Study 16

Question 1

In 1934, the image of this president was printed on the $100,000 bill, the highest denomination ever issued by the U.S. federal government?

Answer 1

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), 28th President

Question 2

A plume of magma rising from the earths mantle can split a continental plate in two and form this type of valley

Answer 2

Rift valley

Question 3

As near as we can tell, what’s the only first name shared by a former U.S. First Lady and an Oscar-winning Malaysian-born actress?

Answer 3

Michelle

Michelle Yeoh won best actress in 2023 for Everything Everywhere All at Once

Question 4

In 1864, this NYC politician set up a printing company, then assigned all city printing to it

Answer 4

Boss Tweed 

Question 5

Connections: Draco, Lyra, Mensa

Answer 5

Constellations

Question 6

The cultural critic and feminist icon, Gloria Jean Watkins, used this pseudonym; she preferred to spell it with lowercase letters 

Answer 6

bell hooks

Ain’t I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism is a 1981 book by bell hooks titled after Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech. hooks examines the effect of racism and sexism on Black women, the civil rights movement, and feminist movements from suffrage to the 1970s.

Question 7

Severe tropical cyclones with winds of 74 mph (119 km/h) or greater are known as hurricanes when they occur in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the eastern Pacific Ocean. When they happen in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, they’re best known as what?

Answer 7

TYPHOONS

Question 8

Adélie, Fiordland, and Snares are geographically-named species of what animal?

Answer 8

Penguins

Question 9

In what world capital will you find Vaclav Havel airport?

Answer 9

Prague, Czech Republic

Question 10

Dili is the capital of this country

Answer 10

Timor-Leste
aka East Timor

Question 11

Bentley and Lamborghini are owned by what auto conglomerate?

Answer 11

Volkswagen

Also Audi and Porsche

Question 12

The Ambassador Bridge connects the biggest city in Michigan to what 10th-biggest city in Ontario?

Answer 12

Windsor

Question 13

The Singing Revolution was a series of events from 1987 to 1991 that led to the restoration of independence of these three Soviet-occupied Baltic countries

Answer 13

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Question 14

Inspired by Jell-O, in 1927 the Perkins Product Company started selling mail-order packets of what new beverage brand?

Answer 14

Kool aid

Question 15

which of the 88 recognized constellations comes first alphabetically?

Answer 15

Andromeda

Question 16

Capital of Nigeria

Answer 16

Abuja

Question 17

1977 American action comedy road film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, and Jerry Reed. The film marks the directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham.

Answer 17

Smokey and the Bandit

Question 18

What body of water borders Thailand to the south and east?

Answer 18

The South China Sea (the Gulf of Thailand is an inlet of this sea)

Question 19

The football-prep song “All My Rowdy Friends Are Back for Monday Night” is by a second-generation country star of what name?

Answer 19

Hank Williams

Question 20

THIS MONOLITH
IS A NATURE RESERVE
FOR ABOUT
230 BARBARY MACAQUES

Answer 20

The Rock of Gibraltar

famous due to its significant strategic location, rich history, and unique biodiversity. It serves as a gateway to the Mediterranean Sea, has been a key military base for centuries, and is home to a unique blend of cultures and wildlife

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located on the southernmost tip of the Iberian peninsula, guarding the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean, with Morocco situated 14 miles away across the Straits of Gibraltar.

Question 21

AFTER
LITTLE BIGHORN,
THIS LAKOTA LEADER FLED TO CANADA & LATER JOINED BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST SHOW

Answer 21

Sitting bull

Question 22

LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY, IT’S NICKNAMED THE “CHRISTMAS CITY”

Answer 22

Bethlehem

The Lehigh Valley is a two-county region in eastern Pennsylvania, encompassing Lehigh and Northampton counties, and is often referred to as “The Valley”. It includes the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton

Question 23

Which president wrote “Principles of Mining”

Answer 23

Hoover

31st president from 1929-1933

Question 24

This Irish city is home to Reginald’s Tower, said to date from 1003, but it is better known for its crystal

Answer 24

Waterford 

Question 25

From 1956-63, Bill Cullen hosted the original version of what still-around game show? "Yodely Guy" is the host's name for the tiny dude who climbs the mountain for "Cliff Hangers," on what show?

