OPEN AIR TRIVIA QUESTIONS:

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1 OPEN AIR TRIVIA QUESTIONS: 1) What MONTH, DAY AND YEAR did terrorists high jack airplanes and crashed them into the twin towers and pentagon? September 11, ) What book has over 5,000 prophecies all of which have proven 100% accurate? The Bible 3) You're driving a bus, and there are 30 people on it. At the first stop, 5 get off and 10 get on. At the next stop, 5 people get off and none get on. What is the name of the driver of the bus? The first one to say their name 4) In Hawaiian, what does the word Aloha mean? Hello & Goodbye 5) In Hawaiian, what does the word Mahalo mean? Thank You 6) What was the 50th state in America? Hawaii 7) Who was the last Pope? John Paul II 8) What's the name of the person Christians call Lord and Savior? Jesus 9) What did God give Moses on Mt. Sinai? The Ten Commandments 10) What's the best-selling book of all time? The Bible 11) What was last year's best-selling book? The Bible 12) What book have archeologists used more than any other book to discover relics from antiquity? The Bible 13) What's the best-selling car of all time? The Volkswagen Beetle 14) Who holds the record for the most Records ever sold? The Beatles.

2 15) Who had the most US Top-10 Singles Ever? Elvis Presley. 16) Whose picture is on the $5.00 bill? Lincoln 17) Whose picture is on the $10.00 bill? Hamilton 18) Whose picture is on the $20.00 bill? Jackson 19) Whose picture is on the $50.00 bill? Grant 20) Whose picture is on the $ bill? Ben Franklin 21) What color is the sky? - Clear 22) First word ever spoken on the moon? Houston 23) How many of each animal did Mosses bring on to the ark before the flood? Zero, Noah built the ark. 24) What is the 2nd most popular language in the world today? Sign Language 25) 3rd most populated city in America? Houston 26) What s black & White and Red all over? The newspaper 27) Most circulated newspaper in America? USA today 28) America s Most Popular Cookie? The Oreo 29) First Words God spoke to Adam in the Bible? Be fruitful and multiply. 30) Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Sponge Bob Square Pants 31) What's the number one cause of death in car accidents? Trees 32) What s the number one food people choke to death on in U.S. restaurants? Hard-boiled egg yolk.

3 33) What's the most dangerous job in America? President of the USA - 1 out of ten have died while on the job. 34) What s the biblical definition of Sin? 1-John 3:4 He who transgresses the Law commits sin, in fact Sin Is transgression of the Law. 35) Can you say, The pledge of allegiance? They need to literally say The pledge of allegiance. 36) What was the name of the odd couple actor who recently died? Answer: Tony Randall 37) What was the name of the great Jazz musician who just died? Answer: Ray Charles 38) What was the first book ever printed on the printing press? Answer: The Bible 39) What major city in the U.S. is 5,280 feet above sea-level? Answer: Denver. (It's the "Mile High" city.) 40) What state in the continental United States is shaped like a hand? Answer: Michigan. 41) There's one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contestants do. What is it? Answer: Boxing. 42) What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward? Answer: Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about 2 and a half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute. 43) Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables? Answer: Asparagus and rhubarb. 44) At noon and midnight the hour and minute hands are exactly coincident with each other. How many other times between noon and midnight do the hour and minute hands cross? Answer: Ten times (not eleven, as most people seem to think).

4 45) What is the only sport in which the ball is always in the possession of the team on defense, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball? Answer: Baseball. 46) What fruit has its seeds on the outside? Answer: Strawberry. 47) In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle? Answer: The pear grew inside the bottle. The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the whole growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems. 48) Only three words in Standard English begin with the letters "dw". They are all common. Name two of them. Answer: Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle. 49) There are fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name half of them? Answer: Period, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses. 50) Where are the lakes that are referred to in the "Los Angeles Lakers"? Answer: In Minnesota. The team was originally known as the Minneapolis Lakers, and kept the name when they moved west. 51) What's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. What is it? Answer: Lettuce. 52) Name six or more things that you can wear on your feet that begin with the letter "S". Answer: Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, snowshoes, stockings, and so on. 53) How many times can you subtract 2 from the numeral 9? Answer: Just once. Then you'd be subtracting 2 from the numeral 7, then 2 from the numeral 5, and so forth. 54) If you take two apples from three apples, how many apples will you have? Answer: You will have two apples.

