Question: During the canonization process of the Roman Catholic Church, what was the lawyer who argued against the canonization of a candidate called?
Answer: Devil's advocate

Question: In a slogan that became popular in Costa Rica, it is claimed that which advertising character prefers that country's coffee implying his preference over Colombian coffee?
Answer: Juan Valdez

Question: What famous 3-word ad line of an apparel company was coined by Dan Wieden who got it from the final words of executed murderer Gary Gilmore?
Answer: """Just Do It"" (Nike)"

Question: In the year 1636 during the Dutch Golden Age, what unlikely item became the fourth leading export after gin, herring and cheese causing a journalist to write a book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds?
Answer: Tulip bulb

Question: The name of what entertainment business has its origin in that Texas, in its roller-coaster history, was governed by half a dozen entities?
Answer: Six Flags

Question: Upset by FAA regulations, in 1993 William Walts and George Richardson started an airline for passengers who could do what?
Answer: Smoke

Question: """We are one!"" said the nations, and hand met hand, in a thrill electric from land to land. These words are from a 1872 poem called The Victory that was a tribute to which American pioneer who died that year?"
Answer: Samuel Morse (1791-1872)

Question: The discovery of Metallica's song "I Disappear" on a file sharing network in 2000 started a chain of events that led to the demise of the original incarnation of what company?
Answer: Napster

Question: The 0 scale (or 0 gauge) is a scale commonly used for what type of hobby that is associated with the company Lionel?
Answer: Toy trains (model railroading)

Question: Which influential author of Economics: An Introductory Analysis, the largest-selling economics textbook of all time is also the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Economics?
Answer: Paul Samuelson

Question: In 1984, while filming a commercial for which company did Michael Jackson suffer second degree burns after pyrotechnics set his hair on fire?
Answer: Pepsi Cola

Question: Which company whose name means 'light from the gods' is the world's largest producer of guided missiles?
Answer: Raytheon

Question: What is the title of the landmark television commercial that launched the Apple Macintosh in the US in January 1984?
Answer: 1984

Question: Harald ___ Gromson was the king of Denmark in the 10th century and is regarded as having united Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. How is his name popular in the technological world?
Answer: Bluetooth

Question: In business hierarchy, what is the marzipan layer?
Answer: The group of managers just below the highest level of directors.

Question: In a 2006 commercial for Genworth Financial, a little boy more than matches the pro Taylor Dent in a game of tennis. At the end of the game, the boys famous parents pick him up. Can you guess who they are?
Answer: Agassi and Graf!

Question: In a 1997 short film Doodlebug, a man in a seedy apartment is attempting to squash what looks like a tiny insect. It is subsequently revealed that the 'insect' is in fact a miniature version of the man himself who is engaged in the same action. The movie ends with a logically satisfying turn of events. This was directed by whom, who went on to use a loosely similar Russian nesting doll theme for his 2010 blockbuster?
Answer: Christopher Nolan

Question: In 2010, China's state-run distributor withdrew what blockbuster from the country's theaters presumably because its themes mimicked real-life forced relocation of people by corporations?
Answer: Avatar

Question: The events of the 1995 drama Before Sunrise in which Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy spend the night walking around a city is set on what day/date during which literature fans do something similar?
Answer: Bloomsday (June 16)

Question: What classic of world cinema which hints that there is no absolute truth takes its title from the city gate outside the city of Kyoto?
Answer: Rashomon

Question: In 2005, an American Airlines flight was diverted back to Fort Lauderdale after take-off because a crew member found a napkin with the words "Bomb, bomb, bomb ..." followed by the name of what 2000 comedy film?
Answer: Meet the Parents

Question: Referring to what iconic 70s movie and its opening song did Robert Altman say that while he made only 70K for directing the movie, his son who wrote the song lyrics made far more?
Answer: MASH ("Suicide is Painless")

Question: What 1968 film during whose filming the music composer wore a gorilla mask for inspiration is said to hold the record for the highest make-up budget (when adjusted for inflation)?
Answer: The Planet of the Apes

Question: Talking about what hit 2004 film did its writer say, "The dad is always expected in the family to be strong ... moms are always pulled in a million different directions ... teenage girls, are insecure and defensive, ... ten-year-old boys are hyperactive energy balls ..."?
Answer: The Incredibles

Question: Ignoring the dubious historical accuracy of his 1991 movie, who is the director who said that it was "counter-myth" to Warren Commission's "fictional myth"?
Answer: Oliver Stone talking about JFK

Question: The 1985 Japanese comedy Tampopo was publicized as not sphagetti, but what type of western?
Answer: Ramen

Question: In 1954 the British genius Alan Turing was found dead with a half-eaten apple next to his body. Although the apple was not tested for cyanide, the cause of his death was established as cyanide poisoning. It was suggested that Turing was re-enacting a scene from which 1937 film that was based on his favorite (and universally loved) fairy tale?
Answer: Snow White

Question: The 1998 Canadian movie The Red Violin that traces the story of a mysterious violin across Vienna, Oxford, Shanghai, and Montreal starts off in what Italian location?
Answer: Cremona

Question: In AFI's 100 Heroes and Villains, who is the only character present in both lists 'morphing' from a villain in a 1984 film to a hero in a 1991 film? Give it some thought, you are gonna love the answer!
Answer: Terminator played by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Question: Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of the Charles de Gaulle Airport from 1988 until 2006 may have been the inspiration behind what 2004 movie?
Answer: The Terminal

Question: According to the British tabloid The Sun, which much-loved 1965 musical was selected by BBC executives as one to be broadcast after a nuclear strike to improve the morale of survivors?
Answer: The Sound of Music

Question: What 2005 movie starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn that deals with African politics has been banned by President Mugabe of Zimbabwe?
Answer: The Interpreter

Question: Spoiler alert. Skip this question if you haven't seen The Shawshank Redemption. In the climax of that movie, which bombshell's poster does warden Norton rip to reveal the secret behind the escape of Andy Dufresne?
Answer: Raquel Welch

Question: What 2000 film tells the fictional story of a teenage journalist writing for the Rolling Stone magazine while covering the rock band Stillwater?
Answer: Almost Famous

Question: Compiled in the late 4th or early 5th century AD and sure to delight gourmets, what is Apicius?
Answer: Collection of Roman cookery recipes

Question: The sizes of these are indicated as 121-140 per kg: Colossal, 181-200: Jumbo, and 351-380: Bullets and so on. This came about as the ad agency promoting them in the 20's adopted the slogans used to hype movies in those days. What are these culinary items?
Answer: Olives

Question: What popular condiment in which egg yolk is the chief emulsifier originates from it being called as the 'sauce of Mahon'?
Answer: Mayonnaise