1,000 random trivia questions and answers
Ten pages, 100 questions each, one category per page. Every question has the answer, a short explanation and a source.
General knowledge trivia questions 1–50
Q 01Do którego roku działało Wesołe Miasteczko na Polu Mokotowskim w Warszawie?
- A1989
- B2009
- C1997
- D2004
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2009
Lunapark na Polu Mokotowskim otwarto w 1927 roku, a więc przetrwał ponad osiem dekad.
Q 02Roughly how large was Swift's congregation at Laracor, County Meath?
- AAbout 150
- BAbout 15
- CAbout 2,000
- DAbout 500
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About 15
About 15, and on weekdays fewer still. Finding only his clerk in church one day, the story goes, Swift began the service: 'Dearly beloved Roger, the Scripture moveth you and me.'
Q 03'In dulci jubilo' is a macaronic carol mixing Latin with which language?
- AEnglish
- BGerman
- CItalian
- DFrench
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German
German lines alternate with Latin ones in 'In dulci jubilo'; legend has the 14th-century mystic Heinrich Seuse hearing angels sing the words and being drawn into their dance.
Q 04Sherpa comes from Tibetan words meaning what?
- APeople from the east
- BGuides of the peaks
- CSons of the mountain
- DCarriers of loads
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People from the east
People from the east is the meaning, and the word has travelled so far that aides who prepare world leaders for summit meetings are now called sherpas.
Q 05Scott Norwood played college football and soccer at which university?
- AVirginia
- BJames Madison
- CWilliam & Mary
- DVirginia Tech
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James Madison
James Madison's Norwood was cut by the Atlanta Falcons, then released by the USFL's Birmingham Stallions after two seasons, before he won Buffalo's kicking job in 1985.
Q 06Which Argentine city on the Beagle Channel promotes itself as the 'End of the World'?
- ARío Gallegos
- BPuerto Madryn
- CUshuaia
- DRío Grande
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Ushuaia
Ushuaia's claim to be the world's southernmost city has a rival: Chile's Puerto Williams lies farther south across the channel, though it has fewer than 3,000 residents.
Q 07Which DJ Khaled single with Bieber, Quavo, Chance and Lil Wayne debuted at number one the week before Despacito?
- AI'm the One
- BLet It Go
- CWild Thoughts
- DNo Brainer
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I'm the One
I'm the One. A week later Bieber's own Despacito remix knocked it off the top, making him the first artist with new number ones in back-to-back weeks.
Q 08Acupressure works along the same energy channels as acupuncture, known in Chinese medicine by which name?
- ADoshas
- BChakras
- CSen lines
- DMeridians
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Meridians
Meridians are said to carry a life energy called qi, and pressing on them is meant to clear blockages, though neither has been observed by science.
Q 09In the Philip K. Dick novel behind Blade Runner, which live animal does Deckard buy with his bounty money?
- AA snowy owl
- BA Nubian goat
- CA racehorse
- DAn ostrich
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A Nubian goat
A Nubian goat is his prize, because most species are extinct and owning a real animal is the book's great status symbol; the android Rachael later kills it.
Q 10Which film won seven Oscars on the night 12 Years a Slave took Best Picture?
- AGravity
- BDallas Buyers Club
- CAmerican Hustle
- DThe Wolf of Wall Street
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Gravity
Gravity won seven, most of them technical, yet lost the top prize. American Hustle, its equal on ten nominations, went home with nothing.
Q 11Which boat is built with a deliberately lopsided hull so that one standing rower with a single oar can keep it straight?
- AThe Chinese sampan
- BThe Venetian gondola
- CThe Welsh coracle
- DThe Thames punt
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The Venetian gondola
The Venetian gondola bulges out on its left side, which counters both the push of the single oar on the right and the weight of the gondolier standing at the back.
Q 12Which comedian recalls in his memoir urging Glenn Frey to call the band "the Eagles", not just "Eagles"?
- ACheech Marin
- BAlbert Brooks
- CChevy Chase
- DSteve Martin
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Steve Martin
Steve Martin tells the story in his memoir Born Standing Up: he suggested 'the Eagles', but Frey insisted the name was simply 'Eagles', with no 'the'.
