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Question 1

Three of King Henry VIII’s six wives shared what first name?

Answer 1

Catherine

Question 2

Which film, released in 2007, is based on a Broadway musical first staged in 2002, itself based on a film released in 1988?

Answer 2

Hairspray

Question 3

An image of the White House is featured on the reverse of what U.S. banknote?

Answer 3

20

Question 4

Borrowing its name from a Latin term for the Etruscans, the Tyrrhenian Sea lies between these 2 countries

Answer 4

Corsica and Italy

Question 5

The animal called the short-tailed weasel in North America is known by what other name to the rest of the world?

Answer 5

Stoat

Question 6

Urticaria, named for a Latin word for stinging nettle plants, are the itchy red bumps associated with what condition?

Answer 6

Hives

Question 7

Despite its name, what dish is usually made using the pancreas of a calf or lamb?

Answer 7

Sweetbread

Question 8

The first British royal to compete in the Olympics and also competed in which event at the 1976 Summer Games?

Answer 8

Princess Anne
Equestrian

Question 9

The only surviving child of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, who was the first queen of England to reign in her own right and not through marriage?

Answer 9

Mary 1

Question 10

In 2007 she made history as the first woman elected to serve as speaker of the house

Answer 10

Nancy Pelosi

Question 11

An early example of a “first-person shooter,” which video game was the first to receive an M (mature) from the Entertainment Software Rating Board?

Answer 11

Doom

Question 12

you are a hedonist, your primary goal in life is…
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correct

Answer 12

pleasure

Question 13

Several scenes of which holiday film were shot on location at the 1946 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
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correct

Answer 13

Miracle on 34th Street

Question 14

Actually an iron sulfide that’s worth a fraction of real gold, which mineral is known as “fool’s gold”?

Answer 14

Pyrite

Question 15

Which actor narrated the Hall of Presidents attraction at Disney World from 2009 to 2017, more than a decade after portraying a president in Deep Impact (1998)?

Answer 15

Morgan freeman

Question 16

Along with winning 73 singles titles, who’s won $94 million during her career—more than twice as much as any other female tennis player?

Answer 16

Serena Williams

Question 17

the yellow-bellied sapsucker is which type of bird?

Answer 17

Woodpecker

Known to drill wells in more than 1,000 types of trees,

Question 18

which country has the longest coastline in Europe—63,000 miles in total?

Answer 18

Norway

Because of its many islands and fjords,

Question 19

Popular in the 19th century but later widely discredited, phrenology attempted to predict character traits based on what?

Answer 19

Skull shape

Question 20

Which animal is the only non-primate to have fingerprints, thought to help them grip trees?

Answer 20

Koala

Question 21

a stock priced at $25 increases by 200 percent, how much is that stock now worth?

Answer 21

$75

Question 22

Although visitors can buy bottles there, which liquor brand’s distillery is located in a dry county in Tennessee?

Answer 22

Jack Daniels

Question 23

Filled with animals like the viscacha and the guanaco, the Pampas is a 300,000-square-mile plains region in which country?

Answer 23

Argentina

Question 24

A 2008 portrait of Barack Obama by street artist Shepard Fairey was emblazoned with which word?

Answer 24

Hope

Question 25

Famously visited by Marco Polo, the ancient capital city Xanadu (Shangdu) was established by which ruler?

Answer 25

Kublai Khan

Question 26

Which future pop star was the subject of a Facebook group called “Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous,” created by some of her New York University classmates?

Answer 26

Lady Gaga

Question 27

Introduced in a 1920 play, which word is derived from a Czech word meaning “forced labor”?

Answer 27

Robot

Question 28

In Mexico, luchadores don colorful masks to perform which activity?

Answer 28

Wrestling

Question 29

When launched in 2003 as a dating site for objectivists, the Atlasphere based its name on a work by which author?

Answer 29

Ayn Rand

Question 30

The book The Antisocial Network details how amateur investors drove which company’s stock to rise by 1,500 percent in January 2021? +100 correct

Answer 30

GameStop

Question 31

Located the farthest east, which is the only Great Lake that doesn’t border the state of Michigan?

