Random Trivia Questions

13

Around 1765, which two English surveyors drew a line separating the southern slave states from the northern free states?

11

What is the name of the John Philip Sousa march named after a famous newspaper?

17

In his work Metamorphoses, the Roman poet of love, Ovid, created a god of dreams, after whom a drug is named. Who was this god?

6

The name of what disease means, in Italian, bad air?

15

From the French term chatepelose, meaning “hairy cat," comes the appropriate name of what insect?

5

California's rich, irrigated central valley agricultural region between Sacramento and Bakersfield is known by what proper name?

2

What disease, caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, is characterized by bleeding gums and extreme weakness?

8

What device did Edwin Armstrong invent in 1933 that greatly improved radio sound quality?

2

A high school senior said she knows all the seniors, half the juniors, 1/3 of the sophomores, and 1/4 of the freshmen. If each class has the same numbers of students, then she knows what fraction of the school?

11

Can you name three Nicholas Cage films whose titles include the names of southwestern U.S. locations?

5

According to a survey taken by AT&T, the average American changes residence how many times during a lifetime? - margin of error 2

16

Outside this apartment building in New York City, on December 8th, 1980, a deranged fan murdered John Lennon. Who was this person, and which apartment building?

4

The first Crusade began around the end of which century?

8

Imported into Europe for the first time by Dutch traders around 1610, what beverage was sold commercially for the first time in Britain around 1660?

8

Who painted 'Water Lilies', a series of approximately 250 oil paintings?