest Lawrence Thayer's poem "Casey at the
Bat"?
But there is no joy in Mudville - mighty Casey has struck out.
What two major literary figures, one a writer of English literature, the
other of Spanish, died on the same day, April 23, 1616?
Shakespeare and Cervantes.
What type of bird is in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient
Mariner?
Albatross.
The word chortle, a combination of chuckle and snort was coined by Lewis
Carroll in what work?
Through the Looking Glass .
In what Dicken's novel do we encounter the characters the Artful Dodger and
Fagin?
Oliver Twist.
Jack Kerouac's novel of the beat generation is considered a landmark of
modern literature. Name it.
On the Road
In children's literature this Maurice Sendak book, now used as part of the
Bell Atlantic ad campaign is considered a favorite of childhood
Where the Wild Things Are
Early in Arthur's life his future ascendancy to the throne was presaged when
he drew this sword from a stone.
Excalibur
Arthur was said to be the son of this British ruler.
Uther Pendragon
The knights of Arthur's court adhered to a strict code of .....
Chivalry
This Knight's came from France to join Arthur's knights.
Lancelot
After Arthur's last battle he went to this place to recover from his wounds.
Avalon
What Dicken's character is visited by ghosts on Christmas eve?
Ebenezer Scrooge
Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austin
In what Shakespearean play do you find the famous lines "to be or not to
be?"
Hamlet
What do you call a speech that a character says aloud, alone on stage, which
generally represents what he is thinking at the moment?
Soliloquy
Name the author of the short story entitled Gift of the Magi.
O Henry
What were the soldiers who guarded roman emperors known as?
Praetorian Guards
What was General George S. Patton's Nickname?
"Old blood and guts"
MD who treats disorders of the foot.
Podiatrist
Specialist in making corrective lenses
Optician
MD who treats disorders of bones.
Ophthalmologist
Dentist who performs root canals.
Endodonists
The capital of California
Sacramento
The long fracture in the earth's crust, which extends for over 750 miles.
Yosemite National Park
The desert which covers a wide area between the southern sierra and the
Colorado River.
Mojave Desert
Name the world's richest known source of Ice Age fossils
L Brea Tar Pits
In this technique, an artist glues or pastes different materials to a
background to form a composition.
Collage
What kind of art is represented by billboards and product designs?
Commercial Art (graphic Art)
The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. What are the secondary colors?
Orange, Green. Violet
A Painting of everyday objects such as fruits and vegetables is called a ?
Still Life
Name the composer who wrote the Marriage of Figaro:
Mozart
Name the "Three B" composers:
Bach, Beethoven and Brahms
What kind of performers are waiting to get on stage in Degas'
Awaiting the Cue?
Ballerinas
What dance was banned in Paris in 1890's
Can-can
What is Fresco?
Picture painted on wet plaster of walls
What was the name of Diana Ross's singing group?
The Supremes
What does the musical term " a capella" mean?
Unaccompanied choral singing
What country was most famous for its tremendous out put of painting and
sculpting during the renaissance?
Italy
What painter created the famous "View of Toledo?
El Greco
What color cat is thought to denote bad luck if it crosses your
path?
Black
What is the color in the title of Alice Walker's novel?
Purple
What color is used to denote a negative balance in a ledger?
Red
What are Bayonne High School's school colors?
Garnet and White
What color was the pony in the John Steinbeck novel?
Red
To what color family do the following colors belong?
1.Vermillion
A. Red
2. Chartreuse
A. Green
3. Lavender
A. Purple
4. Sienna
A. Brown
5. Ebony
A. Black
Give the first name of the following artists and musicians:
1. Monet and Debussy
A. Claude
2. Mozart
A. Wolfgang
3. Van Gogh
A. Vincent
4. Casal and Picasso
A. Pablo
What are the first names of the beatles?
John, Paul, George, and Ringo
What are the Beatles last names
Lennon, McCarthy, Harrison, and Starr
What is music that consists of two or more melodies played at the same time?
counterpoint
In what year did Christopher "Big" Wallace die
1997
What word in music is the arrangement of beats in a piece of music? It is
also indicated by the time signature.
Meter
The music from Puff Daddy's " I'll be missing you" was originally
from which artist
Sting
What is the distance between two notes?
Interval
What means a slight wavering pitch, occurring so quickly that it sounds like
a single pitch?
Vibrato
Which musical instrument with keys, metal reeds,, and bellows invented by
Freidrich Buschmann in 1822 and improved by Cyrillys Damian in Vienna in 1829 is
known as a "Squeeze box"?
