Random Trivia Questions

15

What seven-letter adjective is most commonly used to describe the exuberant and freewheeling decade of the 1920's?

8

London tourists might know that the "New Palace of Westminster" is more commonly known as ... what?

18

In 1988, 160,000 people attended the largest rock music gathering ever held in East Germany. The Communist newpapers hailed the American rock performer as a friend of the working class. Who was he?

7

Can you name three countries whose names begin with the letter "H"?

6

Which two countries in South America border neither the Atlantic nor the Pacific Ocean?

4

In the 1994 no-brainer comedy Ace Ventura, Pet Dectective , Jim Carrey's character was hired to find what?

16

During the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese forces were able to move soldiers and supplies along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, which passed along the border of Vietnam and what two countries?

4

During the 1980's three Oscar-winning films contained the name of a person in the title. Name these films.

13

What does AM stand for in radio broadcasting?

7

What 18th century British navigator and explorer charted and named many islands of the Pacific Ocean.

12

What is the two-word name for the lowest prevailing interest rate that banks charge to corporations considered excellent risks?

19

Which homosexual, cross-dressing, British heroin junkie was one of the world's most popular pop-music personalities of the 1980's and 1990's?

3

This German-Swiss writer wrote "Siddhartha," "Steppenwolf," "Narziss und Goldmund," and "The Glass Bead Game." Who is he?

1

What was the title of the 1990 fantasy directed by Tim Burton about a young man with multi-bladed appendages, and who played the lead role?

2

Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. To which people does this refer?