Professor Monkey-for-a-Head invented Earthwork Jim's supersuit and spent the entire series trying to get it back.

Cartoon Villains: Who might foil this supervillain's evil scheme?

This memorable line is delivered by "1st Soldier with a Keen Interest in Birds".

Movie Quote: Which movie asked, "Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?"

Simple mnemonic rhyme: "A pint is a pound the world around" is useful in the kitchen but only if you're in the US since pints vary from country to country.

Weights & Measures: How much does a pint of water weigh in Imperial terms?

Geometry: What do you call a polyhedron with 12 flat faces?

Onomatopoeia: a word that sounds like its meaning such as crack, pop, or belch.

English Vocabulary: Which of the following is an onomatopoeia?

It's ironic that this masterpiece of Renaissance art is best know to modern audiences by those damned cherubs ("putti") at the bottom.

Art: Which Old Master painted "The Sistine Madonna"?

Analogous colors are next to each other on the color wheel while complementary colors are opposite in position.

Color Theory: Which of these colors is an analogous color to yellow?

This guy's common name is the blue poison dart frog.

It can live for three weeks away from water

Animals: What is this dendrobates tinctorius known for?  (Other than being blue, I mean.)

Ed is the youngest member of the Bebop team, though she technically wasn't hired since she leveraged the crew into taking her aboard.

Anime: Who is this computer genius?

Carats are the basic weight unit used for all gemstones, equal to 1/5 metric gram.

Gemstones: Gems are graded using "the Four Cs"... color, cut, clarity, and ???  What is the fourth C?

The Big Dipper (The Plough in the UK) helps navigators by pointing the way to Polaris, the North Star.

Astronomy: The constellation Ursa Major ("the Greater Bear") includes another star grouping known as what in North America?

Pope Alexander VI brokered the agreement known as the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), giving everything over 370 miles west of Cape Verde Islands to Spain.

Vasco de Gama claimed Brazil for the Portuguese before the Spanish arrived

Age of Exploration: Why does Brazil speak Portuguese while the rest of South America speaks Spanish?

Bresaola is properly a cured cut of beef eye of round that is dry aged until thin slices are translucent.

Cuisine: Which of the following items is NOT made from pork?

Don Facundo Bacardí Masó, born in Spain, emigrated to Cuba in 1828 and eventually created the largest family-held distilling company in existance.

Drink: Bacardi rum takes its name from what?

Cilantro and coriander are just different botanical parts of the same plant.

Cooking Ingredients: Which spice is from the seed of the cilantro plant?

Frostbite Falls was a fictional town in Minnesota created by Jay Ward Productions as a backdrop for the animated parody comedy.

Cartoons: What was the name of the home town of Rocky and Bullwinkle?

Ororo Munro was born in Kenya but raised in Harlem (New York, not Netherlands) and Cairo (Egypt, not Illinois) and a major figure in the X-Men universe.

Marvel: What is the alter ego of the Marvel character called Storm?

Appropriately, the New World Symphony was written by Dvorak while he was the director of the National Conservatory of Music in NYC.

Classical Music: Which famous Czech composer created the "From the New World Symphony" (formally Symphony #9)?

Goldberg went on to play Guinan, the proprietor of Ten Forward, for 28 episodes of The Next Generation.

Star Trek: What comic expressed interest in being on Star Trek: the Next Generation but studio executives thought it was a joke?

Echo gave her name to the audio phenomenon because she was cursed by Hera to only speak by repeating the last words spoken to her.

Mythology: Narcissus was so in love with his own reflection, he took root and became a flower.  But what was the name of the nymph who fell in love with him?

"Oh, knowledge exploring is oh so lyrical... When you think thoughts that are empirical."

Pixar: In "Finding Nemo", who is the singing teacher of the fish school?

Jawas aren't a big part of the Star Wars universe, but they are a handy plot point.

Star Wars: What are the small scavenger species that capture R2-D2 and C-3PO in A New Hope?

New Zealanders are further south than just a few places on the planet.

Geography: Which of the following nations is the furthest south?

Though The Troggs aren't the first band that jump to mind when most people think of '60s rock, they hit #1 in the US with this classic.

Rock and Roll: What classic rock group recorded "Wild Thing"?

If there was a bishop along on their pilgrimage, Chaucer didn't mention them.

Medieval Literature: Which of the following isn't part of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"?

Frogger was released by Sega in 1981 and is still considered one of the greatest video games of all time.

Video Games: What is the name of this classic video arcade game?

Ironically, the quote everyone remembers from Casablanca ("Play it again, Sam,") never happened.  The quote is "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'"  Just FYI.