5 55) How many 3-cent stamps are there in a dozen? Answer: There are twelve (not four). 56) A rope ladder hangs over the side of a ship. The rungs are one foot apart and the ladder is 12 feet long. The tide is rising at four inches an hour. How long will it take before the first four rungs of the ladder are underwater? Answer: Actually, the ladder will rise with the ship! 57) Which would you rather have, a gallon jar full of nickels or a gallon jar half full of dimes? Answer: Dimes are smaller than nickels, so choose the dimes! 58) Steve has three piles of sand and Mike has four piles of sand. All together, how many do they have? Answer: When they put them all together, there will be one pile. 59) In which sport are the shoes made entirely of metal? Answer: Horse racing. 60) If the Vice-President of the United States should die, who would be President? Answer: The President. 61) How can you throw a golf ball with all your might and -- without hitting a wall or any other obstruction -- have the ball stop and come right back to you? Answer: Throw the ball straight up. 62) Which is the only state in the USA to touch two oceans? Answer: Alaska. The Arctic Ocean covers the Earth's polar region, and the Pacific Ocean laps the balmy southern coasts of the largest U.S. state 63) What are the official languages of Canada? Answer: English and French. 64) Where and what is the tallest mountain in the world? Answer: Mt. Everest, which is 29,035ft (8850m) high and borders Nepal and Tibet. 65) Where and what is the lowest surface point in the world? Answer: Dead Sea, Israel -409 meters (below sea level) 66) What is the largest country in the world? Answer: Russia, which is 17,075,400 sq. km.

6 67) What is the world's smallest independent country? Answer: Vatican City - Located inside Rome, Italy. 68) What is the only tropical state in the USA? Answer: Hawaii. Tropics are places located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn 69) Who invented the cotton gin? Answer: Eli Whitney 70) Who painted the painting titled "Mona Lisa"? Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci 71) What is the maximum number of years a person can serve as the President of the United States?-- 10 years (The extra two years would happen if a President died in office, was impeached, or resigned more than 2 years after the start of their term. In this case, the Vice President could become President and could run for two more terms after that.) 72) Which Amendment of the Constitution grants us the freedom of speech? Answer: The first Amendment 73) A plane is flying near the United States-Canadian border when it suddenly loses power and crashes. When rescuers arrive at the crash site, they realize that the plane has crashed exactly on the border line. Fifty percent of the plane rests on each side of the border. According to International Law, where must the survivors be buried? Answer: Nowhere. You don't bury survivors.

7 OPEN AIR WITHOUT MONEY 1) Preach against the sin that is prevalent in the area you are preaching. 2) Preach against evolution on a college campus. 3) Do a mock funeral with a volunteer corpse and five guys dressed in shirts, ties, and sunglasses. You can also use a mannequin wrapped in a sheet or a fake coffin. 4) Use magic tricks to draw a crowd. 5) Use the Open Air Book and give away the Giant Money tracts or 10 commandments coins for the trivia questions. 6) Preach to captive audiences. People standing in lines at night clubs, festivals, ticket counters, chicken barbeques, motor vehicle registration offices, court houses, etc. 7) Give other prizes for the trivia questions (stuffed animals, candy bars, and cold cans of soda on a hot day). 8) Find someone who is musically talented and have them sing\perform. 9) Preach on public transportation: subways, buses, bus stops, etc. 10) Get a sketch board on an easel and begin drawing a picture which illustrates the Gospel message. 11) Use juggling to draw a crowd.