kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: newest
Question: What novel by Charles Dickens, set before and during the French Revolution, opens with the sentence, It was the best of times, it was the worst of times?
Choices: A Tale of Two Cities; Oliver Twist; Hard Times; The Great Expectations
Answer: A Tale of Two Cities
Category: newest
Question: What American author penned the novel The Tropic of Cancer during his nomadic life in Paris?
Choices: Ernest Hemingway; William Burrows; William Faulkner; Henry Miller
Answer: Henry Miller
Category: newest
Question: What novel by Victor Hugo focuses on the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption?
Choices: The Man Who Laughs; The Red and the Black; Les Miserables; The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Answer: Les Miserables
Category: newest
Question: What American author wrote the novel The American, which is centered around an American businessmans courtship of a young widow from an aristocratic Parisian family?
Choices: Mark Twain; Henry James; John Steinbeck; Washington Irving
Answer: Henry James
Category: newest
Question: In this novel by HonorÃ© de Balzac, a criminal-in-hiding named Vautrin tells naive law student EugÃ¨ne de Rastignac that he is making him an offer that he cannot refuse.
Choices: Madame Bovary; Gargantua and Pantagruel; The Man Who Laughs; Le PÃ¨re Goriot (Old Goriot)
Answer: Le PÃ¨re Goriot (Old Goriot)
Category: newest
Question: Julien Sorel is the protagonist of this satirical French novel, set during the Bourbon Restoration.
Choices: Queen Margot; Old Goriot; The Man in the Iron Mask; The Red and the Black
Answer: The Red and the Black
Category: newest
Question: This novel by American author James Baldwin is noteworthy for bringing complex representations of homosexuality. It follows the events in the life of an American living in Paris.
Choices: Of Human Bondage; The Naked and the Dead; Giovannis Room; The Sun Also Rises
Answer: Giovannis Room
Category: newest
Question: What is the pen name of Eric Blair who wrote the memoir Down and Out in Paris and London?
Choices: Graham Greene; Salman Rushdie; George Orwell; Julian Barnes
Answer: George Orwell
Category: newest
Question: Aquaman, The Atom, Batman, The Flash, Green Arrow, Hawkman, Jonn Jonzz Martian Hunter, Superman and Wonder Woman are from which of these groups?
Choices: The Avengers; The Justice League of America; The X Men; Challengers of the Unknown
Answer: The Justice League of America
Category: newest
Question: Allen Scot, Hal Jorden, John Stewart, Kyle Rainier, Guy Gardner have a costumed identity in common. What is it?
Choices: Nova; Green Lantern; Booster Gold; Spider Man
Answer: Green Lantern
Category: newest
Question: Cyclops, Beast, The Angel, Iceman and Marvel Girl are from this group.
Choices: The Original 5 X-men; The Avengers; Young justice; The Original 5 Teen Titans
Answer: The Original 5 X-men
Category: newest
Question: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Timothy Drake were all identified as this same super hero. Can you figure out which one?
Choices: Fire Storm; Robin; Night Trasher; Silver Surfer
Answer: Robin
Category: newest
Question: Can you finish this oath? In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight, let those who worship evils might beware my power ....
Choices: Avengers Assemble; To the BatCave; Green Lanterns Light; This is a job for Superman
Answer: Green Lanterns Light
Category: newest
Question: Jay Garrick and Barry Allen played the same role as this super hero.
Choices: Iron Man; Batman; Captain America; The Flash
Answer: The Flash
Category: newest
Question: Robin, Kid Flash, Speedy, Aqua Lad and Wonder Girl are found in which of these groups?
Choices: The Metal Men; The original 5 Teen Titans; The Squadron Supreme; The original 5 X-Men
Answer: The original 5 Teen Titans
Category: newest
Question: Captain America was a hero of World War 2 in the 1960s. He wakes up from a frozen state on board a submarine. What group found him?
Choices: Squadron Supreme; The Teen Titans; Justice league of America; The Avengers
Answer: The Avengers
Category: newest
Question: On what planet was the Silver Surfer born?
Choices: Zen La; Thanagar; Krypton; Mars
Answer: Zen La
Category: newest
Question: Bruce Wayne (Batman) has a butler named Alfred. What is Alfreds nationality?
Choices: Scottish; Irish; Swedish; English
Answer: English
Category: newest
Question: In this novel by Norman Mailer, a decorated war-hero and former congressman murders his wife and descends into the underworld of Manhattan jazz clubs and Mafia intrigue.
Choices: An American Dream; The White negro; Naked Lunch; The Naked and the Dead
Answer: An American Dream
Category: newest
Question: This novel, set in Manhattan during the Wall Street boom of the late 1980s, is centered around the daily life of young investment banker Patrick Bateman.
Choices: City of Dreams; American Psycho; The Long Day; The Rules of Attraction
Answer: American Psycho
Category: newest
Question: Some famous assassinations and assassination attempts have been associated with this novel, most of which is set in New York City.
Choices: A Clockwork Orange; Slaughterhouse Five; One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest; The Catcher in the Rye
Answer: The Catcher in the Rye
Category: newest
Question: This is Sylvia Plaths only novel, which was originally published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. The protagonists descent into mental illness parallels Plaths own experiences.
Choices: Dying Inside; Annie on My Mind; The Bell Jar; The Dead and the Gone
Answer: The Bell Jar
Category: newest
Question: The ttitle character of this novel, set in the roaring 1920s, is a mysterious host of regular, extravagant parties. He has become an archetype of self-made Americans seeking to join high society.
