KJ's Trivia Almanac: January

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What classing Disney song was inspired by lyricist Robert Sherman's five-year-old son receiving the Sabin polio vaccine at school?

"A Spoonful of Sugar

Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named Time's Person of the Century in 1999?

(Albert) Einstein

What do Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Liz Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly have in common?

(All) killed by Jack the Ripper

Who became the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on 1995?

(Archbishop) Desmond Tutu

What airport was first to introduce a two-way moving sidewalk?

(Dallas) Love Field

In 1961, who sent in troops to eject the Portuguese from their colony of Goa?

(Jawaharlal) Nehru

What animal's intestine secretes ambergris, a strong-smelling, waxy gunk used in making perfume?

(Sperm) Whale

What novel begins with this first chapter: The Master of the Universe?

(The) Bonfire of the Vanities

The "pinna" is the outer, visible part of what?

(the) ear

"White Christmas" playing on Armed Forces Radio was the secret signal for what April 30, 1975 event?

(the) evacuation of Saigon

What's the only land animal taller than the elephant?

(the) giraffe

At what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales the same?

-40

How many band members were there in Broken Social Scene?

10

Which company merged with SBC?

AT&T (renamed AT&T)

What composer's tune "Hoe Down" is the background music for the "Beef--its's what's for dinner" TV ads?

Aaron Copland

What's the word for the small plastic tag at the end of a shoelace?

Aglet

In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Jasmine?

Aladdin

What director's last film was 1976's Family Plot?

Alfred Hitchcock

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Morocco and Tunisia?

Algeria

What are German shepherds called in Great Britain, due to lingering anti-German sentiment following WWII?

Alsatians

At what infamous concert did the Rolling Stones first play their eventual number one hit "Brown Sugar"?

Altamount

Which company merged with BP?

Amoco (Standard Oil Company)

The Khmer words for "city temple" give what building its name?

Angkor Wat

What Washington Wizards All-Star still bears the misplaced 'w' in his name from a birth certificate typo?

Antawn Jamison

Give the missing last member: Athos, Porthos, and...

Aramis

What nation's only female leader has been Isabel Peron?

Argentina

What US state depicts a large, round-cut diamond between the letters and numbers on its license plates?

Arkansas

Who's the younger sister of Jessica Simpson?

Ashlee

Whose first album was meant to be titled for the Mexican expression Orale, before a misspelling intervened?

Beck (Odelay)

First three-strip Technicolor?

Becky Sharp (1935)

In what movie does Alec Baldwin play a ghost?

Beetle Juice

From 42nd Street: "Shuffle Off to ____"

Buffalo

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Nigeria and Gabon?

Cameroon

Which artist had the double album Back to Basics?

Christina Aguilera

Which company merged with Hewlett-Packard?

Compaq

What planet is home to the Jedi Temple?

Coruscant

Who was already Gilda Radner's ex-husband when he was hired as bandleader on Saturday Night Live in 1980? (Two initial names)

G. E. Smith

Who is worshiped by Ganapatya Hindus as the supreme god?

Ganesh

What placekicker's famous "gaffe" kept Miami from shutting out the Redskins in Super Bowl VII?

Garo Yepremian

Star Trek's Wesley Crusher was given the name Wesley because it was whose real-life middle name?

Gene Roddenberry

Which artist had the double album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway?

Genesis

What country was invaded in Operation Urgent Fury

Grenada

Who both married and directed Madonna?

Guy Ritchie

H. L. Mencken coined the word "ecdysiast" to describe whose famous stage act?

Gypsy Rose Lee

What editor of The American Mercury was called "the Sage of Baltimore"?

HL Mencken

What country was invaded in Operation Uphold Democracy?

Haiti

Who "discovered" Queensland, Australia?

James Cook (English, 1770)

Who has coached the UConn Huskies to two national titles and an undefeated Final Four record?

Jim Calhoun

Who is worshiped in the "Temple of Doom" discovered by Indiana Jones?

Kali

Who killed the literary character Laius?

Oedipus

Which two US states salute the Wright brothers on their license plates?

Ohio and North Carolina

What song is playing during Tom Cruise's iconic underwear dance in Risky Business?

Old Time Rock and Roll

What's the name of the inflatable automatic pilot in Airplane!?

Otto

In America, the lacy plant that Europeans call wild carrot is given what monarchical name?

Queen Anne's Lace

What two Arizona Diamondbacks shared Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year honors in 2001?

Randy Johnson and Curt Shilling

What French philosopher invented a namesake system of plotting points on two axes labeled x and y?

Rene Descartes

Who both married and directed Geena Davis

Renny Harlin

Despite retiring form NASA in 1977, what astronaut and physicist was the only person to serve on both the Challenger and Columbia investigation panels?

Sally Ride

First film shown on HBO?

Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)

Of all the teams in the four major North American sports leagues, which team has retired more jersey numbers than any other?

The Boston Celtics (21)

What 1957 film made the Colonel Bogey March famous?

The Bridge over the River Kwai

First film in CinemaScope?

The Robe (1953)

In what Edgar Allan Poe story does an old man's oddly clouded eye lead to murder?

The Tell-tale Heart

Last names instead of first names: Dickinson and Sawyer

Thelma and Louise

Give the missing last member: Alvin, Simon, and...

Theodore

what former president coined the phrase "lunatic fringe" to refer to the wackos in his own reform movement?

Theodore Roosevelt

Who's the only two-time Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, so named in 1996 and 2000

Tiger Woods

Where is the "Naked Cowboy," an underwear-clad guitarist, famous for playing?

Times Square

What song about a glass of wine is Don Ho's signature tune?

Tiny Bubbles

In what movie does Michelle Pfeiffer play a ghost?

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

On TV's The Man From UNCLE, what organization did Napoleon Solo work for

U.N.C.L.E

What nation's only female leader has been Yulia Tymoshenko?

Ukraine

First use of the "f-word"?

Ulysseys (1967)

According to the 1980s slogan, what was "underwear that's fun to wear"?

Underoos

What was the appropriate name of the only horse ever to beat Man o' War?

Upset

What organization's 1999 conference in Seattle led to massive street protest?

W(orld) T(rade) O(rganisation)

What novel begins with this first chapter: Not Dick Clark?

Waiting to Exhale (McMillan)

Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Supremes and Kim Wilde

You Keep Me Hangin' On

What is "the sweet science," according to AJ Liebling, who popularized the term?

boxing

What word for a retired professional comes from the Latin for "having earned a discharge"?

emeritus

According to the popular 1970s ad jingle, what are "ooey, gooey, rich and chew inside, tender flaky golden cakey outside"?

fig newtons

An "umiak" is a larger version of a what?

kayak

The famous "peace symbol" was designed to combine the semaphore positions for N and D. What do the N and D stand for?

nuclear disarmament

What fruit comes in these varieties: Navel and Blood?

orange(s)

What organ produces insulin and glucagon, the hormones that regulate blood sugar?

pancreas

According to Bob Dylan in "Subterranean Homesick Blues," "Don't follow leaders. Watch your--" what, instead?

parking meters

What kind of animal is the title character of Paulie?

parrot

What fruit comes in these varieties: Bartlett and Bosc?

pear(s)

What literary pickpocket's real name is Jack Dawkins?

the Artful Dodger

The title tale in the best selling children's book The Stinky Cheese Man is an updating of what classic story?

the gingerbread man

What 1979 hit was the first song featuring a marching band ever to make the Billboard Top Ten?

"Tusk" (by Fleetwood Mac)

In 1944, who was the intended assassination victim of the July 20 Plot?

(Adolf) Hitler

Max von Sydow, Donald Pleasance, and Telly Savalas--three stars of The Greatest Story Ever Told--all when on to play what film role?

(Bond foe) Ernst Stavro Blofeld

What is the only song to ever top the Hot 100 twice?

(Chubby Checker's) "The Twist"

What issue was addressed by congressmen Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley's namesake Act?

(Corporate) accounting reform (Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)

In what model of SUV is Krayzie Bone "Ridin'," according to the second verse of the 2006 Chamillionarie hit?