Answer 25

The Price Is Right

Question 26

What is the name of Tintin’s dog

Answer 26

Snowy Belgium issued a coin featuring the cartoon hero, Tintin, and his dog, snowy

Question 27

In "Intolerable Cruelty," divorce lawyer George Clooney was double-billed with—and double-crossed by—what female lead?

Answer 27

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Question 28

According to the second verse of his ubiquitous 1965 hit, what godfather of soul feels nice (like sugar and spice)?

Answer 28

James Brown I Got You (I Feel Good)

Question 29

Rubies are the red form of the mineral corundum. All other colors of corundum are considered this gemstone.

Answer 29

Sapphires Some sapphires are pale, others are brilliant blue. They also come in orange, green, yellow and pink. Ruby is July’s birthstone and Sapphire is September’s birthstone

Question 30

But the time this Cleveland businessman retired in 1896, His company owned 3/4 of USA’s oil business.

Answer 30

John D. Rockefeller 

Question 31

Elizabeth Taylor won her second Academy Award for Best Actress for this 1966 film which co-stars Richard Burton

Answer 31

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Question 32

The first 12 sites added to the UNESCO world heritage sites list in 1978 included Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado and this site 500 miles to the north

Answer 32

Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone national Park is a national park located in the north west corner of Wyoming with small portions extending into Montana and Idaho. In 1872, President Ulysses, S Grant signed the law that created Yellowstone national Park. It was the first national park in the country and widely understood to be the first national park in the world. 

Question 33

According to The Spruce Eats, you can expect majorly unpleasant sourness if you eat an underripe French Butter variety of what fruit?

Answer 33

Pear

Question 34

“The Rise of Red is the subtitle to the most recent installment of what Disney series of films that plays on the narratives of Disney's animated classic films.”

Answer 34

Descendants

Question 35

Naypyidaw is the capital of this country

Answer 35

Myanmar The official English name of Myanmar was Burma until 1989

Question 36

Second female UK PM

Answer 36

Theresa May Tory

Question 37

What single letter is the default hard drive assignment in Windows?

Answer 37

C

Question 38

What chief justice wrote the majority opinions in Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. Arizona, and Loving v. Virginia?

Answer 38

Earl Warren

Question 39

Brett Goldstein’s character in Ted Lasso

Answer 39

Roy Kent

Question 40

He played Andrew in the 1996 movie Walking and Talking but is probably better known as Cotton Weary in all three Scream films and the mutant Sabretooth in X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Answer 40

Liev Schreiber

Question 41

Category: she’s the first female track and field athlete to win medals in five different events at a single Olympics

Answer 41

Marion Jones

Question 42

The Beatles helped popularize this jacket, the original of which was worn by Indira Gandhi‘s father

Answer 42

The Nehru jacket

Question 43

Capital of Alberta Canada

Answer 43

Edmonton

Question 44

The Obamas are set to produce a biopic about what guy who won 5 Masters titles from 1997-2019?

Answer 44

Tiger Woods

Question 45

2024 American comedy film directed by Pamela Adlon, written by Ilana Glazer and Josh Rabinowitz, and starring Glazer and Michelle Buteau.

Answer 45

Babes

Question 46

The right-field wall at PNC Park is exactly 21 feet high, in honor of what Pirates Hall of Famer?

Answer 46

Roberto Clemente

Question 47

A group of islands in the north Atlantic Ocean is the birthplace, namesake, and—per EU regulations—exclusive production location for what Portuguese fortified wine?

Answer 47

MADEIRA

Question 48

Marylanders torched the ship Peggy Stewart in 1774, for defying a colonial boycott on what hot-button product?

Answer 48

Tea

Question 49

Mount Kosciuszko, at 7,310 ft (2,228 m), is the tallest mountain of this country

Answer 49

Australia

Question 50

While its name comes from a word for "barley", orgeat syrup is characterized by the dominant flavor of what ingredient, which puts it in a category with frangipane, mandelbrot, marzipan, and biscotti?

