100 Jeopardy Questions & Answers

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#	Question	Answer
1	This city is the capital of Canada.	What is Ottawa?
2	He is the lead singer of the band U2.	Who is Bono?
3	This is the largest ocean on Earth.	What is the Pacific Ocean?
4	This animal is the largest mammal in the world.	What is the blue whale?
5	This is the smallest planet in our solar system.	What is Mercury?
6	This scientist wrote the book “A Brief History of Time.”	Who is Stephen Hawking?
7	He is the author of “The Catcher in the Rye.”	Who is J.D. Salinger?
8	He is the lead guitarist of the band Queen.	Who is Brian May?
9	He was the first man to walk on the moon.	Who is Neil Armstrong?
10	This is the highest mountain in North America.	What is Denali?
11	This city is the capital of Egypt.	What is Cairo?
12	He directed the movie “Jurassic Park.”	Who is Steven Spielberg?
13	This is the largest continent on Earth.	What is Asia?
14	He is the co-founder of Microsoft and a well-known philanthropist.	Who is Bill Gates?
15	This is the smallest independent country in the world by area.	What is Vatican City?
16	He painted the famous artwork “The Starry Night.”	Who is Vincent van Gogh?
17	This city is the capital of Australia.	What is Canberra?
18	He was the first human to orbit the Earth.	Who is Yuri Gagarin?
19	She was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.	Who is Margaret Thatcher?
20	This is the largest hot desert in the world.	What is the Sahara Desert?
21	She is the author of the “Harry Potter” book series.	Who is J.K. Rowling?
22	This city is the capital of Japan.	What is Tokyo?
23	He is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.	Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
24	This is the world’s largest island that is not a continent.	What is Greenland?
25	He is the lead singer of the band Coldplay.	Who is Chris Martin?
26	She wrote the classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.”	Who is Harper Lee?
27	This famous Paris landmark is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars.	What is the Eiffel Tower?
28	He led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe (though he died en route).	Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
29	He was the first U.S. president to be assassinated.	Who is Abraham Lincoln?
30	This city is the capital of Mexico.	What is Mexico City?
31	He directed the classic crime film “The Godfather.”	Who is Francis Ford Coppola?
32	This is the highest mountain in the world above sea level.	What is Mount Everest?
33	He is the author of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.	Who is J.R.R. Tolkien?
34	This body of water is often called the world’s largest lake, though it is technically a sea.	What is the Caspian Sea?
35	He is the lead singer of the band Radiohead.	Who is Thom Yorke?
36	He painted the famous mural “The Last Supper.”	Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
37	This city is the capital of South Korea.	What is Seoul?
38	He wrote the novel “The Great Gatsby.”	Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
39	This massive waterfall lies on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.	What is Victoria Falls?
40	He is the co-founder of Facebook.	Who is Mark Zuckerberg?
41	This city is the capital of Russia.	What is Moscow?
42	This scientist is famously associated with the law of universal gravitation.	Who is Isaac Newton?
43	This is the longest river in the world.	What is the Nile River?
44	He was the lead singer and guitarist of Nirvana.	Who is Kurt Cobain?
45	He wrote the dystopian novel “1984.”	Who is George Orwell?
46	This famous museum in Paris is home to the Mona Lisa and features a glass pyramid entrance.	What is the Louvre?
47	This city is the capital of Brazil.	What is Brasília?
48	He directed the film “Pulp Fiction.”	Who is Quentin Tarantino?
49	This is the world’s largest coral reef system, located off the coast of Australia.	What is the Great Barrier Reef?
50	She wrote the novel “Pride and Prejudice.”	Who is Jane Austen?
51	This city is the capital of China.	What is Beijing?
52	He is often credited with inventing the practical electric light bulb.	Who is Thomas Edison?
53	He is the lead singer of the band Pearl Jam.	Who is Eddie Vedder?
54	He painted the world-famous portrait known as the “Mona Lisa.”	Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
55	This city is the capital of Spain.	What is Madrid?
56	He wrote “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”	Who is Douglas Adams?
57	This country is the largest in the world by land area.	What is Russia?
58	He was the lead singer of the band Led Zeppelin.	Who is Robert Plant?
59	He directed the film “The Shawshank Redemption.”	Who is Frank Darabont?
60	This city is widely considered the world’s largest metropolitan area by population.	What is Tokyo?
61	This South American capital city is known as the “Paris of South America.”	What is Buenos Aires?
62	He is the author of “The Chronicles of Narnia” series.	Who is C.S. Lewis?
63	This country is the world’s largest archipelago nation, made up of thousands of islands.	What is Indonesia?
64	He directed the film “Forrest Gump.”	Who is Robert Zemeckis?
65	This bird is the largest living bird species by height and weight.	What is the ostrich?
66	He is the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.	Who is Anthony Kiedis?
67	He wrote the massive Russian novel “War and Peace.”	Who is Leo Tolstoy?
68	This European country has three capital cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein.	What is South Africa?
69	He is the founder of Amazon.	Who is Jeff Bezos?
70	This Venezuelan waterfall is the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall.	What is Angel Falls?
71	He is the lead singer and guitarist of the Foo Fighters.	Who is Dave Grohl?
72	He painted the surrealist masterpiece “The Persistence of Memory.”	Who is Salvador Dalí?
73	This city is the capital of Greece.	What is Athens?
74	He is the author of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.”	Who is Mark Twain?
75	This European river flows through the city of Paris.	What is the Seine?
76	This empire from northeast Africa was ruled by pharaohs and built the pyramids.	What is Ancient Egypt?
77	This African country is the most populous nation on the continent.	What is Nigeria?
78	He created the expressionist painting known as “The Scream.”	Who is Edvard Munch?
79	This animal is the fastest land animal on Earth.	What is the cheetah?
80	This country is home to the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu.	What is Peru?
81	He proposed the theory of general relativity.	Who is Albert Einstein?
82	This U.S. state is nicknamed the “Sunshine State.”	What is Florida?
83	He wrote the tragic play “Romeo and Juliet.”	Who is William Shakespeare?
84	This organ in the human body is responsible for pumping blood.	What is the heart?
85	This planet in our solar system is known as the “Red Planet.”	What is Mars?
86	This U.S. national park is famous for its geysers, including Old Faithful.	What is Yellowstone National Park?
87	This is the longest bone in the human body.	What is the femur?
88	He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.	Who is Michelangelo?
89	This European city is the capital of Italy.	What is Rome?
90	This Greek hero from mythology is known for slaying the Minotaur.	Who is Theseus?
91	This organ in the human body is primarily responsible for filtering blood and producing urine.	What are the kidneys?
92	This U.S. city is the most populous city in the United States.	What is New York City?
93	This European city is known as the “City of Light.”	What is Paris?
94	This is the chemical symbol for the element gold.	What is Au?
95	This gas do plants primarily absorb from the atmosphere for photosynthesis.	What is carbon dioxide?
96	This city is the capital of France.	What is Paris?
97	This is the largest planet in our solar system.	What is Jupiter?
98	This British scientist is known for formulating the laws of motion and calculus.	Who is Isaac Newton?
99	This scientist discovered penicillin by accident in 1928.	Who is Alexander Fleming?
100	This is the basic unit of life in all living organisms.	What is the cell?