(Ford) Excursion

What colonel commanded the first African-American army regiment during the Civil War?

(George Bernard) Shaw

What A-list movie star was a pallbearer at his aunt Rosemary's 2002 funeral?

(George) Clooney

Who's the only US President since WWII never to have been named Time's Man of The Year?

(Gerald) Ford

What issue was addressed by congressmen Phil Gramm, Warren Rudman, and Ernest Hollings's namesake Act?

(Gramm-Rudman-Hollings) Balanced Budget (and Emergency Deficit Control act, 1985)

What composer of Symphonie Fantastique made his living as the librarian of the Paris Conservatoire?

(Hector) Berlioz

After Toyota's Corolla, what coupe introduced in 1972 is the second oldest Japanese car model still on the market?

(Honda) Civic

What issue was addressed by congressman Andrew Volstead's namesake Act?

(National) Prohibition ("Volstead" Act, 1919, enabled the 18th amendment)

What was, famously, the phone number of NYC's Hotel Pennsylvania?

(PE)6-5000

What artist's first word was lapiz, meaning pencil?

(Pablo) Picasso

What issue was addressed by congressman George Pendleton's namesake Act?

(Pendleton) Civil Service (Reform Act, 1883; stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit)

Why did The Greatest American Hero's name hurriedly change to "Ralph Hanley" in 1981?

(Ralph Hinkley's name was changed when) John Hinckley, Jr. (shot Ronald Reagan)

What issue was addressed by congressman John Sherman's namesake Act?

(Sherman) Antitrust (Act, 1890, prohibited certain business practices that reduce competition)

What issue was addressed by congressmen Reed Smoot and WC Hawley's namesake Act?

(Smoot-Hawley) Tariff (Act of 1930, raised tariffs to promote US industry, backfired)

Alicia Keys's hit "Fallin" is written in E minor, but the album title suggests it should be sung in what other key?

(Songs in) A Minor

What issue was addressed by congressman Sonny Bono's namesake Act?

(Sonny Bono) Copyright (Term Extension Act, 1998)

What NHL team is named for a WC Handy standard?

(The St. Louis) Blues

What wonder of the ancient world was destroyed by arson the same night that Alexander the Great was born?

(The Temple of) Artemis (at Ephesus)

What peninsula is located between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea?

(The) Crimea(n Peninsula)

What peninsula is located between Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean?

(The) Delmarva (Peninsula)

What novel begins with this first chapter: The Old Pyncheon Family?

(The) House of Seven Gables

Which artist had the double album Electric Ladyland?

(The) Jimi Hendrix (Experience)

According to "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore," where is Michael rowing?

(The) Jordan (River)

What peninsula is located between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea?

(The) Kamchatka (Peninsula)

What branch of the Armed Forces first popularized the phrase "gung-ho"?

(The) Marines

What had Adams, Norris, Patrick, and Smythe divisions prior to 1993?

(The) NHL

Which artist had the double album Exile on Main Street?

(The) Rolling Stones

What peninsula is located between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan?

(The) Upper Peninsula of Michigan

What peninsula is located between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea?

(The) Yucatan Peninsula

What is believed to have received its name from the Portuguese word for "simpleton?"

(The) dodo

What unknown revolutionary was, alongside "The American GI," one of only two nameless entries on Time's list of the twentieth century's most influential people?

(Tiananmen Square's) Unknown Rebel

What would you use to "Walk the Dog," "Rock the Baby," or "Pop the Clutch?"

(a) Yo-yo

Who wears an alb and a chasuble over his street clothes?

(a) clergyman

What is a female donkey called?

(a) ginny (or jenny)

What would you find between the scute-covered carapace and the plastron?

(a) turtle (or tortoise)

What extra letter did Dan Quayle add to the word "potato" when he misspelled it in 1992?

(an) e

What did Tommie Smith and John Carlos do to make headlines in 1968?

(gave a) black power salute (on the Olympic medal stand)

What were the surprisingly obedient subjects asked to do in Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiments on authority?

(give) electric shock(s to other people)

What does the protagonist of "The Gift of the Magi" sell to buy a watch fob?

(her) hair

"Shepherd moons" in the solar system, such as Prometheus and Pandora, are so called because the help shape what?

(planetary) rings

What are divided by Botts' dots?

(street) lanes

Why was Ross Rebagliati temporarily stripped of his snowboarding gold at the 1998 Olympics?

(tested positive for) marijuana

The "Mohorovicic discontinuity" divides what?

(the earth's) crust and mantle

Ironically, German shepherds now do the rescue work at what historic Alpine hospice?

(the hospice of) S(ain)t Bernard

Who receives 554 red roses on the first Saturday of every May?

(the winner of the) Kentucky Derby

Which SEC college football team uses an elephant as its mascot?

(the) Alabama Crimson Tide

In 1960, what craft reached the lowest point on the sea floor, a feat that hasn't been repeated with a manned craft since?

(the) Bathyscape Trieste

The Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver were the three ships on which what famous event from American History occurred?

(the) Boston Tea Party

What famous 1963 heist was masterminded by Bruce Reynolds, author of The Autobiography of a Thief?

(the) Great Train Robbery

In 2002, the NFL created the AFC and NFC South divisions. Which of their eight teams actually plays its home games to the north of its two "North" division counterparts?

(the) Indianapolis Colts

In addition to the Queen of spades, what's the diamond card in a "pinochle" hand?

(the) Jack of diamonds

In 1886, Karl Benz patents the first gas-powered automobile, calling it what?

(the) Motorwagen

What was the first expansion team to win a World Series?

(the) New York Mets

From 1968 on, what group used the so-called Southern strategy?

(the) Republican Party

What is the Jules Rimet Trophy, which was stolen in England in 1966?

(the) World Cup (trophy)

Which chess piece was originally called "the elephant"?

(the) bishop

How many band members were there in Iron & Wine?

1

What's the EU equivalent of our 911 emergency number?

112

What year was Guy Fawkes tried and executed for the Gunpowder Plot?

1606

What year's Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham, NC?

1942 (after Pearl Harbor)

How many band members were there in the Eurythmics?

2

Into how many numbered sections is a dartboard divided?

20

How many band members were there in Green Day?

3

On what PBS TV show did the Bloodhound Gang solve mysteries?

3 2 1 Contact

What TV series is about this show: The Girlie Show?

30 Rock

What line of latitude was chose as the boundary between North and South Korea after World War II?

38th Parallel

How many band members were there in Led Zepplin?

4

How many band members were there in The Dave Matthews Band?

5

How many band members were there in Toto?

6

How many band members were there in Madness?

7

How many band members were there in UB40?

8

How many band members were there in Slipknot?

9

What novel begins with this first chapter: Marley's Ghost?

A Christmas Carol

First film with Dolby sound?

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

What Sergio Leone "spaghetti western" is a remake of Kurosawa's Yojimbo?

A Fistfull of Dollars

In what does a character appropriately named Bottom get an ass's head?

A Midsummer Night's Dream

What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bertolini?

A Room With a View (Forster)

What foursome--two people, an insect, and a Freudian construct--ask to be entertained in Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit?

A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, a libido

Who "discovered" New Zealand?

Abel Tasman (Dutch, 1642)

What movie is narrated by Jack Nicholson's "Dear Ndugu" letters to a Tanzanian boy he's sponsoring

About Schmidt

What country was invaded in Operation Enduring Freedom?

Afghanistan

In 1973, who left her husband, producer Robert Evans, to marry her costar Steve McQueen?

Ali MacGraw

Who's the younger sister of Lindsay Lohan?

Aliana

Who complained that his most famous book had been given then "more reverent" title "A Cynic's Word Book" by his publisher?

Ambrose Bierce

What Oscar-winning Best Picture is named for a type of rose?

American Beauty

Last names instead of first names: Jones 'n' Brown

Amos 'n' Andy

Who was the first Italian American to serve on the Supreme Court?

Antonin Scalia

What craftsman used willow, spruce, and maple woods to make the "Christian Hammer," which sold for auction for a record $3.5 million in 2006?