Accordion
For each of the following give the instruments classification as a brass,
woodwind, string, or percussion:
1. Tuba
A. Brass
2. Cello
A. Stringed
3.Xylophone
A. Percussion
4.Bassoon
A. Woodwind
What is a series of tones from one tone to its octave, arranged according to
pitch
Scale
What is Puff Daddy's real name
Sean Combs
Who recorded the song, "Heartbreak Hotel?"
Elvis Presley
Eric Clapton wrote "Tears in Heaven" in response to this tragedy
The death of his son
What Rap singer recently shot a video at Bayonne High School
Busta Rhymes
Who did Busta Rymes team up with to make his most recent recording?
Janet Jackson
What band did Natalie Merchant start in?
10,000 Maniacs
What was the name of the famous movement in art in Germany at the end of the
19th Century?
Die Brucke
Identify the name derived from an American Indian word meaning "eaters
of raw meat", a name used to identify the people who live in lands of the
north.
Eskimo
What is the Eskimo name for the dome shaped hut built of blocks of packed
snow?
Igloo
What mode of transportation is used by the Eskimo to carry heavy loads over
long distances. These conveyances are headed by animals.
Dog sled
What is the French Canadian name for the wild reindeer of North America?
Caribou
What is the vast, nearly flat, treeless plain of the arctic regions, an area
with permanently frozen subsoil called
Tundra
The Falkland Islands belong to which country?
United Kingdom
The resort center of Aspen is located in which U.S. state?
Colorado
What country is the world's largest archipelago, make up of13,000 islands?
Indonesia
What is the ONLY continent crossed by every line of longitude?
Antarctica
Identify the desert of southern Israel.
Negev Desert
What geographical feature is described as land surrounded on three sides by
water?
Peninsula
Name the world's largest island:
Greenland
In what country would you find the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx?
Egypt
Name the highest mountain in the United States
Mt. McKinley
What building in Chicago, Illinois is the tallest building in the USA?
Sears Tower
Which island in New York Harbor nicknamed "The Gateway to the New
World" was used as a principle reception station for immigrants from 1892
to 1943
Ellis Island
What U.S. state is closest to Asia?
Alaska
Name the Turkish city that is the only major city located on two continents
Istanbul
Name the imaginary line between the Tropic of Cancer and the North Pole that
circumscribes the northern frigid zone.
Artic Circle
Between which two continents is the Red Sea?
Africa and Asia
What novelist wrote a sequel to the British Folk Epic Beowulf?
John Gardner
Name the novel whose subject is the monster of the Epic
Grendel
I'll give you the nickname, you give me the state:
1.Garden State
A. New Jersey
2.Empire State
A. New York
3.Big Sky
A. Montana
4.Golden State
A. California
5.Sunshine State
A. Florida
Correct the grammatical error in each of the following if a correction is
needed:
1.Just between you and I, teachers give too much homework.
Just between you and me
Correct Grammatical errors
2. Identify the state in which each of the following buildings are located.
Each of the following buildings is located
Correct Grammar Errors
3. Don't use no double negatives
Don't use double negatives
Correct Grammar Errors
4. Each pronoun must agree with their antecedent.
With its Antecedent
Correct Grammar Errors
5. Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
Verbs have to agree.
What country is home to the fabulous Taj Mahal?
India
What is the Taj Mahal?
A tomb
Good and Bad
1. Name the New York Mets pitcher whose nickname is Dr. K
Dwight Gooden
Name the nocturnal burrowing carnivorous mammal, related to the weasel.
Badger
What is the English translation of the name Buenos Aires, The capital of
Argentina
Good Air
Figurative expression for an incorrigible person, especially one who is a bad
influence
Bad Apple
Supreme Court Justice who resigned in 1991
Thurgood Marshall
Name the part of speech that refers to a person, place or thing
noun
A word that describes a noun is called an
Adjective
Name the language of this foreign phrase: hasta la vista
Spanish
What do we call phrases that are specific to itself within a given language
such as the previous one.
idiom or idiomatic expression
What punctuation mark would be placed at the end of an interrogative
sentence?
Question Mark
What punctuation mark shows possession?
Apostrophe
Name the great English novelist who wrote Little Dorrit, Nicholas Nickleby
and A Christmas Carol?
Charles Dickens
Complete the titles of the following works by Charles Dickens:
1. A Tale of Two ?
Cities
Charles Dickens Novels
2. David?
Copperfield
Charles Dickens
3.Oliver?
Twist
Charles Dickens Novels
4. Great?
Expectations
Cola Wars: Generation Next
Who is the Spokesperson for the new Pepsi One?
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Which Cola is the Un-Cola?
7-Up
Words beginning with Under
What word describes something done in secret?
Undercover
Words beginning with under
A freshman or sophomore in college
Underclassman (undergraduate)
Words beginning with under
In a competition the one who is more likely to lose.
Underdog
Words beginning with under
A person who is in the way, is referred to as being this
Underfoot