Choices: The Age of Innoncence; The Glass Castle; The Great Gatsby; The Catcher in the Rye
Answer: The Great Gatsby
Category: newest
Question: Name the author of the novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, which are both set in New York City.
Choices: Harper Lee; Edith Wharton; Sylvia Plath; Ayn Rand
Answer: Ayn Rand
Category: newest
Question: This literary work depicts Holly Golightly, a tenant in a brownstone apartment in Manhattan, who has become an American cultural icon.
Choices: Closing Time; Breakfast at Tiffanys; The Alienist; Motherless Brooklyn
Answer: Breakfast at Tiffanys
Category: newest
Question: What 1994 novel by Joseph Heller is a sequel to the popular Catch-22?
Choices: The Winter of Our Discontent; Something Happened; Closing Time; Fahrenheit 451
Answer: Closing Time
Category: newest
Question: The New York Trilogy, which consists of the novels City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room, is this authors signature work.
Choices: Paul Auster; Erica Jong; Philip Roth; Adam Langer
Answer: Paul Auster
Category: newest
Question: This novel by Edith Wharton focuses on an upper-class couple whose impending marriage is threatened by the appearance of a woman plagued by scandal.
Choices: The History of Love; Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; Women; The Age of Innocence
Answer: The Age of Innocence
Category: newest
Question: What company uses the swoosh as its logo?
Choices: Audi; Lego; Nike; Nerf
Answer: Nike
Category: newest
Question: The city of New York is composed of 5 boroughs.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: Which of the following uncommon musical instruments does not contain strings?
Choices: cuica; kutiyapi; bordonua; gayageum
Answer: cuica
Category: newest
Question: Which U.S. President declared June 14th as Flag Day?
Choices: Zachary Taylor; Grover Cleveland; Millard Fillmore; Woodrow Wilson
Answer: Woodrow Wilson
Category: newest
Question: There are a total of 4 oceans in the world.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: The character Nick Carraway is from which of the following novels?
Choices: Ulysses; Angels  Demons; The Last of the Mohicans; The Great Gatsby
Answer: The Great Gatsby
Category: newest
Question: Which spice is from the mint family?
Choices: oregano; paprika; chive; basil
Answer: oregano
Category: newest
Question: Approximately how long does it take the sun to reach the Earth?
Choices: just under 23 minutes; 10 - 12 minutes; 4.3296 minutes; a little over 8 minutes
Answer: a little over 8 minutes
Category: newest
Question: The volcano known as Eyjafjallajokull is closest to what Icelandic City?
Choices: Fjaroabyggo; Reykjavic; Hafnarfjorour; Kopavogur
Answer: Reykjavic
Category: newest
Question: He was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. During his reign he expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire.
Choices: Pepin the Short; Francis I; Charlemagne; Louis the Pious
Answer: Charlemagne
Category: newest
Question: He was King of the Franks and co-Emperor with his father, Charlemagne.
Choices: Pepin the Short; Louis the Pious; Lothair I; Philip I
Answer: Louis the Pious
Category: newest
Question: Known as the Sun King, his 72-year-reign is the longest in European history.
Choices: Louis Napoleon Bonaparte; Louis XII; Louis XIV; Charles V
Answer: Louis XIV
Category: newest
Question: This King was largely influenced by his chief mistress, Madame de Pompadour. His decisions weakened the French treasury and discredited the absolute monarchy.
Choices: Louis-Philippe; Louis XV; Jean I; Louis XIV
Answer: Louis XV
Category: newest
Question: This Bourbon King and his Prime Minister Cardinal Richelieu are described in Alexandre Dumas novel The Three Musketeers.
Choices: Henry IV; Louis XIII; Charles VIII; Philip II
Answer: Louis XIII
Category: newest
Question: Her three sons, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III reigned as Kings of France during the 16th century, in an age of almost constant civil and religious war.
Choices: Marie Antoinette; Margaret of France; Catherine de Medici; Marie de Medici
Answer: Catherine de Medici
Category: newest
Question: Famous for her beauty and sense of style, as well as for her scandalous behavior, she married King Henry III of Navarre who finally became King Henri IV of France.
Choices: Marie Antoinette; Margaret of France; Catherine de Medici; Anne of Austria
Answer: Margaret of France
Category: newest
Question: This Queen consort of France was noted for her political intrigues at the French court. Following the assassination of her husband King Henry IV of France, she acted as regent for her son, King Louis XIII of France, until he came of age.
Choices: Marie de Medici; Marie Antoinette; Anne of Austria; Catherine de Medici
Answer: Marie de Medici
Category: newest
Question: He established the French civil code, which forbade privileges based on birth and allowed freedom of religion. He was quoted as saying My true glory is not to have won 40 battles...Waterloo will erase the memory of so many victories. ... But...what will live forever, is my Civil Code.
Choices: Louis XV; Louis XIV; Napoleon Bonaparte; Louis XVI
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
Category: newest
Question: He is the only King of France ever to be executed. His wife Marie Antoinette shared the same fate.
Choices: Louis-Philippe I; Louis XVI; Napoleon III; Henry IV
Answer: Louis XVI
Category: newest
Question: Following this kings execution, the monarchy was abolished and a republic called the Commonwealth of England was declared.
Choices: Henry VIII; Charles II; Charles I; James I
Answer: Charles I
Category: newest
Question: Who became King of England after the monarchy was restored in 1660?
Choices: Charles I; James II; Henry V; Charles II
Answer: Charles II
Category: newest
Question: Besides his six marriages, this king is known for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church.