Antonio Stradivarius

The 1991 doc Hearts of Darkness follows what movie's chaotic production?

Apocalypse Now

Who both married and directed Arsinee Khanjian?

Atom Egoyan

Give the missing last member: Clotho, Lachesis, and...

Atropos (the moirai, or Fates)

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Italy and Slovakia?

Austria

Who replaced John Paxson as Chicago Bulls point guard and was later replaced by him as the Bull's general manager? (Two initial names)

B. J. Armstrong

Who married his own cousin Celeste in an elaborate 1931 ceremony?

Babar

Who, in 1964, was the first-ever Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover girl?

Babette March

What Black Forest town was called "Aurelia Aquensis" by the Romans?

Baden-Baden

Give the missing last member: Gaspar, Melchoir, and...

Balthasar (Magi)

From Hairspray: "Good Morning _____"

Baltimore

Which Flintstones character apparently possessed superhuman strength as a toddler but never as an adult?

Bam(m-)Bam(m)

In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Faline?

Bambi

Which company merged with JP Morgan Chase?

Bank One

Who has been called the first victim of the "Madden curse," due to his abrupt 1999 retirement?

Barry Sanders

Who "discovered" The Cape of Good Hope

Bartolomeu Dias (Portuguese, 1488)

What black stone is the most common volcanic rock on Earth?

Basalt

Whom did unknown golfer Jack Fleck beat in an 18-hole playoff to win the 1955 US Open?

Ben Hogan

After his death, who was hung upside down from an Esso filling station in Milan's Piazzale Loreto?

Benito Mussolini

Who killed the literary character Grendel?

Beowulf

Which core Flintstones cast member was absent from Flintstone vitamins until 1996?

Betty (Rubble)

What well-known children's author finally won a Newbery Medal in 1984 for Dear Mr. Henshaw?

Beverly Cleary

Whom did George Steinbrenner hire and fire five separate times?

Billy Martin

What color is the supposedly cursed Hope Diamond?

Blue

What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by The Coppertone girl, in the original ad?

Blue

Last names instead of first names: Sanders & Sanders & Henderson & Henderson

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Which artist had the double album Self Portrait?

Bob Dylan

With what metal band did Ice-T record the controversial "Cop Killer"?

Body Count

Last names instead of first names: Parker and Barrow

Bonnie and Clyde

First use of Steadicam in film?

Bound for Glory (1976)

In 1988, who became the only male figure skater ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?

Brain Boitano

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Uruguay and Venezuela?

Brazil

What TV actor recorded an album of pop standards appropriately titled Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back?

Brent Spiner

Who both married and directed Nancy Allen?

Brian De Palma

What novel begins with this first chapter: January: An Exceptionally Bad Start?

Bridget Jones's Diary (Fielding)

First use of "gay" as slang term in film?

Bringing up Baby (1938)

Who has had a record fourteen videos retired from MTV's Total Request Live countdown?

Britney Spears

What is Charlie's last name in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

Bucket

Rupert Giles was the librarian-mentor on what TV hit?

Buffy (the Vampire Slayer)

What battle in American history was the origin of the famous quote "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes?"

Bunker Hill

What company's famous plaid pattern is called "novacheck"?

Burberry

What 42-to-1 underdog KO'd Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990?

Buster Douglas

First film of the 3-D boom?

Bwana Devil (1952)

First scheduled in-flight movie?

By Love Possessed (1961)

According to the four experts on women in the movie Say Anything, why are the hanging out alone at the Gas 'n Sip on a Saturday night?

By choice, man!

On TV's Get Smart, what organization did Maxwell Smart work for?

CONTROL

On TV's 24, what organization did operative Jack Bauer work for?

CTU

What Shirley MacLaine movie did Khrushchev call "depraved" and "pornographic" when he visited the set in 1960?

Can-Can

What nation's only female leader has been Kim Campbell?

Canada

What horror movie title character will appear if you chant his name five times in a mirror?

Candyman

What is the easternmost point of the Outer Banks?

Cape Hatteras

What style of pants is named for an island in the Gulf of Naples?

Capri

Whose album Some Hearts is the fastest-selling debut in country history, having gone five times platinum by 2007?

Carrie Underwood

In 1982, what tiny Hawaii Division II school somehow beat Ralph Sampson's number one Virginia Cavaliers?

Chaminade

What suburb of Paris produced the silk lace later made famous by the Big Bopper?

Chantilly

What famous figure becomes an anti-Semitic US president in Philip Roth's alternate-history novel The Plot Against America?

Charles Lindbergh

Who was Time Magazine's first Man of the Year in 1928?

Charles Lindbergh

Whose 1957 killing spree began with the murder of Lincoln Nebraska gas station attendant Robert Colvert?

Charles Starkweather

Who was famously named for a Joni Mitchell song covered by Judy Collins in 1969?

Chelsea Clinton (Chelsea Morning)

What nation's only female leader has been Michelle Bachelet?

Chile

What nation was forced to sign the Boxer protocol in 1901?

China

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Tajikistan and Russia?

China

What mythical Guns N' Roses album has been repeatedly delayed since 2002?

Chinese Democracy

What was the only children's story ever published by James Bond creator Ian Fleming?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

For what famous son is Genoa's airport named?

Christopher Columbus

What 1985 movie takes place at the Sunny Shores retirement home?

Cocoon

At what nation does Panama attach onto South America?

Colombia

Who opened his first restaurant in the front room of his Corbin, KY service station in 1930?

Colonel Harland Sanders

Dutch-born Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk was Elvis Presley's longtime manager, better known by this name

Colonel Tom Parker

Deuteranopia, or Daltonism, is one of the most common varieties of what condition?

Color blindness

The title of the song "Kumbaya" is actually a distortion of what three-word phrase?

Come by here

Whose unusual first name is derived from an Italian musical term for "with sweetness"?

Condoleezza Rice

What semolina product is used to make the Moroccan dessert seffa?

Couscous

Which artist had the double album Wheels of Fire?

Cream

Give the missing last member: Triassic, Jurassic, and...

Cretaceous (Mesozoic era)

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Slovenia and Bosnia?

Croatia

What style of "Dirty South" hip-hop was pioneered by Atlanta rapper Lil Jon?

Crunk

In 1905, the largest rough diamond ever discovered, weighing in at 3100 carats, was found in South Africa--what is its name?

Cullinan

The Captain Underpants books take place at Jerome Horwtiz Elementary School. Jerome Horwitz is the real name of what comedian?

Curly Howard

What country overthrew its authoritarian regime via the bloodless "Velvet Revolution?"

Czechoslovakia

Who got his beloved New Mexico ranch in exchange for the original manuscript of his novel Sons and Lovers?

D. H. Lawrence

What chain introduced the "Blizzard" in 1985?

Dairy Queen

Who's the younger sister of Kylie Minogue?

Dannii

For his tenacity, nineteenth century biologist Thomas Huxley was named whose "bull dog"?

Darwin's

Who created "the Chipmunks"?

David Seville (real name, Ross Bagdasarian)

What was the last name of the two brothers who discovered diamonds on their farm, Vooruitzigt, in 1870?

De Beers

Excepting Alaska and Louisiana, what U.S. state is divided into the fewest counties, with only three?

Delaware

What inspirational poem of 1927 ends, "Be cheerful. Strive to be happy"?

Desiderata

Last names instead of first names: Finklestein & Montgomery

Dharma & Greg

Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" first appeared on what movie's soundtrack?

Do The Right Thing

Dollar, Budget, or Enterprise--Thrifty Car Rental merged with what other discount car rental agency in 1990?

Dollar

What mountain pass is today named for the Illinois farmer whose family was trapped there in a 1846 snowstorm?

Donner Pass

What was Doogie Howser, MD's real first name?

Douglas

In 1967, who was the first person to be cryonically frozen?

Dr. James Bedford

What novel begins with this first chapter: Jonathan Harker's Journal?

Dracula

What band recorded the only James Bond theme song to become a Billboard number one?

Duran Duran

Who collaborated with James Thurber on Is Sex Necessary? before turning to more family-friendly books? (Two initial names)

E. B. White

Who published his last novel, A Passage to India, in 1924, thought he lived 46 more years?

EM Forster

Who started the Colt's Super Bowl III loss to the Jets, while Johnny Unitas sat on the sidelines?

Earl Morrall

What Hall of Famer is the only person to play as a Brave in Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta?

Eddie Matthews

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was the last film of what legendary costume designer?

Edith Head

What was the name of Henry Ford's only son?

Edsel

Who wins the Hundred Acre Wood's first Poohsticks competition?

Eeyore

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Israel and Libya?

Egypt

What magazine gives out the Style Awards every October?

Elle

Who are Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee?

Ellery Queen

Whose song "Clubland" begins his 1981 album Trust?

Elvis Costello

What was Jane Austen's last novel, on which the film Clueless was loosely based?

Emma

What's Cartman's first name on South Park

Eric

What Law & Order: CI regular wrote and starred in the play Talk Radio?

Eric Bogosian

What goddess started the Trojan War in a fit of pique, having not been invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis?

Eris (Discord)

What was "Che" Guevara's real first name?

Ernesto

What's the name of the head elf in charge of baking Keebler cookies?

Ernie

Who killed the literary character Vladimir Lensky?

Eugene Onegin

Who joined Alicia Keys on the 2002 hit "Gangsta Lovin"?

Eve

What two words begin the title of every episode of Chris Rock's CW sitcom?

Everybody Hates

What TV series is about this show: When the Whistle Blows?

Extras

What incendiary novel is divided into three sections: "The Hearth and the Salamander," "The Sieve and the Sand,", and "Burning Bright"?

Fahrenheit 451

Who both married and directed Giulietta Masina?

Federico Fellini

Who "discovered" Tierra del Fuego?

Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese/Spanish, 1520)

In what movie does Ray Liotta play a ghost?

Field of Dreams

What nation did the US hockey team beat in the finals of its improbable ("miracle") gold medal run at Lake Placid in 1980?

Finland

How many "fab" makeover artists hosted Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy?

Five

What novel begins with this first chapter: progris report 1 martch 5, 1965

Flowers for Algernon

What's the name for the diamond-shaped "soft spots" on the skull of a newborn?

Fontanelles

Which artist had the double album In Your Honor?

Foo Fighters

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Belgium and Spain?

France

What son of Italian immigrants received a 1953 patent for his invention, the "Model A Ice Resurfacer"

Frank Zamboni

Which artist had the double album Tinsel Town Rebellion?

Frank Zappa

Who killed the literary character Elizabeth Lavenza?

Frankenstein('s monster)

Who is the only Zanzibari in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Freddie Mercury (Queen)

Who won an Oscar for portraying musical prodigy David Helfgott?

Geoffrey Rush (Shine)

Who defeated Tom Bradley twice in California gubernatorial elections?

George Deukmejian

Who killed the literary character Lennie Small?

George Milton (of Mice and Men)

Who killed the literary character Jay Gatsby?

George Wilson

What nation's only female leader has been Angela Merkel?

Germany

The first two times two different versions of a song hit number 1, the same songwriting team was responsible. Who were they?

Gerry Goffin and Carole King ("Go Away Little Girl" and "Do the Loco-motion")

What English word comes from the name of a hot spring in Iceland's Haukadalur valley?

Geyser

In what movie does Vincent Schiavelli play a ghost?

Ghost

Who "discovered" New York Harbor?

Giovanni Da Verrazzano (Italian, 1524)

Name the two-time number one song sung by both Steve Lawrence and Donny Osmond

Go Away Little Girl

Why have owners of the phone number 776-2323 received hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God?

God's number (in Bruce Almighty)

Who was Mayberry's gas station attendant until he got his own sitcom in 1964?

Gomer Pyle

Who's the all-time leading scorer in NHL All-Star Game history, with 17 points in just eleven games?

Gordie Howe

What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Borat?

Green

Who set most of his most famous book in the year 802,701 AD? (Two initial names)

H. G. Wells

What Cthulhu creator was a child prodigy who recited poetry at age two and composed a verse retelling of the Odyssey at seven?

HP Lovecraft

In what movie does Paul Scofield play a ghost?

Hamlet

Who killed the literary character Polonius?

Hamlet

In the Bible, who is the mother of the prophet Samuel?

Hannah

Surus ("the Syrian"), who had a broken tusk, was the standout among whose elephants?

Hannibal

According to his best seller, what word inspired Chris Gardner when he saw it misspelled in a Bay Area day care center in 1981

Happyness

Last names instead of first names: Chasen and Chardin

Harold and Maude

First "Director's Cut"?

Heaven's Gate (1980)

What's the pen name of Kiah Michelle Cruse, who inherited her mother's helpful hints column in 1977?

Heloise

In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Megara?

Hercules

In 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters (then the Giles Post American Legion) played, and lost, their very first game; whom against?

Hinckley (Illinois) Merchants

What event inspired Herbert Morrison's famous quote, "Oh, the humanity!"?

Hindenburg (explosion)

What TV series is about this show: Tool Time?

Home Improvement

What port's name comes from the Cantonese for "fragrant harbor"?

Hong Kong

What Rolling Stones hit begins appropriately, on the album version, with the sound of car horns?

Honky Tonk Woman (Country Honk)

What 1994 documentary focused on Chicago high school students William Gates and Arthur Agee?

Hoop Dreams

Last names instead of first names: Shanowski & Fairfield

Hope & Faith

Whose estate was disputed in the "Mormon will" belonging to Utah gas station operator Melvin Dummar?

Howard Hughes

In 2006, 7-Eleven ended its twenty-year association with Citgo, in part, it claimed , because of the comments of what world leader?

Hugo Chavez

What narrator of a 1955 novel marries Charlotte Haze for ulterior motives?

Humbert Humbert

Who killed the literary character Clare Quilty?

Humbert Humbert

Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey

I'll Be There

Which Monkees number one hit was written by a young Neil Diamond?

I'm a Believer

What TV catchphrase was first utter, in 1990, by retired nurse Edith Fore, portraying "Mrs. Fletcher"?

I've fallen and I can't get up

What website began with a 1989 Usenet post called "Those Eyes," listing actresses with beautiful eyes?

IMDb

On TV's Mission: Impossible, what organization did Jim Phelps work for?

IMF

What author's Jamaican estate was called Goldeneye?

Ian Fleming

What novel begins with this first chapter: The Last to See Them Alive?

In Cold Blood

What nation's only female leader has been Indira Gandhi?

India

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Pakistan and Bangladesh?

India

What issue was addressed by congressman Henry Dawes's namesake Act?

Indian land (surveyed and divided into allotments for individual Indians, 1887)

First American film nudity?

Inspiration (1915)

What Amish country village in Pennsylvania, where Witness was filmed, is a frequent victim of street-sign theft?

Intercourse

What actress is the daughter of the Scottish singer Donovan?

Ione Skye

Mohammed Khatami is both a former national librarian and a former president of what nation?

Iran

What nation's only female leader has been Golda Meir?

Israel

First film to sweep the five major Oscars?

It Happened One Night (1934)

In 1797, the Cispadane Republic adopted a flag which is what country's national flag today?

Italy

What then-struggling English teacher did Portuguese TV journalist Jorge Arantes divorce in 1993 (Two initial names)

J. K. Rowling

What playwright's friendship with Sylvia Llewelyn-Davies' family inspired a 2004 movie? (Two initial names)

J. M. Barrie

What Michigan pathologist invented the Thanatron and the Mercitron?

Jack Kevorkian

The name of what 19th century parson and avid hunter is still remembered today thanks to his beloved pet terrier Trump?

Jack Russell

What ominous signature first appeared at the bottom of the "Dear Boss" letter of September 25, 1888?

Jack the Ripper

Who "discovered" The St. Lawrence River?

Jacques Cartier (French, 1534)

What nation's only female leader has been Portia Simpson-Miller?

Jamaica

What lagoon south of Queens, NY, is named for a local Indian tribe and has nothing to do with the Caribbean?