Answer 31

Lake Ontario

Question 32

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination began World War I, was the heir to the throne of which country?

Answer 32

Austria -Hungary

Question 33

Affecting about one in three people, which eye condition is caused by an irregular curvature of the lens or cornea?

Answer 33

Astigmatism

Question 34

Used as pack and draft animals by the Sami people of northern Europe, which animal is the only domesticated type of deer?

Answer 34

Reindeers

Question 35

Ryan Gosling temporarily lived with which future pop star when both were child actors on The All-New Mickey Mouse Club?

Answer 35

Justin Timberlake

Question 36

Mick Jagger provided uncredited backing vocals to Carly Simon on which 1970s hit—and many think the song is about him? +100 correct

Answer 36

“You’re So Vain”

Question 37

The discovery of mold growing on the rind of a cantaloupe was integral in the mass production of which medicine? +100 correct

Answer 37

Penicillin

Question 38

Infamous for leaking classified information about U.S. surveillance operations, who was granted Russian citizenship in 2022?

Answer 38

Edward Snowden

Question 39

When airing its 636th episode, which show in 2018 surpassed Gunsmoke as the longest-running scripted series in TV history?

Answer 39

Simpsons

Question 40

Rarely used on national flags because of its historically high-priced dye, which color appears on the is country’s flag as plumage on a parrot?

Answer 40

Purple on Dominica

Question 41

A Tony-winning epic about the AIDS epidemic, which play is subtitled A Gay Fantasia on National Themes?

Answer 41

Angels in America

Question 42

Mostly found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, which primate is the largest tree-dwelling mammal in the world?

Answer 42

Orangutan

Question 43

be retitled as The Portent?

Answer 43

The Omen

Question 44

The Ozians” is the name of which Broadway musical’s official Facebook fan group?

Answer 44

+100 correct Wicked

Question 45

Derived from a phrase meaning “burning stone,” brimstone is another name for which element?

Answer 45

Sulfer

Question 46

U.S. Navy recruiters set up tables outside screenings of which blockbuster film upon its 1986 release?

Answer 46

Top gun

Question 47

Thirty-second ads during the Super Bowl cost advertisers $1 million for the first time in what year?

Answer 47

+100 correct 1995

Question 48

Once called the Spanish Silk Poodle, which is the only dog breed that is native to Cuba?

Answer 48

correct Havanese

Question 49

Indirectly spurring the United States’ entry into World War I, German submarines sank which boat, killing 1,198 passengers, including 128 U.S. citizens?

Answer 49

RMS Lusitania

Question 50

Later describing her as “the eighth wonder of the world,” Mark Twain helped fund the college tuition of which woman?

Answer 50

Helen Keller

Question 51

An actor who is criticized for “phoning it in” has given which type of performance?

Answer 51

Perfunctory

Question 52

Which country’s flag features a red and blue taegeuk, derived from the symbol for yin and yang?

Answer 52

South Korea

Question 53

MONEY & NUMBERS Comedian Nikki Glaser estimates she’s spent nearly $100,000 to see 22 shows on which singer’s Eras Tour? +100 correct

Answer 53

Taylor Swift

Question 54

BIOGRAPHIES After starring in films such as The Godfather Part II and Goodfellas, what actor was given Italian citizenship in 2006? +100 correct

Answer 54

Robert De Niro

Question 55

What country is divided into 26 cantons, including Bern, Zug, and Luzern? +100 correct

Answer 55

Switzerland

Question 56

ANIMALS & NATURE Known for its softness and strength, what fabric is made from the wool of Angora goats? +100 correct

Answer 56

Mohair

Question 57

SCIENCE & TECH Jugular veins are located where in the human body? +100 correct

Answer 57

Neck

Question 58

ANYTHING GOES Using a blowtorch is the final step to making which of these desserts? +100 correct

Answer 58

Crème brûlée

Question 59

ARTS & CULTURE Singer Nicole Scherzinger was “ready for her close-up” when she made her 2024 Broadway debut as Norma Desmond in which musical? +100 correct

Answer 59

Sunset Blvd

Question 60

HISTORY & SOCIETY In 1949 U.S. planes dropped more than 13,000 tons of cargo in a single day during an airlift bypassing a Soviet blockade of which city? +100 correct

Answer 60

Berlin

Question 61

Eggs will cause silverware to tarnish rapidly, as tarnish forms when silver interacts with compounds of what element?

