Literature

The Shakespearean play The Tempest is said to have been inspired by the shipwrecked crew that landed on what Atlantic island when their ship began sinking?

Bermuda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Venture

Geography

In 1916, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the United States for $25 million. What are these islands now known as?

The U.S. Virgin Islands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands

Geography

A vertical drop of 2,200 feet makes Notch Peak, Utah, the second highest pure vertical drop in the North America. In what National Park will you find the highest vertical drop?

Yosemite National Park - El Capitan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notch_Peak

U.S. History

The 8th governor of California cut the state's debt in half, oversaw the founding of San Jose State University and was president of the Union Pacific Railroad company that helped complete the first transcontinental railroad. What university is named after him?

Stanford
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Stanford

U.S. History

Until 1921, The Wedge was a small triangle-shaped piece of land that was disputed between Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. Which state ultimately ended up with the land?

Delaware
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wedge_%28border%29

World History

Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847, not long after the creation of what devices that would one day utilize his telephone lines?

Fax machines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fax

U.S. History

Lasting for 3 minutes at a magnitude of 9.2 and killing 139 people from 3 states in 1964, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America occurred in what U.S. state?

Alaska
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake