Other Trivia

4

Every day worldwide, over 500 million people travel on very short rides, in what type of moving vehicle?

5

In 1936, Hialeah in Florida was the world's first horse race track to make use of what new innovation?

7

What country of the world produces more feature films than any other country?

9

How many independent countries share a land border with France?

12

In 1775 the Spanish named this island in the San Francisco Bay Alcatraz, which meant what?

15

That little thing called a "bandage" or "band-aid" in American English is known by what seven-letter name in British English?

2

What sporting event is named for a fifth century B.C. military battle in which the Greeks defeated a much larger Persian army, and sent a messenger who collapsed and died upon delivering his message?

19

What song, written by Mildred and Patty Hill, is considered the most commonly sung song in the English language?

14

He was sentenced in 1990 to 10 years in prison. His name was Michael Milken, and was known as the "...what...King"?

15

The Federal Communications commission requires that all radio station call letters in this country have 3 or 4 letters, and begin with what two letters?

8

Today, marmalade refers to a kind of jelly containing the fruit and rind of many kinds of fruits, but originally, around 400 years ago, the first kind of marmalade was made from what fruit that resembles a hard yellow apple?

15

What three colors make up the s-shaped logo found on Golden Gate Transit boats and buses?

14

What animal disease, that spread through the European union in the late 1990's and early 2000's, cripples animals but does not harm humans?

7

The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924, in which city of France?

15

The first European visitor to this place was British Captain Cook, in 1778, and one of the interesting things he observed was people surfing over the waves on wooden boards. What place was this?