Movies: What famous song plays a role in the 1942 flim classic Casablanca?

The work is actually in 7 volumes, so if judged on size, it has a big advantage.

The book's title is also translated as "In Search of Lost Time".

Literature: "Remembrance of Things Past" is often considered the greatest novel ever written.  Who was the author?

Gunsmoke had the distinction of running for 20 seasons, far longer than any other cowboy series.

Television: What holds the record as the longest running Western series on television?

At 93 million miles away, it takes light 8 minutes to get here, compared to the 4.3 YEARS it takes light from the next nearest star to get to us.

Science: Light is fast but not instantaneous.  How long does it take light from the Sun to reach the Earth?

The disorders of the pancreas are often the cause of humans developing diabetes.

Medicine: Essential to metabolizing food into energy, which organ produces insulin, the hormone that accomplishes this?

Introduced to the DC Universe in 1980, Princess Koriand'r of Tamaran has become a mainstay of the Teen Titan franchise.

DC: Starfire/Koriand'r is an alien who joined the Teen Titans.  What species is Starfire?

What?  You expect some witty comment about the Spanish?  A joke that works in BOTH languages?  Yeah... riiiiight...

Spanish Language: What is the Spanish word for "winter?

Slate is sedimentary while the other three rocks are all volcanic in origin.

Geology: Which of the following is NOT an igneous rock?

Simple math.  If 1/2 is 0.5, and 1/4 is half that or 0.25, and 1/8 is half that or 0.125, then 3/8 is 3 x 0.125 or (drumroll, please) 0.375.

Fractions & Decimals: What is the decimal equivalent of 3/8?

This was one of the treaties few ever believed could be ratified, but the "Georgia peanut farmer" somehow managed.

Politics: Which US president brokered the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel?

The easiest way to remember this is it's "universal" because it's used so often.

Acronyms: An important acronym in the computer world is USB.  What does USB stand for?

ET grossed $399 million, a full $100 million MORE than any other movie that year.

1980s Trivia: What was the top-grossing movie of the 1980s?

Carthage and Rome were the combatants, the term "Punic" comes from the Latin "Punicus" meaning Phoenician, Carthage being the last great stronghold of Phoenician culture.

Ancient History: One of ancient history's great stories is Hannibal crossing the Alps with elephants.  Which war was this part of?

Everyone knows Ford as the first assembly line car manufacturer... except Oldsmobile was producing assembly line cars for 7 years before Ford.  Ford simply improved on it.

Automobiles: The US is known for its car culture.  Which company as the first major auto maker in the US?

At room temperature, chlorine is a gas while iodine and gallium are both solid.

Elements: There are only two elements that are liquid at room temperature... mercury and what?

Charlemagne was King of the Franks, then added King of the Lombards, and finally Carolingian Emperor, leading to the formation of the Holy Roman Empire of western Europe.

Medieval History: Who was the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?

Hellboy started with Dark Horse BEFORE the movie while both Buffy & Star Wars started as movies and then went to comics.  Gen 13 began as an Image Comic.

Dark Horse Comics: The third largest comic house behind DC & Marvel, which of these titles began life as a Dark Horse publication?

Yes, Hogwarts' number one over-achiever is not a great broom jockey while the other three were all quiddich players.

Harry Potter: Which Hogwarts student is not good at flying on brooms?

The computer language is Fortran, not Fortis.  I think Fortis is health insurance or something...

Computers: Computers have employed a number of different computer languages since PCs hit the market.  Which of these is NOT a computer language?

While these are all forests from the LotR, Lothlorien is the home of Galadriel and her husband.

Lord of the Rings: What is the name of the forest that is ruled by Galadriel and Celeborn in Middle Earth?

The North Pacific Gyre creates circumstances that have led to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, estimated to be the size of Iran (1.6m sq kilometers), the 17th largest nation on Earth.  OY!

Oceanography: An area that is at the center of a circular current is called the equivalent of a desert in the middle of the ocean.  What is this phenomenon called?

"The Island of Dr Moreau" is actually a book by HG Wells.  Nemo and Aronnax are from "20000 Leagues Under the Sea", and Fogg is from "Around the World in 80 Days".

Science Fiction: Which of the following is NOT a character from a Jules Verne story?

While burial constructions are as old as burials, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was the first "mausoleum" to have the name.

Wonders of the World: Which of the following words was coined as a result of one of the Wonders of the Ancient World?

Torii gates are one of the most iconic visual images of Japanese culture, marking the entrance of Shinto shrines.

Japanese Language: Japanese culture has provided many loan-words to English.  Which of these is the distinctive gate of the Shinto religion?

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