Today's Trivia Questions

10

In what year was the original Legend of Zelda video game released?

16

Born in 1847 in Hungary, he grew to become an American journalist and publisher who eventually purchased the New York Sun and the St. Louis Evening Dispatch newspapers. Who was he?

8

Michael Jackson claims that he modeled his dance moves and vocal styling on which soulful musical performer?

12

If the telephone company added one more digit to all the phone numbers in one area code, how many new phone numbers could potentially be added?

9

For which 1980 film did Robert Redford win the Academy Award as Best Director?

4

In a non-leap year, what month and date can be called the exact "middle day" of the year?

8

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ..." are the first words of what 1859 novel, and who is the author?

5

What phrase meaning 'with honors' is used for graduating students who achieve high grades?

1

When in December, 1996, his daughter asked him what he wanted for Christmas, he replied, "another Christmas." Who were they - father and daughter?

11

This play won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1976, became one of the longest running musicals in Broadway history, and became a film in 1985. What is its name?

18

What do we call the food item consisting of toast, ham, poached eggs, and hollandaise sauce?

3

What is the Hindi word for spicy jelly or relish?

1

What TV sit-com used a Frank Sinatra musical hit as its theme song, and what was that song title?

7

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

3

In 1866 this person invented dynamite, and when he died in 1896, left his $9 million fortune to be given away each year as prizes. Who was he?