Q 13Solomon Islands is one of six countries, with Indonesia and the Philippines, that share which 'Triangle'?
- AThe Golden Triangle
- BThe Lithium Triangle
- CThe Polynesian Triangle
- DThe Coral Triangle
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The Coral Triangle
The Coral Triangle is the richest stretch of reef on Earth. Its six governments formed a partnership to protect it because coastal communities across the region depend on those reefs for food.
Q 14Which number won The Little Mermaid (1989) the Oscar for Best Original Song?
- APoor Unfortunate Souls
- BPart of Your World
- CUnder the Sea
- DKiss the Girl
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Under the Sea
Under the Sea. Lyricist Howard Ashman had proposed turning Sebastian from an English butler into a Jamaican crab, and the film's music shifted to Caribbean styles to match.
Q 15SWATなどの特殊部隊で、「Sierra」が意味するものは？
- A爆発物
- B人質
- C指揮官
- D狙撃手
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Q 16Which science writer became Lovelace's mentor and friend in the 1830s?
- AMary Somerville
- BJane Marcet
- CHarriet Martineau
- DCaroline Herschel
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Mary Somerville
Mary Somerville. She sent Ada mathematics books, set her problems and talked the subject through with her, and with that encouragement Ada was soon working eagerly through Euclid.
Q 17Actaeon was turned into a stag and killed by his hounds after seeing which goddess bathe?
- AAthena
- BArtemis
- CSelene
- DEos
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Artemis
Artemis: in Ovid, Actaeon stumbles on her bath purely by chance, yet she punishes him all the same.
Q 18Which sultan commissioned the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, built between 1568 and 1575?
- ASelim I
- BSelim II
- CSelim III
- DMurad III
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Selim II
Selim II ordered the mosque from his chief architect, who called it his masterpiece; its dome spans about 31 metres, and the sultan died in 1574 before its completion.
Q 19In the Beetlejuice cartoon, what kind of creature is Ginger, the Neitherworld's would-be tap-dancing star?
- AA bat
- BA spider
- CA black cat
- DA centipede
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A spider
A spider with show-business ambitions, Ginger lives in the Neitherworld alongside a skeleton who lifts weights; the cartoon swapped the film's ghost couple for comic monsters.
Q 20The belt's outer edge, where objects suddenly all but vanish near 50 AU, has been nicknamed the Kuiper what?
- ACliff
- BShelf
- CWall
- DGap
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Cliff
Cliff fits because the drop is so steep: no theory had predicted the belt would simply stop, and one proposed culprit is an unseen planet at least the size of Mars sweeping the zone clean.
Q 21In season 3 of Alice in Borderland, which landmark do players climb in a deadly game of bingo?
- ATokyo Skytree
- BTokyo Dome
- CRainbow Bridge
- DTokyo Tower
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Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Tower: every buzzer the climbers press to mark a square sends a volley of balls crashing down from above, and the free square's buzzer waits at the very top.
Q 22Penny moved to Pasadena from near which Nebraska city?
- AGrand Island
- BOmaha
- CLincoln
- DKearney
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Omaha
Omaha is the nearest city to Penny's Nebraska home; in the pilot, Leonard and Sheldon try to fetch her TV from her ex Kurt and come back without their trousers.
Q 23What does Lucia wear on her head in Scandinavia's Saint Lucy's Day processions?
- AA crown of candles
- BA knitted cap
- CA pointed paper hat
- DA lace headscarf
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A crown of candles
A crown of candles tops Lucia's white gown and red sash as she serves saffron buns; in one legend the saint wore a candle-lit wreath to keep her hands free to carry food to Christians in hiding.
Q 24Farmers who work a landowner's fields in return for part of the harvest are called what?
- AGraziers
- BSharecroppers
- CHomesteaders
- DSmallholders
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Sharecroppers
Sharecroppers pay their rent with a share of the crop; the system spread across the US South after the Civil War, where families bought supplies on credit from local merchants and could end the year still in debt.
Q 25Under a company rule, no regular item may be marked up more than what percentage over cost?
- A72%
- B6%
- C14%
- D33%
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14%
Costco caps markups at 14% on brand-name goods and 15% on its house label, and leans on membership fees rather than fat margins for its profit.
Q 26Which two rides did the Haunted Mansion inspire at Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland?
