Around the United States

Little Rock is the capital of which US state? Arkansas On which granite cliff are the faces of four presidents carved? Rushmore Which language is the first language of 6% of the US population? Spanish ONE WORD – Which natural disaster is the San Andreas Fault prone to? Earthquake What does DC stand for in …

1990’s Quiz

1 Imprisoned since 1962, who walked free from captivity in February 1990? Nelson Mandela 2 Which pop star died from an AIDS-related illness in November 1991? Freddie Mercury 3 Name the two people who officially opened the Channel Tunnel in 1994? Queen Elizabeth 2nd and François Mitterand 4 In which year did Germany celebrate reunification? …

Princess Quiz

1. Which actress played the role of Xena, The Warrior Princess? Lucy Lawless 2. In the novel Peter Pan what is the name of the Indian princess rescued by Peter? Tiger Lily 3. Who provides the voice of the Princess Fiona in the animated film “Shrek”? Cameron Diaz 4. Which actress became Princess of Monaco? …

Famous People

1 Aboard which ship did Darwin’s revolutionary theories evolve? 2 Who took 24 years to get from Italy to China and back again? 3 Which king of France was known as ‘the Sun King’? 4 What unusual career did Anne Bonny and Mary Read follow? 5 Who was known as ‘The Shrimp’? 6 Which English …

People Quiz

1 Who won a 1997 Grammy in the spoken word category for a piece entitled It Takes A Village? 2 In which city was Marie Curie born? 3 Which footballer wrote the book, 1966 And All That? 4 Which film starring Bette Midler was inspired by the life of Janis Joplin? 5 Who played the …

Science & Nature

1. What is the only clockwise-rotating planet? VENUS 2. What is June’s birthstone? AGATE 3. What’s the largest gland in the human body? LIVER 4. Who discovered Saturn’s rings? GALILEO 5. What animal lives in a lodge? BEAVER 6. What kind of image does a hollogram slide produce? THREE-DIMENSIONAL 7.What’s the longest-living land mammal after …