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 01Roughly how large was Swift's congregation at Laracor, County Meath?
- AAbout 2,000
- BAbout 500
- CAbout 150
- DAbout 15
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About 15
He had abundant leisure to garden, dig a Dutch-style canal and plant willows.
Q 02'In dulci jubilo' is a macaronic carol mixing Latin with which language?
- AEnglish
- BGerman
- CItalian
- DFrench
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Q 03By roughly how much do the Himalayas still rise each year?
- A2 cm
- B5 mm
- C50 cm
- D5 cm
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5 mm
The Indian plate keeps moving north at 67 mm a year, making the region seismically active.
Q 04Scott Norwood played college football and soccer at which university?
- AVirginia
- BJames Madison
- CWilliam & Mary
- DVirginia Tech
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Q 05Ushuaia claims to be the world's southernmost city. What does its Yaghan name mean?
- APlace of fire
- BCold water
- CLand's end
- DDeep bay
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Deep bay
It sits on the Beagle Channel about 1,100 km from the Antarctic Peninsula and is a gateway for Antarctic cruises.
Q 06Which 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
That made him the first artist ever to notch new number ones in back-to-back weeks.
Q 07What live animal does the novel's Deckard buy his wife after retiring three androids?
- AA snowy owl
- BA black sheep
- CA racehorse
- DA Nubian goat
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A Nubian goat
Owning real animals is a status symbol in the book because most species are extinct.
Q 08Which film won the most awards that night, with seven?
- AGravity
- BDallas Buyers Club
- CAmerican Hustle
- DThe Wolf of Wall Street
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Q 09What is distinctive about the hull of a Venetian gondola?
- AIt has a keel of lead
- BIt is made of aluminium
- CIt is asymmetrical
- DIt has a flat stern
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It is asymmetrical
The lopsided shape makes rowing with a single oar more efficient.
Q 10Which comedian, a Troubadour friend, claims he suggested calling them "the Eagles"?
- ACheech Marin
- BAlbert Brooks
- CChevy Chase
- DSteve Martin
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Steve Martin
Frey insists the group's name is simply "Eagles", with no "the".
Q 11A 2004 survey found Solomon Islands has the world's second-highest diversity of what?
- ACorals
- BOrchids
- CBats
- DParrots
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Corals
Only Indonesia's Raja Ampat islands scored higher. The survey counted 474 species, nine possibly new to science.
Q 12Which 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
The film is generally credited with starting the Disney Renaissance.
Q 13Who was Lovelace's private tutor and friend who introduced her to Babbage on 5 June 1833?
- AMary Somerville
- BMichael Faraday
- CAugustus De Morgan
- DWilliam Frend
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Mary Somerville
The noted scientific author took Ada and her mother to one of Babbage's Saturday night soirées.
Q 14Actaeon was turned into a stag and killed by his hounds after seeing which goddess bathe?
- AAthena
- BArtemis
- CAphrodite
- DHera
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Artemis
In Callimachus's version he simply stumbled across her in the woods.
Q 15Which 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
Its architect regarded it as his masterpiece; the sultan chose Edirne over the capital for reasons historians still debate.
Q 16Who was the runner-up for the role of Lydia Deetz?
- ASarah Jessica Parker
- BMolly Ringwald
- CAlyssa Milano
- DJennifer Connelly
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Q 17What is the 'Kuiper cliff'?
- AA wall of nitrogen ice on Pluto
- BA giant impact scarp on Charon
- CA sharp falloff in objects beyond about 48 AU
- DThe belt's inner edge at Neptune's orbit
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A sharp falloff in objects beyond about 48 AU
Models predicted large objects should double beyond 50 AU; the falloff is real, unexplained, and one suggested cause is an unseen planet.
Q 18In which city did an apartment complex force a script rewrite to match its layout?
- AKobe
- BNagoya
- COsaka
- DSapporo
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Kobe
Filming there ran from September 17 to 20, 2019, near Kita-Suzurandai Station.
Q 19Penny grew up in which Nebraska city?
- AGrand Island
- BOmaha
- CLincoln
- DKearney
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Omaha
She moves in across the hall after splitting from her boyfriend Kurt.
Q 20Saint Lucy's Day, marked in Sweden with candle crowns, falls on which day of December?
- AThe 13th
- BThe 21st
- CThe 1st
- DThe 6th
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The 13th
Lucia wears a white dress and a red sash symbolizing her martyrdom.