- AManoir Hante and Mystery Mansion
- BGhost Manor and Spirit House
- CPhantom Manor and Mystic Manor
- DPhantom Hall and Haunted Hotel
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Phantom Manor and Mystic Manor
Phantom Manor and Mystic Manor: Paris moved the haunted house to Frontierland as a darker Western tale, while Hong Kong dropped ghosts altogether, out of cultural sensitivity, for an explorer's enchanted collection.
Q 27What is a deliberately set, controlled fire used in forest management called?
- AA ground fire
- BA crown fire
- CA prescribed burn
- DA spot fire
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A prescribed burn
A prescribed burn clears built-up fuel so that later wildfires burn less fiercely, a practice Indigenous peoples relied on for millennia before foresters revived it.
Q 28Quali defunti vengono ricordati il 28 ottobre da alcune comunità messicane?
- AMorti lontano dalla propria casa
- BMorti per malattia
- CMorti per incidente e suicidio
- DMorti in guerra
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Morti per incidente e suicidio
In quella data fiori e candele vengono posti direttamente sul luogo in cui è avvenuta la morte.
Q 29Who directed Monaco's Oceanographic Museum from 1957 to 1988?
- AThor Heyerdahl
- BPaul-Émile Victor
- CJacques Piccard
- DJacques-Yves Cousteau
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, co-inventor of the Aqua-Lung, used the post to campaign: in 1960 he rallied public opinion against a French plan to dump radioactive waste in the sea off the Riviera.
Q 30Which award did Boardwalk Empire's Volume 1 album win at the 54th Grammys?
- ABest Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- BBest Traditional Pop Vocal Album
- CBest Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
- DBest Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
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Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media went to a Jazz Age album with no Charleston on it: the show's creator noted that the craze only took off in the mid-1920s, a point the story had not yet reached.
Q 31Ted Cruz narrowly won re-election to the Senate in 2018 by beating which Democratic challenger?
- AJoaquin Castro
- BWendy Davis
- CBeto O'Rourke
- DJulián Castro
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Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke lost by 50.9% to 48.3%, a slim margin for Texas. Six years later Cruz won his third term by more than eight points.
Q 32Which dietary ailment is a running joke about Leonard Hofstadter?
- ALactose intolerance
- BType 1 diabetes
- CCeliac disease
- DAcid reflux
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Lactose intolerance
Lactose intolerance is Leonard's chief complaint: dairy gives him gas. Shown milk chocolate, cheese and fondue as clues to a Valentine's trip, Penny guesses he will eat it all so she can ride him to the moon like a rocket.
Q 33What is the name of the fantasy land where Raya and the Last Dragon is set?
- AAgrabah
- BKumandra
- CArendelle
- DMotunui
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Kumandra
Kumandra. Its people once lived alongside dragons, but a power struggle over the Dragon Gem split them into five rival lands along a dragon-shaped river.
Q 34What does the low amateur at the Masters receive?
- AThe Gold Medal
- BThe Silver Cup
- CThe Crystal Vase
- DThe Silver Salver
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The Silver Cup
The Silver Cup goes to the low amateur only if he makes the cut, so in some years nobody wins it; it was first presented in 1952.
Q 35Which sitcom star played an elf in NSYNC's 1998 Christmas video?
- AGary Coleman
- BJaleel White
- CDustin Diamond
- DEmmanuel Lewis
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Gary Coleman
Gary Coleman. The band asked for him by name for "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays", the single from Home for Christmas, in which his elf drafts them to deliver the presents for an ailing Santa.
Q 36Which Soviet leader did Saddam study closely and take as his model for ruling Iraq?
- AJoseph Stalin
- BLeonid Brezhnev
- CNikita Khrushchev
- DVladimir Lenin
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Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin. Saddam is said to have kept a library of books about him and, like his model, rose through the party and its security service, not through the army, which he never trusted.
Q 37Su quale nave d'Urville raggiunse Costantinopoli per far comprare la statua all'ambasciatore?
- AUranie
- BBonite
- CFavorite
- DChevrette
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Chevrette
La nave era impegnata in una campagna di ricognizione idrografica delle isole dell'arcipelago greco e del mar Nero.
Q 38Old Tom Morris held which job at St Andrews for 39 years, until 1903?
