Today's Trivia Questions

1

This British pop musician, born in 1940, had dozens of hits in Britain, but never met with great popularity in the USA. He is sometimes called the Elvis of England. Who is this superstar of British rock music?

7

Just about every day in the summertime, thousands of people join their voices together to sing a song which includes the name of a snack food. What song, what food?

16

In the 1840's thousands of adventurous people took a popular wagon routs from Independence, Missouri to Fort Vancouver in the Pacific northwest. What do we call this travel route?

11

What Japanese trend of the 2000s featured elaborately decorated artificial fingernails?

14

What 1990s shoe fad featured platform soles that could be several inches thick?

4

How many gods are there in Buddhism?

20

The famous dish known as the Caesar Salad was invented in the early part of this century by a chef in a restaurant in which North American city?

9

The whiskey called bourbon is distilled from a fermented mash composed at least 51% of what grain?

11

Can you give the locations of the three main military academies?

5

What is the standard of proof required for a criminal conviction in the United States?

1

The phrase Barbary Coast often refers to San Francisco, but the word Barbary actually refers to what region of the world?

17

Madonna made her first national TV appearance in 1984 on what music and entertainment show?

4

What language, now extinct, was spoken by the Goths, the tribe that invaded the Roman Empire?

11

What do you call the disease marked by uncontrollable sleepiness and attacks of brief sleep, even while standing or moving?

4

Born in 1903, he became a singer and actor who received an Academy Award in 1944, and recorded 1500 records, including more #1 hits than Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles (39 of them). Who was he?