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Questions 1. GEOGRAPHY: What strait connects the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean Sea? 2. FOOD & DRINK: What is a pluet? 3. SCIENCE: What does an eidologist study? 4. MOVIES: Which Disney movie featured the title song, “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”? 5. AD SLOGANS: What product was advertised as “It keeps going, and going, and going ...”? 6. MYTHOLOGY: Who is the Greek goddess of the rainbow? 7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the tallest lighthouse in the United States? 8. HISTORY: The German invasion of which nation had the code name Operation...
* It was British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist — and, not insignificantly, Nobel laureate — Bertrand Russell who made the following sage observation: “The fundamental cause of trouble in this world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” * In an odd coincidence, President Abraham Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy, and President John F. Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln. Kennedy the secretary told Lincoln the president that he shouldn...
Questions 1. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the only U.S. president born on the island of Manhattan? 2. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Ethiopia? 3. U.S. STATES: Which state is home to Mount Rushmore? 4. PSYCHOLOGY: What fear is represented by the condition astraphobia? 5. LITERATURE: Which of Shakespeare’s plays produced the line, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be”? 6. FOOD & DRINK: In which century was tea introduced to Europe? 7. MOVIES: Who sang the title song to the movie “Pretty Woman”? 8. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: What baseball great once said...
* It was civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. who made the following sage observation: “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” * Everyone knows that a sophomore is someone in his or her second year of high school or college. Most people don’t realize, though, that the word is derived from the Greek words “sophos,” which means “wise,” and “moros,” which means “stupid.” * Have you ever tried to hum while holding your nose? It can’t be done. * The creator of the ubiquitous smiley face...