Choices: Edward IV; William IV; Henry VIII; Henry VII
Answer: Henry VIII
Category: newest
Question: He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor and last king of England to win his throne on the field of battle. He defeated his opponent Richard III in the Battle of Bosworth Field, the penultimate battle of the War of the Roses.
Choices: Henry VII; Edward VI; Henry VIII; Richard V
Answer: Henry VII
Category: newest
Question: This King of England is featured in three Shakespearean plays. His military successes in the Hundred Years War culminated with his famous victory at the Battle of Agincourt.
Choices: Henry V; James I; Henry VI; Richard III
Answer: Henry V
Category: newest
Question: He was King of England and disputed King of France. His bouts of insanity eventually required his wife, Margaret of Anjou, to assume control of his kingdom.
Choices: Edward VI; Henry VIII; George I; Henry VI
Answer: Henry VI
Category: newest
Question: With a reign of 326 days, he was one of the shortest-reigning monarchs in British and Commonwealth history. He caused a constitutional crisis by proposing marriage to the American socialite Wallis Simpson.
Choices: William IV; Edward VIII; George VI; George V
Answer: Edward VIII
Category: newest
Question: He became the first monarch of the House of Windsor, which he renamed from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha due to anti-Germanic public feeling. he was the first British monarch to deliver a speech on the radio.
Choices: Edward VII; George VI; George V; Edward VIII
Answer: George V
Category: newest
Question: He was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. During the long reign of his mother, Queen Victoria, he came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite.
Choices: Edward VII; George VI; William IV; George V
Answer: Edward VII
Category: newest
Question: This king succeeded his brother Edward assuming the regnal name George VI to emphasise continuity with his father. What was George VIs birth name?
Choices: Albert; Louis; Philip; Alfred
Answer: Albert
Category: newest
Question: The song Ringo was the only ever #1 song by this singer in the year 1964.
Choices: Pernell Roberts; Herb Alpert; Lorne Greene; Michael Landon
Answer: Lorne Greene
Category: newest
Question: This group was telling us, dont Rock the Boat, dont tip the boat over in the year 1974. This was the only ever #1 hit for this band.
Choices: The Hues Corporation; Bay City Rollers; Wild Cherry; Shirley  Company
Answer: The Hues Corporation
Category: newest
Question: This singer was telling everybody to Rock Me Gently in the year 1974. This song was his only ever #1 hit in the United States.
Choices: Robert John; Terry Jacks; Mac Davis; Andy Kim
Answer: Andy Kim
Category: newest
Question: The song Rhinestone Cowboy is considered by many as being just a terrible song from the 1970s but somehow it was a U.S. #1 for this singer in 1975.
Choices: Willie Nelson; Jerry Reed; Roy Clark; Glen Campbell
Answer: Glen Campbell
Category: newest
Question: This singer had a #1 U.S hit in 1988 with the song Right Here Waiting.
Choices: Steve Winwood; Richard Marx; Paul Young; George Michael
Answer: Richard Marx
Category: newest
Question: What Mexican dish is made with ground seasoned meat, packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks and then steamed?
Choices: Tamale; Quesadilla; Enchilada; Taco
Answer: Tamale
Category: newest
Question: Hour for Hour, which of these activities burns the most calories?
Choices: walking; rowing; playing snooker; playing tennis
Answer: rowing
Category: newest
Question: The prime meridian passes through Australia.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: Before changing his name to Muhammad Ali, the legendary boxer was known as Cassius Clay.  What was Cassius middle name?
Choices: Ali; Marcellus; Jhamal; Muhammad
Answer: Marcellus
Category: newest
Question: A childs body temperature is usually slightly higher than an adults.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: Before its name was changed, what was John F. Kennedy International Airport known as?
Choices: Stewart International Airport; Albany International Airport; Idlewild Airport; Westchester County Airport
Answer: Idlewild Airport
Category: newest
Question: In what position is the hammer on the Soviet flag?
Choices: Tilted to the right; Upright; Upside down; Tilted to the left
Answer: Tilted to the left
Category: newest
Question: What currency is used in Guatemala?
Choices: Quetzal; Bolivar Fuerte; Guatemalan Dollar; Peso
Answer: Quetzal
Category: newest
Question: Phileas Fogg is the main fictional character in what famous novel?
Choices: The Sound and the Fury; Ulysses; Around the World in Eighty Days; War and Peace
Answer: Around the World in Eighty Days
Category: newest
Question: Black caviar is made of sturgeon roe.  The eggs of what sturgeon are most highly valued?
Choices: sterlet; kaluga; short-nosed sturgeon; beluga
Answer: beluga
Category: newest
Question: Descended from Viking raiders, he was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.
Choices: William I; Henry I; Richard I; Robert I of Normandy
Answer: William I
Category: newest
Question: He was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. He reigned until his death at the Battle of Hastings.
Choices: William I; Harold II; Edward the Confessor; Richard the Lionheart
Answer: Harold II
Category: newest
Question: What do Harold II, Richard I and Richard III have in common?
Choices: They failed to produce heirs to the throne.; They were all illegitimately born.; They all died in warfare.; They were Anglo-Saxon kings.
Answer: They all died in warfare.
Category: newest
Question: Even before his accession to the throne, this King of England was known as CÅur de Lion or The Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior.
Choices: Richard III; Richard I; Richard II; Henry I
Answer: Richard I
Category: newest
Question: This King of England, who is generally accused of having Edward V and his brother killed, is the subject of an eponymous play by William Shakespeare.
Choices: Edward IV; Henry I; Richard III; William I
Answer: Richard III
Category: newest
Question: He had been King of Scotland for 36 years when he became King of England and Ireland, succeeding Elizabeth I.