- AClub secretary
- BTown provost
- CGreenkeeper
- DHarbour master
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Greenkeeper
Old Tom Morris was greenkeeper, formally Keeper of the Green, from 1864 to 1903, and introduced the practice of top-dressing greens with sand; he was also a clubmaker, ballmaker and course designer.
Q 39As a Class D prisoner, how often was Mandela initially allowed a visit and a letter?
- AOnce every six months
- BOnce every year
- COnce every month
- DOnce every week
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Once every six months
Classified in the lowest category, Class D, Mandela was allowed a visit and a letter only once every six months, and every letter was heavily censored by the authorities.
Q 40¿Qué editorial sevillana publicó en castellano el juego de rol «Dark Heresy»?
- ADevir Iberia
- BNosolorol Ediciones
- CHolocubierta Ediciones
- DEdge Entertainment
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Edge Entertainment
«Dark Heresy» fue el primer juego de la línea Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay y pone a los jugadores en la piel de agentes de la Inquisición.
Q 41Welke Romeinse keizer maakte in 274 de cultus van Sol Invictus officieel op 25 december?
- AConstantijn
- BDiocletianus
- CAurelianus
- DTheodosius I
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Aurelianus
Sol Invictus betekent ‘onoverwonnen zon’; de cultus bleef een fundament van het keizerlijk gezag tot het decreet van Theodosius I in 380.
Q 42Reservoir Dogs took its color-coded criminal aliases from which 1970s thriller?
- AThe Friends of Eddie Coyle
- BThe French Connection
- CThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three
- DThunderbolt and Lightfoot
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three has four hijackers code-named Blue, Green, Grey and Brown seize a New York subway train. Joe Cabot hands out colors for a stated reason: no robber can then give up another's real name.
Q 43Welke paus voerde in 1582 de kalenderhervorming door die de orthodoxe kerken niet volgden?
- AClemens VIII
- BBonifatius VIII
- CGregorius XIII
- DPius V
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Gregorius XIII
Doordat de orthodoxe kerken de juliaanse kalender aanhielden, valt hun paasdatum meestal op een andere dag dan die van de westerse kerken.
Q 44In Knights of the Old Republic, the amnesiac player character turns out to be which Sith Lord?
- ADarth Revan
- BDarth Bane
- CDarth Nihilus
- DDarth Malak
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Darth Revan
Darth Revan is the player's hidden identity: presumed dead after an ambush, the Sith Lord was secretly kept alive by the Jedi Council, which wiped all memory of the past.
Q 45Why is Milton still drawing a salary when the consultants review his job in Office Space?
- AA union rule
- BAn ironclad contract
- CA family favour
- DA payroll glitch
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A payroll glitch
A payroll glitch: he was laid off five years earlier and nobody told him, so the consultants simply 'fix the glitch' and let his cheques stop without a word.
Q 46Which wrestling star plays Thunderlips, who fights Rocky in a charity exhibition in Rocky III?
- ARoddy Piper
- BAndré the Giant
- CHulk Hogan
- DJesse Ventura
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Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan. Taking the part cost him his job: his wrestling promoter let him go over it, and by his own account he walked out to shoot the scene the very next day.
Q 47The name of the Tamagotchi digital pet combines the Japanese words for 'watch' and what?
- AFriend
- BChick
- CEgg
- DPocket
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Egg
Egg (tamago) plus 'watch' (uotchi) gives Tamagotchi; pupils tended them in class so much that many schools banned them, and its creators won a 1997 Ig Nobel prize for the working hours the toy swallowed.
Q 48In the original Zelda, what does the old man say when giving Link his first sword?
- AHyrule's destiny awaits you.
- BPrincess Zelda needs rescuing.
- CTake this, and be brave.
- DIt's dangerous to go alone! Take this.
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It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.
'It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.' comes with a wooden sword, in a scene fans now edit to hand Link all sorts of other objects.
Q 49Why did Franklin never patent any of his inventions?
- AHe felt ideas should be shared freely
- BThe colonies had no patent law
- CHe could not afford the fees
- DHe feared British seizure
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He felt ideas should be shared freely
He felt ideas should be shared freely: he turned down a patent on his stove, and by his own account an English ironmonger then patented a copy and made a small fortune from it.
