Movies
What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?
What is Snow White and the seven dwarfs?
Hollywood executives mocked the film during production. To finance it, Walt Disney had to mortgage his own home. It ballooned from a $250,000 budget to $1.5 million, but went on to gross millions during the Great Depression.
In what classic work of children's literature do the characters Mike, Veruca, Violet, Augustus, and Charlie get a tour of a confectionery manufacturing facility?
What is "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"?
The book has sold over 20 million copies worldwide and is translated into 55 languages.
Which country is both an island and a continent?
What is Australia?
After more than 150 years, he's still the tallest president in U.S history.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
A group of flamingos is called a flock.
False.
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
In Risky Business, what song did Tom Cruise famously lip-sync to in his underwear?
What is “Old Time Rock and Roll” by Bob Seger?
Released in 1983, Risky Business is a hit coming-of-age comedy that made Tom Cruise a major star, featured an improvised dance scene, and caused a massive spike in sunglass sales. It grossed over $63 million on a $6.2 million budget.
What 1897 novel sees Abraham Van Helsing chasing down the title character in his namesake castle in modern-day Romania?
What is "Dracula"?
Author Bram Stoker never visited Transylvania or Eastern Europe, relying on library research.
Which American state is the largest (by area)?
What is Alaska?
A Norse explorer thought to set foot on America before Christopher Columbus.
Who is Leif Erikson?
A cow produces more milk when listening to music.
True!
Studies have shown that slow, calming music can increase milk production by a meaningful amount.
For which 1964 musical blockbuster did Julie Andrews win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
What is "Mary Poppins"?
Julie Andrews was pregnant when offered the part, but Walt Disney waited for her. It was her very first movie.
Two displaced migrant ranch workers are the dual protagonists of what 1937 novella with a title that starts with a preposition?
What is "Of Mice and Men"?
Author John Steinbeck's puppy chewed up nearly an entire handwritten first draft of the manuscript
What is the human body’s largest organ?
What is Skin?
The Berlin Wall fell in November of this year.
When is 1989?
The human body contains enough iron to make a small nail.
True!
The average adult body contains about 3 to 4 grams of iron, mostly in the blood.
“Well, nobody’s perfect” is the final line (and punchline) from what classic 1959 comedy starring Marilyn Monroe?
What is "Some Like it Hot"?
Marilyn Monroe required 47 takes to correctly say "It's me, Sugar", and another scene where she had to find a bottle of bourbon took a staggering 59 takes because she kept mixing up the words or drawers.
Jack, Simon, Piggy, and Roger are four of the young characters that make up the cast in what 1954 novel?
What is "Lord of the Flies"?
Upon its release in September 1954, Lord of the Flies underwhelmed at bookstores, selling only 4662 copies through the following year and falling out of print shortly thereafter. Critical acclaim and the respect of the academic community steadily grew over the rest of the decade, and the novel eventually found enough of an audience that by 1962 it had moved 65,000 copies.
What is the deadliest mammal?
What is Hippo?
his man was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire.
Who is Genghis Khan?
Almonds are a type of nut.
False.
Almonds are technically seeds. They are the edible pit of a drupe fruit, more closely related to peaches than to walnuts.
What is the highest-grossing movie of all time when taking inflation into account?
What is "Gone with the Wind"?
In the US alone, an estimated 202 million tickets were sold. This was a remarkable feat considering the entire US population at the time was roughly 130 million.
What Pulitzer Prize winning novel is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama?
What is "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
Published in 1960, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that has sold over 40 million copies worldwide
What alcoholic beverage is made from juniper berries?
What is Gin?
What animal and insect vector primarily carried and spread the bacteria during the Black Death?
Fleas living on black rats.
Napoleon Bonaparte was unusually short for his time.
False.
Napoleon was about 5 feet 6–7 inches tall, which was average or slightly above average for a French man in the late 1700s. The “short Napoleon” myth likely came from British propaganda and confusion between French and English measurement systems.