Answer 61

Sulfur

Question 62

What huge bodily feature is the character Cyrano de Bergerac famous for?

Answer 62

Nose

Question 63

Which male name comes from Greek and means "lover of horses"?

Answer 63

Philip

Question 64

Near which Italian city is Corleone, birthplace of several notorious mobsters?

Answer 64

Palermo

Question 65

In 2008, teen queen Miley Cyrus caused a minor scandal when she posed for racy photographs in what magazine?

Answer 65

Vanity fair

Question 66

In the 2000 movie "Gladiator", Russell Crowe's character is a gladiator under what Roman emperor?

Answer 66

Commodus

Question 67

Which continent is nearest the intersection of zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude?

Answer 67

Africa

Question 68

The slogan of the 20th-century feminist movement was "Sisterhood is" what?

Answer 68

Powerful

Question 69

Though we now know it as "The Thinker", sculptor Auguste Rodin once gave his iconic statue what other title?

Answer 69

The poet

Question 70

In photographs, Harriet Tubman is often seen wearing a silk shawl given to her by what historical figure?

Answer 70

Queen Victoria

Question 71

Rhyming last names, quarterback, Eli and actress Stockard

Answer 71

Manning and Channing

Question 72

Rhyming last names Legendary actress, Liz and NBA great Elgin

Answer 72

Taylor Baylor

Question 73

The boys in the boat is the saga of a US rowing team winning gold at the 1936 Olympics in the city

Answer 73

Berlin

Question 74

Hunting in Texas this vice president shot his pal in the face with bird shot, but somehow the pal ended up apologizing

Answer 74

Text Cheney

Question 75

A tough way to bat .400 for governors of this state; four of its 10 past leaders went to prison so better keep yer nose clean JB Pritzker

Answer 75

Illinois

Question 76

For brothers Lincoln and Michael on this fox drama that debuted in 2005 escape is just the beginning

Answer 76

Prison break

Question 77

This police sitcom warned us same shift different day

Answer 77

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Question 78

To win on the show, you must outwit outplay outlast

Answer 78

Survivor

Question 79

A riveting minute by minute account, Walter Lord’s a night to remember reignited interest in this disaster

Answer 79

Sinking of the Titanic

Question 80

He wrote of sailing the Kontiki across the Pacific and a small craft named for this Egyptian sun out across the Atlantic

Answer 80

Thor Heyerdahl higher doll Rah

Question 81

Piers Paul Reads alive is a true story of a plane crash and its survivors fight for life in these mountains

Answer 81

Andy’s

Question 82

Jessica Bruder traveled the US in a van named Halen writing the book called this land that inspired an Oscar winning film

Answer 82

Nomad

Question 83

From the French for recall its The controled descent of a steep slope by moving down an anchored rope

Answer 83

Repel

Question 84

Varieties of this plant include the sisal type whose fibers used to make rope and the blue whose sugar is used to make tequila Siggh Sul

Answer 84

Agave

Question 85

This ovine knot used to shorten or strengthen a rope uses a double loop in the middle and a half hitch at each end

Answer 85

Sheep shank

Question 86

With a father of Filipino heritage this drivers license singer says she’s proud to be part of the Filipino community

Answer 86

Olivia Rodrigo

Question 87

PTL for short this three word phrase in the last verse of the last psalm gave an evangelical club it’s name

Answer 87

Praise the lord

Question 88

Ancient board game that was discovered during excavations of this two letter Sumerian city in the 1920s

Answer 88

Ur

Question 89

In 1932 a road crew near Clovis in this western state uncovered artifacts from Ice Age hunters dubbed the Clovis culture

Answer 89

New Mexico

Question 90

Dating from the 13th century, here’s one of these instruments used by early astronomers and navigators

Answer 90

Astrolabe