Jamaica Bay

Who retired from the screen after 1961's One, Two, Three, except for a brief return in 1981's Ragtime, ironically playing a police commissioner?

James Cagney

Who both married and directed Linda Hamilton?

James Cameron

What former Civil War general became the only man to serve as US senator for three different states?

James Shields (illinois, Minnesota, and Missouri)

Who's the younger sister of Britney Spears?

Jamie Lynn

Who both married and directed Anna Karina?

Jean-Luc Goddard

What actor founded the Purple Rose Theater Company in his native Michigan?

Jeff Daniels (star of The Purple Rose of Cairo)

In Tommy Tutone's song, who lives at 867-5309?

Jenny

Who's the only Playboy Playmate of the year also to make the cover of Rolling Stone?

Jenny McCarthy

What founder of Utilitarianism could read Latin and Greek at age five and went to Oxford at twelve?

Jeremy Bentham

From Jesus Christ Superstar: "Poor _____"

Jerusalem

What actress has lived with playwright Sam Shepard for more than 25 years?

Jessica Lange

Who founded the "People's Temple" in 1955?

Jim Jones

Alan Shepard was scheduled to command the ill-fated Apollo 13 before switching missions with what astronaut?

Jim Lovell

What coach famously ran up and down the sidelines in disbelief after his team edged Houston in the 1983 NCAA Finals?

Jim Valvano

In Airplane!, Barbara "June Cleaver" Billingsley proves to be fluent in what language?

Jive

What Three Faces of Eve star got the first star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame?

Joanne Woodward

Who both married and directed Frances McDormand?

Joel Cohen

Who both married and directed Gena Rowlands?

John Cassavets

Who was president when Congress passed the first Clean Air Act?

John F. Kennedy

Who "discovered" Lake Victoria?

John Speke (English, 1856)

What real-life blind librarian was the basis for Jorge of Burgos, the blind librarian in Umberto Eco's The Name of The Rose?

Jorge Luis Borges

Give the missing last member: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and...

Jose Carreras (the Three Tenors)

Greenwich Village's 1969 Stonewall riots took place just hours after what gay icon's funeral?

Judy Garland

Who was married five times, though she had children only with her second husband and her third, Sid Luft?

Judy Garland

What novel begins with this first chapter: The Bite of the Raptor?

Jurassic Park

Whose look-alike archenemy was named KARR?

KITT('s) (Knight Rider)

Last names instead of first names: McCardle & Lowell

Kate & Allie

Who spoke in his native Amerinian, not Kazakh, while playing Azamat in the Borat films?

Ken Davitian

Who both married and directed Emma Thompson?

Kenneth Branagh

Who was stabbed on the sidewalk outside her Queens apartment in 1964, though her neighbors didn't report the incident for half and hour?

Kitty Genovese

What city requested area code 865, spelling "VOL," when it was split off from area code 423

Knoxville (home of the Tennessee Volunteers)

What book is divided into 114 chapters called "suras"?

Koran

In what "Kounty" were the antics on Hee Haw set?

Kornfield Kounty

What issue was addressed by congressmen Robert Taft and Fred A. Hartley's namesake Act?

Labor (Management Relations Act, 1947, reduced effective power of labor) unions

Name the two-time number one song sung by both LaBelle and Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, & Pink

Lady Marmalade

What Tennessee politician always ran for office in a trademark red-and-black plaid shirt?

Lamar Alexander

What Suns forward beat out Dr. J, Dominique, and Clyde Drexler to win the NBA's first Slam Dunk Contest?

Larry Nance

Last names instead of first names: DeFazio & Feeney

Laverne & Shirley

Who is Martha talking about when she tells Jesus, "Lord, by this time he stinketh," in John 11?

Lazarus

At just twenty-one, who became the youngest MVP in NBA All-Star Game history?

LeBron James

Name the two-time number one song sung by both Bill Withers and Club Nouveau

Lean on Me

What Jim Carrey movie featured the screen debut of Cheri Oteri?

Liar Liar

First all-sound film?

Lights of New York (1928)

What playwright inspired her lover Dashiell Hammett's character Nora Charles?

Lillian Hellman

Who appropriately spelled their 2005 greatest hits collection Greatest Hitz?

Limp Bizkit

From Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: "A Little Girl from _____"

Little Rock

What famous structure was transplanted to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, in 1971?

London Bridge

What novel begins with this first chapter: The Sound of the Shell?

Lord of the Flies

First film edited digitally, via Avid?

Lost in Yonkers (1993)

What 1963 song led to a thirty-one-month FBI investigation into supposed obscenities hidden in its unintelligible lyrics?

Louie Louie

What stadium hosted college football's Sugar Bowl from 1975 to 2005?

Louisana (Superdome)

What city is home to the Big Bat, a 120-foot-tall steel replica of Babe Ruth's baseball bat?

Louisville (Kentucky)

In what city was Cassius Clay born in 1942?

Louisville, Kentucky (The Louisville Lip)

What Alban Berg opera is based on the same play as the classic Louise Brooks movie Pandora's Box?

Lulu

Who has performed marriages for both Corey Feldman and Vince Neil? (Two initial names)

M. C. Hammer

WC Heinz and Richard Hornberger used the pen name "Richard Hooker" to write what Korean War Novel?

MASH

Which company merged with Verizon?

MCI

What 1997 megahit asks, "When you get old and start losing your hair, can you tell me who will still care?"

MMMBob

What famous wax sculptor made the death mask of Marie Antoinette?

Madame (Marie) Tussaud

In what 1986 film does Brian Cox portray "Hannibal Lecktor (sic)?"

Manhunter

Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks's "Silent Movie"?

Marcel Marceau

What famous fictional librarian's last name was Paroo?

Marian the Librarian (the Music Man)

Where did the Beagle 2 crash and disappear on Christmas Day 2003?

Mars

What entrepreneur did Cybill Shepherd portray in 2003 and 2005 movies?

Martha Stewart

What Oscar winner for Ed Wood turned down the role of Spock on Star Trek?

Martin Landau

What legendary director-to-be was one of the editors of 1970's Woodstock?

Martin Scorsese

What Margate City, New Jersey, housing area has been misspelled on the Monopoly board for almost eighty years?

Marven (Marvin) Gardens

Who missed out on an Olympic gold medal in 1984 after her famous collision with Zola Budd during the 3,000 meter final?

Mary Decker (Slaney)

What 1950s Kikuyu uprising helped end British rule in Kenya?

Mau Mau

Who read the poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at Bill Clinton's first inauguration?

Maya Angelou

Which company merged with Boeing?

McDonnell Douglas

In what city would you find the famous black stone called the al-Hajar-ul-Asward?

Mecca

Who produced the movie "The Elephant Man", casting his wife in a lead role and hiring director David Lynch, but insisted on going without screen credit to avoid confusing audiences?

Mel Brooks

What 1995 album did Billy Corgan describe as "the Wall for Generation X"?

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The first name of the inventor of the Dewey Decimal System was what famous author's last name

Melville

In what country was the last original Volkswagen Beetle produced, in July 2003?

Mexico

The Beatle's "Dear Prudence" is named for the sister of what actress, who didn't enjoy her stay in Rishikesh, India?

Mia Farrow

What thirteen-year-old became the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA event in 2002?

Michelle Wie

What's the only college football team whose home stadium is larger than Penn State's Beaver Stadium?

Michigan

What owner-bartender of Chicago's Lone Star Saloon was famous for his drug-laced drinks?

Mickey Finn

Which artist had the double album Bitches Brew?

Miles Davis

What Hershey's candy is so named because the original manufacturing process couldn't produce the perfectly round candies the company wanted?

Milk Duds

The Carboniferous period, 300 million years ago, is divided into two epochs with the names of US states. What two states?

Mississippi, Pennsylvania

What storm name was retired and replaced by "Matthew" after the deadliest hurricane in recorded history, in 1998?

Mitch

What modern-day conglomerate built the Zero fighter planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor?

Mitsubishi

Who killed the literary character Captain Ahab?

Moby Dick

Jefferson Davis was sworn in as Confederate president on the steps of what city's state capitol?

