Random Trivia Questions

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This new-wave/punk musician was a former beautician and Playboy bunny. In the late 1970's she was lead singer of a successful rock act with a colorful group name. Name the group and lead singer?

7

The first one of these was established at Wesleyan College, Georgia, in 1851. Today, then can be found on virtually every college campus. What are they?

4

What was the Russian name for the first artificial satellite, launched in 1957?

8

What company developed the MS-DOS operating system?

14

What brand of jeans was originally designed for gold miners during the California Gold Rush?

20

Name the authors of each of these famous novels: a. For Whom the Bell Tolls b. Gone With the Wind c. Lady Chatterly's Lover:

21

According to Norwegian mythology, these repulsive dwarfs who live in hidden places steal children and property and hate noise. What are they called?

13

In 1958, Russian poet and novelist Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, but negative Soviet reaction forced him to refuse the honor. For which novel was Boris Pasternak awarded the Nobel Prize?

11

Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong was born July 4, 1900 in what city?

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?

19

George W. Bush was the second person to follow in his father's footsteps as President of the United States. Who was the first son of a President to become a President?

1

Which New Testament woman can be considered either a woman whom Jesus cured of evil spirits, or a repentent prostitute who washed the feet of Jesus?

17

Born in New York in 1965, she scored her first film success playing a juvenile streetwalker in the film, "Pretty Baby" at the age of 13. Who is she?

23

Which musical adaptation broke opening weekend records for its genre upon release in November 2024?

4

What company in the 1970's developed the high-tech concept of a mouse clicking graphical icons to open programs, but dropped the idea, allowing Apple to adopt it as the basis of the Macintosh?