1. France
   Germany
2. Italy
   Spain

In 1803, the United States "bought" Louisiana from France for about $15 million dollars, or $18 per square mile. The French didn't actually own much of that territory, as Native Americans were still living there, but that didn't stop the purchase. In fact, it led directly to westward expansion.

1. Earth
   Mars
2. The moon
   Pluto

If you wanted to swim in the Sea of Tranquility, you'd have a long trip ahead of you. It's located in the Tranquillitatis Basin on the moon and the basin likely dates back more than 4.5 billion years.

1. Her oratory skills
   Her innovative painting technique
2. Her automotive inventions
   Her investigative journalism

Nellie Bly was one of the first investigative journalists in the modern sense. She earned her reputation after getting herself committed to a mental institution to report from the inside and once took a 72-day trip around the world based on the Jules Verne novel.

1. Royal Flush
   Straight Flush
2. Four of a Kind
   Full House

The others are also really good hands and will help to win you the game if no one at the table has a Royal Flush. The Royal Flush is 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace of the same suit.

1. American titans of industry
   The first printers after the invention of the printing press
2. Wealthy explorers during the Golden Age of Piracy
   A select group of early astronomers

The 400 club was a term often used to describe some of the weather American industrialists living in New York City at the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th, including Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and Carnegie.

1. 1 point
   3 points
2. 8 points
   10 points

J is one of the highest-scoring letters in the game of Scrabble and there is only one J tile in the game. X is also worth eight points. Only the letters Q and Z are more valuable, at 10 points each.

1. Boron
   Beryllium
2. Bohrium
   Bismuth

Bismuth is the chemical element for which the symbol Bi stands on the periodic table. It occurs naturally but can also be created synthetically. It has a long half-life and its radioactivity level is very low.

1. "Kubo and the Two Strings"
   "Fantasia"
2. "The Little Mermaid"
   "Snow White the Seven Dwarves"

When "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" first won the honorary Academy Award in 1938, animation was still so new that there was not yet a category for the full-length film.

1. Frank Loesser
   Lin-Manuel Miranda
2. Cole Porter
   Stephen Sondheim

Cole Porter lived the high life and put it into the plays and songs he wrote. He threw lavish parties, married beautiful, rich women, and wrote shows that defied convention but were incredibly successful, and continue to be today.

1. A speculative bubble
   A welfare system
2. A great depression
   An economic recession

Tulip mania, during the Golden Age, was one of the first recorded examples of an economic bubble. The wealthy became so obsessed with the newly introduced tulip that they drove up the prices exorbitantly, and when the market could no longer sustain that, they were left with flowers.

1. Sculptor
   Life science illustrator
2. Archer
   Dualist

In a time when women were strictly denied access to places of science and higher learning, Beatrix Potter was fascinated with the flora and fauna of the world, specifically mushrooms. Arguably, those illustrations are her best work, but the times dictated that she was not allowed to pursue such an interest.

1. Dartmouth
   Cornell
2. Brown
   Stanford

Stanford, along with several other schools that don't make the cut, like Duke and MIT, is considered to be of Ivy League caliber, but the term 'Ivy League' is as much a reference to the northeast location and its longstanding pedigree as the academic performance of the school.

1. Sacramento
   Austin
2. Albany
   Phoenix

While all of the above cities are busy capitals, Phoenix, Arizona takes the cakes as the most populous of the lot. There are nearly five million residents living in the metropolitan and surrounding areas.

1. Plateosaurus
   Allosaurus
2. Apatosaurus
   Diplodocus

It's hard to fathom just how old dinosaurs are because human beings barely register on the timeline of earth's existence, but Plateosaurus is believed to have lived 214 million years ago.

1. Crimean War
   Mexican Revolution
2. Franco-Mexican War
   Russo-Japanese War

Ultimately, the Crimean War (1853 to 1856) would lead to the downfall of the Ottoman Empire. In this war, the alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Sardinia, France and Britain claimed a victory over the Russian Empire.

1. Peppers, lettuce, tomatoes
   Corn, beans, potatoes
2. Zucchini, squash, cucumber
   Onions, celery, carrots

While each type of cuisine has various versions of the mirepoix, the classic combination is celery, carrots and onions, as they serve as a flavor base for many dishes in western cooking.

1. Only sleep during the day
   Can remember every detail of every day of your life
2. Have difficulty recognizing faces
   Have short-term memory loss

If you have prosopagnosia then you struggle to recognize faces, even those of people whom you have known for your entire lives. It can be challenging to manage but scientists are determined to find out why it happens and how to help.