Q 50Which president moved Thanksgiving a week earlier to lengthen Depression-era Christmas shopping?
- AFranklin D. Roosevelt
- BWoodrow Wilson
- CHarry S. Truman
- DHerbert Hoover
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt moved it up a week in 1939; many states refused to follow, and Congress ended the confusion in 1941 by fixing the fourth Thursday of November.
General knowledge trivia questions 51–100
Q 51In The Sixth Sense, which colour is kept off screen so it jolts when it finally appears?
- AYellow
- BBlue
- CGreen
- DRed
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Red
Red is kept off screen so the basement doorknob, Cole's tent and the balloon at the birthday party jolt when they appear; Shyamalan reserved it for anything in the real world touched by the other world.
Q 52Which nearby, well-known red supergiant is on the list of core-collapse supernova candidates?
- AAldebaran
- BArcturus
- CBetelgeuse
- DSirius
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Betelgeuse
Betelgeuse: the red shoulder of Orion is probably still tens of thousands of years from blowing, but when it does it should be bright enough to see in daylight.
Q 53Who wrote and recorded the 1971 hit 'American Pie'?
- ADon McLean
- BGordon Lightfoot
- CJim Croce
- DHarry Chapin
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Don McLean
Don McLean has spent decades declining to decode the lyrics; asked what the song means, he famously replied that it means he never has to work again.
Q 54What two-word note did Nick Leeson leave before fleeing Singapore on 23 February 1995?
- AGoodbye all
- BGame over
- CNot me
- DI'm sorry
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I'm sorry
'I'm sorry': Leeson ran with his wife, first to Borneo and then to Frankfurt, where he was arrested; the bank he had broken was declared insolvent within days of his flight.
Q 55Welche Höchstgeschwindigkeit erreichte die Gravity Pleasure Switch Back Railway?
- A11 km/h
- B60 km/h
- C40 km/h
- D25 km/h
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Q 56Night monkeys are used in research on which disease, being among the few monkeys it infects?
- AMalaria
- BMeasles
- CRabies
- DDengue
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Malaria
Malaria: night monkeys can catch the human form of the disease, so researchers took large numbers of them from the wild for malaria studies, and biomedical research is counted among the threats they face.
Q 57Which Basterd is a German sergeant, recruited after he murdered a string of Gestapo officers?
- AHugo Stiglitz
- BOmar Ulmer
- CDonny Donowitz
- DWilhelm Wicki
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Hugo Stiglitz
Hugo Stiglitz is played by Til Schweiger, who had always refused to put on a Nazi uniform for a role. He made an exception for a character who kills them.
Q 58Emma Watson turned down a lead role in which musical film in order to play Belle?
- ALa La Land
- BThe Greatest Showman
- CLes Misérables
- DInto the Woods
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La La Land
La La Land: Watson chose Belle over the role of Mia, which went to Emma Stone and won her an Oscar, while Ryan Gosling passed on playing the Beast to make the same film.
Q 59Who plays celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?
- AClifton Collins Jr.
- BScoot McNairy
- CDamian Lewis
- DEmile Hirsch
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Emile Hirsch
Emile Hirsch plays Jay Sebring, who was murdered beside Sharon Tate in the real 1969. Here he lives to stroll down the drive and invite Rick up to the house for a drink.
Q 60Which luxury carmaker grew out of a 1904 meeting between a London car dealer and a Manchester engineer?
- ABentley
- BJaguar
- CAston Martin
- DRolls-Royce
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Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce: car dealer Charles Rolls met engineer Henry Royce at Manchester's Midland Hotel on 4 May 1904 and soon agreed to sell every car Royce could build.
Q 61In the comics, Rick Grimes polices a small town in which state rather than Georgia?
- ATennessee
- BOhio
- CAlabama
- DKentucky
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Kentucky
Kentucky is home in the comics: Rick polices Cynthiana, the real town where the comic's writer grew up, before the TV series moved him to Georgia.
Q 62What is the violent Beach faction led by Aguni called?
- AThe Dealers
- BThe Executives
- CThe Militants
- DThe Hunters
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The Militants
The Militants answer to Aguni and hold all of the Beach's guns, which is how they seize control the moment the Hatter turns up dead.
