Trivia Fun
September, April, June, November
What months have 30 days?
Madagascar
What nation produces two thirds of the world's vanilla?
1 billion
What number does "giga" stand for?
knight
What piece on a chess board moves in an L-shape?
chlorophyll
What pigment gives leaves their green color and absorbs light that is used in photosynthesis
Fusion
What powers the sun?
smelting
What process involves heating an ore to obtain a metal?
The pH scale.
What scale of zero to 14 is used to measure acidity or alkalinity?
Hedgehog
What sort of animal is the video game character Sonic?
Buzz Lightyear
What special toy does Andy receive for his birthday in the original "Toy Story" movie?
Proxima Centauri
What star other than the sun is closest to the earth?
Hawaii
What state is nicknamed Aloha State?
California
What state is nicknamed the Golden State?
Texas
What state is nicknamed the Lone Star State?
Spare
What term in tenpin bowling describes having knocked all the pins down after your second bowl?
deciduous trees
What trees lose their leaves in winter?
K,M
What two letters are both symbols for 1,000?
bamboo
What type of grass do pandas eat?
The Watt
What unit of electrical power is equal to one joule per second?
World War II
What war took place from 1939 to 1945?
a pumpkin
What was Cinderella's coach made from?
Harry Houdini
What was Erich Weiss better known as?
Shredded wheat
What was the first commercially manufactured breakfast cereal?
kidney
What was the first organ successfully transplanted from a corpse to a live person?
Mt. Vernon/Potomac River
What was the name given to George Washington's home and along which river did he live?
binary
What word describes a number system with a base of two?
hologram
What's a flat image that can be displayed in three dimensions?
salt
What's removed from water in the process of desalination?
bit
What's short for "binary digit"?
Fe
What's the Symbol to iron?
liter
What's the common name for a cubic decimeter?
Hypoglycemia.
What's the medical term for low blood sugar?
gold
What's the most malleable metal?
mercury
What's the only metal that's not a solid at room temperature?
1616
When did William Shakespeare die?
July 4th
When is the Independence day of the United States?
Greece
Where did the Olympic Games originate?
South America
Where did the pineapple plant originate?
Knee
Where in your body is your patella?
It's head
Where is a shrimp's heart located?
The White House
Where is the Executive Branch located?
The Supreme Court
Where is the Judicial Branch located?
The Capital Building
Where is the Legislative Branch located?
Between Spain and France
Where is the Pyrenees?
Delaware
Which American state is nicknamed The Diamond State?
Idaho
Which American state produces the most potatoes?
Sleeping Beauty
Which Disney movie is Princess Aurora the main character?
The Beatles
Which band produced the hit song "Yellow Submarine"?
Rice Krispies
Which breakfast cereal is advertised with the slogan "Snap, crackle and pop"?
Toyota
Which car company makes the Celica?
Bishop
Which chess piece can only move diagonally?
Microsoft
Which company is owned by Bill Gates?
France
Which country gave the USA the 'Statute of Liberty?
Italy
Which country would you visit if you wanted to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
Frankenstein
Which famous monster was created by a doctor?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Which leader died in St Helena?
Duck billed platypus
Which mammal lays eggs?
Mercury
Which of the planets in our solar system is closest to the sun?
Jupiter
Which planet spins the fastest?
Venus
Which planet spins the slowest?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which president led the US through WWII and the Great Depression and served more terms than any other president (3.5 terms)?
Poncho
Which six-letter word refers to a Mexican blanket often slipped over the head and worn draped over the shoulder?
John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
Who are the four members of the Beatles?
the president, the vice president, the cabinet
Who are the members of the Executive Branch?
The Supreme Court and the lower courts
Who are the members of the Judicial Branch?
The Congress- the Senate and the House of Representatives
Who are the members of the Legislative Branch?
Yitzhak Rabin- fifth Prime Minister of Israel
Who did Yigal Amir assassinate in 1995?
Benjamin Franklin
Who founded the first public library in the U.S.?
Electoral College
Who in the US officially elects the President and the Vice President?
Spider-Man
Who is Peter Parker's secret identity?
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr
Who is still living from the Beatles?
Queen Elizabeth II (just beat Queen Victoria on Sept. 9, 2015)
Who is the longest reigning British Monarch?
Greg Heffley
Who is the main character in Diary of a Whimpy Kid?
Katniss Everdeen
Who is the main character in The Hunger Games
Jackie Robinson
Who was the first African-American Major League baseball player?
George Washington
Who was the first President of the United States?
Amelia Earheart
Who was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation? Abraham Lincoln
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
JK Rowling
Who wrote the Harry Potter series?
Roosevelt
Whose face is on a dime?