Q 21The number of US farmers' markets grew to roughly how many by 2013?
- AOver 8,000
- BOver 30,000
- CAbout 2,000
- DAbout 500
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Q 22Under a company rule, no regular item may be marked up more than what percentage over cost?
- A30%
- B14%
- C18%
- D22%
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14%
Kirkland Signature items get a slightly higher cap of 15%, and overall profit margins run about 2%.
Q 23Which two attractions did New Orleans Square's ghost house inspire at Paris and Hong Kong?
- 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
Each is loosely similar but with its own story.
Q 24What was Home Alone's production budget?
- A$60 million
- B$25 million
- C$18 million
- D$40 million
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Q 25What is a deliberately set, controlled wildfire for land management called?
- AAn arson fire
- BA backfire only
- CA prescribed burn
- DA slash burn
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A prescribed burn
They can turn into wildfires if they escape containment.
Q 26Which famous French ocean explorer directed the Oceanographic Museum from 1957 to 1988?
- AAuguste Piccard
- BPaul-Émile Victor
- CJacques Piccard
- DJacques-Yves Cousteau
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau
The museum's facade bears the names of twenty research vessels chosen by Albert I.
Q 27Which award did the show'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
It peaked at number eight on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.
Q 28What is Leonard's main health complaint?
- ALactose intolerance
- BCluster migraines
- CChronic asthma
- DA peanut allergy
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Q 29What is the name of the fantasy land where the film is set?
- AKandahar
- BKumandra
- CArendelle
- DMotunui
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Kumandra
It is inspired by traditional Southeast Asian cultures and its Dragon River is modelled on the Mekong.
Q 30What lands the low amateur at the Masters?
- AThe Bobby Jones Award
- BThe Silver Cup
- CThe Amateur Medal
- DThe Crow's Nest Trophy
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The Silver Cup
It has been presented since 1952 to the lowest-scoring amateur to make the cut.
Q 31NSYNC's holiday album Home for Christmas came out in which year?
- A1998
- B1999
- C2000
- D1997
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1998
It went double platinum within a year and gave the group two albums in the Billboard top 10 at once.
Q 32Which numbered UN Security Council text did Iran finally accept in July 1988, ending the war?
- AResolution 598
- BResolution 678
- CResolution 1441
- DResolution 242
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Resolution 598
Hostilities formally ended on 20 August 1988 after perhaps half a million deaths.
Q 33Old 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
He was also a clubmaker, ballmaker, instructor and course designer, and the R&A kept him on full salary afterwards.
Q 34As a Class D prisoner, how often was Mandela initially allowed a visit and a letter?
- AOnce a month
- BOnce every six months
- COnce a week
- DOnce a year
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Once every six months
All mail was heavily censored; he studied Afrikaans to win over the warders.
Q 35The device of naming criminals by colors was first seen in which 1974 film?
- AThe Friends of Eddie Coyle
- BThe Thomas Crown Affair
- CThe Taking of Pelham One Two Three
- DThe Anderson Tapes
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Mr. Blue, Mr. Green and company hijacked a New York subway train in that thriller.
Q 36Welke 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 37In Knights of the Old Republic, the amnesiac player character turns out to be which Sith Lord?
- ADarth Bane
- BDarth Revan
- CDarth Nihilus
- DDarth Malak
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Darth Revan
The Jedi wiped Revan's memory after an ambush; the twist is regularly cited among gaming's best.
Q 38How long ago had Milton actually been laid off when the consultants discover the payroll glitch?
- AFive years
- BTen years
- CSix months
- DTwo years
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Five years
Nobody told him, so he kept collecting a salary; they quietly stop the cheques without saying a word.
Q 39Which 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
The bout is played for laughs but sets up the plot: it is where Mickey's underlying heart condition first shows.
Q 40What is Dog Man's job?
- AA mail carrier
- BA police officer
- CA pizza chef
- DA firefighter
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Q 41The name of the Tamagotchi digital pet combines the Japanese words for 'watch' and what?
- AFriend
- BChick
- CEgg
- DPocket
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Q 42What does the old man in the cave say when he hands Link a sword in the original game?
- AThe princess awaits you, boy.
- BOnly the sword can save Hyrule.
- CTake this, and be brave, hero.
- DIt's dangerous to go alone! Take this.
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It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.
