| Holy Places | ||
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What is the Taj Mahal? |
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What is Vatican City? |
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What is Stonehenge? |
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What is the Wailing Wall and the Dome of the Rock? |
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What is the Blue Mosque? |
| American History | ||
| #1 | This is the number of colonies which delcared indepenence from England. |
What is 13? |
| #2 | This is the name of the first signer of the Declaration of Independence |
Who was John Handcock? |
| #3 | This is the number of United States Senators? |
What is 100? |
| #4 | This is the term to describe when the President refuses to sign a new law which has been approved by Congress. |
What is a Veto? |
| #5 | This European country, at the time at war with England, helped the Americans in the War of Independence. |
What is France? |
| Women in Politics | ||
| #1 | This Egyptian queen was the lover of Julius Ceasar |
Who was Cleopatra? |
| #2 | This French teenager amost won the 100 Years War before she was burned at the stake |
Who was Joan d'Arc? |
| #3 | This Albanian nun became famous for her work in India |
Who was Mother Teresa? |
| #4 | This Assassinated President of Pakistan was in my graduating class at Harvard |
Who was Benazir Bhutto? |
| #5 | This was the first woman president in the world |
Who was Evita Peron? |
| Extreme Geography | ||
| #1 | This is the highest point on the face of the earth |
What is Mt. Everest? |
| #2 | This is the lowest place on the face of the earth (on land) |
What is the Dead Sea? (Jordan/Israel)? |
| #3 | What is the longest river in the world |
What is the Nile? |
| #4 | What is the highest waterfall in the world |
What is Angel Falls? (Venezuela) |
| #5 | This is the deepest place on the surface of the earth |
What is the Mariana trench? |
| Lights Camera Action | ||
| #1 | This American director made Reservior Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill |
Who is Quentin Tarantino? |
| #2 | This American Director made Jaws, E.T. and Jurrassic Park |
Who is Stephen Spielberg? |
| #3 | This Chinese-American director made Life of Pi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Montain |
Who is Ang Lee? |
| #4 | This fat British Director was famous for his thrillers, like Frenzy, Psycho, The Birds and Dial M for Murder |
Who was Alfred Hitchcock? |
| #5 | This Russian director from the 1920's made revolutinary movies like Battleship Potemkin, Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible |
Who was Sergei Eisenstein? |
| Final Question | |
How many of the origianal 13 states can you name? (Up to 13 guesses, 100 for each correct answer, nothing off for wrong answers) |
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