Choices: James I; William I; Henry I; Henry V
Answer: James I
Category: newest
Question: What was the nickname of Edward, the last king of the House of Essex, who ruled from 1042 to 1066?
Choices: The Great; The Lionheart; The Confessor; The Conquerer
Answer: The Confessor
Category: newest
Question: What King of England was known as Longshaks and the Hammer of the Scots?
Choices: Henry I; Edward I; Charles I; Richard I
Answer: Edward I
Category: newest
Question: This King of England, who ruled from 1100 to 1135, was called Beauclerc for his scholarly interests. His stern rule was followed by a period of civil war, known as the Anarchy.
Choices: William I; Henry I; Edward the Confessor; Harold II
Answer: Henry I
Category: newest
Question: Which of the following was not a king of England?
Choices: Robert the Bruce; Edward VIII; George VI; William IV
Answer: Robert the Bruce
Category: newest
Question: This character is a bad-tempered monarch whose most famous line is Off with their heads!.
Choices: The Wicked Witch of the West; The Queen of Hearts; The Red Queen; Duchess
Answer: The Queen of Hearts
Category: newest
Question: This Disney icon is clad in a short lime-green dress and green slippers with white puffs.
Choices: Tiana; Silvermist; Queen Clarion; Tinker Bell
Answer: Tinker Bell
Category: newest
Question: This free-spirited character with exotic good looks was based on a historical figure. Her name means Little Mischief.
Choices: Tiana; Megara; Mulan; Pocahontas
Answer: Pocahontas
Category: newest
Question: Princess Aurora, the title character of Disneys animated film Sleeping Beauty, was modelled after this actress.
Choices: Katherene Hepburn; Audrey Hepburn; Ingrid Bergman; Margaret Champion
Answer: Audrey Hepburn
Category: newest
Question: Which Disney Princess sings the song A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes to encourage her animal friends to never stop dreaming?
Choices: Cinderella; Belle; Snow White; Aurora
Answer: Cinderella
Category: newest
Question: Which Disney Princess is not married at the end of the original movie?
Choices: Snow White; Jasmine; Cinderella; Belle
Answer: Jasmine
Category: newest
Question: Which Disney character, voiced by Jodi Benson, falls in love with a man named Eric?
Choices: Mulan; Rapunzel; Megara; Ariel
Answer: Ariel
Category: newest
Question: In what city does Tiana, the first African American Disney Princess, live at the beginning of the movie The Princess and the Frog?
Choices: New Orleans; New York City; San Francisco; Boston
Answer: New Orleans
Category: newest
Question: What Disney heroine is looked after by her overprotective mother Gothel?
Choices: Rapunzel; Wendy; Aurora; Tiana
Answer: Rapunzel
Category: newest
Question: In what Disney movie do Anastasia and Drizella appear?
Choices: Lady and the Tramp; Beauty and the Beast; Cinderella; Sleeping Beauty
Answer: Cinderella
Category: newest
Question: Its often said that on men, this is bigger. But theirs make up 2 percent of their total body weight, while womens make up 2-and-half percent.
Choices: brain; tongue; feet; muscle
Answer: brain
Category: newest
Question: What was the first US made car for which a rebate was offered?
Choices: Buick; Ford Model T; Debaron; AMC
Answer: Ford Model T
Category: newest
Question: Ð¢his product mascot has been around since 1958 and its name is Cornelius. Name the product.
Choices: Honey Nut Cheerios; Apple Jacks; Kelloggs Corn Flakes; Kelloggs Smack
Answer: Kelloggs Corn Flakes
Category: newest
Question: When this product first appeared in the 1938 Sears Roebuck catalog, it was called a gob shirt.
Choices: Sweater; Under shirt; Tee Shirt; Long sleeve shirt
Answer: Tee Shirt
Category: newest
Question: In 2002, this animal was added to the lineup of Barnums Animal Crackers after it beat the cobra, the penguin, and the walrus in a nationwide vote.
Choices: Teddy Bear; Panda Bear; Koala Bear; Grizzly Bear
Answer: Koala Bear
Category: newest
Question: For every 100 pounds of your body weight, about 8 pounds is made up of this.
Choices: Blood; Heart; Liver; Kidney
Answer: Blood
Category: newest
Question: What is the very last word in the New Testament?
Choices: End; Lord; Amen; Hallelujah
Answer: Amen
Category: newest
Question: What illness is caused by the varicella zoster virus?
Choices: rubella; chickenpox; morbilli; None of these
Answer: chickenpox
Category: newest
Question: DolmabahÃ§e Palace is located in the Asian part of Istanbul.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: DolmabahÃ§e palace served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire until 1856.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: Who ordered the construction of DolmabahÃ§e Palace?
Choices: Garabet Balyan; NigoÄayos Balyan; HacÄ± Said AÄa; AbdÃ¼lmecid I
Answer: AbdÃ¼lmecid I
Category: newest
Question: DolmabahÃ§e means royal garden.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: DolmabahÃ§e Palace has elements from what architectural style?
Choices: All of these; Rococo style; Baroque style; Neoclassical style
Answer: All of these
Category: newest
Question: Mustafa Kemal AtatÃ¼rk, the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey, lived in DolmabahÃ§e Palace.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: What is the shape of the famous Crystal Staircase in DolmabahÃ§e Palace?
Choices: anchor; triangle; horseshoe; heart
Answer: horseshoe
Category: newest
Question: The enormous Bohemian crystal chandelier, which is in the center hall of DolmabahÃ§e Palace, was a gift from Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: DolmabahÃ§e Palace was home to six Sultans.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: DolmabahÃ§e Palace contains over 250 rooms.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: What year was singer Chris Brown born?
