Today's Trivia Questions

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Based on a 1999 Jeffery Deaver novel and adapted into a 2010 TV movie starring Tom Everett Scott and Natasha Henstridge, this thriller follows a retired FBI agent and a special agent as they race to stop a serial killer known as 'The Digger' terrorizing Washington D.C. What is this movie's title?

5

California's rich, irrigated central valley agricultural region between Sacramento and Bakersfield is known by what proper name?

78

What 1998 comedy film, starring Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt, follows two unemployed actors who accidentally find themselves entangled in a murder plot aboard a luxury liner?

19

Founded in 1609, and now the capital city of its state, what is the oldest city in America west of the Mississippi?

11

He was America's first television superstar. His show, which ran from 1948 to 1956, attracted up to 80% of the TV audience. Who was he?

7

Among humans, the period of time between conception and birth is called pregnancy. What is this period of time called among other mammals?

41

Which 2011 film culminates in the Battle of Hogwarts, where Harry Potter confronts Lord Voldemort in their final, epic duel to decide the fate of the wizarding world?

10

Name the author of each of these works of literature which eventually went on to become films or stage shows: a. The Last of the Mohicans? b.the stage show Les Miserables? c. the play Glengary Glen Ross?

4

Who was the first female Speaker of the US House of Representatives?

79

Which iconic late-night talk show, hosted by a gap-toothed comedian, aired on CBS for over two decades and became famous for segments like the Top Ten List and Stupid Pet Tricks?

20

Which important historical figure was nicknamed “the Little Corporal”?

16

His actual parents were Dorothy Gardner and Leslie Lynch King, but this recent President took his name from his adoptive stepfather. Who was he?

10

What is the collective noun for a group of crows?

53

Which 2012 animated film sees Manny, Diego, and Sid separated from their families during a cataclysmic continental split, forcing them to navigate the open ocean and confront a gang of ruthless pirates?

74

Which 1984 British television miniseries, based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel, follows the ambitious Emma Harte from her humble beginnings as a housemaid in rural Yorkshire to becoming a powerful and wealthy international businesswoman?