Today's Trivia Questions

10

Who painted 'The Birth of Venus', showing the goddess emerging from the sea?

20

Can you name a common four letter word which reads the same upside down as right-side up?

9

What was the name of the prehistoric flying reptile?

7

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

79

The 2026 Winter Olympics featured NHL players for the first time since which year?

17

Of Norway, Sweden, and Finland, which, if any, share a land border with Russia?

5

What groundbreaking 1973 supernatural horror film, directed by William Friedkin, terrified audiences with its depiction of a young girl possessed by a demonic entity and the two priests who attempt to save her?

18

This artist has been called vile, violent, decrepit, insensitive, moronic, homophobic, offensive, and repugnant, but his music work made him one of the stars of the year 2000. Who is he?

43

What type of galaxy is the Milky Way classified as?

40

Major Motoko Kusanagi leads an elite task force in a futuristic cyberpunk world, pursuing a mysterious hacker known as the Puppet Master in this influential 1995 Japanese animated film. What is the title of this movie?

3

Name the five creatures who traveled together down the yellow brick road in The Wizard of Oz.

4

Born in Texas in 1934, this popular American television and film comedienne and singer became, in 1981, the first person to win a libel suit against the sleazy tabloid National Enquirer?

18

Jack Nicholson famously starred as Randle McMurphy, a rebellious patient who challenges the oppressive Nurse Ratched, in this 1975 drama set in a psychiatric hospital that won the "Big Five" Academy Awards. Name the film.

16

Which person, in which year, said, "I do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States"

9

The Mosquito Coast, named after Miskito Indians rather than the insects, is a strip of land along the coastline of two countries. Name either one.