Today's Trivia Questions

1

For creating the best-kept movie secret of 1992, writer-director Neil Jordan won the Oscar for Best Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Achievement in Directing, while his film was also nominated for Best Picture of the Year. For which film?

7

Name the primary ingredient of each of these foods with a geographical name: a. Welsh rabbit b. Bombay duck

19

One of the most successful films to come out of Australia was a 1981 anti-war film, which starred Mel Gibson. What was the title?

16

What does an ornithologist study?

9

In what year was Harvard University founded?

13

He was born in New York City in 1858, graduated from Harvard University, published over 2,000 works on history, politics, and travels, won the Nobel Peace Prize, and served as President of the United States. Who was he?

17

Patty Hearst was kidnapped on February 4, in what year?

10

What Colorado town with a precious name is home of Coors Beer?

8

This Italian noble family produced popes, queens of France, rulers of Florence, bankers, merchants, and patrons of learning and the arts. What was the family name?

3

Which word refers to the common everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from a more formal literary language?

17

The world's highest waterfall, 980 m (3,212 ft) high, has what heavenly name, and is located in which country?

2

In 1831, this Negro preacher and slave felt called to free his fellow slaves. As a result, he murdered his master and led the largest slave uprising in U.S. history, which ended with his eventual hanging. What was his name?

10

The olfactory system in our body is related to what?

10

Which Dutch navigator, in 1642, was the first European to discover Australia, New Zealand, and the Fiji Islands?

9

Which Irish-born novelist and playright, whose plays include Waiting for Godot (1952), won the 1969 Nobel Prize for literature?