Montgomery, Alabama

What city's summer olympics had the beaver Amik as their mascot?

Montreal

What was Bill Clinton's answer to the infamous underwear question seventeen-year-old Laetita Thompson asked him at a 1994 Rock the Vote event?

Mostly briefs

What magazine gives out the "Golden Calipers" to its Car of the Year winner?

Motor Trend

What longtime world leader has retained the rank of colonel rather than promoting himself--to demonstrate, he says, the rule of the people in his country?

Muammar Qaddifi

Who was known to his Meccan customers as "al-Amin," "the trustworthy one"?

Muhammad

In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Captain Li?

Mulan

Name either of the two LA area streets mentioned in the lyrics of Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'"?

Mulholland Drive or Ventura Boulevard

On what REM debut album would you find their song "Radio Free Europe?"

Murmur

What TV series is about this show: FYI?

Murphy Brown

What discoverer of quarks entered Yale at the age of fifteen?

Murray Gell-Mann

Who won two Emmys for Lou Grant before HBO returned her to stardom in 1999?

Nancy Marchand (The Sopranos)

In the Bible, whose daughter-in-law Orpah is the source for Oprah Winfrey's misspelled name?

Naomi

What language is spoken in the Pacific capital city of Yaren?

Nauruan

In what state could you visit the Black Rock Desert?

Nevada

For what film did Robert De Niro learn to play the saxophone?

New York, New York

What nation is divided in two by the Cook Strait?

New Zealand

What nation's only female leader has been Violeta Chamorro?

Nicaragua

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Costa Rica and Honduras?

Nicaragua

Who's the younger sister of Paris Hilton?

Nicky

What sitcom lost both Selma Diamond and her replacement, Florence Halop, to lung cancer?

Night Court

Which artist had the double album The Fragile?

Nine Inch Nails

Give the missing last member: Wynken, Blyken, and...

Nod (Eugene Field poem)

What two words appear in the original recording of "Candle in the Wind" where "England's rose" appear in the 1997 version?

Norma Jean

Ten of the sixteen countries of which Queen Elizabeth II is head of state are found in what continent?

North America

What nation refers to its current dictator as "Dear Leader"?

North Korea

WC Minor, a murderer and schizophrenic, spent the last decades of his life in a lunatic asylum writing hundreds of entries for what reference work?

O(xford) E(nglish) D(ictionary)

What running back won the biggest landslide in Heisman voting history, beating Leroy Keyes of Purdue by 1,750 points? (Two initial names)

O. J. Simpson

On which Hawaiian island would you find Diamond Head?

Oahu

What product did Herbert Lapidus invent in 1974 by impregnating latex rubber with coconut charcoal?

Odor Eaters (insoles)

Give the missing last member: Kukla, Fran, and...

Ollie (TV puppet show in the 50s)

007 has been wearing a Swatch since 1995, when what upscale Swatch brand became the official wristwatch of the James Bond films?

Omega

What cloud of comets, out beyond Pluto, was named for a twentieth-century Dutch astronomer?

Oort cloud

What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Halle Berry, in Die Another Day?

Orange

Name one of the two US states in which it's illegal to pump your own gas

Oregon (or New Jersey)

Last names instead of first names: Hopkins and Leplastrier

Oscar and Lucinda

What did Colonel Potter typically call Father Mulcahy on MASH?

Padre

What territorial capital is located beneath Mount Alava on the island of Tutuila?

Pago Pago (American Samoa)

What nation's only female leader has been Benazir Bhutto?

Pakistan

Kiribati, Tuvalu, or Palau--in 1994, what tiny Pacific nation became the last UN Trust Territory to gain independence?

Palau

What holy day celebrates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey?

Palm Sunday

Give the missing last member: Emerson, Lake, and...

Palmer

What country was invaded in Operation Just Cause?

Panama

What book begins, "Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit/ Of that forbidden tree"?

Paradise Lost

Which company merged with Viacom?

Paramount

Who both married and directed Joanne Woodward?

Paul Newman

What's the dominant fruit flavoring in Southern Comfort?

Peach (also contains orange)

What late-breaking news story kicked Dumbo off the cover of Time magazine six weeks after the elephant cartoon's release?

Pearl Harbor

Who "discovered" Brazil?

Pedro Cabral (Portuguese, 1500)

What mythological creature was the longtime mascot of Mobil gas?

Pegasus

What proper name is spelled unusually, with a single 'n' both on the Liberty Bell and in the US Constitution?

Pennsylvania

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Ecuador and Bolivia?

Peru

Who cowrote both "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" and "If I Had a Hammer"?

Pete Seeger

What was the hometown of WC Fields, which he joked he wanted to put on his tombstone?

Philadelphia

What detective would have made his eighth appearance in Raymond Chandler's unfinished novel Poodle Springs?

Philip Marlowe

What TV character's trademark song was "Smelly Cat"?

Phoebe Buffay (from Friends)

What song, Status Quo's biggest hit ever, was originally intended as the B-side of the long-forgotten "Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe"

Pictures of Matchstick Men

What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Cheryl Tiegs, in the ubiquitous 1978 poster?

Pink

First New York Times movie review?

Pippa Passes (1909)

What English dynasty collapsed into the Wars of the Roses?

Plantagenets (Tudor dynasty founded)

Name the two-time number one song sung by both The Marvelettes and the Carpenters

Please Mr. Postman

In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named John Smith?

Pocahontas

What city at the intersection of I-5 and I-84 is home to America's most courteous drivers, according to a 2007 study?

Portland(, OR)

Which artist had the double album Sign o' the Times?

Prince

What fictional character married his wife, Queen Aleta of the Misty Isles, during the sack of Rome in 450 AD?

Prince Valiant

What issue was addressed by congressman James Robert Mann's namesake Act?

Prostitution and human trafficking (White-Slave Traffic Act, 1910)

What movie is divided into chapters bearing title cards that include "The Gold Watch" and "The Bonnie Situation"?

Pulp Fiction

In 1893, who became the first woman to appear on a US postage stamp?

Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)

What actor and former SNL cast member voiced the "hip" animated Colonel Sanders in recent KFC commercials?

Randy Quaid

What kind of trust is a REIT?

Real estate (investment)

Alfred Hitchcock famously never won a Best Director Oscar, but he did direct one Best Picture. What movie?

Rebecca

What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Phoebe Cates, in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?

Red

First PG-13 rated film?

Red Dawn (1984)

Who killed the literary character Richard Cory?

Richard Cory (himself)

What two Republicans are the only US presidents ever to serve a full eight years as vice president as well?

Richard Nixon and George W. Bush

The Good Shepherd, about the founding of the CIA, was only the second movie ever directed by what legendary actor?

Robert De Niro

Whose expedition to the South Pole did Roald Amundsen's beat by more than a month?

Robert Scott

Who both married and directed Ingrid Bergman?

Roberto Rossellini

What fictional foreign film often referenced on Seinfeld describes "a young girl's strange, erotic journey from Milan to Minsk?"

Rochelle, Rochelle

A bronze statue of whom stands at the foot of the steps to the Philadelphia Art Museum?

Rocky Balboa

What Briton was honored by a 1994 50 pence coin depicting a pair of running legs and a stop watch?

Roger Bannister

Who's the only eligible back-to-back MVP not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Roger Maris

Who both married and directed Brigitte Bardot?

Roger Vadim

Most of Transylvania is now part of what modern-day country?

Romania

In what non-Spanish-speaking world city would you find the Spanish Steps?

Rome

Last names instead of first names: Montague and Capulet

Romeo and Juliet

Most of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry research took place at what western city, now associated with a different kind of spacecraft?

Roswell(, NM)

Who lost a toe in frostbite in 2002, two years after stealing a gold medal from undefeated Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin?

Rulon Gardner

In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job, flying the mail?

S(ain)t Louis

On TV's Alias, what organization did Sydney Bristow work for?

SD-6

Stone Temple Pilots' name was inspired by what Clorox brand's logo?

STP Motor Oil

In what city could you see the Seagull Monument at Temple Square?

