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1. LITERATURE: What was the name of Hermione’s pet cat in the “Harry Potter” series? 2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the name of the metal band that attaches a pencil and an eraser? 3. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of giraffes called? 4. GEOGRAPHY: Which state claims Mackinac Island in Lake Huron? 5. TELEVISION: What was the name of the coffeehouse in the “Friends” sitcom? 6. U.S. PRESIDENTS: How many presidents have died in office? 7. MEDICAL: What is the common name for lachrymation? 8. LANGUAGE: What is the American English version o...
1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Hungary? 2. MOVIES: What is the name of the necklace given to Rose in the movie “Titanic”? 3. TELEVISION: Which TV comedy led to a spinoff series called “The Andy Griffith Show”? 4. HISTORY: The Motion Picture Association of America established modern movie ratings in which year? 5. ADVERTISING: What is the name of the rooster in the Kellogg’s Cornflakes advertisements? 6. MEASUREMENTS: How many gills are in a pint? 7. FOOD & DRINK: What is spumoni? 8. LITERATURE: Which 20th-century poet once wrote, “A...
1. GEOGRAPHY: Which capital city is located on the Tiber River? 2. LITERATURE: What is the home team of the main character in the baseball poem "Casey at the Bat"? 3. MOVIES: What is the name of the treelike character in "Guardians of the Galaxy"? 4. GAMES: How many spaces are in a standard Monopoly playing board? 5. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who are the four presidents whose likenesses are carved into Mount Rushmore? 6. TELEVISION: What city is the setting for the sitcom "Laverne & Shirley"? 7. PSYCHOLOGY: What fear is represented in the condition...
1. TELEVISION: In which 1980s-90s sitcom did a waitress named Carla Tortelli appear? 2. LITERATURE: What are the tree-like beings called in "The Lord of the Rings"? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the rallying cry for the shape-changing Transformers? 4. U.S. STATES: Which state would a Jayhawker hail from? 5. MOVIES: Which movie featured the line, "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!"? 6. ANATOMY: Which part of the human body is affected by surgery called rhinoplasty? 7. MUSIC: Which rock group's debut album was...
1. U.S. STATES: Bay Staters hail from which U.S. state? 2. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Lebanon? 3. HISTORY: Which major World War II battle was known by the code name "Operation Detachment"? 4. MUSIC: Which rock group had a 1960s hit with the song "Incense and Peppermints"? 5. MEASUREMENTS: What does a chronometer measure? 6. ADVERTISING SLOGANS: Which automotive company had the slogan, "Quality is Job 1"? 7. MOVIES: Which movie won the 1991 Oscar for Best Picture? 8. SCIENCE: What kind of adaptation allows an organism to blend into its...
1. ANATOMY: What is a more common name for the medical condition called desquamation? 2. TELEVISION: Who uttered the catchphrase "you rang?" in the sitcom "The Addams Family"? 3. GAMES: How many dominoes are in a standard set? 4. GEOGRAPHY: In which city is the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia located? 5. MOVIES: Actress Meryl Streep won her first Academy Award for which movie? 6. LITERATURE: What kind of creature was Bagheera in "The Jungle Book"? 7. FOOD & DRINK: What is the primary ingredient of bouillabaisse, a type of stew? 8. PSYCHOLOGY:...
1. U.S. STATES: Which of the 48 contiguous United States has the largest land area? 2. TELEVISION: What city does SpongeBob SquarePants live in? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What color is cyan? 4. FOOD & DRINK: In beer styles, what does the designation IPA mean? 5. GEOGRAPHY: Which two countries share the longest border? 6. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of squirrels called? 7. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: Which famous author once wrote, "As full of spirit as the month of May, and as gorgeous as the sun in Midsummer"? 8. MOVIES: In the 2020 movie, what is the...
1. GEOGRAPHY: The island of Hispaniola is divided into which two countries? 2. U.S. STATES: Which state is known as the Badger State? 3. MEDICAL: Which human organ is involved in the development of dia- betes? 4. AD SLOGANS: Which company advises clients to “leave the driving to us”? 5. MONUMENTS: How long ago was Stonehenge built? 6. ENTERTAINERS: Which singer/ actress was born with the name Anna Mae Bullock? 7. COMICS: What kind of dog is Snoopy in the “Peanuts” comic strip? 8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: How many official languages does the Unit- e...