Choices: 1989; 1985; 1991; 1981
Answer: 1989
Category: newest
Question: What is Chris Browns middle name?
Choices: Travis; Maurice; Denis; Malcolm
Answer: Maurice
Category: newest
Question: Chris Browns mother recognized his vocal talent while he was mimicking a Bobby Brown performance.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: Which of these singers has Chris Brown cited as an inspiration?
Choices: John Lennon; None of these; Michael Jackson; Elvis Presley
Answer: Michael Jackson
Category: newest
Question: Which of these producers has Chris Brown worked with?
Choices: Scott Storch; Cool  Dre; Jazze Pha; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: newest
Question: Has Chris Brown win the Grammy Award for Best RB Album?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: Yes
Category: newest
Question: What Christmas decoration was giving the Cunningham family a pain in the neck in an episode of the first season of Happy Days?
Choices: A snowman; Santa Claus; An insane reindeer; Christmas tree lights
Answer: Santa Claus
Category: newest
Question: Did Fonzie ever marry a stripper on the TV show Happy Days?
Choices: Yes; No
Answer: No
Category: newest
Question: On the TV show Happy Days, Fonzie safes the gang from a robber using which of the following?
Choices: a motorcycle and helmet; a can opener and a pizza; a fork and a knife; his thumb and fist
Answer: a can opener and a pizza
Category: newest
Question: In the TV series Happy Days, Richie kissed Fonzies girlfriend.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: Who was Joanies first love interest on the TV sitcom Happy Days?
Choices: Ralph; Spike; Chachi; Potsie
Answer: Potsie
Category: newest
Question: Michael Landon made a cameo appearance on Happy Days, in an episode which took place in Hollywood.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: What was Mrs Cs mothers name on the sitcom Happy Days?
Choices: Mother Carol; Mother Fran; Mother Kelp; Mother Fish
Answer: Mother Kelp
Category: newest
Question: In the movie Donovans Reef, John Waynes character gave a house to his old shipmate as a wedding present.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: Who played Long Hair in the John Wayne movie The Cowboys?
Choices: Roscoe Lee Browne; Bruce Dern; John Wayne; Robert Carradine
Answer: Bruce Dern
Category: newest
Question: In what movie does John Wayne co-star with Stuart Whitman, Lee Marvin, and his son Patrick Wayne?
Choices: Rio Bravo; The Comancheros; Rio Lobo; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Answer: The Comancheros
Category: newest
Question: John Wayne played Quirt Evans in The Comancheros.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: In Angel and the Badman, the family that helped John Wayne when he was wounded belonged to what religion?
Choices: Jewish; Catholic; Protestant; Quaker
Answer: Quaker
Category: newest
Question: How many boys did John Waynes character hire in the movie The Cowboys?
Choices: 13; 11; 15; 9
Answer: 11
Category: newest
Question: What is a juvenile dog called?
Choices: calf; puppy; cub; kitten
Answer: puppy
Category: newest
Question: What is a young goose called?
Choices: gosling; chick; joey; piglet
Answer: gosling
Category: newest
Question: Baby ducks are called chicks.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: What is a wolf baby called?
Choices: cub; billy; pup; nanny
Answer: pup
Category: newest
Question: A baby goat is called a kid.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: A baby seal is called a foal.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: A baby kangaroo is called a joey.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: The Fangtooth, also known as Quisimodo of the Depths, is found in the tropical waters of the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: The giant freshwater stingray can weight more than half a ton.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: The stonefish is poisonous.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: Which statement is true about the snakeheads?
Choices: They are considered valuable food fish.; They are predatory fish.; All of these; They have a long dorsal fin.
Answer: All of these
Category: newest
Question: The giant freshwater catfish, which inhabits the Mekong River in Southeast Asia, is a huge toothless predatory fish.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: The piraiba catfish is the largest catfish in this river.
Choices: the Amazon; the Danube; None of these; the Nile
Answer: the Amazon
Category: newest
Question: The Alligator Gar is the largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: What author wrote about the candiru in his 1959 novel Naked Lunch?
Choices: Ray Bradburry; William S. Burroughs; Kurt Vonnegut; Henry Miller
Answer: William S. Burroughs
Category: newest
Question: Female anglerfish have a fleshy growth on their heads which acts as a lure.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: This fish, which was introduced to Lake Victoria in East Africa in the 1950s, caused the extinction or near-extinction of several hundred native species.
Choices: Nile perch; None of these; Mekong catfish; Candiru
Answer: Nile perch
Category: newest
Question: What flowers are growing in the field where Dorothy falls asleep in The Wizard of Oz?
Choices: poppies; roses; sunflowers; orchids
Answer: poppies
Category: newest
Question: What famous actress portrays the young flower seller Eliza Doolittle in the 1964 Academy Award-winning movie My Fair Lady?
Choices: Bette Midler; Ava Gardner; Audrey Hepburn; Katherine Hepburn
Answer: Audrey Hepburn
Category: newest
Question: In the movie Broken Flowers, Bill Murrays character stops at a florist to buy flowers for one of his many ex-girlfriends. What else does the florist do for him?
Choices: gives him a book; invites him to dinner; bandages his cut; offers to drive him home
Answer: bandages his cut
Category: newest
Question: In what country is CarrÃ© Otiss character, Emily, when she awakens in her room and finds a bouquet of wild orchids?
Choices: Argentina; Brazil; Equador; USA
Answer: Brazil
Category: newest
Question: In which of these movies are rose petals a recurring motif?