Answer 50

Almond

Question 51

Sakhalin is Russia's biggest island, and it's due north of what other country?

Answer 51

Japan

Question 52

Movies: 1980: Debbie Allen as dance instructor to Lydia Grant

Answer 52

Fame

Question 53

SAM stands for this type of missile

Answer 53

Surface-to-air

Question 54

“The Music Man” takes place “right here in” this Iowa city

Answer 54

River City

Question 55

The duo Gnarls Barkley is Danger Mouse and this singer

Answer 55

Cee Lo Green

Question 56

Little round tortellini get their name from Tortello, an Italian word for this food

Answer 56

Cake 

Question 57

In this New Zealand culture, it’s appropriate to close your eyes and press noses with another man while saying, “mm-mm”

Answer 57

Māori

Question 58

"Mask," "Elizabeth," and the 2009 "Star Trek" all won Oscars for Best WHAT?

Answer 58

Makeup

Question 59

In World War I—kind-of the heyday of castor beans—the U.S. looked into making military use of what poison that's derived from them?

Answer 59

Ricin Nearly every U.S. president since G.W. Bush has had some mailed to him: poison that was also a "Breaking Bad" subplot

Question 60

Country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa bordered to the north by Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon and the Republic of Congo to the east and south

Answer 60

Gabon Flag is green, yellow, blue stripes Language is French Capital is Libreville

Question 61

The English rock band Babe Ruth's debut album was named for what position that Ruth only played for 32 games?

Answer 61

Pitcher After three dominant seasons in Boston as a pitcher – where he won 65 games from 1915-17 and was widely considered the game's best left-hander – Ruth transitioned to the outfield, where he led the American League in home runs with 11 in 1918 before hitting a record 29 home runs in 1919.

Question 62

The first-ever gold record, "Chattanooga Choo Choo" was by what band leader's orchestra?

Answer 62

Glenn Miller

Question 63

Capital of South Sudan

Answer 63

Juba

Question 64

The late Senate majority leader Harry Reid is the namesake of an airport serving what big city?

Answer 64

Las Vegas, Nevada

Question 65

Who played Eminem's mom in "8 Mile," and Alec Baldwin's wife in real life?

Answer 65

Kim Basinger won a Golden Globe for "L.A. Confidential," and a Razzie for "Fifty Shades Darker"

Question 66

award-winning Filipina-American filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz takes us into the heart of the planet's busiest maternity hospital in this documentary

Answer 66

Motherland (2017)

Question 67

A blue canton with red and white stripes: That's the basic flag of the USA, Liberia, and what other country?

Answer 67

Malaysia

Question 68

Which star of "Game of Thrones" was also in "Solo: A Star Wars Story"?

Answer 68

Emilia Clarke

Question 69

The Danube River flows through 10 countries, from the Black Forest to what sea?

Answer 69

Black Sea

Question 70

Capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Answer 70

Kingstown

Question 71

There are around 170 wild hippos roaming around Colombia, thanks to what late ... um, amateur zookeeper?

Answer 71

Pablo Escobar The Colombian government built a theme park (with a hippo statue) at the mansion of the drug lord

Question 72

1983 teen comedy directed by Paul Brickman was Tom Cruise’s breakout role

Answer 72

Risky Business

Question 73

Our teachers made us super-afraid of raw chicken juice, thanks to what bacterium that's named for a fishy-sounding veterinarian?

Answer 73

Salmonella

Question 74

1999 dark comedy starring Matthew Broderick as a frustrated high school teacher and Reese Witherspoon as an ambitious, overachieving student running for student body president.

Answer 74

Election

Question 75

"I meant what I said and I said what I meant" is one of many rhyming lines by what would-be egg hatcher?

Answer 75

Horton

Question 76

What term is generally used for a watercraft with two parallel and equal-sized hulls? The term is derived from a Tamil word for "tied wood".

Answer 76

CATAMARAN

Question 77

This film was inspired by Tom Hanks's tearful speech when he accepted his 1994 Oscar (for his role in Philadelphia), in which he mentioned his high-school drama coach Rawley Farnsworth, and his former classmate John Gilkerson, "two of the finest gay Americans, two wonderful men that I had the good fortune to be associated with."

Answer 77

In & Out(1997) Stars Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, and Matt Dillon

Question 78

Now its national dish, ceviche was first mentioned in a patriotic song from what South American nation?

Answer 78

Peru Inca Kola is sometimes called the national drink.

Question 79

“located in the northern part of the country in which it resides, the Flemish region of Belgium's name is often shortened to what?”

Answer 79

Flanders

Question 80

“just four years before he disappeared, who resigned as the president of the International Brother of Teamsters in 1971 as part of a pardon agreement with President Richard Nixon?

Answer 80

Jimmy Hoffa

Question 81

The "O.G. Original Gangster" was what Body Count rapper who called his 1991 album exactly that?

Answer 81

Ice-T

Question 82

Capital of Eritrea

Answer 82

Asmara

Question 83

The name for what vocation could be considered outdated, as its namesake chemical element (from Latin) has largely been banned for use by its tradesmen for decades?

Answer 83

PLUMBING Lead is a chemical element with symbol Pb

Question 84

Shia LaBeouf plays a fugitive who befriends a young man with Down syndrome (Zack Gottsagen) who runs away to pursue his dream of becoming a wrestler.

Answer 84

Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

Question 85

A particular species of crocus flower is the source of what seasoning?

Answer 85

Saffron

Question 86

"Just be charming." Before playing Lando Calrissian, that's the advice Donald Glover said he got from what originator of the role?

Answer 86

Billy Dee Williams

Question 87

A mysterious dude named the Once-ler narrates what 1971 kid-lit classic?

Answer 87

The Lorax

Question 88

The 1983 hit song "Islands in the Stream", written by the Bee Gees and named after the Hemingway novel, was recorded by what musical duo?

Answer 88

KENNY ROGERS, DOLLY PARTON

Question 89

There's no Nobel Prize for math, but the dude from "A Beautiful Mind" did win one in what related field?

Answer 89

Economics

Question 90

In 1972, Little Mikey became the sort-of-unwitting spokesperson for what breakfast cereal with a very brief name?

Answer 90

Life

Question 91

Showing Isis with a cornucopia, the Nobel medal for chemistry has the exact same design as the one for what other discipline?

Answer 91

Physics

Question 92

AROUND 1870 UNBRANDED STRAYS GAINED THIS MONIKER FROM THE NAME OF A TEXAS RANCHER NEGLIGENT IN MARKING HIS CALVES

Answer 92

Samuel Maverick (Where word maverick comes from)

Question 93

Category: “Straight” Talk THIS 3-WORD PHRASE MEANING SIMPLE & DIRECT IS THE TITLE OF A THELONIOUS MONK ALBUM

Answer 93

Straight No Chaser

Question 94

VERY FEW HAVE WALKED THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THIS ROUTE THAT RUNS 19,000 MILES FROM ARGENTINA TO ALASKA VIA THE PERILOUS DARIEN GAP

Answer 94

Pan American Highway

Question 95

Muhammad Ali in 1963 and John Lennon in 1975: Just two of the many disparate folks who have covered what Ben E. King number?

Answer 95

Stand By Me

Question 96

Around the same time 19th-century Germans were reviving gymnasia, London draper George Williams founded what organization?

Answer 96

YMCA

Question 97

Michael Jackson played the Scarecrow in the movie "The Wiz," opposite what other Quincy Jones fave as Dorothy?

Answer 97

Diana Ross From "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" to "Endless Love," she scored 6 more #1 hits after ditching the Supremes

Question 98

St. Lucia capital

Answer 98

Castries

Question 99

Name the movie: When Edwina Broome (Natasha Richardson) moves to a small town in Ireland, she contends with the local matriarchs, particularly the feisty Mrs. Doyle-Counihan (Joan Plowright) and Miss Katherine O'Hare (Mia Farrow), who clash with the new arrival.

Answer 99

Widows’ Peak

Question 100

Grab the check for your dinner of Méchoui and Harira in this largest African nation in area and you’ll be paying in dinars

Answer 100

Algeria