Link starts equipped only with a small shield; the US cartridge was among the first with a battery for saving.
Q 43Why did Franklin never take out a patent on anything he devised?
- AHe felt ideas should be shared freely
- BNo patent law existed in the colonies
- CHe could never afford the filing fees
- DHe feared Britain would seize them
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He felt ideas should be shared freely
In his autobiography he wrote that since we enjoy the inventions of others, we should serve others with ours 'freely and generously'.
Q 44Which president fixed Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November?
- ATheodore Roosevelt
- BHarry Truman
- CFranklin D. Roosevelt
- DAbraham Lincoln
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lincoln started annual proclamations in 1863; FDR's 1939 shift off the last Thursday caused a two-year row before Congress settled it in 1941.
Q 45In 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
Shyamalan reserved it for anything in the real world that had been touched by the other world, and for the most explosively emotional moments.
Q 46Which nearby, well-known red supergiant is on the list of core-collapse supernova candidates?
- AAldebaran
- BArcturus
- CBetelgeuse
- DSirius
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Betelgeuse
Antares, VV Cephei A, and blue giants Spica, Rigel and Deneb are also on the watch list.
Q 47Who wrote and recorded the 1971 hit 'American Pie'?
- ADon McLean
- BGordon Lightfoot
- CJim Croce
- DHarry Chapin
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Don McLean
It was the title track of his second album and became by far his biggest hit.
Q 48What 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
He fled via Malaysia and Thailand before his arrest in Germany.
Q 49Welche 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 50Night monkeys are used in research on which disease, being among the few monkeys it infects?
- AMalaria
- BMeasles
- CRabies
- DDengue
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Malaria
Their susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum makes them rare model animals for the human parasite.
General knowledge trivia questions 51–100
Q 51Which German star plays Hugo Stiglitz, the rogue sergeant who murdered Gestapo officers?
- ATil Schweiger
- BThomas Kretschmann
- CSebastian Koch
- DMoritz Bleibtreu
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Til Schweiger
The character is introduced with his own freeze-frame title card and heavy-metal sting, a nod to Tarantino's grindhouse influences.
Q 52Which Disney studio chairman made Emma Watson his first and only choice for Belle?
- ABob Iger
- BAlan F. Horn
- CJeffrey Katzenberg
- DSean Bailey
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Q 53Where did Tarantino keep the only copy of the script's third act to stop it leaking?
- AWith his lawyer
- BIn a safe
- CIn his car
- DOn a typewriter ribbon he destroyed
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In a safe
He publicly referred to the project as Magnum opus and spent five years developing it as a novel before deciding to make it a screenplay.
Q 54In May 2025, figures of Miguel and Dante were added to which Disneyland attraction?
- AHaunted Mansion
- BJungle Cruise
- CPirates of the Caribbean
- DIt's a Small World
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Q 55In which English city did Charles Rolls and Henry Royce first meet in May 1904?
- ACrewe
- BLondon
- CDerby
- DManchester
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Manchester
They met at the newly opened Midland Hotel; by December Rolls had agreed to take every car Royce could make.
Q 56In the comics, Rick Grimes was a police officer in which Kentucky town?
- AFrankfort
- BBowling Green
- CCynthiana
- DPaducah
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Q 57What is the violent Beach faction led by Aguni called?
- AThe Dealers
- BThe Executives
- CThe Militants
- DThe Hunters
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Q 58Chi 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 59Which publisher released the three main FNaF novels?
- APenguin
- BHarperCollins
- CSimon & Schuster
- DScholastic
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Q 60Who was the first European to encounter the Mekong, in 1540?
- AGerrit van Wuysthoff
- BAntónio de Faria
- CVasco da Gama
- DFerdinand Magellan
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António de Faria
A European map of 1563 shows the river, though little was known upstream of the delta.
Q 61As of season 3, how many of the show's nine writers were women?
- ASeven
- BTwo
- CFive
- DFour
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Seven
That bucked WGA statistics showing men outnumbering women writers two to one.
Q 62Which pope commissioned the 1582 calendar reform that still sets civil dates worldwide?
- AClement VIII
- BPius V
- CGregory XIII
- DSixtus V
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Gregory XIII
The Jesuit astronomer Christopher Clavius made the final modifications to a scheme first drafted by the physician Aloysius Lilius.
Q 63Which journalist served as Brody's handler on behalf of Abu Nazir in season two?
