Today's Trivia Questions

5

Elvis Presley's double sided hit Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel was #1 on the charts for 11 weeks in 1956. This longevity record was broken in 1992 when a Whitney Houston, written by Dolly Parton, stayed at #1 for 14 weeks. What's the song title?

14

What is the Taoist concept of the balance between opposing forces called?

8

This US Army medical officer, around 1900, helped discover the causes and cures for typhoid fever and yellow fever. A hospital is named after him. Who is he?

15

What do the A&M abbreviate in the name Texas A&M University?

7

What country, part of the British empire, has been called "The Jewel in the Crown"?

6

When "it" was unveiled in 1982, one speaker at the ceremony said, "Thank you, America, for finally remembering us." What was "it"?

16

What was the name of the Greek physician, from 400 B.C., who showed that diseases have only natural, not supernatural, causes?

16

Islam allows a man to have more than one wife, but restricts the number of wives to at most how many wives?

4

After the defeat of the Titans by Zeus, which mythological figure was condemned to support the earth and sky on his shoulders for eternity?

3

Name four baseball players whose faces have been displayed on U.S. postage stamps.

15

A normal stop sign has the shape of what geometrical figure?

6

In 1729, the Chinese banned the smoking of what product?

8

Which U.S. state was named by the U.S. Congress in 1800, and meant "land of the Indians"?

13

To visit the world's highest navigable lake, with what name, you would visit what country?

2

In this 1940s play, a salesman named Willy Loman feels useless in his occupation and kills himself. What is the title of this play and which husband of Marilyn Monroe wrote it?