1. GEOGRAPHY: Which is the only country to have three capital cities? 2. MOVIES: What year did the first Academy Awards ceremony take place? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: In police radio code, what does 10-31 mean? 4. U.S. STATES: What state would a Hoosier come from? 5. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin phrase "carpe noctem" mean? 6. GAMES: What color property is Kentucky Avenue in the Monopoly board game? 7. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What do you call an animal that eats plants and meat? 8. SCIENCE: What is the study of mycology? 9. MEDICAL: What is a more common...
1. ADVERTISING SLOGANS: Which product was advertised as "the champagne of bottled beer"? 2. GEOGRAPHY: Which was the first designated national park in the United States? 3. BIBLE: From which book of the New Testament does the proverb "the blind leading the blind" originate? 4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president established the Purple Heart award to military members injured or killed in battle? 5. LITERATURE: What is the title of a classic novel that its British author originally named "Strangers from Within"? 6. ANIMAL KINGDOM: Which animal's...
1. HISTORY: When was the United Nations organization formed? 2. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the first president to reside in the White House? 3. ASTRONOMY: Which planet has the largest moon in our solar system? 4. TELEVISION: Which TV series featured a character named Walter White? 5. LITERATURE: Which character appears in three of William Shakespeare's plays? 6. MUSIC: What was the original name of the rock group Red Hot Chili Peppers? 7. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of giraffes called? 8. SCIENCE: How many main body sections does an insect...
1. SCIENCE: What is dendrochronology? 2. FOOD & DRINK: What are the ingredients in a Tom Collins drink? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Who is considered to be the father of nuclear Navy submarines? 4. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel "Anne of Green Gables"? 5. AD SLOGANS: Which product is advertised as "the quicker picker-upper"? 6. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the shortest president in U.S. history? 7. HISTORY: Who was the oldest signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence? 8. GEOGRAPHY: Which country lies on the eastern border of Ukraine? 9. MOVIES:...
1. GEOGRAPHY: Which is the least-populated continent? 2. GEOLOGY: What metal is produced by refining the ore bauxite? 3. EXPLORERS: Where was explorer Marco Polo born? 4. ART: Which popular American artist referred to himself as "Painter of Light"? 5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the pH value of pure water? 6. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of leopards called? 7. LITERATURE: What was the birth name of author Toni Morrison (a pseudonym)? 8. MOVIES: In which James Bond movie is the character of Jaws introduced? 9. HISTORY: Which country was home...
1. LITERATURE: Which novel introduced the character of Lisbeth Salander? 2. MOVIES: What was the name of Bill Murray's character in the 1984 "Ghostbusters" film? 3. HISTORY: Roughly how many people migrated from drought-stricken Dust Bowl states in the United States in the 1930s? 4. ENTERTAINMENT: What was the title of the first arcade video game? 5. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: Which American humorist once observed, "In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours"? 6. MUSIC: Which 1980s movie featured the theme song...
1. MEASUREMENTS: How many inches are in a mile? 2. ASTRONOMY: What does the acronym SETI mean to the scientific community? 3. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin prefix "sub-" mean in English? 4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms? 5. LITERATURE: Which 20th-century movie star penned the autobiography "Me: Stories of My Life"? 6. HISTORY: What was the first National Monument proclaimed in the United States? 7. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the island of Luzon located? 8. MOVIES: Which sci-fi movie has the tagline,...
1. U.S. STATES: Which two states share no borders with any other U.S. state? 2. TELEVISION: What is Richie's last name in the 1970-80s series "Happy Days"? 3. FOOD & DRINK: What is whey? 4. GAMES: What are "bedposts" in bowling? 5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What kind of creature is an ocelot? 6. U.S. PRESIDENTS: By how many Senate votes was President Andrew Johnson spared removal from office after he was impeached by the House? 7. LITERATURE: What is the end of the nursery rhyme that starts: "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall/ Humpty Dumpty had a great fall .....