Salt Lake City

What city's famous Mozart-platz memorial was donated by Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, a big fan of the composer?

Salzburg

What's the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere?

Sao Paulo

In what movie does Ian McShane play a ghost?

Scoop

What's the name of the "saber-toothed squirrel" voiced by the director in Ice Age?

Scrat

In what movie does Carol Kane play a ghost?

Scrooged

In 1989, what 59 year old became People's oldest Sexiest Man Alive?

Sean Connery

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau?

Senegal

All the numbers in titles of Michael Apted's Up documentary series are multiples of what number?

Seven

What White Stripes hit, off their album Elephant, is titled after singer Jack White's childhood name for a well-known religious organization?

Seven Nation Army (for the Salvation Army)

What songwriter of "A Boy Named Sue" also wrote the children's poems in Where the Sidewalk Ends?

Shel Silverstein

Give the missing last member: Brahma, Vishnu, and...

Shiva (the destroyer, of the Trimurti)

What movie ends by introducing a litter of five "dronkeys"?

Shrek 2

What term did journalist Don Hoefler coin in 1971 in reference to Santa Clara Valley?

Silicon Valley

Who killed the literary character Uncle Tom?

Simon Legree

What explorer wrote the famous reply poem to Christopher Marlowe's 1599 poem "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?"

Sir Walter Raleigh

For evidentiary reasons, who sued to prevent the demolition of L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel in 2004?

Sirhan Sirhan

What media company's logo is a black dog whose left eye is a five-pointed star?

Sirius (Satellite Radio)

In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Philip?

Sleeping Beauty

Who killed the literary character Fyodor Karamazov?

Smerdyakov

Who killed the literary character Albus Dumbledore

Snape

What country was invaded in Operation Restore Hope?

Somalia

What movie begins with actress Elise McKenna giving playwright Richard Collier an old pocket watch?

Somewhere in Time

Which artist had the double album Daydream Nation?

Sonic Youth

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Andorra and Portugal?

Spain

What's the only title shared by an Oscar-nominated Best Picture and an Oscar-nominated Best Documentary feature?

Spellbound

What band's album Smell the Glove was released with an all-black cover because Polymer records and retailers balked at the misogynistic original cover

Spinal Tap

What nation's only female leader has been Chandrika Kumaratunga?

Sri Lanka

What baseball team was the "Gashouse Gang"?

St. Louis Cardinals

What 1942-43 battle took the greatest toll in military history, with more than 1.5 million casualties due to wounds, starvation, and freezing temperatures?

Stalingrad

What's being released five times a year from January 1999 to fall 2008?

State quarters

What celebrated antiapartheid activist died in South African police custody in September 1977?

Steven Biko

Who both married and directed Kate Capshaw?

Steven Spielberg

What thirteen-year-old's 1963 hit "Fingertips" was the first live recording ever to top the pop charts?

Stevie Wonder

What company takes its name from the Japanese word for the constellation Pleiades?

Subaru

What boxer's eye injuries led to his retirement's in 1982, 1984, 1987, and 1991?

Sugar Ray Leonard

What law was passed in New York in 1908 that prevented women from smoking in public?

Sullivan Ordinance

What nation's dyslexic king Carl XVI Gustaf misspelled his own name on the accession document that gave him the throne?

Sweden

What nation is divided into 26 cantons, each of which was an independent state until 1848?

Switzerland

What 1980s icon married her second husband, contractor Roe Messner, in 1993?

Tammy Faye Bakker

Who called his elephant Tantor?

Tarzan

Albert Fall became the first US cabinet officer to serve jail time for his part in what scandal?

Teapot Dome

What president does the nutty middle brother in Arsenic and Old Lace believe himself to be?

Teddy Roosevelt

What company advises, "Trust your car to the star"?

Texaco

Which company merged with Chevron?

Texaco

What two US states border Mexico's largest state, Chihuahua?

Texas and New Mexico

What country's highest decoration is the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant?

Thailand

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Burma and Malaysia?

Thailand

What holiday is the setting for the novel and the film The Ice Storm?

Thanksgiving

What care lost 96 percent of its sales in the four years following the publication of Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed?

The (Chevrolet) Corvair

From 1995 almost until it was discontinued in 2004, what was the only US car model to share its name with an element of the periodic table?

The (Dodge/Plymouth) Neon

What novel begins "Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted... persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot"?

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

What novel's events are kicked off when Countess Ellen Olenska is snubbed by New York society?

The Age of Innocence

The US's first successful ICBM was what rocket named for a Titan of Greek myth, later used to launch John Glenn into orbit?

The Atlas (A)

Give the missing last member: The Bad News Bears, Breaking Training, and...

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

The "crawlers" are the predators in what 2005 horror film?

The Descent

What TV series is about this show: The Alan Brady Show?

The Dick Van Dyke Show

What Islamic shrine is today built on Jersualem's Temple mount?

The Dome of the Rock

What TV family lived at Southfork Ranch?

The Ewings (Dallas)

Almost since its 1961 inception, what has humbly billed itself as "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine?"

The Fantastic Four

In what movie does Rex Harrison play a ghost?

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Esmerelda?

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

First studio film with a black director?

The Learning Tree (1969)

In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Nala

The Lion King

In which Disney cartoon is the title character's love interest named Prince Erik?

The Little Mermaid

Name the two-time number one song sung by both Little Eva and Grand Funk

The Loco-motion

What novel begins with this first chapter: Spade & Archer?

The Maltese Falcon

With over 5.3 million sold since 1959, what's by far the most successful British car of all time?

The Mini (Cooper)

What novel begins with this first chapter: In which the foot of the abbey is reached, and William demonstrates his great acumen?

The Name of The Rose

What novel begins with this first chapter: Orleanna Price?

The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)

Currently, only the queens of Spain and Belgium and the grand duchess of Luxembourg hold the privilege of wearing white when they visit whom?

The Pope

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a famous short story about "A Diamond as Beg as" what NYC landmark?

The Ritz (hotel)

What controversial novel begins with Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha falling from an exploding jetliner?

The Satanic Verses

Who killed the literary character Cock Robin?

The Sparrow

What novel begins with this first chapter: The Three Presents of D'Artagnan the Elder?

The Three Musketeers

What publication introduced Bat Boy in June 1992?

The Weekly World News

Who killed the literary character Aslan?

The White Witch

Us unveiled by the Department of Agriculture in 2005, what now was eight vertical division and a figure climbing the stairs on the left hand side?

The food pyramid (though now it's been changed to a plate)

Where will I "fear no evil," according to Psalm 23, the "Shepherd Psalm"?

The valley of the shadow of death

In what movie does Cary Grant play a ghost?

Topper

First classic film to be "colorized"?

Topper (1937)

What "hip-hopera" did R. Kelly divide into twenty-two serialized chapters?

Trapped in the Closet

Which company merged with Citicorp?

Travelers Group

After being eliminated in the last rose ceremony of ABC's first season of The Bachelor, who was brought back as the first Bachelorette?

Trista Sutter (nee Rehn)

In what movie does Alan Rickman play a ghost?

Truly, Madly, Deeply

What transmits African trypanosomiasis to humans and cattle?

Tsetse fly

Whose posthumous album Loyal to the Game was produced by Eminem?

Tupac Shakur

What nation's only female leader has been Tansu Ciller?

Turkey

What's the only nation that borders both of these countries: Kazakhstan and Iran?

Turkmenistan

What nation defeated mighty Brazil in the "Maracanazo" to win the 1950 World Cup?

Uruguay

What state is home to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument?

Utah

Between 1944 and 1945, almost 1400 of what rockets fell on London?

V2 (rocket)s

What's made from beets, carrots, celery, lettuce, parsley, spinach, tomatoes, and watercress?

V8 (juice)

Who "discovered" The mouth of the Amazon (and the Pacific Ocean)?

Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Spanish, ~1513)

From Kiss Me, Kate: "We Open in _____"

Venice

Name the two-time number one song sung by both Shocking Blue and Bananarama

Venus

What World Heritage Site is found along the Zambezi River, in Zambia's Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park?