- ASimone Martin
- BFatima Ali
- CLaura Sutton
- DRoya Hammad
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Q 64With what words does Slaughterhouse-Five's first chapter begin?
- A'This is a tale of a meeting of two lonesome, skinny, fairly old white men.'
- 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.'
The line signals an unreliable narrator; the book's non-linear structure mirrors Billy's mind.
Q 65Interstellar 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
It was nominated for five Oscars in total; the black hole imagery that won was created by DNEG.
Q 66Which baseball star died in a plane crash flying relief supplies to Nicaragua on New Year's Eve 1972?
- ARoberto Clemente
- BHank Aaron
- CWillie Mays
- DDennis Martínez
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Roberto Clemente
He had been outraged by reports that aid was being stolen.
Q 67Which 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
Producer Monte Kay set it up as an Atlantic subsidiary; singer Kenny Rankin was Carlin's label-mate and frequent opening act.
Q 68Who won the Oscar for writing 'Dead Poets Society'?
- ASteven Haft
- BRobin Williams
- CPeter Weir
- DTom Schulman
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Tom Schulman
He took Best Original Screenplay; Robin Williams and Peter Weir were both nominated but went home empty-handed.
Q 69Alongside 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
His company 2PM Productions helped produce it.
Q 70In Airheads (1994), Sandler's band hijacks what kind of business to get its demo aired?
- AA radio station
- BA nightclub
- CA record store
- DA TV studio
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A radio station
Brendan Fraser and Steve Buscemi played his bandmates in The Lone Rangers.
Q 71Which 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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Q 72Which studio, maker of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, developed Fortnite Festival?
- APsyonix
- BSumo Digital
- CMediatonic
- DHarmonix
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Harmonix
Later updates let players use guitar controllers, mics and MIDI drum kits.
Q 73Which 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
The algorithm is often called the first published computer program, though it was never run.
Q 74Puck gives which Athenian weaver the head of a donkey?
- APeter Quince
- BNick Bottom
- CFrancis Flute
- DTom Snout
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Nick Bottom
The enchanted fairy queen Titania promptly falls in love with him, ears and all.
Q 75During the rut, bull elk advertise themselves with a loud whistle-like call known as what?
- ABelling
- BBellowing
- CBugling
- DRoaring
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Bugling
Unusually for such a big animal, the call can reach 4,000 Hz; European red deer stags roar instead, an adaptation to forests.
Q 76Which Fairchild founder developed the planar process for making transistors?
- AJulius Blank
- BJay Last
- CJean Hoerni
- DVictor Grinich
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Jean Hoerni
It made transistors cheaper, more reliable and easier to produce.
Q 77Which distributor bought the film after its festival breakout for a reported $1.1m?
- AMiramax Films
- BLionsgate Films
- CArtisan Entertainment
- DNew Line Cinema
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Artisan Entertainment
The company wanted to change the ending because test audiences were confused; the directors shot four alternates but kept the original.
Q 78Harlem takes its name from a city in which country?
- AEngland
- BBelgium
- CGermany
- DNetherlands
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Q 79Mauritius was named in 1598 in honour of whom?
- AKing Louis XV
- BAdmiral Mauritz van Warwyck
- CMaurice, Prince of Orange
- DSaint Maurice
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Maurice, Prince of Orange
The Dutch admiral Wybrand van Warwyck landed at what is now Grand Port.
Q 80Which president ordered General Zachary Taylor to the Rio Grande in January 1846?
- AMartin Van Buren
- BAndrew Jackson
- CJames K. Polk
- DJohn Tyler
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Q 81Which Kid Cudi debut single hit number three on the Hot 100 in 2009 after a Crookers remix took off in clubs?
- AMake Her Say
- BDay 'n' Nite
- CSoundtrack 2 My Life
- DPursuit of Happiness
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Day 'n' Nite
The remix hit number two in the UK, and the original was later certified diamond in the US.
Q 82Roughly how many paintings does modern scholarship credit to Rembrandt?
- AAbout 1,000
- BAbout 600
- CAbout 300
- DAbout 100
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About 300
Early 20th-century connoisseurs had counted well over 600; his prints are stable at just under 300.
Q 83Which local guide first told Hemingway the tale of an old man and a giant fish in the 1930s?
- ARamón Meza
- BFulgencio Batista
- CGregorio Fuentes
- DCarlos Gutiérrez
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Carlos Gutiérrez
Hemingway retold it in an Esquire essay, 'On the Blue Water: A Gulf Stream Letter'.
