KJ's Trivia Almanac: January
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!)