1. LITERATURE: What is the motto of "The Three Musketeers" in the 19th century novel? 2. MUSIC: What were the first names of the Allman brothers? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: New York City is divided into how many boroughs? 4. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Malaysia? 5. HISTORY: Which was the first U.S. state to be admitted to the union after the original 13 states were admitted? 6. MATH: What is the first number in which the letter "a" appears in its spelling? 7. GEOLOGY: What kind of rock likely would form at the bottom of a river? 8. U.S....
1. TELEVISION: What were the names of the villainous agents in "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle"? 2. MUSIC: Which rock group produced the album "Shout at the Devil" in the 1980s? 3. LAW: What was the subject of the landmark legal case titled Furman v. Georgia? 4. MEDICAL: What is a more common name for dyspepsia? 5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What does a lepidopterist study? 6. LITERATURE: How many ghosts appear in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"? 7. LANDMARKS: What lies around the feet of the Statue of Liberty? 8. GEOGRAPHY: What is the...
1. MOVIES: What was the name of the main character in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"? 2. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which U.S. president was the nation's first known speleologist? 3. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek prefix "tele" mean in English? 4. MUSIC: What was the main title of the 1979 song that is popularly known as "The Pina Colada Song"? 5. PERSONALITIES: Which actress was born Betty Joan Perske? 6. MEDICAL: What is a more common name for the condition known as canities? 7. HISTORY: When did daylight savings time go into effect in the...
1. GOVERNMENT: When was the US Central Intelligence Agency founded? 2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What gift arrives on the 10th day in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? 3. MOVIES: What was the name of Shirley MacLaine's character in "Terms of Endearment"? 4. PERSONALITIES: At which sport did Babe Didrikson Zaharias excel in the 1940s? 5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: How do baleen whales eat? 6. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: Which early American statesman once said, "A good conscience is a continual Christmas"? 7. MUSIC: Which singer was nicknamed "The Material Girl"...
1. THEATER: "West Side Story" was inspired by which earlier play? 2. MUSIC: What is the real name of songwriter/rapper Lizzo? 3. SCIENCE: How many people total have walked on the moon? 4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Under whose administration did Spiro T. Agnew serve as vice president? 5. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Chile? 6. ARCHITECTURE: In what decade was the Empire State Building completed? 7. ADVERTISING: What was the name of Honey Nut Cheerios' mascot? 8. U.S. STATES: What is the least populous state in America? 9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What was...
1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Poland? 2. HISTORY: What was the poison drink that Socrates was given to carry out his death sentence? 3. SCIENCE: What was Margaret Mead's field of study? 4. PSYCHOLOGY: What fear is represented in the condition known as autophobia? 5. U.S. PRESIDENTS: What was the title of the last film that Ronald Reagan made? 6. FAMOUS QUOTES: Which author wrote, "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose"? 7. TELEVISION: In the sitcom "I Dream of...
TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. ANATOMY: What is a common name for the "digitus annularis"? 2. MOVIES: Which 1980s movie featured the song "Up Where We Belong"? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: In which year did Harper's print its first magazine? 4. U.S. PRESIDENT: Which president invented the swivel chair? 5. GAMES: What is the name of the male mascot in the "Monopoly" board game? 6. HISTORY: Which Revolutionary War figure led the Boston Tea Party? 7. TELEVISION: What was the name of Lily and Herman's son in "The Munsters"? 8. U.S. STATES: What is the...
1. MUSIC: Who composed the "1812 Overture"? 2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What was the sixth gift in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? 3. SCIENCE: What is the softest mineral? 4. GOVERNMENT: Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery? 5. ENTERTAINMENT: Who are the only two people to receive an Oscar award and a Nobel Prize? 6. U.S. STATES: How many states border Oklahoma? 7. LITERATURE: Which 20th-century novel features a place called Shangri-La? 8. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president's famous speech included the line, "Tear down...
1. GEOGRAPHY: In which two U.S. states is the Gila River located? 2. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin suffix –arium mean? 3. LITERATURE: Which 19th-century novel begins with the line, "For many days we had been tempest-tossed." 4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: In what year did President Richard Nixon resign from office? 5. MUSIC: Who had the 1970s hit "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"? 6. MEASUREMENTS: How long is a span, as mentioned in the Bible? 7. HISTORY: What was the code name of the Allies' invasion of North Africa in World War II? 8. GENERAL K...