Q 84Which American publisher merged with Penguin in 2013?
- AHarperCollins
- BHachette
- CSimon & Schuster
- DRandom House
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Q 85British wartime singer Vera Lynn was known by what nickname?
- AThe Voice of Home
- BThe Songbird of Britain
- CThe Forces' Sweetheart
- DThe Blitz Nightingale
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The Forces' Sweetheart
Servicemen voted her their favourite performer in a Daily Express poll during the Phoney War. She lived to 103.
Q 86Which 1984 anthology book tells the cat's story across nine incarnations from Cave Cat to Space Cat?
- AHis 9 Lives
- BThe Lives
- CForever
- DNine Tales
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His 9 Lives
The current Garfield is his eighth life; the ninth, 'Space Cat', is set in orbit.
Q 87Which label released the first four Chili Peppers albums before they moved to Warner Bros.?
- ACapitol
- BA&M
- CGeffen
- DEMI
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Q 88Mauritanian mint tea, called atay, is traditionally served in how many rounds?
- ASeven
- BOne
- CThree
- DTwo
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Q 89The sound of the mûmakil is made from the beginning and end of which animal's roar?
- ALion
- BTiger
- CBull elephant
- DGrizzly bear
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Lion
For the siege, construction workers dropped real two-ton stone blocks from a crane to record the sound of missiles hitting the city.
Q 90Which oafish suitor in the 1946 French film is seen as a precursor to Disney's Gaston?
- AAdelaide
- BAvenant
- CFelicie
- DLudovic
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Avenant
Cocteau's film also had inanimate castle objects coming to life.
Q 91Who 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
Lee persuaded 20th Century Fox to invest $120 million and leaned heavily on 3D effects.
Q 92Which animal first tells Wilbur that he is being raised for slaughter?
- AThe head ram
- BThe old sheep
- CTempleton the rat
- DThe goose
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The head ram
The scornful ram's offhand remark leaves Wilbur distraught.
Q 93Heath Ledger's Joker won him a posthumous Oscar in which category?
- ABest Supporting Actor
- BBest Makeup
- CBest Actor
- DBest Original Screenplay
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Best Supporting Actor
He was only the seventh person nominated posthumously.
Q 94Which American journalist's interviews helped shape Mandela's 1994 autobiography Long Walk to Freedom?
- ADavid Remnick
- BBob Woodward
- CAnthony Lewis
- DRichard Stengel
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Richard Stengel
The book grew from the manuscript he had written in prison in the 1970s.
Q 95OSHA, the US workplace safety regulator, was created by a law signed by which president?
- AGerald Ford
- BRichard Nixon
- CJimmy Carter
- DLyndon Johnson
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Richard Nixon
The Occupational Safety and Health Act became law on December 29, 1970, and the agency sits inside the Department of Labor.
Q 96What was C. W. Post's first product, launched before Grape-Nuts?
- APostum, a coffee substitute
- BPost Toasties corn flakes
- CPost Bran Flakes
- DElijah's Manna flakes
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Postum, a coffee substitute
Post had been a patient at Kellogg's sanitarium and copied its all-grain diet.
Q 97He-Man and the Masters of the Universe made TV history in 1983 as the first syndicated show to be what?
- AAnimated by computer
- BAired five days a week
- CBroadcast in stereo
- DBased on a toy line
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Based on a toy line
It followed the FCC relaxing its ban on toy-based children's programming; He-Man's cowardly tiger Cringer became Battle Cat.
Q 98The Great Fire probably started in merchant shops beside which structure?
- AThe Forum Romanum
- BThe Theatre of Pompey
- CThe Pantheon
- DThe Circus Maximus
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The Circus Maximus
The shops were timber-framed and sold flammable goods, and the Circus's outer seating was wooden.
Q 99'Tardigrada', named by Spallanzani in 1776, means what?
- ATiny giants
- BMoss piglets
- CWater bears
- DSlow walkers
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Slow walkers
Goeze had called them 'little water bear' three years earlier.
Q 100Unlike spices, herbs are defined as which parts of a plant?
- ALeaves, flowers or stems
- BRoots and bark
- CResins and gums
- DSeeds and fruit
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Leaves, flowers or stems
By that rule coriander is both: the leaves are an herb and the seeds a spice.
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