Thanksgiving Quiz 2024 Answers
All my answers are considered final, however incorrect they are later found to be.
- This actress has starred in four of the six highest grossing movies ever. In two of them her skin is green, in two of them her skin is blue.
Zoe Saldana - What is the only country in the world that ends with the letter "Q"?
Iraq - This element is named after the Greek name for the Sun.
Helium - The largest animal to have ever lived is alive today. It can weigh about the same as 40 elephants, 30 T-Rexes, or 2,670 humans. What is it?
Blue Whale - Name the country that has seven cities with more than 100 skyscrapers.
China - What is the only animal-derived edible food that never goes bad?
Honey - This writer had a number one book, movie, and TV show all in the same year in both 1995 and 1996!
Michael Crichton. 1995: No. 1 best-selling book (The Lost World), the No. 1 movie (Congo), and the No. 1 TV show (ER). 1996: Airframe, Twister, and ER. - What is the only sport to have been played on the moon?
Golf - This Disney stage adaptation is the highest-grossing property in history, earning over $8 billion worldwide.
The Lion King - With the exception of Fidel Castro, the bodies of all founders of Communist states have been publicly mummified and embalmed, including Lenin, Stalin, and Mao. Can you name another?
Can have any of: Ho Chi Minh, Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, Forbes Burnham, Agostinho Neto, Klement Gottwald, Khorloogin Choibalsan, Georgi Dimitrov - This energy drink company has been the best performing stock of the last 30 years: rising 200,000% from February 1994 to February 2024.
Monster Energy - Who posted one of the most famous (and probably apocryphal) ads of all time “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success.”
Ernest Shackleton - In this Summer Olympic sport both men and women compete directly against each other. There are no separate divisions for genders, and all competitors are judged by the same standards.
Equestrian - Why is France’s longest border in South America?
Because of French Guiana, an overseas department of France - This song by The Buggles was the first music video played on MTV.
Video Killed the Radio Star - Skeletor is to He-Man as Mumm-ra is to?
Lion-O/The Thundercats - What links Antietam, the first day of the Somme, the Stalingrad encirclement (November 19, 1942) and the opening day of the Battle of Verdun?
They were the bloodiest days in history (will accept), but specifically for each military: The U.S.A., The U.K., Germany and France. - What links Andúril, Mjolnir and Excalibur?
Legendary weapons with special powers (Aragorn, Thor and King Arthur) - What mythical creature is usually represented as a lion with a goat's head in the middle of its back and with a tail that ends in a snake's head.
Chimera - What links these Oscar-winning performances by Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, Ben Kingsley, Helen Mirren, and Judi Dench?
They all portrayed real historical leaders (Lincoln, Churchill, Ghandi, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth I (will accept historical figures).
