Category: Brain Teasers

What player holds the record for most World Series home runs?

Pablo Sandoval
Willie Stargell
Mickey Mantle
Reggie Jackson

The Answer: The correct answer is Mickey Mantle.

Who won Major League Baseball’s first modern World Series in 1903?

New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Americans
Chicago Cubs

The Answer: The correct answer is Boston Americans.

What team has the most World Series appearances?

Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Cardinals

The Answer: The correct answer is New York Yankees.

Who wrote, “What happens to a dream deferred?”

Langston Hughes
James Baldwin
Maya Angelou
Audre Lorde

The Answer: The correct answer is Langston Hughes.

Which is the largest city in the world by population?

Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tokyo, Japan
Delhi, India
Shanghai, China

The Answer: The correct answer is Tokyo, Japan.

In Greek mythology, who flew too close to the sun?

Perseus
Theseus
Achilles
Icarus

The Answer: The correct answer is Icarus.

What country is on the exact opposite side of the world from Honolulu, Hawaii?

Australia
Botswana
China
Madagascar

The Answer: The correct answer is Botswana.

In which U.S. state can you find this “ghost forest”?

Washington
Oregon
Maine
Massachusetts

The Answer: The correct answer is Oregon.

Michel Ney — a famous military commander for France — was executed for being on the losing side in what war?

Hundred Years’ War
Napoleonic Wars
Franco-Prussian War
World War I
World War II

The Answer: The correct answer is Napoleonic Wars.

Clara Petacci was executed along with what famous man, who was also her lover?

Julius Caesar
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Niccolò Machiavelli
Benito Mussolini
Giuseppe Garibaldi

The Answer: The correct answer is Benito Mussolini.