1. Katherine Switzer
   Joan Benoit
2. Maureen Wilton
   Bobbi Gibb

Katherine Switzer was the first woman to run in the Boston Marathon in 1967, but she did not complete it. She had entered under her initials and when officials discovered she was a woman, they tried to remove her from the course and she was disqualified. Bobbi Gibb was the first woman to finish.

1. The Great Wall of China
   Temple of Artemis
2. Colossus of Rhodes
   Lighthouse of Alexandria

Of the original seven Wonders of the World, only the Great Pyramid of Giza still remains. The other original wonders were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Recently, the Great Wall of China was voted one of the modern-day wonders, however.

1. Genus
   Phylum
2. Order
   Species

The scientific classification system, the Linnaeus Method, is used to help understand evolution in plants and animals and properly classify them during research. The order is kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.

1. 1775
   1805
2. 1817
   1879

The American School of the Deaf was the very first permanent school for the deaf in the United States. It was founded in Connecticut by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Dr. Mason Cogswell and Laurent Clerck.

1. Rugby
   Polo
2. Soccer
   Badminton

Soccer is one of the largest and most played sports in the world and you can find teams at club and national levels in places like the United Kingdom, Spain, and Italy, as with Chelsea, AC Milan and FC Barcelona.

1. Superman
   Doctor Strange
2. Spiderman
   Aquaman

Spiderman's comics are a lot older than most people think. The New York-based arachnid superhero has been fighting crime since the summer of 1962 and has been in countless movies, television shows, books and comics since.

1. War
   Communication
2. Memory
   Sea voyages

Hermes, or in Roman mythology, Mercury, is the god of communication. He is often referred to as the "Messenger of the Gods" and was also the god of merchants, land travelers, thieves and more.

1. Congress may collect taxes on income.
   The right to vote shall not be denied on account of sex.
2. No person shall be elected to the office of president more than twice.
   In the case of the removal of the President from office, the Vice President shall become the President.

The Constitution of the United States of America is the set of rules upon which we base our country's very foundation. The other listed statements are amendments 19, 22, and 25 respectively.

1. Estonia
   Latvia
2. Lithuania
   Georgia

Not to be confused with the American state of Georgia, the country of Georgia, located between western Asia and eastern Europe, is home to the city of Tbilisi. It is also the country's largest city.

1. Alexander the Great
   Socrates
2. Plato
   Seneca the Younger

Philosophy has long been passed down from one great mind to the next. Socrates taught Plato, Plato, in turn, taught Aristotle and Aristotle would go on to teach Alexander the Great, sharing many ideas we still discuss today.

1. The Scottish wildcat
   Highland cattle
2. European pine martin
   Unicorn

Scotland has a long and exciting history of knights, chivalry and the fantastical. That's why it should come as no surprise that their national animal is the unicorn, an animal associated with both purity and innocence and power and masculinity.

1. John F. Kennedy
   Theodore Roosevelt
2. Franklin Pierce
   Ulysses S. Grant

Theodore Roosevelt was just 42 years and 322 days old on the first day of his presidency, making him the youngest president in history. Although Roosevelt was the youngest person to become president (having taken over after the death of William McKinley), J.F.K. was the youngest president to be elected, at 43 years old. Grant was 46 and Pierce 48.

1. Red kangaroo
   Grasshopper
2. Froghopper
   Tree frog

Though it be but little, it is fierce. The tree frog is one of the best jumping animals in the natural kingdom and can jump up to 150 times the length of its own body. The froghopper, grasshopper, and red kangaroo aren't far behind.

1. 41
   61
2. 81
   101

Technically, there are 419 National Park sites across the United States and its territories, but if you're looking for the parks that have the phrase "National Park" in the name, that would be 61, including Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon.

1. Less than 100 million years ago
   125-150 million years ago
2. 175-200 million years ago
   500 million years ago

It may seem difficult to believe, but flowers haven't been around that long. In fact, they've only existed for about 130 million years. Before that, land plants were mostly ferns and cone-bearing plants.

1. A latte
   A cappuccino
2. A macchiato
   An Americano

An Americano is designed to provide the taste and feel of a regular cup of coffee and supposedly dates back as far as World War Two, when American soldiers in Italy needed a taste of home.

1. Raphael
   Michelangelo
2. Verrocchio
   Botticelli

It's hard to believe that Leonardo Da Vinci was ever green enough to be an apprentice, but when he was a young teenager, he began studying under Verrocchio in Florence. Botticelli was another frequenter of the workshop.

1. Marquess
   Earl
2. Viscount
   Baron

The British peerage has five unique titles to denote rank. After duke, the highest title is that of marquess. The title is derived from the word "march," which was land that bordered another country, as opposed to counts, who ruled over interior regions called counties.