Q 63Chi era la seconda moglie di Napoleone, sposata nel 1810?
- AGiuseppina di Beauharnais
- BMaria Luisa d'Austria
- CDésirée Clary
- DCarolina Bonaparte
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Maria Luisa d'Austria
Il matrimonio legò Napoleone alla casa d'Austria, nipote della regina Maria Antonietta.
Q 64Which publisher released the three main FNaF novels?
- APenguin
- BHarperCollins
- CSimon & Schuster
- DScholastic
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Scholastic
Scholastic signed a three-book deal in June 2016, six months after Cawthon had self-published the opening novel as a Kindle e-book.
Q 65The first European known to have encountered the Mekong, in 1540, came from which country?
- ADenmark
- BEngland
- CSpain
- DPortugal
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Portugal
Portugal's António de Faria saw it first, yet even a European map of 1563 showed little of the river beyond its delta.
Q 66Which instrument does Joan play to entertain her husband's dinner guests in season 3 of Mad Men?
- AUkulele
- BAccordion
- CViolin
- DPiano
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Accordion
Accordion in hand, Joan sings 'C'est Magnifique' to steer the talk away from her husband's failings as a surgeon, which his colleagues had just let slip.
Q 67What did Gregory XIII's calendar reform do in October 1582?
- AAdded a month
- BSkipped a month
- CSkipped ten days
- DAdded ten days
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Skipped ten days
Skipped ten days: Thursday 4 October 1582 was followed by Friday 15 October in the countries that adopted it at once, while Britain and its colonies held out until 1752.
Q 68Which television journalist secretly passes Brody his orders in season two of Homeland?
- ASimone Martin
- BFatima Ali
- CLaura Sutton
- DRoya Hammad
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Roya Hammad
Roya Hammad, played by Zuleikha Robinson, is the television reporter who relays the terror network's orders to Brody in season two, until the CIA arrests her and her cell late in the season.
Q 69With what words does Slaughterhouse-Five's first chapter begin?
- A'Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.'
- B'Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.'
- C'Call me Jonah.'
- D'All this happened, more or less.'
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'All this happened, more or less.'
'All this happened, more or less.' The first chapter is Vonnegut himself, admitting how hard the book was to write.
Q 70Interstellar won its only Academy Award in which category?
- ABest Cinematography
- BBest Visual Effects
- CBest Sound Mixing
- DBest Original Score
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Best Visual Effects
Best Visual Effects was its one win from five nominations: to draw the black hole, the effects team wrote new rendering software from a physicist's equations.
Q 71Which baseball star died in a plane crash flying relief supplies to Nicaragua on New Year's Eve 1972?
- ARoberto Clemente
- BHank Aaron
- CWillie Mays
- DOrlando Cepeda
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Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente. Hearing that earlier earthquake aid was being stolen by the army, the Pittsburgh Pirates star boarded the next relief plane himself, and it crashed soon after take-off.
Q 72Which simple checkerboard-style block is often the first one that a child learning to quilt is taught to make?
- ANine-patch
- BTumbling Blocks
- CLog Cabin
- DPinwheel
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Nine-patch
Nine-patch blocks are nothing more than three rows of three squares, usually alternating dark and light fabrics.
Q 73Which comedian co-owned Little David Records, the label that signed Carlin away from RCA?
- AFlip Wilson
- BBill Cosby
- CRedd Foxx
- DRichard Pryor
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Flip Wilson
Flip Wilson. His own hit comedy albums launched the label in 1970, and its recordings of Carlin's new counterculture act then brought four gold records in a row.
Q 74Which poet do the students quote when they salute Keating as 'O Captain, my Captain' in 'Dead Poets Society'?
- AAlfred Tennyson
- BLord Byron
- CWalt Whitman
- DRobert Frost
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Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman wrote the poem in 1865 to mourn the assassinated Abraham Lincoln, and in the film's finale his students climb onto their desks to say it as their teacher leaves.
Q 75Alongside which two quarterbacks was Mahomes featured in the 2023 Netflix series Quarterback?
- AAaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson
- BJosh Allen and Joe Burrow
- CJalen Hurts and Lamar Jackson
- DKirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota
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Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota
Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota were filmed with him through the 2022 season, the first time the NFL let quarterbacks wear a microphone in every game; Mahomes's year ended in a title.
