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General knowledge (35)

How many sides does a hexagon have? Answer: 6
What is the largest planet in our solar system? Answer: Jupiter
How many continents are there? Answer: 7
What is the hardest natural substance? Answer: Diamond
How many players are on a soccer team on the field? Answer: 11
What is the main ingredient in guacamole? Answer: Avocado
Which planet is known as the Red Planet? Answer: Mars
What is the tallest animal in the world? Answer: The giraffe
How many days are in a leap year? Answer: 366
What color do you get when you mix blue and yellow? Answer: Green
What is the largest ocean on Earth? Answer: The Pacific Ocean
How many strings does a standard guitar have? Answer: 6
What do bees make? Answer: Honey
What is the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit? Answer: 32°F
Which famous painting shows a woman with a mysterious smile, painted by Leonardo da Vinci? Answer: The Mona Lisa
How many legs does a spider have? Answer: 8
What is the largest mammal in the world? Answer: The blue whale
What is the capital of Japan? Answer: Tokyo
Which instrument has 88 keys? Answer: The piano
What is the smallest prime number? Answer: 2
Which language has the most native speakers? Answer: Mandarin Chinese
How many hearts does an octopus have? Answer: 3
What is the longest river in South America? Answer: The Amazon
Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'? Answer: William Shakespeare
How many minutes are in a day? Answer: 1,440
Which fruit is known for keeping the doctor away? Answer: The apple
What gas do plants absorb from the air? Answer: Carbon dioxide
What is the fastest land animal? Answer: The cheetah
How many colors are in a rainbow? Answer: 7
Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States? Answer: France
What is the most spoken language in Brazil? Answer: Portuguese
Which bird is a symbol of peace? Answer: The dove
In which sport would you perform a slam dunk? Answer: Basketball
What is the largest desert in the world, including polar deserts? Answer: Antarctica
How many bones are in the adult human body? Answer: 206

Science & nature (25)

What is the chemical symbol for gold? Answer: Au
What planet is closest to the sun? Answer: Mercury
What is H2O more commonly known as? Answer: Water
What part of the plant conducts photosynthesis? Answer: The leaves
What is the center of an atom called? Answer: The nucleus
Which organ pumps blood around the body? Answer: The heart
What force keeps us on the ground? Answer: Gravity
How many teeth does an adult human usually have? Answer: 32
What is the largest organ of the human body? Answer: The skin
Which planet has the most famous rings? Answer: Saturn
What do caterpillars turn into? Answer: Butterflies or moths
What is the closest star to Earth? Answer: The Sun
What type of animal is a whale? Answer: A mammal
What is the boiling point of water in Celsius at sea level? Answer: 100°C
What do you call an animal that eats only plants? Answer: A herbivore
Which blood cells fight infection? Answer: White blood cells
What is the chemical symbol for oxygen? Answer: O
How many planets are in our solar system? Answer: 8
What is the name of the galaxy we live in? Answer: The Milky Way
Which metal is liquid at room temperature? Answer: Mercury
What is the study of weather called? Answer: Meteorology
What is the largest bone in the human body? Answer: The femur (thigh bone)
What is a group of lions called? Answer: A pride
What is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere? Answer: Nitrogen
What natural satellite orbits Earth? Answer: The Moon

Geography (25)

What is the capital of Australia? Answer: Canberra
What is the capital of Canada? Answer: Ottawa
Which country has the largest population? Answer: India
What is the largest country by area? Answer: Russia
Which river flows through Egypt? Answer: The Nile
What is the tallest mountain in the world above sea level? Answer: Mount Everest
Which US state is the largest by area? Answer: Alaska
What is the smallest country in the world? Answer: Vatican City
Which continent is the Sahara Desert on? Answer: Africa
What is the capital of Italy? Answer: Rome
In which country would you find the Great Barrier Reef? Answer: Australia
What city is known as the Big Apple? Answer: New York City
Which country is shaped like a boot? Answer: Italy
What is the capital of Spain? Answer: Madrid
How many US states are there? Answer: 50
Which ocean lies between Africa and Australia? Answer: The Indian Ocean
What is the capital of Germany? Answer: Berlin
Which US state is made up entirely of islands? Answer: Hawaii
In which country are the ancient pyramids of Giza? Answer: Egypt
Which mountain range runs along the west of South America? Answer: The Andes
What is the capital of Mexico? Answer: Mexico City
Which country has the most islands? Answer: Sweden
What is the largest lake in Africa? Answer: Lake Victoria
What is the capital of South Korea? Answer: Seoul
Which two countries share the longest international border? Answer: The United States and Canada

History (20)