South Africa
World's largest diamond producing country
Damascus (Syria)
World's oldest known city
Theodore Roosevelt 42
Youngest president of USA
griffin
a fabled monster, usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion
kraken
a legendary sea monster causing large whirlpools off the coast of Norway
Manticore
a mythical beast typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the face of a man, and the sting of a scorpion/Novel by Robertson Davies
chick, hatchling
baby bird
fawn
baby deer
kit
baby fox
tadpole, polliwog
baby frog
gosling
baby goose
lamb
baby sheep
hatchling
baby snake
course
cadaver
hackles
feathers on a bird's neck
hen
female bird
cow
female bovine
doe
female deer
vixen
female fox
nanny
female goat
mare
female horse
ewe
female ship
roe
fish eggs
herd or drove
group of cattle
bull
male bovine (cattle, oxen, buffaloes, etc.)
stag or buck
male deer
dog
male dog
drake
male duck
billy
male goat
ram
male sheep
tom
male turkey
dried plum
prunes
Cerberus
three-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld
the Dark Knight
what is Batman's nickname?
Venice
City of Canals
Peking
City once called "Forbidden City"
Zambia
Country known as "Country of Copper"
Norway
Country known for Land of the Midnight Sun
Russia
Country which has biggest land area
Monaco
Country which has highest population density
Malaysia
Country which is largest producer of rubber in the world
China
Country which is largest producer of tin in the world
Canada
Country which ranks second in terms of land area
Swimming
Crawl, backstroke and butterfly are different methods in which sport?
Liffey
Dublin is situated at the mouth of river
New Amsterdam
Earlier name of New York city was
Alexander Eiffel
Eiffel tower was built by
May
Emerald is the birth stone for which month?
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Father of modern Italy
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21
Fibonacci sequence
England
First Industrial Revolution took place in
Abraham Lincoln
First republican president of America
Margaret Thatcher
First woman Prime Minister of Britain
Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo, Rafael
Four Masters of High Renaissance
Bashful
Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing?
the thymus gland or pancreas of an animal (food)
Sweetbreads
Waterloo
What 1815 battle in Belgium marked the final defeat of Napoleon?
Galileo
What Italian astronomer invented the thermometer in 1592?
22nd Amendment
What amendment limited the amount of terms a president could serve after Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mountains in Scotland
What are Munroes?
string, brass, woodwind,percussion
What are the four sections in an orchestra?
Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan
What are the great lakes of North America?
red, yellow, blue
What are the three primary colors?
goose
What bird was domesticated first?
English Channel
What body of water separates France and England?
Las Vegas
What city is nicknamed Sin City?
New York City
What city is nicknamed the Big Apple?
Los Angeles
What city is nicknamed the City of Angels?
Chicago
What city is nicknamed the Windy City?
red
What color are Mickey Mouse's shorts?
Nike
What company's logo is called the "swoosh"?
Antartica
What continent is subjected to the world's largest ozone hole?
India
What country is the Taj Mahal located in?
freedom for the slaves
What did it (Emancipation Proclamation) declare?
Zero
What digit does not exist in Roman Numerals?
cancer
What disease is the focus of oncology?
ophthalmoscope
What do doctors look at an eye through?
White blood cells, or leukocytes
What do leukemia sufferers have too many of?
Turkey
What do you call three consecutive strikes in bowling?
oxygen
What does a fire need to keep it going?
honey
What edible substance do bees make?
Christopher Columbus
What explorer introduced pigs to North America?
apple
What falling fruit supposedly inspired Sir Isaac Newton to discover the law of gravity?
Old Faithful
What famous geyser might you get to observe if you visit Yellowstone Park?
Robin (Batman and Robin)
What is Dick Grayson better known as?
the Man of Steel
What is Superman's nickname?
Kryptonite
What is Superman's weakness?
a kid
What is a baby goat called?
a joey
What is a baby kangaroo called?
cub
What is a baby lion called?
blood systems
What is classified by the A B O system?
Iron Man
What is name of Tony Stark's superhero persona?
First 10 amendments (additions) to the US Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
the branch that carries out/enforces laws
What is the Executive Branch?
the branch that decides the meaning of laws, how they are applied, and interprets laws based on Constitution
What is the Judicial Branch?
the branch that comes up/makes all the laws
What is the Legislative Branch?
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500
What is the address of the white house?
98.6
What is the average core body temperature of a human (in Fahrenheit)?
Honolulu
What is the capital of Hawaii?
Washington DC,District of Columbia
What is the capital of the United States?
Super Bowl
What is the championship game called for the NFL?
pride
What is the collective noun used to describe a group of lions?
moss
What is the first organisms to grow back after fire?
World Cup
What is the international soccer competition held every four years?
the Pacific Ocean
What is the largest ocean in the world?
Alaska
What is the largest state in the USA?
cerebrovascular accident
What is the medical term for stroke?
Herring
What is the most widely eaten fish in the world?
the iris
What is the name for the colored part of an eye?
iris
What is the name for the colored part of the eye?
Tangled
What is the name of the Disney movie about Rapunzel?
U.S. Open
What is the name of the annual open golf tournament of the U.S.?