Q 76In Airheads (1994), Sandler's band hijacks what kind of business to get its demo played?
- AA radio station
- BA nightclub
- CA record store
- DA TV studio
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A radio station
A radio station: The Lone Rangers hold rock station KPPX hostage with realistic-looking water pistols filled with hot pepper sauce, all to get one tape on the air.
Q 77Which US Army recruiting slogan ran for over twenty years from 1980?
- ABe All You Can Be
- BToday's Army Wants You
- CArmy Strong
- DAn Army of One
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Be All You Can Be
'Be All You Can Be' ran from 1980 until 2001, when 'An Army of One' replaced it; the Army gave its writer a civilian service medal in 2003 and brought the line back in 2023.
Q 78Which Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2 location served as the headquarters of the boss Midas?
- AThe Agency
- BThe Grotto
- CThe Yacht
- DThe Rig
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The Agency
The Agency was the spy base on the island at the centre of the map, with Midas waiting inside as its boss; the Doomsday Device he built beneath it ended the season with a wall of water around the island.
Q 79Which mathematical sequence did Lovelace's Note G describe a method for the engine to calculate?
- AFibonacci numbers
- BPrime numbers
- CBernoulli numbers
- DCatalan numbers
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Bernoulli numbers
Bernoulli numbers. Babbage offered to work this example himself to save her the trouble, and she sent his version back after finding a grave mistake in it.
Q 80Puck gives which Athenian weaver the head of a donkey?
- APeter Quince
- BNick Bottom
- CFrancis Flute
- DTom Snout
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Nick Bottom
Nick Bottom the weaver is 'translated' with an ass's head by Puck, and the enchanted fairy queen Titania promptly falls in love with him, ears and all.
Q 81During the rut, bull elk advertise themselves with a loud whistle-like call known as what?
- ABelling
- BBellowing
- CBugling
- DRoaring
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Bugling
Bugling begins as a deep, resonant note and climbs fast to a high-pitched squeal before ending in grunts; European red deer stags, by contrast, roar.
Q 82In the legend of Guam's Two Lovers Point, what did the couple tie together before leaping from the cliff?
- ATheir hair
- BTheir belts
- CTheir wrists
- DTheir ankles
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Their hair
Their hair, tied into a single knot, joins the pair in a folktale first written down by the French explorer Louis de Freycinet in 1819.
Q 83Which Swiss-born Fairchild co-founder developed the planar process for making transistors?
- ASheldon Roberts
- BEugene Kleiner
- CJean Hoerni
- DVictor Grinich
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Jean Hoerni
Jean Hoerni's planar process of 1959 sealed transistor junctions under a silicon dioxide layer, making them cheaper and more reliable and laying the basis for the integrated circuit.
Q 84Zara entered India in 2010 through a joint venture with the retail arm of which Indian conglomerate?
- AAdani
- BTata
- CMahindra
- DReliance
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Tata
Tata's retail company Trent, whose name is short for Tata Retail Enterprise, agreed the venture in 2009, a year before the first Indian Zara opened.
Q 85Which distributor bought The Blair Witch Project after its midnight festival premiere?
- ADimension Films
- BOctober Films
- CArtisan Entertainment
- DFine Line Features
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Artisan Entertainment
Artisan Entertainment then asked for a clearer ending, because test audiences were confused. The directors went back and shot four alternatives, but the original stayed.
Q 86Mauritius was named in 1598 in honour of whom?
- AEmperor Maurice of Byzantium
- BAdmiral Wybrand van Warwyck
- CMaurice, Prince of Orange
- DSaint Maurice
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Maurice, Prince of Orange
Maurice, Prince of Orange. Admiral Wybrand van Warwyck named the empty island for the Dutch head of state in 1598; the Dutch gave up on it by 1710, but their name for it outlasted them.
Q 87Which president ordered General Zachary Taylor to the Rio Grande in January 1846?
- AFranklin Pierce
- BMillard Fillmore
- CJames K. Polk
- DJohn Tyler
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James K. Polk
James K. Polk sent Taylor's army to the Rio Grande in January 1846; when Mexican cavalry ambushed a patrol there in April, he told Congress that American blood had been shed on American soil.
