1. A sheep, duck, and rooster were the world’s first passengers in a what?  hot air balloon
2. According to myth, what is found at the end of the rainbow?  pot of gold
3. Born in 1606 in the Netherlands, this painter’s masterpieces include The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp (1632) and The Night Watch (1642). Who was this Dutch painter?  REMBRANDT van Rijn
4. He was Hollywood’s first million-dollar superstar. He signed a contract in 1917 to direct and star in eight films. Who was he?  CHARLIE CHAPLIN
5. How many curves are in a standard paper clip?  3
6. How many gold medals did Michael Phelps win at the 2008 Olympics?  Eight 
7. How many teeth does an adult human usually have?  32
8. How many weeks are in a year?  52
9. Identify the bone found in the leg between the knee and the hips.  Femur
10. Identify the largest organ of the human body.  Skin
11. If you flew from New York City to London, what ocean would you cross?   the Atlantic Ocean
12. If you needed braces, what kind of doctor would you visit?  Orthodontist
13. In Lord of the Rings, what is Frodo and Bilbo’s last name?     Baggins
14. In what year did the Titanic sink?   1912
15. In which country would you find the Eiffel Tower?   France
16. In which country would you find the Great Pyramid of Giza?  Egypt
17. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty’s torch?  Right
18. In which West Indian dance does the dancer pass under a low pole?  Limbo
19. Most people think these large objects originated in Holland, but actually they began in Persia around 650 A.D. What are they?   WINDMILLS
20. Ping-pong is an alternative name for which sport?  Table Tennis 
21. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who’s missing? Bashful
22. The failure of which crop caused famine in Ireland in 1845?  Potato
23. What author wrote about Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?    Roald Dahl
24. What body of water separates France and England?  English Channel
25. What color are Mickey Mouse’s shorts?  Red
26. What country is the Taj Mahal located in?    India
27. What digit does not exist in Roman Numerals?  Zero
28. What do the initials GUI stand for?    Graphical User Interface
29. What does a fire need to keep it going?  Oxygen
30. What famous book begins: “Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff”?  The Little Engine that Could.
31. What is a baby kangaroo called?   a joey
32. What is a three-line, 17-syllable Japanese verse-form?  Haiku.
33. What is the collective noun used to describe a group of lions?  a pride
34. What is the largest ocean in the world?  the Pacific Ocean
35. What is the Latin word for ‘elsewhere’ which we use to mean that the person under suspicion was somewhere else when the crime was committed?  Alibi
36. What is the name for the colored part of an eye?  the iris
37. What is the name of the crab in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”?  Sebastian
38. What is the name of the prehistoric town in which The Flintstones live?  Bedrock
39. What is the number for a “Baker’s Dozen”?  13
40. What is the number of months that have exactly 30 days?   4
41. What is the only mammal that can fly?  the bat
42. What is the surname of the Hungarian inventor whose multicolored, rotatable cube became a world cult?  Rubik
43. What is the term used to denote the unauthorized and illegal accessing of computer programs, often with criminal intent?  Hacking
44. What is the world’s highest mountain?   Mt. Everest
45. What is the world’s largest bird   the ostrich
46. What letter represents 5 in Roman numerals?   V
47. What modern vehicle was invented to circumvent trench warfare?   The Tank
48. What name for a bone disease translates as “porous bone”?  Osteoporosis
49. What piece on a chess board moves in an L-shape   the knight
50. What pigment gives leaves their green colour and is used in photosynthesis  chlorophyll
51. What special toy does Andy receive for his birthday in the original “Toy Story” movie?  Buzz Lightyear
52. What style of art, music, and architecture, marked by its extravagance, developed in Europe, mostly in Italy and Spain, from 1550 to 1700?  Baroque
53. What term in tenpin bowling describes having knocked all the pins down after your second bowl?  Spare
54. What type of grass do pandas eat?  Bamboo
55. What type of painting is applied directly to a wall?  Mural
56. What was Cinderella’s coach made from?  a pumpkin
57. What was the name of the basalt slab that became the key for deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics?  Rosetta Stone
58. What was the name of the pig leader in George Orwell’s Animal Farm?  Napoleon
59. What was the nickname of the World ‘war I ‘German aviator Manfred von Richthofen?    The Red Baron
60. Where in your body is your patella?   Knee (it’s the kneecap)
61. Which band produced the hit song “Yellow Submarine”?  The Beatles
62. Which character was it that advised children that ‘a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down’?  Mary Poppins
63. Which chess piece can only move diagonally?  Bishop
64. Which country was ruled by the Romanov dynasty 1613-1917?  Russia
65. Which country would you visit if you wanted to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa?  Italy
66. Which Disney movie is Princess Aurora the main character?    Sleeping Beauty 
67. Which family ruled Florence for three centuries from 1434?  Medici
68. Which Italian city was buried, along with Herculaneum, when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79?  Pompeii
69. Which of the planets in our solar system is closest to the sun? Mercury
70. Which war took place from 1939 to 1945?  World War II
71. Who was the last president of the Soviet Union    Mikhail Gorbachev

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