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In what year was the first James Bond film "Dr. No" released?

1962

The original Ghostbusters movie was released in June of what year?

1984

What is a group of whales called?

A pod

Which animal has the largest ears?

African elephant

The Van Gogh museum is located in what European capital city?

Amsterdam

An animal that lives part of its life on land and part in water is known as what?

An Amphibian.

Which artist created the sculpture "The Thinker"?

Auguste Rodin

The Walker Law passed in 1920 in New York was a law regulating which sport?

Boxing

Which artist is credited with developing linear perspective?

Brunelleschi

Jules Verne's fictional submarine the Nautilus is captained by which character?

Captain Nemo

Which US Holiday is celebrated on October 12th?

Columbus Day

Which United States breed of dog is commonly known as the firehouse dog?

Dalmation

Cynophobia is the fear of what kind of animal?

Dogs

And to think I saw it on Mulberry Street was the first book published by which children's author?

Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)

What is the name for a male bee that comes from an unfertilized egg?

Drone

Which American writer wrote the poem "The Raven"?

Edgar Allen Poe

Which mammal has the longest gestation period?

Elephants

Which American author wrote the novel "The Great Gatsby", published in 1922?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

A flamboyance is a group of what animal?

Flamingos

Who was the only President who served more than one term?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Who is the author of the novella "The Metamorphosis", first published in 1915?

Franz Kafka

Which French sculptor created the Statue of Liberty?

Frederic Auguste Bartholdli

In computer science, what does "GUI" stand for?

Graphical user interface

Who wrote "The Little Mermaid"?

Hans Christian Andersen

What was the name of the gorilla that was shot and killed at the Cincinnati zoo in 2016 after a three-year old boy fell into the enclosure?

Harambe

Who won the nomination of the Democratic Party to run for president in 2016?

Hilary Clinton

What is the name for the unit of measurement of power that is roughly equal to 746 watts?

Horsepower

Who was the first golfer to win the Masters Tournament two years in a row?

Jack Nicklaus

Which Irish author wrote the avant-garde comic fiction,"Finnegans Wake"?

James Joyce

Sushi is a type of cuisine that originated in what country?

Japan

What famous musician was shot by Mark David Chapman in the year 1980?

John Lennon

What famous dictator was assasinated on the Ides of March?

Julius Caesar

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Jupiter

According to Guiness World Records, which author has the most published works?

L. Ron Hubbard

War and Peace, originally published in 1869, is a novel written by which Russian author?

Leo Tolstoy

Who painted a late 15th-century mural known as the Last Supper?

Leonardo da Vinci

Formerly known as Bedloe's Island, what is the current name of the island where the Statue of Liberty is located?

Liberty Island

What is the name of the main protagonist in the Legend of Zelda series of video games?

Link

What's the name of the first pizzeria to open in the United States?

Lombardi's Pizza

What is the common term for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, a disease that causes degeneration of the brain and spinal cord in cattle?

Mad cow disease

"Being and Time" is an ontological treatise written by which German philosopher?

Martin Heidegger

Who played Batman in the 1989 Tim Burton version of the film?

Michael Keaton

The novel Don Quixote was written by which famous Spanish novelist?

Miguel de Cervantes

In Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, what's Romeo's last name?

Montague

What is the name for the Greek goddess of victory?

Nike

How many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell during his lifetime?

One, "The Red Vineyard at Arles".

In which country would you find the Panama Canal?

Panama

What is the proper term for a group of parrots?

Pandemonium

Madeira, an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean, is autonomous region of which country?

Portugal

Who was the first president of the United States to live in the White House?

President John Adams

Who painted the famous Dutch Golden age painting "The Night Watch"?

Rembrandt

Which British author wrote the popular children's novel "James and the Giant Peach"?

Roald Dahl

Who was the Spanish surrealist painter best known for his work "The Persistence of Memory"?

Salvador Dalí

Which of the traditional five senses are dolphins believed not to possess?

Smell

The llama is a domesticated camelid that is native to which continent?

South America

What animal is the symbol of the United States democratic party?

The Donkey

Quasimodo is a fictional character from what novel?

The Hunchback of Notre-Dam

The ancient Greek statue Ahprodite of Milo, better known as Venus de Milo, is currently on display in what museum?

The Louvre, in Paris, France

What was the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620?

The Mayflower Compact

In what ocean did the Titanic sink?

The North Atlantic Ocean

World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen is known by what nickname?

The Red Baron

Jackson Pollock was an influential abstract expressionist painter from what country?

The United States

What is the largest species of terrestrial crab in the world?

The coconut crab (Birgus latro)

What is the closest star to the planet Earth?

The sun

Which NFL quarterback has been to most Super Bowls?

Tom Brady

What was the first music video played on MTV?

Video Killed the Radio Star

The term wake, kettle, or committee refers to a group of what bird?

Vulture

What late American singer was the mayor of Palm Springs California from 1988 to 1992?

What late American singer was the mayor of Palm Springs California from 1988 to 1992?

In hockey, what is known as a hat trick?

When a player scores three goals in a single game.

What is the plural of the word crisis?

crises


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