What is a primary practice of Zen Buddhism?
Chanting prayers
Socratic discussions
Seated meditation
Hypnosis
The Answer: The correct answer is Seated meditation.
What word describes how a painting shows cracks and fissures over time?
What word describes how a painting shows cracks and fissures over time?
Craving
Craquelure
Craven
Cribbage
The Answer: The correct answer is Craquelure.
How did canola oil get its name?
How did canola oil get its name?
From Canada
It was first sold in a can
Its creator, William Canola
Because it has cane sugar in it
The Answer: The correct answer is From Canada.
Which is the slowest moving animal in the world?
Which is the slowest moving animal in the world?
Garden snail
Koala bear
Three-toed sloth
Banana slug
The Answer: The correct answer is Banana slug.
The Jerusalem artichoke is related to which flower?
The Jerusalem artichoke is related to which flower?
Tulip
Sunflower
Rose
Nasturtium
The Answer: The correct answer is Sunflower.
What is the smallest country in mainland Africa by land area?
What is the smallest country in mainland Africa by land area?
Tanzania
Malawi
Kenya
The Gambia
The Answer: The correct answer is The Gambia.
In which African country can you find this red dune desert?
In which African country can you find this red dune desert?
Ethiopia
Kenya
Namibia
Tunisia
The Answer: The correct answer is Namibia.
According to official records, how many U.S. Soldiers died during the Invasion of Grenada, which lasted from October 25 – December 15, 1983?
According to official records, how many U.S. Soldiers died during the Invasion of Grenada, which lasted from October 25 – December 15, 1983?
0
1
12
19
42
The Answer: The correct answer is 19.
Who wrote the famous poem “Charge of the Light Brigade,” based on Lord Cardigan’s cavalry charge during the October 25, 1854 Battle of Balaclava?
Who wrote the famous poem “Charge of the Light Brigade,” based on Lord Cardigan’s cavalry charge during the October 25, 1854 Battle of Balaclava?
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Lord Byron
John Keats
Percy Shelley
Robert Browning
The Answer: The correct answer is Lord Alfred Tennyson.
Which U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., on October 25, 1962, presented photos to the United Nations proving Soviet missiles were installed in Cuba?
Which U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., on October 25, 1962, presented photos to the United Nations proving Soviet missiles were installed in Cuba?
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Adlai Stevenson
Daniel Moynihan
Edward Stettinius, Jr.
Charles Yost
The Answer: The correct answer is Adlai Stevenson.