Choices: Pretty Woman; American Beauty; To Catch a Thief; Atonement
Answer: American Beauty
Category: newest
Question: âWhere do you want me to put the third rose?â is a memorable quote from 2007 fantasy drama film Youth Without Youth. Name its director.
Choices: George Clooney; Sam Mendes; Martin Scorsese; Francis Ford Coppola
Answer: Francis Ford Coppola
Category: newest
Question: In the movie Steel Magnolias, this actress plays a character who suffers from diabetes.
Choices: Dolly Parton; Daryl Hannah; Julia Roberts; Shirley MacLaine
Answer: Julia Roberts
Category: newest
Question: What 1946 film noir, written by Raymond Chandler, tells the story of a returning war veteran and his faithless wife?
Choices: The Blue Dahlia; Lilies of the Field; Steel Magnolia; Youth Without Youth
Answer: The Blue Dahlia
Category: newest
Question: Who won the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the movie Lilies of the Field?
Choices: Gregory Peck; Sidney Poitier; Cary Grant; Henry Fonda
Answer: Sidney Poitier
Category: newest
Question: In a scene from this 2007 movie, Keira Knightleys character is carrying freshly picked flowers and is wearing a floral-print blouse.
Choices: Love Actually; King Arthur; Atonement; A Dangerous Method
Answer: Atonement
Category: newest
Question: What is Jean Dujardins only audible line in the 2011 silent movie The Artist?
Choices: Cut! Perfect.; Whos That Girl?; Why not?; With pleasure.
Answer: With pleasure.
Category: newest
Question: Which of these Academy Awards did the French movie The Artist NOT receive?
Choices: Best Director; Best Original Score; Best Picture; Best Actress
Answer: Best Actress
Category: newest
Question: The 2011 British biopic The Iron Lady brought Meryl Streep her second Best Actress Academy Award. For what movie did she receive her first Best Actress Academy Award?
Choices: The Devil Wears Prada; The Bridges of Madison County; The Deer Hunter; Sophies Choice
Answer: Sophies Choice
Category: newest
Question: Which of these 2011 movie with multiple Academy Award nominations is NOT correctly matched with its director?
Choices: War Horse - Steven Spielberg; Moneyball - Bennett Miller; Hugo - David Fincher; The Descendants - Alexander Payne
Answer: Hugo - David Fincher
Category: newest
Question: In what capital city does 12-year-old Hugo Cabret live in the Academy Award-winning movie Hugo?
Choices: Washington, D.C.; Paris; London; Rome
Answer: Paris
Category: newest
Question: In Woody Allens movie Midnight in Paris, Owen Wilsons character is transported to the 1920s, an era he idolizes. Which of the following famous authors does he not encounter?
Choices: F. Scott Fitzgerald; Ernest Hemingway; John Steinbeck; Gertrude Stein
Answer: Ernest Hemingway
Category: newest
Question: The movie The Descendants closes with George Clooneys character and his two daughters curled up on the living room couch, eating ice cream, and watching this documentary.
Choices: 9/11; Birth of the Earth; Strangers No More; March of the Penguins
Answer: March of the Penguins
Category: newest
Question: What kind of animal is Rango, the protagonist of the self-titled Oscar-winning movie of the same name?
Choices: turtle; spider; snake; chameleon
Answer: chameleon
Category: newest
Question: What actor, who was awarded an Oscar for his performance in the movie Beginners, became the oldest actor ever to win an Academy Award?
Choices: Nick Nolte; Clint Eastwood; Max von Sydow; Christopher Plummer
Answer: Christopher Plummer
Category: newest
Question: What actress won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the outspoken maid in the 2011 film The Help?
Choices: Emma Stone; Octavia Spencer; Jessica Chastain; Viola Davis
Answer: Octavia Spencer
Category: newest
Question: The Red Vineyard was the only painting which this famous red-haired artist sold during his lifetime.
Choices: Amedeo Modigliani; Pierre-Auguste Renoir; Vincent van Gogh; Claude Monet
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
Category: newest
Question: This Baroque composer, nicknamed The Red Priest, is best known for a series of violin concertos titled The Four Seasons.
Choices: Giacomo Puccini; Vincenzo Bellini; Antonio Vivaldi; Giuseppe Verdi
Answer: Antonio Vivaldi
Category: newest
Question: This influential Irish author is honored on Bloomsday, the day on which his novel Ulysses is set.
Choices: James Joyce; Jonathan Swift; Oscar Wilde; Bram Stoker
Answer: James Joyce
Category: newest
Question: This prolific American poet from Massachusetts lived in seclusion and finally later in life refused to even leave her home.
Choices: Sylvia Plath; Emily Dickinson; Louisa May Alcott; Amy Lowell
Answer: Emily Dickinson
Category: newest
Question: In his novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court, this famous red haired author wrote, When red headed people are above a certain social grade, their hair is auburn.
Choices: Mark Twain; Theodor Dreiser; Washington Irving; William Faulkner
Answer: Mark Twain
Category: newest
Question: What redhead actress, known for her headstrong independence, received four Academy Awards for Best Actress?
Choices: Debbie Reynolds; Katharine Hepburn; Bette Midler; Geena Davis
Answer: Katharine Hepburn
Category: newest
Question: This redhead playwright became the first person in history to be awarded both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar, for his contributions to literature and for his work on the film Pygmalion.
