Q: What country has the largest population in the world? A: China. Q: What continent is an island? A: Australia

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1 Q: What continent is an island? A: Australia Q: What country has the largest population in the world? A: China Q: What is the smallest U.S. state? A: Rhode Island Q: What is the largest desert in the world? A: Sahara Desert Q: The name of what large sea means middle of land? A: Mediterranean Q: What U.S. state is named for a President? A: Washington Q: Where is Goat Island? A: Niagara Falls Q: What U.S. state is known as The Land of Lincoln? A: Illinois Q: In what U.S. city can you find Fisherman s Wharf? A: San Francisco Q: On what street is the White House located? A: Pennsylvania Avenue

2 Q: What is the capital of Iraq? A: Baghdad Q: On what continent is the Orient? A: Asia

3 Q: What body of water does the Mississippi River flow into? A: Gulf of Mexico Q: What continent is also a country? A: Australia Q: How many colonies became the original United States? A: 13 Q: What European country is shaped like a boot? A: Italy Q: In which state is the Grand Ole Opry located? A: Tennessee Q: What is the longest river in Africa? A: Nile Q: What two states were the last two to join the U.S.? A: Hawaii and Alaska Q: What state is President Bill Clinton from? A: Arkansas Q: Where is Elvis Presley buried? A: Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee Q: What is the largest city on the Puget Sound? A: Seattle, Washington

4 Q: Where are the Everglades? A: Florida Q: What state is known as the Bluegrass State? A: Kentucky Q: What eastern state is named after William Penn? A: Pennsylvania Q: What is the state flower of Virginia? A: Dogwood Q: The people of German ancestry who live in Pennsylvania are known as what? A: Pennsylvania Dutch Q: Where is Cape Hatteras located? A: North Carolina Q: What crop is Idaho famous for? A: Potatoes Q: What are the six states that are known as New England? A: Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island Q: What is the top dairy state in the U.S.? A: Wisconsin Q: What country has the nickname Emerald Isle? A: Ireland

5 Q: Where is the Louvre Museum located? A: Paris, France Q: In what town was Jesus born? A: Jerusalem Q: In what country is it customary to remove shoes before entering the house? A: Japan Q: What is the largest state in the United States? A: Alaska Q: What is the most widely eaten food in the world? A: Rice Q: What town is known as the Windy City? A: Chicago, Illinois Q: Who developed the first assembly line? A: Henry Ford Q: What state was gold first discovered in? A: California Q: In 1963, what U.S. President was fatally shot while riding in a motorcade in Dallas? A: John F. Kennedy Q: Whose Presidential campaign song was Happy Days Are Here Again? A: Franklin D. Roosevelt

6 Q: What disease did President Ronald Reagan die from? A: Alzheimer s disease Q: In what 1960s social movement was the song We Shall Overcome used? A: Civil Rights Movement Q: What was the largest known genocide against Jews called? A: The Holocaust Q: What country would you find the Taj Mahal? A: India Q: What was served as a speak easy in the 1920s and 1930s? A: Illegal alcoholic drinks Q: What country would you find the Wailing Wall? A: Israel Q: Who was Ike? A: President Dwight Eisenhower Q: What country would you find the Stonehenge? A: England Q: What country would you find the Great Pyramid? A: Egypt Q: What is the capital of Egypt? A: Cairo

7 Q: What country would you find the Parthenon? A: Greece Q: What are the colors of the Italian flag? A: Green, white, red Q: Which President was a television and movie star before he was elected President? A: Ronald Reagan Q: What popular teenage, blonde, fashion doll did Ruth Handler create in 1959? A: Barbie doll Q: Which President led troops during the Civil War? A: Ulysses S. Grant Q: What English war nurse is known as the founder of modern nursing and was nicknamed The Lady with the Lamp? A: Florence Nightingale Q: What did Eli Whitney invent? A: Cotton gin Q: Who is known as the Father of His Country? A: George Washington

8 Q: What is the name of the African American woman who refused to surrender her seat on a public bus to a white man in 1955? A: Rosa Parks Q: Who was the first man to walk on the moon? A: Neil Armstrong Q: Which U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War that freed the slaves? A: Abraham Lincoln Q: What disease was known as the White Plague? A: Tuberculosis Q: Which U.S. President was forced to resign from his office because of the Watergate Scandal? A: Richard Nixon Q: What famous document begins: When in the course of human events? A: The Declaration of Independence Q: Who invented the bifocals? A: Benjamin Franklin Q: What Great Lake is the largest? A: Superior Q: What is the second smallest state in the U.S.? A: Delaware Q: What country is the Dalai Lama s palace in? A: Tibet