Question: Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring" was partially responsible for the ban of what insecticide?
Answer: Ddt

Question: What country was ruled by "Papa Doc" and "Baby Doc" Duvalier?
Answer: Haiti

Question: What modern-day country was once the largest and most profitable Dutch colony?
Answer: Indonesia

Question: What did Karl Marx and the Unabomber both write?
Answer: Manifestos

Question: What Mexican general defeated the Texans at the Alamo?
Answer: Antonio López de Santa Anna

Question: What 1950's subculture was famous for wearing berets, playing bongos, and snapping?
Answer: Beatniks

Question: Who famously lived at Robben Island prison from 1964-1990?
Answer: Nelson Mandela

Question: What is Queen Mary I of England's unflattering nickname?
Answer: Bloody Mary

Question: Who was the main author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Question: What is a name for a women of the 1920's who had bobbed hair, wore short skirts, drank, and listened to jazz?
Answer: Flapper

Question: Which country was divided near the 38th parallel in 1953?
Answer: Korea

Question: What insignia did the Nazi SS wear on their caps?
Answer: Skull and Crossbones

Question: Who said "the die is cast" as he crossed the Rubicon?
Answer: Julius Caesar

Question: What disease killed over 3% of the world's population in 1918 and 1919?
Answer: Spanish Flu

Question: What design movement was exemplified by the Empire State and Chrysler buildings?
Answer: Art Deco

Question: Who abdicated in 1936 in order to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson?
Answer: King Edward VIII

Question: Which country was ruled by Idi Amin?
Answer: Uganda

Question: In what extinct language were the Hindu Vedas written?
Answer: Sanskrit

Question: What duo did Sacagawea help on their famous journey to the Pacific?
Answer: Lewis and Clark

Question: Where were Walter Raleigh, Anne Boleyn, and Guy Fawkes imprisoned?
Answer: Tower of London

Question: What was New York City called before 1664?
Answer: New Amsterdam

Question: England will never fall as long as what type of bird can be found in London Tower?
Answer: Ravens

Question: What lady supposedly rode naked through the streets of Coventry, seen only by Peeping Tom?
Answer: Lady Godiva

Question: What nation was led by Ho Chi Minh?
Answer: North Vietnam

Question: Who was the first European to reach India by sea?
Answer: Vasco da Gama

Question: In what country did the Bay of Pigs invasion happen?
Answer: Cuba

Question: What entertainer hosted the Oscars 14 times, entertained troops, and lived to age 100?
Answer: Bob Hope

Question: What Greek hero did Alexander model himself after?
Answer: Achilles

Question: What Roman dome, commissioned by Agrippa in ancient times, still stands today?
Answer: The Pantheon

Question: What team-based test of strength was an Olympic sport from 1900-1920?
Answer: Tug of War

Question: In what country was the Pravda newspaper published?
Answer: Soviet Union

Question: What giant bird was hunted to extinction by Māori people on New Zealand?
Answer: Moa

Question: What canal opened in 1869 after 10 years of excavation using forced labor?
Answer: Suez Canal

Question: What was the name of Dorothy's dog in "The Wizard of Oz"?
Answer: Toto

Question: What city in southern France hosts a famous film festival?
Answer: Cannes

Question: Who was the first actor to star as Batman?
Answer: Adam West

Question: What movie starred Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis?
Answer: Black Swan

Question: What movie took place in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania?
Answer: Groundhog Day

Question: What chubby director had a famous silhouette?
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock

Question: What movie's poster features a polaroid inside a polaroid inside a polaroid?
Answer: Memento

Question: What movie is subtitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"?
Answer: Dr. Strangelove

Question: Who starred as Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Twin"?
Answer: Danny DeVito

Question: What movie ended with the line "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship"?
Answer: Casablanca

Question: What was the name of the snowman in the movie "Frozen"?
Answer: Olaf

Question: In what country did the movie "Mad Max" take place?
Answer: Australia

Question: In what movie did Gene Kelly dance with a streetlight?
Answer: Singin' in the Rain

Question: What musical featured the music of ABBA?
Answer: Mamma Mia!

Question: What was the name of the villain in the movie "Die Hard"?
Answer: Hans Gruber

Question: What type of animal did the crew of the USS Enterprise need to rescue in "Star Trek IV: The Journey Home"?
Answer: Humpback Whales

Question: In what city did the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" take place?
Answer: Mumbai

Question: What "physical" actress starred alongside John Travolta in "Grease"?
Answer: Olivia Newton-John

Question: What Harlem detective is the "cat who won't cop out when there's danger all about"?
Answer: John Shaft

Question: What golf movie starred Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and Rodney Dangerfield?
Answer: Caddyshack

Question: What movie featured the Dread Pirate Roberts?
Answer: The Princess Bride

Question: What dystopian movie is named after a country?
Answer: Brazil

Question: Who directed the movie "American Sniper"?
Answer: Clint Eastwood

Question: What country did the Von Trapp family flee to?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: Who did Brad Pitt dump for Angelina Jolie?
Answer: Jennifer Aniston

Question: Who starred as identical twins in the 1998 remake of "The Parent Trap"?
Answer: Lindsay Lohan

Question: Who does Mothra often do battle with?
Answer: Godzilla

Question: Who once enjoyed eating human liver, fava beans, and a nice chianti?
Answer: Hannibal Lecter

Question: What sculpture appeared at the end of the movie "Planet of the Apes"?
Answer: The Statue of Liberty

Question: In what movie did Will Ferrell say "We're gonna skate to one song and one song only"?
Answer: Blades of Glory

Question: What movie starred actors Cruise and Cruz?
Answer: Vanilla Sky

Question: What singer starred as a man with boobs in the movie "Fight Club"?
Answer: Meat Loaf

Question: What Academy Award winning actor died of a heroin overdose in 2014?
Answer: Philip Seymour Hoffman

Question: What real-life person was the subject of the movie "The Social Network"?
Answer: Mark Zuckerburg

Question: In what movie did John Cusack serenade a girl by holding a boom box above his head?
Answer: Say Anything

Question: Who did Meryl Streep portray in the movie "The Iron Lady"?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Question: What movie is about an a cappella girl's group called The Barden Bellas?
Answer: Pitch Perfect

Question: What is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival?
Answer: Palme d'Or

Question: What was Paul Blart's job?
Answer: Mall Cop

Question: Who has starred opposite Tom Hanks in three different romantic comedies?
Answer: Meg Ryan

Question: What actor starred in "Batman" and "Birdman"?
Answer: Michael Keaton

Question: What famous actress is the daughter of Jon Voight?
Answer: Angelina Jolie

Question: What movie series consists of Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum, and Legacy?
Answer: Bourne

Question: What activity is the subject of the movie "Bring it On"?
Answer: Cheerleading

Question: What city was the destination of Harry and Lloyd in the movie "Dumb and Dumber"?
Answer: Aspen

Question: Who was Jessica Rabbit's husband?
Answer: Roger Rabbit

Question: Who wrote the score to "Star Wars", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and "Jurassic Park"?
Answer: John Williams

Question: Who dated Ellen Degeneres from 1997-2000?
Answer: Anne Heche

Question: What movie was about an archer girl with lots of curly red hair?
Answer: Brave

Question: What 2013 Martin Scorsese film set a record for the most F-bombs dropped in a mainstream movie?
Answer: The Wolf of Wall Street

Question: Who has directed 8 different movies starring Johnny Depp?
Answer: Timothy Burton