Choices: Samuel Beckett; Harold Pinter; George Bernard Shaw; Eugene ONeill
Answer: George Bernard Shaw
Category: newest
Question: Name the redhead author of It Can Happen Here, who became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Choices: Ernest Hemingway; Sinclair Lewis; William Faulkner; Willa Carter
Answer: Sinclair Lewis
Category: newest
Question: According to his self-portrait this leading painter of the Venetian School was a redhead. He painted so many women with red hair that his name became associated with a shade of red.
Choices: Velasques; Titian; Donatello; Raphael
Answer: Titian
Category: newest
Question: What country singer/songwriter recorded an album titled Red Headed Stranger?
Choices: Kris Kristofferson; Garth Brooks; Kenny Rogers; Willie Nelson
Answer: Willie Nelson
Category: newest
Question: What is the meaning of the Greek word thÃ©atron from which the word theatre is derived?
Choices: a place for acting; a spectacle; a place for viewing; a stage
Answer: a place for viewing
Category: newest
Question: Theatre was thriving in ancient Rome.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: What Roman philosopher and dramatist was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero?
Choices: Seneca; Plautus; Statius; Terence
Answer: Seneca
Category: newest
Question: Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter are typically associated with what style of theatre?
Choices: Theatre of the Absurd; Burlesque; Melodrama; Musical Theatre
Answer: Theatre of the Absurd
Category: newest
Question: A farce is a comedy aimed at entertaining the audience by means of extravagant and improbable situations.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: Christopher Marlowe was a representative of English Renaissance theatre.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: Noh is a form of Chinese theatre.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: Theatres in England were closed in 1642.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: Marionettes appeared in Europe during the Middle Ages.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: Henrik Ibsen was a major Norwegian playwright and poet.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: In what year did the Hudson Motor Company start producing cars?
Choices: 1912; 1910; 1908; 1909
Answer: 1909
Category: newest
Question: What was the original plan of the Hudson Motor Car Company founders?
Choices: To sell more cars than Henry Ford; To produce an automobile which would sell for less than $1,000; To build airplanes; To produce race cars
Answer: To produce an automobile which would sell for less than $1,000
Category: newest
Question: Who put up the money to start the Hudson Motor Car Company?
Choices: Henry Ford; Ransom E. Olds; Roy D. Chapin Sr.; Joseph L. Hudson
Answer: Joseph L. Hudson
Category: newest
Question: The Hudson Motor Car Company was the first company in the auto industry to use which of the following?
Choices: dual brakes systems; all of these; the first balanced crankshaft; dashboard oil-pressure and generator warning lights
Answer: all of these
Category: newest
Question: As opposed to the more up-scale Hudson line, Hudson introduced the Essex brand line of automobiles in what year?
Choices: 1919; 1927; 1913; 1932
Answer: 1919
Category: newest
Question: In 1939, the Hudson Motor Company hired Betty Thatcher Oros as the first female American automotive designer.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: What innovation did the Hudson Motor Car Company introduce in 1948 that almost all manufacturers would adopt in their vehicles?
Choices: Seat belts; Step down body; Suicide doors; Air bags
Answer: Step down body
Category: newest
Question: The Hudson Hornet dominated the NASCAR circuit for 5 straight years in the 1950s.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: Where were Hudsons manufactured?
Choices: Kenosha Only; Detroit Only; Detroit/Kenosha; Chicago Only
Answer: Detroit/Kenosha
Category: newest
Question: On January 14, 1954, Hudson merged with what other car manufacturer?
Choices: Oldsmobile; Chrysler; Nash; Packard
Answer: Nash
Category: newest
Question: After the Hudson Motor Car Company merged with another company, the new company was known as which of the following?
Choices: CBS; AMC; GMC; HNAC
Answer: AMC
Category: newest
Question: The last Hudson dealership was in New York, NY.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: This designer, known for his provocative fashion shows, committed suicide in 2010. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City hosted a posthumous exhibition, titled Savage Beauty, which featured the most iconic designs of his prolific career.
Choices: Alexander McQueen; Marc Jacobs; Oscar de la Renta; Isabella Blow.
Answer: Alexander McQueen
Category: newest
Question: On 25 February 2011, Dior suspended this designer following his arrest over an alleged anti-Semitic tirade.
Choices: John Galliano; Tommy Hilfiger; Marc Jacobs; Tom Ford
Answer: John Galliano
Category: newest
Question: What eccentric fashion designer attacked former British Prime Minister Tony Blair stating, He just goes on causing damage. If he had never been born, thousands of people would still be alive. I think he is a monster.?
Choices: Vivienne Westwood; John Galliano; Marc Jacobs; Stella McCartney
Answer: Vivienne Westwood
Category: newest
Question: Most of this designers collections make references to the fashion of past decades of the 20th century. Oscar de la Renta has accused him of being a mere copyist.
Choices: Marc Jacobs; Paul Smith; Ralph Lauren; Calvin Klein
Answer: Marc Jacobs
Category: newest
Question: He is a fashion designer and film director. His name has been synonymous with controversy since his days at Gucci, but with the release of the provocative images for his Men fragrance, he pushed sexual boundaries like never before.
Choices: Tom Ford; Calvin Klein; Emilio Pucci; Nicola Trussardi
Answer: Tom Ford
Category: newest
Question: In 1999, this fashion designer was the subject of controversy due to ads featuring young children who were only wearing his brands underwear.
Choices: Alexander McQueen; Tom Ford; Calvin Klein; Paul Smith
Answer: Calvin Klein
Category: newest
Question: This prominent fashion designer introduced man-skirts and designed sculptured costumes for Madonna.
