1 The roof and exterior walls of the Marin County Civic Center are painted in what two colors, which mimic its environment?
2 How many months of the year have 31 days?
3 What ice cream flavor did Ben and Jerry’s ice cream company name after the Grateful Dead?
4 What devastating hurricane hit New Orleans in August 2005?
5 The first Winter Olympic games were held in 1924, in what country?… at what mountainous venue?
6 Of all the entertainers who’ve hosted the Tonight Show on NBC, which one has hosted more new episodes than any other… about 4600 episodes?
7 Is the diameter of the sun 10, 100 or 1000 times the diameter of the Earth, approximately?
8 Donald Trump and his supporting “birthers” falsely claimed that Barack Obama was born in what country?
9 The Delaware River separates what two U.S. states, neither named Delaware?
10 In Columbus, GA in 1886, John Pemberton invented a consumable liquid advertised as a cure for morphine addiction. What is this brand-name product?
BONUS: Who is the only woman mentioned by name in the Quran, the holy book of Islam?
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ANSWERS:
1 Blue roof like the sky, beige walls like the sandy ground nearby
2 Seven
3 Cherry Garcia
4 Katrina
5 Chamonix, France
6 Jay Leno hosted 4610 episodes, compared with Johnny Carson’s 4531 (and Jimmy Fallon has hosted almost 1700 so far…).
7 Sun’s diameter is about 109 times the Earth’s.
8 Kenya
9 Pennsylvania and New Jersey
10 Coca Cola—John Pemberton was addicted to morphine, and hoped the cocaine in the drink could get him off opiates.
BONUS ANSWER: Miryam, mother of Jesus (also known as Mary); she’s also mentioned more times in the Quran than in the entire Bible.
