Trivia Game

[fullhouseforever]

Just a general trivia.  People are free to look up the answers but if they know it they can answer it right then and there.  If noone can get it the person who posted the question can give out the answer.

I'll start with an easy one...

The largest country in the world, land mass wise?

[MT Fan]

Russia (Duh lol)

Only US president to be elected while currently serving in Senate?

[fullhouseforever]

I don't see any current members of the Senate having been elected U.S. President.  Am I misunderstanding the question?

[MT Fan]

I phrased that poorly, does "Only US President to be elected president while at the time serving in the Senate" make more sense?

[fullhouseforever]

Oh yeah it makes sense now but I have no idea as to the answer.

[MT Fan]

(I don't think many other people will be posting in this thread so...)
John F. Kennedy would be the answer.

Best selling author of alll time (not counting the Bible)?

[fullhouseforever]

Shakespeare I'm pretty sure.

The NHL team with the most Stanley Cups?

[MT Fan]

Montreal Canadians, and yes Shakespeare is correct

Nation with highest average GDP?

[fullhouseforever]

United States.  Qatar, if going by per capita.

The smallest independent republic?

[MT Fan]

That's tricky, I had to look it up population wise it is definetly Nauru, apparently it's also the fattest nation in the world, go figure.

College with the best financial aid in the world?

[fullhouseforever]

From my search it looks like Princeton.

The last Beatles album recorded?

[MT Fan]

To my knowledge and according to their tours it's Harvard

Let it Be, although I had to look it up

Which Latin American nation had the first successful independence movement?

[fullhouseforever]

Actually it was Abbey Road.  Let It Be was released last but was recorded before Abbey Road.

If Mexico counts, that would be the answer.  Otherwise it's a tie between Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

Last Latin American nation to gain sovereignty?

[Left Turn]

If Mexico counts, that would be the answer.  Otherwise it's a tie between Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

I think it's Haiti, but I'm not completely sure. Haiti gained independence in 1804, I think.

[fullhouseforever]

Oh, I guess they count.  I was thinking continental Latin America.  Haiti I was thinking more of as the Caribbean which like Latin America is a subcontinent.

Like I said previously, Last Latin American nation to gain sovereignty?