Spanish-American War’s 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Rough Riders

Question 1

Mexico’s 50-peso banknote features images of a mural by which famous painter?

Answer 1

Diego Rivera

Question 2

Years before finding success with “Mandy,” who was the piano player for Bette Midler’s cabaret shows?

Answer 2

Barry manilow

Question 3

1968 academy award tie

Answer 3

Best actress
Katherine Hepburn the lion in winter
Barbara Streisand funny girl

Morning Glory: (1933)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: (1967)
The Lion in Winter: (1968)
On Golden Pond: (1981)

Question 4

Trading in the shell for an internal plate, which animal evolved from the snail?

Answer 4

Slug

Question 5

Known as the North Star
Also , which constellation?

Answer 5

Polaris is located in Little Dipper

Question 6

The Statue of Liberty was originally this color

Answer 6

Brown
Coated with copper, which is brown overtime the copper reacted with elements in the air to form a green patina al

Question 7

Peanut butter, toothpaste, and mayonnaise are not liquids, but this

Answer 7

Non-Newtonian fluid
Bingham plastic?

Question 8

If someone asks for the salt shaker at the table, what’s the polite way to pass it?

Answer 8

With pepper on table
When passing Salt or pepper pass them both so they don’t get separated and harder to find

Question 9

This TV show’s title is a play on a real life textbook with an almost identical name

Answer 9

Grey’s Anatomy has outlasted the character, Meredith Grey, whose name is close to the medical text book Grays Anatomy

Question 10

The Ryder Cup is a golf competition and how every two years between

Answer 10

US and Europe

Played in odd numbered years with 2 12 player teams the US historically leads Europe in the Ryder Cup 27 to 15

Question 11

In the 1930s schools stopped using this letter grade because parents were misinterpreting it

Answer 11

E
If you ever wondered why there’s no E grade it’s because schools worried parents might think it meant excellent

Question 12

Presidential last names
Of the British singer and songwriter

Answer 12

Kate Bush

Question 13

Used by French soldiers to read messages in the dark, night writing was a precursor to which writing system?

Answer 13

Braille

Question 14

With the success of F-1 Trillion, who became the first person to have number-one albums on Billboard’s Top Country, Top Rap, and Top Rock & Alternative charts?

Answer 14

Post Malone

Question 15

With 22 paintings, 60 drawings, and more than 300 prints by the artist, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has the world’s largest collection of what hometown painter?

Answer 15

Rembrandt

Question 16

The animal family Macropodidae, Latin for “big foot,” is composed primarily of which creature?

Answer 16

Kangaroo

Question 17

Which actress was in an amateur ice hockey league before starring as figure skater Tonya Harding in I, Tonya?

Answer 17

Margot Robbie

Question 18

Located 600 miles west of the mainland, the Galapagos Islands are governed by what country?

Answer 18

Ecuador

Question 19

Using peas to explain his theory of genetics, who is considered the father of this field?

Answer 19

Gregor Mendel

Question 20

By keeping her cool and not calling her manager to escort the rude customer out, the barista showed great what?

Answer 20

Forbearance

Question 21

Which business was founded in 1850 as a shipping company and had a security dog as a logo rather than a Roman centurion?

Answer 21

American Express

Question 22

In the Gunpowder Plot, he attempted to blow up which European landmark on November 5, 1605?

Answer 22

Guy Fawkes

Palace of Westminster

Question 23

Amanda saw on the weather report that next week the temperature should wane. What does she expect it to do?

Answer 23

Go down slowly

Question 24

The largest of the 88 recognized constellation internationally,

Answer 24

Hydra

which is named for a mythological water serpent?

Question 25

At a 1982 auction, Steven Spielberg paid $55,000 for one of three Rosebud sleds made for the filming of which classic movie?

Answer 25

Citizen Kane

Question 26

the city of Texarkana gets its name from which states

Answer 26

Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana

Question 27

Although some are “stumpies,” most Manx cats are designated as “rumpies,” which means that they…

Answer 27

have no tail

Question 28

A year before beating Bobby Riggs in straight sets, in 1972 who became the first woman named Sportsperson of the Year by Sports Illustrated?