Who was the first president of the United States? Answer: George Washington
In which year did humans first land on the Moon? Answer: 1969
Who was the first person to walk on the Moon? Answer: Neil Armstrong
Which ship sank on its maiden voyage in 1912? Answer: The Titanic
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? Answer: Michelangelo
Which ancient civilization built Machu Picchu? Answer: The Inca
In which year did World War II end? Answer: 1945
Who invented the telephone? Answer: Alexander Graham Bell (credited with the first patent)
Which wall fell in 1989? Answer: The Berlin Wall
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic? Answer: Amelia Earhart
Which empire was ruled by Julius Caesar? Answer: The Roman Republic, which became the Roman Empire
Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence? Answer: Thomas Jefferson
In which country did the Olympic Games originate? Answer: Greece
What was the name of the first artificial satellite, launched in 1957? Answer: Sputnik 1
Who was the British prime minister for most of World War II? Answer: Winston Churchill
Which famous queen ruled Egypt and allied with Mark Antony? Answer: Cleopatra
What did the Wright brothers invent? Answer: The first successful powered airplane
Which explorer's 1492 voyage reached the Americas? Answer: Christopher Columbus
Who gave the 'I Have a Dream' speech? Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.
What year did the Titanic sink? Answer: 1912

Movies & TV (20)

What is the name of the snowman in Frozen? Answer: Olaf
Which wizarding school does Harry Potter attend? Answer: Hogwarts
What kind of fish is Nemo? Answer: A clownfish
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants
What is the name of the toy cowboy in Toy Story? Answer: Woody
Which superhero is also known as Peter Parker? Answer: Spider-Man
What color is the Hulk? Answer: Green
In The Lion King, what is the name of Simba's father? Answer: Mufasa
What is the name of the coffee shop in Friends? Answer: Central Perk
Which movie features the line 'May the Force be with you'? Answer: Star Wars
What are the yellow creatures in Despicable Me called? Answer: Minions
In The Wizard of Oz, what color are Dorothy's slippers in the 1939 film? Answer: Ruby red
What is Shrek? Answer: An ogre
Which family lives at 742 Evergreen Terrace? Answer: The Simpsons
What is the name of the green dinosaur in Toy Story? Answer: Rex
Which Disney princess has a pet tiger named Rajah? Answer: Jasmine
Who is Batman's butler? Answer: Alfred
What is the highest-grossing film of all time (not adjusted for inflation)? Answer: Avatar (2009)
In Finding Nemo, what is the name of the forgetful blue tang fish? Answer: Dory
Which band were John, Paul, George and Ringo in? Answer: The Beatles

For kids (30)

What color is a banana when it's ripe? Answer: Yellow
How many legs does an insect have? Answer: 6
What do pandas mostly eat? Answer: Bamboo
What is a baby cat called? Answer: A kitten
What is a baby dog called? Answer: A puppy
What planet do we live on? Answer: Earth
How many days are in a week? Answer: 7
What is frozen water called? Answer: Ice
Which animal is known as the king of the jungle? Answer: The lion
What do you call a baby frog? Answer: A tadpole
What shape has three sides? Answer: A triangle
How many wheels does a bicycle have? Answer: 2
What color are a giraffe's spots? Answer: Brown
Which animal has a very long trunk? Answer: The elephant
What do cows drink? Answer: Water
What is the opposite of hot? Answer: Cold
What is the biggest animal in the ocean? Answer: The blue whale
How many months are in a year? Answer: 12
What do you call a house made of ice? Answer: An igloo
Which season comes after winter? Answer: Spring
What is the name of the fairy in Peter Pan? Answer: Tinker Bell
Which animal says 'moo'? Answer: A cow
What are the three primary colors (in painting)? Answer: Red, yellow and blue
How many fingers do you have on two hands? Answer: 10
What do caterpillars turn into? Answer: Butterflies
Which planet is closest to the Sun? Answer: Mercury
What is a group of fish called? Answer: A school
What do bees collect from flowers? Answer: Nectar and pollen
Which bird can't fly but swims very well? Answer: The penguin
Where does a polar bear live? Answer: The Arctic

Christmas (34)