Q 88Which Kid Cudi debut single reached number three on the Hot 100 in 2009 after a Crookers remix took off in clubs?
- AMake Her Say
- BPursuit of Happiness
- CSoundtrack 2 My Life
- DDay 'n' Nite
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Day 'n' Nite
'Day 'n' Nite' came out of a family rift: Cudi wrote it after the uncle who had taken him in in New York threw him out, then died before the two could make peace.
Q 89The Man with the Golden Helmet, once a prized Rembrandt, was reassigned to a follower in which city?
- AMunich
- BVienna
- CDresden
- DBerlin
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Berlin
Berlin's museum made one of hundreds of such demotions: experts who once counted over 600 Rembrandt paintings have since accepted nearer 300.
Q 90Every day Santiago and Manolin pretend the old man still owns what, though they sold it long ago?
- AA second skiff
- BA radio
- CA cast net
- DA harpoon gun
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A cast net
A cast net: the pot of yellow rice and fish that Santiago offers the boy is make-believe too.
Q 91Which American publisher merged with Penguin in 2013?
- AHarperCollins
- BScholastic
- CSimon & Schuster
- DRandom House
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Random House
Random House was named in 1927, when its founders, who ran a series of classic reprints, decided to publish a few other books 'on the side at random'; it merged with Penguin in 2013.
Q 92British wartime singer Vera Lynn was known by what nickname?
- AThe Forces' Sweetheart
- BThe Songbird of Britain
- CThe Angel of the Airwaves
- DThe Blitz Nightingale
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The Forces' Sweetheart
The Forces' Sweetheart won the title in a wartime popularity poll among the forces, and her radio show Sincerely Yours then carried messages between troops abroad and their families at home.
Q 93In the 1984 book Garfield: His 9 Lives, where is the cat's ninth life set?
- AA science lab
- BA Viking village
- CA detective's office
- DOuter space
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Outer space
Outer space: the lives run from a Stone Age cave cat to a starship commander, each drawn in a different style, and the everyday Garfield of the strip turns out to be only number eight.
Q 94Which label released the Chili Peppers' first four albums?
- AElektra
- BA&M
- CGeffen
- DEMI
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EMI
EMI signed the band in 1983, but after four albums and their first gold record they left for the label they have been with ever since.
Q 95Mauritania's three-glass atay ritual is brewed with which kind of tea?
- ARooibos tea
- BGreen tea
- CBlack tea
- DHibiscus tea
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Green tea
Green tea, usually the gunpowder kind, is brewed with mint and plenty of sugar; a proverb of the region likens the three glasses to life, love and death.
Q 96In The Return of the King, who sails from the Grey Havens on the Elven ship alongside Frodo and Gandalf?
- AMerry
- BBilbo
- CAragorn
- DLegolas
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Bilbo
Bilbo, by now very frail, is the passenger the hobbits think they have come to see off; only on the quay do they learn that Frodo is sailing too.
Q 97In the classic 1756 telling, what do Beauty's sisters rub on their eyes to fake tears at her leaving?
- APepper
- BSoap
- CAn onion
- DLemon juice
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An onion
An onion does the trick: the two envious sisters force out tears as Beauty leaves for the Beast's palace, while she alone parts from her family without crying.
Q 98Who wrote the novel Life of Pi, once considered impossible to film?
- ASalman Rushdie
- BMichael Ondaatje
- CYann Martel
- DRohinton Mistry
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Yann Martel
Yann Martel's novel was turned down by at least five London publishers before a Canadian house took it in 2001. A year later it won the Booker Prize.
Q 99In welke Vlaamse stad staat Michelangelo's Madonna met kind in de Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk?
- AAntwerpen
- BGent
- CMechelen
- DBrugge
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Brugge
Het marmeren beeld ontstond tussen 1501 en 1504, in dezelfde jaren waarin Michelangelo in Florence aan zijn David werkte.
Q 100In the book Charlotte's Web, which animal first tells Wilbur he is being fattened to be killed?
- AThe head ram
- BThe old sheep
- CTempleton the rat
- DThe goose
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The old sheep
The old sheep. It said even Fern's father was in on the plot, and as Wilbur sobbed, Charlotte promised she would save him.
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