Choices: Louis Vuitton; Christian Lacroix; John Galliano; Jean Paul Gaultier
Answer: Jean Paul Gaultier
Category: newest
Question: In 1993, he employed strippers and adult film star Moana Pozzi to model his black-and-white collection for Fendi during the Milan Fashion Week. This caused US Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour to walk out of his show.
Choices: Jean Paul Gaultier; Karl Legerfeld; Ives Saint Laurent; John Galliano
Answer: Karl Legerfeld
Category: newest
Question: This influential couturier introduced the tuxedo suit for women and was the first designer to use ethnic models in his runway shows.
Choices: Christian Lacroix; Yves Saint Laurent; Christan Dior; Coco Chanel
Answer: Yves Saint Laurent
Category: newest
Question: Which statement regarding famous fashion designer Coco Chanel is NOT true?
Choices: She associated suntan with hard outdoor labor.; He real name was Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel.; She was a Nazi spy.; The Chanel suit was made of jersey.
Answer: She associated suntan with hard outdoor labor.
Category: newest
Question: What is the worlds smallest winged insect?
Choices: Psocids; Stylopids; Tanzanian parasitic wasp; termite
Answer: Tanzanian parasitic wasp
Category: newest
Question: There is no muscle in the human body that is attached at one end only.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: The shrimps heart is in its stomach.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: Almonds and what other fruits belong to the Rosacae (rose) family?
Choices: all of these; apples; apricots; peaches
Answer: all of these
Category: newest
Question: A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: Donald Duck appears in an Academy Award-winning film.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
Category: newest
Question: Which food requires more energy to be digested than it provides?
Choices: celery; all of these; cabbage; lettuce
Answer: all of these
Category: newest
Question: The first written version of the Don Juan legend was penned by MoliÃ¨re.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
Category: newest
Question: What did Walter Diemer invent?
Choices: bubblegum; the rubber band; headphones; the ball pens
Answer: the rubber band
Category: newest
Question: Sara Lee Creech moved to Belle Glades, Florida in the 1940s.  She and others in town formed a local organization for improvement in racial relations in a very segregated world. What was her occupation in Belle Glades?
Choices: She was the mayor of the town.; She owned a florist shop.; She ran a small luncheonette.; She was a maid.
Answer: She owned a florist shop.
Category: newest
Question: Ms. Sara Lee Creech met Edna Fuller, who had organized Floridas first Inter-racial Council in Orlando. After hearing Ms. Fullers speech in Orlando, the Belle Glades local organization decided to form Floridas second Inter-national Council. Which of these were not part of their missions?
Choices: To persuade Palm Beach County School Board to build an elementary school for the black community; To fight for integration of schools; To start a day care center for farm workers children.; To gain trust with the black and white community for the Council by having 15 white members and 15 black members in the council with equal votes
Answer: To fight for integration of schools
Category: newest
Question: Eight months after the first meeting of the Inter-racial Council, Ms. Sara Lee Creech had an epiphany. She was walking out of the Post Office and saw two little African-American girls playing with dolls in the backseat of a car. What disturbed her about that situation?
Choices: The children were left alone in the car.; The children were dressed in rags.; The car was purple.; The children were playing with white dolls.
Answer: The children were playing with white dolls.
Category: newest
Question: At the second meeting of the Inter-racial Council, Ms. Sara Lee Creech asked some of the black parents why they would want their children to play with white dolls. What was the parents answer?
Choices: The only black baby dolls were white dolls that had defects and were taken off the production line and painted black.; There were no acceptable black dolls available.; The only black dolls in the stores were racial parodies of slave women and children.; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: newest
Question: Ms. Sara Lee Creech got in touch with the sculptress, Sheila Burlingame, who had sculpted the figurine Negro Boy Praying for the St. Louis Headquaters of the Urban League. Ms. Burlingame was very enthusiastic about creating a black doll and was ready to start. What did she ask for to help her sculpt the dolls so they would be anthropologically accurate?
Choices: hair samples and facial photos of the children; 5 boys and 5 girls to model for her; photos of black children and the head measurements of different aged children; money to come to Belle Glades to work with the children there
Answer: photos of black children and the head measurements of different aged children
Category: newest
Question: Ms. Sara Creech began studying the history of black dolls and the message that was sent to the children by these types of dolls. What information did she gather to justify issuing a patent for the Sara Lee doll?
Choices: Research from sociologist Kenneth Clark whose findings helped lead to the landmark decision to integrate schools; Results from tests conducted with dolls and children. Black children said that black dolls were dirty and white dolls were pretty and black dolls were bad and white dolls were good.; Research which showed that racial prejudices were transmitted through toys and games; All of these
Answer: All of these
Category: newest
Question: Ms. Sara Lee Creech was seeking support for the creation of the Sara Lee doll and was invited to a reception where she met Zora Neale Hurston, the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Who was this reception being held for?
Choices: The sculptress, Sheila Burlingame; Sara Lee Creech; Eleanor Roosevelt; The Inter-racial Council of New York
Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt
Category: newest
Question: A friendship bloomed between Ms. Sara Creech and author Nora Hurston. Ms. Hurston came to Belle Glades to help with the creation of the Sara Lee doll. She was invited to stay at Ms. Creechs house but declined. Why?
Choices: She was afraid of the part of town Ms. Creech lived in.; Ms. Creech was white and Ms. Hurston was black. Ms. Hurston didnt want her friend to face repercussions for letting a black woman stay at her house and treating her as an equal.; Ms. Creechs house was in bad condition.
Answer: Ms. Creech was white and Ms. Hurston was black. Ms. Hurston didnt want her friend to face repercussions for letting a black woman stay at her house and treating her as an equal.