Answer 28

Billie Jean king

Question 29

Having had hundreds of plastic surgeries, which comedian once quipped, “When I die they will donate my body to Tupperware”?

Answer 29

Joan Rivers

Question 30

When its fossilized remains were first discovered in 1887, which dinosaur, known for its massive horns, was thought to be an extinct giant bison?

Answer 30

Triceratops

Question 31

A high protein source that doesn’t require refrigeration, which product became popular after its widespread use in the South Pacific during World War II?

Answer 31

Spam

Question 32

Which artist painted his iconic work The Scream on cardboard instead of canvas?

Answer 32

Edvard Munch

Question 33

Starting her vocal career in the gospel choir of her father’s church, who was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Answer 33

Aretha Franklin

Question 34

The standard daily goal for Fitbit users, 10,000 steps is approximately equal to how many miles?

Answer 34

5

Question 35

If a political candidate gives facile answers during a debate, the remarks are most likely…

Answer 35

Shallow

Question 36

Falling into obsolescence after the 1950s, the iron lung was designed for patients unable to breathe on their own because of which disease?

Answer 36

Polio

Question 37

Located north of Christchurch, Marlborough is an acclaimed wine region in which country?

Answer 37

New Zealand

Question 38

A detailed history of the South during the U.S. Civil War, and the author’s role in it, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government was written by which person?

Answer 38

Jefferson Davis

Question 39

This part of your body generates enough electricity to power a lightbulb

Answer 39

Brain
The neurons in the brain, generate electricity and altogether can theoretically power lightbulb

Question 40

A black and tan drink combines two kinds of this

Answer 40

Beer
Black and tans are a layered beer drink, combining a darker stout with a lighter colored ale

Question 41

In Star Wars, the character Anakin Skywalker was also known as what

Answer 41

Darth Vader
In The Star Wars prequels Anakin Skywalker goes from the light side to the dark side and the dark helmet as Darth Vader

Question 42

Traditionally, where do people wear a class ring?

Answer 42

Right ring finger
while wedding rings are worn on the left-hand class rings are typically worn on the ring finger associated with the right hand

Question 43

By way of from the Latin for Road

Answer 43

Via

Question 44

Extinct flightless down under creature

Answer 44

Moa
Mo uh

Question 45

For example, the Cenozoic or the Paleozoic

Answer 45

Era

Question 46

Animated kid named for our 37th president

Answer 46

Millhouse

Question 47

This bespectacled pair have misadventures while traveling through time

Answer 47

Peabody and Sherman

Question 48

Other names for this herb include black sugar, and sweet root

Answer 48

Licorice

Question 49

Used to flavor stew and stuffing this aromatic leaf comes from a laurel tree

Answer 49

The Bayleaf

Question 50

Similar to mar guh rim it’s native to the hills of the Mediterranean and has an name that goes back to Latin for a while marjoram

Answer 50

Oregano

Question 51

The elephant type of this can weigh a pound or more per bulb and is more closely related to the leek than to the stinking rose

Answer 51

Garlic

Question 52

In 1411 Chinese admiral Zhang he captured the king of this island south of India took him to China
Zhang huh

Answer 52

Sri Lanka or Ceylon

Question 53

US Army troops massacred hundreds of Lakota near this South Dakota Creek on December 29, 1890

Answer 53

Wounded Knee

Question 54

Others said they were just following orders but this obese. Nazi took 100% responsibility at Nuremberg in 1946.

Answer 54

Goring
Gore ing

Question 55

A poster boy for the Gilded Age and Josh mega rich guy founded the company that controlled most of Cleveland refineries by 1872

Answer 55

Rockefeller
Rich uh feller

Question 56

He founded his publicly owned investment firm in Baltimore in 1937; perhaps you’ve seen it’s bighorn sheep logo

Answer 56

T rowe price

Question 57

Oil and mining tycoon and multibillionaire Muhammed Al- amoudi was born in the Amhara region of this African country
Am har uh

Answer 57

Ethiopia