What are the names of Santa's nine reindeer, including Rudolph? Answer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph
In the song 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', what is given on the fifth day? Answer: Five gold rings
What is the name of the grumpy character who hates Christmas in Dr. Seuss's story? Answer: The Grinch
What is the name of the Grinch's dog? Answer: Max
In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going on vacation? Answer: Paris
What is the name of the main character in A Christmas Carol? Answer: Ebenezer Scrooge
Who wrote A Christmas Carol? Answer: Charles Dickens
Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree? Answer: Germany
What is the name of the elf played by Will Ferrell? Answer: Buddy
In the movie Elf, what are the four main food groups of elves? Answer: Candy, candy canes, candy corn and syrup
What color is the Grinch? Answer: Green
What do people traditionally kiss under? Answer: Mistletoe
In the song, what did 'my true love' give on the first day of Christmas? Answer: A partridge in a pear tree
What is Frosty the Snowman's nose made of? Answer: A button
What popular Christmas song begins with 'Dashing through the snow'? Answer: Jingle Bells
In A Christmas Story, what gift does Ralphie want? Answer: A Red Ryder BB gun
In The Polar Express, what is the first gift of Christmas? Answer: A bell from Santa's sleigh
What shape are candy canes said to look like? Answer: A shepherd's hook (or the letter J)
How many ghosts visit Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, including Marley? Answer: Four
In which country did the Advent calendar originate? Answer: Germany
What plant with red leaves is popular at Christmas? Answer: The poinsettia
What is the best-selling single of all time? Answer: 'White Christmas' by Bing Crosby
What is traditionally hidden in a Christmas pudding for good luck? Answer: A coin (a silver sixpence)
Which reindeer has a red nose? Answer: Rudolph
Where does Santa Claus live? Answer: The North Pole
What are Santa's helpers called? Answer: Elves
In 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas', how many sizes did the Grinch's heart grow? Answer: Three
What is the name of the snowman in Frozen? Answer: Olaf
On what date is Christmas Day? Answer: December 25
What is a Yule log in modern holiday baking? Answer: A rolled chocolate cake decorated to look like a log
In the Nutcracker ballet, who composed the music? Answer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
What do children in many countries hang up on Christmas Eve? Answer: Stockings
Which Christmas movie features Kevin McCallister? Answer: Home Alone
What's the name of the reindeer in Frozen? Answer: Sven

Thanksgiving (25)

In what year is the first Thanksgiving traditionally said to have taken place? Answer: 1621
What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on? Answer: The Mayflower
Which Native American tribe shared the 1621 harvest feast with the Pilgrims? Answer: The Wampanoag
On which day of the week is Thanksgiving celebrated in the United States? Answer: Thursday (the fourth Thursday of November)
Which president made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863? Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Which department store hosts the famous Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City? Answer: Macy's
What is a male turkey called? Answer: A tom (or gobbler)
What is a female turkey called? Answer: A hen
What is a baby turkey called? Answer: A poult
What sound does a turkey make? Answer: A gobble
In which month do Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving? Answer: October
What is the bone people pull apart for good luck? Answer: The wishbone
What is the name for the horn-shaped basket overflowing with fruit and vegetables? Answer: A cornucopia
In what state did the Pilgrims land? Answer: Massachusetts (at Plymouth)
What popular orange vegetable is often made into a pie for Thanksgiving? Answer: Pumpkin
Which sport is traditionally played on TV on Thanksgiving Day? Answer: American football
Which two NFL teams traditionally host games on Thanksgiving? Answer: The Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys
What is the shopping day after Thanksgiving called? Answer: Black Friday
What fruit is used to make a classic Thanksgiving sauce? Answer: Cranberries
Which US president made the turkey pardon an official White House tradition in 1989? Answer: George H. W. Bush
Where on a turkey is the wattle? Answer: Hanging from its neck and chin
What is the most popular Thanksgiving dish? Answer: Turkey
How many days did the 1621 harvest celebration last? Answer: Three days
What do you call the stuffing when it's cooked outside the turkey? Answer: Dressing
What was the Pilgrims' colony called? Answer: Plymouth Colony

Halloween (25)

What is the date of Halloween? Answer: October 31
What vegetable did people carve before pumpkins became popular for jack-o'-lanterns? Answer: Turnips
From which ancient Celtic festival does Halloween come? Answer: Samhain
What is the name of the headless horseman's story? Answer: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Which famous monster was created by Victor Frankenstein? Answer: Frankenstein's monster (often just called Frankenstein)
Who wrote the novel Dracula? Answer: Bram Stoker
Who wrote Frankenstein? Answer: Mary Shelley
What do you say when you go door to door on Halloween? Answer: Trick or treat
What is a fear of spiders called? Answer: Arachnophobia
In which country is Dracula's castle said to be? Answer: Romania (Transylvania)
What do vampires traditionally hate? Answer: Garlic, sunlight and crosses
What day comes right after Halloween? Answer: All Saints' Day (November 1)
Which magician died on Halloween in 1926? Answer: Harry Houdini
What is the name of the pumpkin king in The Nightmare Before Christmas? Answer: Jack Skellington
What are the three witch sisters' names in Hocus Pocus? Answer: Winifred, Mary and Sarah Sanderson
What color is a typical Halloween pumpkin? Answer: Orange
What is the name of the friendly ghost in cartoons? Answer: Casper
What is a group of crows called? Answer: A murder
What creature turns into a wolf during a full moon? Answer: A werewolf
Which animal is believed to be a witch's familiar? Answer: The black cat
In Ghostbusters, what is the giant marshmallow monster called? Answer: The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
What Mexican holiday celebrates loved ones who have died, on November 1 and 2? Answer: Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
Where do bats sleep? Answer: Hanging upside down
What is a mummy wrapped in? Answer: Linen bandages
What is a witch's broom also known as? Answer: A besom

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