Victoria Falls

Who both married and directed Judy Garland?

Vincente Minnelli

Who "discovered" Alaska?

Vitus Bering (Danish-born Russian, 1741)

Which company merged with NBC?

Vivendi

Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland--the Plaid Cymru party seeks independence for what country?

Wales

JJ Hunsecker, Burt Lancaster's unscrupulous character in Sweet Smell of Success, is a thinly veiled caricature of whom?

Walter Winchell

What "Good Little Witch" is Capser the Friendly Ghost's friend?

Wendy

What Devon town, named for a Charles Kingsley novel, is the only place in Britain that ends with an exclamation point?

Westward Ho!

First computer graphics in film?

Westworld (1973)

What 1972 comedy begins "Once upon a time there was a plaid overnight bag"?

What's Up, Doc?

Name the two-time number one song sung by both Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton

When a Man Loves a Woman

What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Betty Grable, in her World War II pin up?

White

Which artist had the double album Being There?

Wilco

What record-breaking pilot discovered the jet stream in his plane the Winnie Mae?

Wiley Post

Last names instead of first names: Truman & Adler

Will & Grace

Though he lived almost forty more years, Giaochino Rossini never composed another opera after what 1829 work, rarely performed today due to its six-hour length?

William Tell

The first foreign country you'll hit traveling south from Detroit is Canada. What Canadian city sits just across the Detroit River?

Windsor, Ontario

First Best Picture Oscar?

Wings (1927)

Which artist had the double album English Settlement?

XTC

What color was the iconic swimsuit worn by Bo Derek, in 10?

Yellow

Which artist had the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans?

Yes

What 1992 TV revival featured a duck wearing a Temple University sweatshirt?

You Bet Your Life (Starring temple grad Bill Cosby)

Who is pop band Fall Out Boy enjoying an Evening Out with, according to the title of their first album?

Your Girlfriend

In 2001, who gave the first concert in Oslo's Vallhall football arena?

a-ha

As mystery fans know, cyanide is often said to have the bitter aroma of what?

almonds

What kind of animal is the title character of Them!

ants

What's the Latin name for the atmospheric glow also called the "southern lights"?

aurora australis

What fruit comes in these varieties: Hass and Florida?

avocado(s)

What was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies?

banana

What are Butch and Etta riding during the "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?

bicycle(s)

What paint color was actually unavailable on the first Model Ts, though it became the only color used from 1914 to 1926?

black

What term does rapper B.G. say he wishes he'd patented when he used it for the title of his massive 1999 hit?

bling bling

The beaver is North America's largest rodent. What South American animal is the world's largest?

capybara

What is frozen to make dry ice?

carbon dioxide

What kind of animal is the title character of Oliver & Company?

cat

What fruits come in these varieties: Bing and Rainier?

cherries

What kind of animal is the title character of Finding Nemo?

clownfish

Anthracite and bituminous are two types of what mineral?

coal

Peanut butter, coffee, or roses--according to a Yale study, what's the most recognized smell among American adults?

coffee

What part of the eye changes shape during LASIK?

cornea

Give the missing last member: duty, honor, and...

country (West Point motto)

What kind of animal is the title character of The Yearling?

deer

Of the three substances that make up your teeth, enamel, dentin, and pulp, which is elephant ivory made of?

dentin

What does a "screever" do on a sidewalk?

draw

Joseph Pujol, the french entertainer known as "Le Petomane," built a whole stage act out of his virtuosity doing what?

farting

What was the first food ever frozen by Clarence Birdseye, the inventor of frozen food?

fish

Give the missing last member: liberte, egalite, and...

fraternite

What kind of animal is the title character of Mighty Joe Young?

gorilla

What fruit comes in these varieties: Muscat and Scuppernong?

grape(s)

The fruit of the rose plant shares its name with what part of the body?

hips

What kind of animal is the title character of My Friend Flicka?

horse

The space shuttle's engines run on what two supercooled liquids?

hydrogen and oxygen

Give the missing last member: executive, legislative, and...

judiciary

What Canadian singer appeared on the first cover of Entertainment Weekly? (Two initial names)

k. d. lang

What fruit comes in these varieties: Eureka and Meyer?

lemon(s)

What kind of animal is the title character of Bringing up Baby?

leopard

What Quechua word is also sometimes used to refer to a vicuna or guanaco?

llama

What is unusual about the "In God We Trust" motto on the US mints recent presidential dollar coins?

location (its on the edge of the coin)

What name is given to the dolphin fish to make it sound more appetizing on menus?

mahi mahi

What food does Richard Dreyfuss use to sculpt Devils Tower, Wyoming, in Close Encounters of the Third Kind?

mashed potatoes

What traditionally tops the meat in shepherd's pie?

mashed potatoes

What process is divided into four parts: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase?

mitosis

HO scale is the world's most popular size of what?

model railroad

What kind of animal is the title character of Dunston Checks In?

orangutan

What molecule is named for the Greek word for "smell," because of the odor associated with lightening storms?

ozone

What word comes to us from the Greek for "thick-skinned"?

pachyderm

What fruit comes in these varieties: Redhaven and Harmony?

peach(es)

What kind of animal is the title character of Babe?

pig

What fruit comes in these varieties: Damson and Mirabelle?

plum(s)

What kind of sporting event is divided into chukkas?

polo

Kirk Van Houten on The Simpsons and Monica Geller on Friends have both owned a bed shaped like what?

racecar

What was developed thanks to Christian Hulsmeyer's 1904 inventions of the "telemobiloscope"?

radar

What kind of animal is the title character of Ben?

rat

What is a young bee fed to ensure that it develops into a queen?

royal jelly

What kind of animal is the title character of Andre?

seal (played by a sea lion)

How many different types of falling pieces are there in the game Tetris?

seven

What did "Kristin Shepard" do on March 21, 1980 that sealed her TV fame?

she shot JR (Dallas)

What two chemical elements make up the mineral quartz?

silicon and oxygen

How many "dendirtes," or arms, does a typical snowflake have?

six

What, at their most difficult, are rated "Double Black Diamond" in the United States?

ski slopes

What is divided into the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum?

small intestine(s)

What philosophical belief, from the Latin for "only the self," holds that the external world doesn't exist at all?

solipsism

What fruit comes in these varieties: Redchief and Earliglow?

strawberries

Anciently, what was the job description of a "hierodule"?

temple prostitute

What two-word term is the top speed reached by a free-falling object?

terminal velocity

The Whalers, the Sabres, or the Nordiques--what team's Jim Lorentz killed a bat with his hockey stick during the infamous "Fog Game" of the 1975 Stanley Cup finals?

the (Buffalo) Sabres

In what movie does Charles Laughton play a ghost?

the Canterville Ghost

What skyscraper's exterior ornaments include radiator caps on the thirty-first floor and hood ornament eagles on the sixty first?

the Chrysler Building

What team had seven of the eight starters on the 1957 National League All-Star team, thanks to ballot stuffing?

the Cincinnati Reds

In what movie does Jake Busey play a ghost?

the Frighteners

What college football contest is fought between the Kai and Aina squads?

the Hula Bowl

Pablo Picasso was one of the suspects question when what item was stolen in Paris in 1911?

the Mona Lisa

In what movie does Nicole Kidman play a ghost?

the Others

In what movie does Daveigh Chase play a ghost?

the Ring

In what movie does Bruce WIllis play a ghost?

the Sixth Sense

Where is Jacques Plante's name misspelled five of the six times it appears?

the Stanley Cup

What term for a rocket's propulsive force is calculated by multiplying its exhaust velocity by the burn rate of its fuel?

thrust

What fruit comes in these varieties: Beefsteak and Roma?

tomato(es)

Anoura fistulata, a bat recently discovered in Ecuador, is the only mammal to have what body part measuring almost twice the animal's total length?

tongue

In Apocalypse Now, Robert Duvall says he loves the smell of napalm in the morning" because it smells like what?

victory

What fruit comes in these varieties: Chubby Gray and Jubilee?

watermelon(s)

Give the missing last member: Cyan, magenta, and...

yellow (and key!)


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