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| Name of the 2007’s Time magazine Person of the Year |
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| Budapest is the capital of what central European country |
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| What sunken continent did Plato say was “Just beyond the pillars of Heracles” |
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| What is the largest city in Ontario, Canada? |
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| Before they adopted the euro, this country used the Drachma as currency |
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| This European country is completely surrounded by the land of one, and only one other country |
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| The Windy City is a nickname for what U.S. city? |
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| This Paris, France monument is considered “point zero”for measuring highway distances |
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| What is the largest pyramid in Egypt? |
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| The most illustrated Bible in the world is made out of what? |
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| Who first sang the song that begins “I see trees of green, red roses too”? |
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| What famous ship was built from 1909 to 1911? |
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| Machu Pichu is often referred to as the lost city of the Incas, in what country is Machu Pichu located? |
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| How did early Greeks pay tribute to the goddess of the moon during birthday celebrations? |
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| They placed candles on cakes |
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| What cold dessert was invented in china around 2000 B.C.? |
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| What book did Miguel de Cervantes start writing in jail? |
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| This painting was thought to be of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Florentine cloth maker |
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| What is the better known name of the artist DomenikosTheotokopoulos in Crete? |
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| What Italian sculptor created works of art such as the Pieta and the statue of David? |
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| What was the name of Anne Frank’s diary? |
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| In the book of Exodus, what creature hopped from the sky as Egypt’s second plague? |
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| Ernest Hemingway won a Pulitzer Prize for what novel? |
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| How many miles is an official marathon? |
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| What type of penguins are featured in the 2005 documentary March of the Penguins? |
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| What type of transportation did the Ringling brothers originally use to get to their circus venues? |
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| What is the most popular sport in the world? |
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| What does a person with pentheraphobia fear? |
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| Oswald the Rabbit, was replaced by this famous Disney character |
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| What type of material were domino pieces originally made of in the 12th century? |
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| What are the three primary colors? |
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| The word “collage” is a French term meaning what? |
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| What queen lived with Caesar in Rome? |
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| What country created the baseball glove in 1883? |
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| What famous general lost the battle of Waterloo? |
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| Who served as U.S. President from 1789 to 1797? |
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| To the ancient Greeks, a rough sea meant this god was angry |
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| What color is the skin of a polar bear? |
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| How long does it take the earth to travel around the sun? |
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| Which animal can lift 50 times its own weight? |
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| Name the 19th century scientist who was the originator of the concept of natural selection? |
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| Who was the Greek goddess of Love and Beauty? |
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| What is the percentage of water in a human body? |
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| Who was the first person to climb Mount Everest? |
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| The name of the digestive fluid that comes from the liver on a daily basis |
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| In Roman mythology, who is the god of fire? |
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| What other country are alligators native to, besides the United States? |
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| Who was the second person to walk on the Moon? |
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| What athletic shoe company recycles old sneakers? |
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| Name the three major types of cloud classification |
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| cumulus, stratus and nimbus |
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| What is the name of the longest and heaviest bone in the adult body? |
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| What other body part produces a unique print, in addition to finger prints? |
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| How many bones are in the human face? |
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| What is the geometric name for a straight line that touches the circumference of a circle at one point only? |
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| What are the names of the twin rovers sent to Mars in 2004? |
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| How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have? |
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| What is the name of the chromosome that determines our sex? |
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| What continent is Oceania part of? |
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| Name a characteristic that all insects share |
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| They don’t have a backbone |
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| NAME SIX planets in the solar system |
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| Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus. |
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| NAME SIX wonders of the ancient world |
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| Pyramids of Egypt, Hanging gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Colosus of Rhodes, Pharos of Alexandria, Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. |
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| NAME SIX countries in South America |
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| Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia |
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| NAME SIX of the twelve apostles |
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| Simon Peter, James, John, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James (of A), Simon Zelotes, Judas(of J), Judas Iscariot. |
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| NAME SIX of the seven seas |
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| Adriatic, Red, Arabian, Black, Caspian, Mediterranean, Persian |
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| Pawn, Castle, Bishop, Knight, Queen, King. |
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| NAME SIX of the twelve sons of Jacob |
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| Levi, Simeon, Reuben, Judah, Dan, Gad, Naphtali, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin. |
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| Which of these animals Hibernate: Bat, Raccoon, Skunks, Black Bear? |
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| Which of these are moons in the solar system: Pluto, Titan, Ganymede, Ceres, Eris? |
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| Which of these ran for President of the United States in 2000: Al Gore, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Pat Buchanan? |
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| Which of these cities have hosted the Summer Olympics: Los Angeles, Jerusalem, Melbourne, Buenos Aires, Antwerp? |
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| Los Angeles, Melbourne, Antwerp |
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| Which of these presidents are on U.S. Currency: George Washington, Ronald Reagan, Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, Benjamin Franklin? |
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| Washington, Jefferson, Kennedy, Franklin |
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