NBA Finals
What is the name of the championship series that the NBA has to end the playoffs?
Sebastian
What is the name of the crab in Disney's "The Little Mermaid"?
Angel falls in Venezuela
What is the name of the worlds higest water fall?
18
What is the number of holes on a golf course?
4
What is the number of months that have exactly 30 days?
bat
What is the only mammal that can fly?
The Hobbit
What is the prequel to the Lord of the Rings series?
February
What is the shortest month of the year?
Vatican city
What is the smallest country in the world?
12
What is the square root of 144?
Mt. Everest
What is the world's highest mountain?
the ostrich
What is the world's largest bird
V
What letter represents 5 in Roman numerals?
calorie
What measure of energy comes from the Latin word meaning "heat"?
200,000
A cow gives about how many glasses of milk in her lifetime?
Excalibur
According to legend, what was the name of King Arthur's sword?
pot of gold
According to myth, what is found at the end of the rainbow?
Peter Piper
According to the rhyme, who picked a peck of pickled peppers?
The eye
Astigmatism, strabismus, conjunctivitis, ophthalmia, and presbyopia are disorders affecting what organ?
James Cook
Australia was discovered by
Dugout
Baseball players stand in a certain area while they're waiting to play. What is this area called?
Ganges delta
Biggest delta in the world
Sahara desert
Biggest desert in the world
Greenland
Biggest island of the world
Baggins
In Lord of the Rings, what is Frodo and Bilbo's last name?
Goal Keeper
In soccer, which player is allowed to use his or her hands in the field of play?
Fred Flintstone
In the world of classic cartoons, whose best buddy is Barney and wife is Wilma?
the Civil War
In what war did the United States fight itself?
1912
In what year did the Titanic sink?
The Little Mermaid
In which Disney movie is there a fish called Flounder?
Beauty and the Beast
In which Disney movie is there a man named Gaston?
Egypt
In which country would you find the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Right
In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?
Boxing
In which sport was Muhammad Ali the world champion?
Humphry Davy
Inventor of Light Bulb
Walter Hunt
Inventor of Safety pin
Huber Booth
Inventor of Vacuum cleaner
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F Kennedy was assassinated by
Mona Lisaa
La Giaconda is better known as what
Korea
Land of Morning Calm
Tailand
Land of White Elephant
Brazil
Largest coffee growing country
Sicily
Largest island in Mediterranean sea
United States Library of Congress, Washington DC
Largest library in the world
Trans-Canada
Longest highway in the world
Nile river
Longest river in the world
Coastal area of Dead Sea
Lowest point on Earth is
Guermica
Most famous painting of Pablo Picasso
Retreiver
Most popular breed of dogs
Sir George Everest
Mount Everest was named after
igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
Name the three types of rock.
Rose
National flower of Britain
Narcissus
National flower of China
Lily
National flower of Italy
Amazon river
River which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea
John Adams
The second president of the United States.
Oakland
This city, also among the top 50 in population, lies directly across the bay from San Francisco.
Carrie Underwood
This season 4 winner has country hits of "Undo It," "All-American Girl," and "Before He Cheats." Her 2009 album Play On included "Temporary Home."
Arizona
This was the 48th state and is the only state that does not follow Daylight Saving Time, except for on its Navajo Reservation.
13
Triskadeccaphobia is the fear of what?
United Nations Organization
UNO stands for
Michelangelo
'Last Judgement' was first painting of Italian painter named
about 360,000 to 405,000 kilometers
How far is the moon from the earth?
About 8 minutes and 18 seconds.
How long does it take light from the sun to reach the earth?
366
How many days in a leap year?
6
How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?
425 members, number per state based on population of state
How many members are there in the House of Representatives?
100 members total, two from each state, 6 year term if not reelected
How many members are there in the Senate?
9
How many members are there in the Supreme Court?
3
How many periods are in an ice hockey game?
8
How many planets are in the solar system?
5
How many rings are on the Olympic flag?
32
How many teeth does an adult human usually have?
52
How many weeks are in a year?
1,000
How many years in a millennium?
Every 4 years
How often are leap years?
about 4.5 billion years old
How old is the earth?
about 5 billion years
How old is the sun?
15-20 million years old
How old is the universe?
Femur
Identify the bone found in the leg between the knee and the hips.
Skin
Identify the largest organ of the human body.
Atlantic Ocean
If you flew from New York City to London, what ocean would you cross?
Beards
If you had pogonophobia what would you be afraid of
orthodontist
If you needed braces, what kind of doctor would you visit?
Piano
If you're a "master of the ivory keys," what instrument do you play?
Bottom
On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
Table Tennis
Ping-pong is an alternative name for which sport?
Tiber
Place known as Roof of the World
Sugar
Principal export of Jamaica
Niña, Pinta, Santa Maria
The boats of Christopher Columbus's original expedition are
Japan
The flag of what Asian nation includes a red circle on a white background?