Blanche, Dorothy, Rose, and Sophia share a home in Miami and share the auric experiences of being widows and divorcées in what NBC sitcom with the unforgettable theme song “Thank You For Being A Friend”?
The Golden Girls
What Dublin-born writer of books like The Lair of the White Worm (1911) probably got the idea for his most famous character from the spooky stories about the Carpathian Mountains told to him by his Hungarian-Jewish friend, Armin Vambery?
Bram Stoker
What toothed whale with a falsely incriminating name belongs to the oceanic dolphin family? Also known as an orca, they have black bodies with a white underside and patches near the eye.
Killer whale
Given that its pyramids are so famous, you might assume that Egypt is home to the majority of them. However, with over 200 of them, which African country actually has the most pyramids?
Sudan
Located on Sixth Avenue between 50th and 51st streets, what legendary NYC performance venue is the home of the Rockettes dance troupe?
Radio City
American lawyer Johnnie Cochran famously argued, "If it [the glove] doesn't fit, you must acquit," at whose trial in the mid-1990s?
O. J. Simpson
Introduced in 1962, Sonny the Cuckoo Bird is the mascot for what chocolaty General Mills cereal brand?
Cocoa Puffs
The 1953 film "Roman Holiday" is famous for its scenes of Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck riding around Rome on a scooter made by what Italian brand whose name means "wasp?"
Vespa
Bill Pullman played the role of President Thomas J. Whitmore, a former fighter pilot and Gulf War veteran, who delivered a highly-acclaimed fictional speech in what 1990s action movie?
Independence Day
It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3! The "Big Three" U.S. commercial broadcast television networks are CBS, NBC, and what Disney-owned third network?
ABC
Each January 1st from 1992 through 1995, you could count on the Nebraska Cornhuskers winning what NCAA football bowl game that formerly took place annually in a namesake stadium in Miami, Florida?
Orange Bowl
Considered one of Ireland's greatest cultural treasures, the Book of Kells is a 9th-century illuminated manuscript held in the library of what Dublin institution of higher learning?
Trinity College
Cephalofoil is the formal term for the distinctly shaped noggins of what 360-degree seeing shark group?
Hammerhead
A former Malaysian state was expelled in 1965 and is now often considered the only modern country to date to gain independence unwillingly. What is this sovereign city-state nation?
Singapore
What geometrically named dance is the official state dance of Illinois?
Square Dance
In 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales died in a car crash that took place in a tunnel in which European capital city?
Paris
In 1935 Golfer Babe Didrikson became the first woman athlete to appear on the box of what commercial food brand?
Wheaties
In the Catholic Church, the Bishop of Rome is a title more commonly known as what?
Pope
"For Harry and Lloyd, every day is a no-brainer" is a tagline that appeared on posters for what 1994 Jim Carrey movie?
Dumb and Dumber
Sam Malone and Diane Chambers are two of the main characters in what American sitcom television series that earned a top-ten rating during eight of its 11 seasons?
Cheers
Prague-born Jan Hammer composed the music for what 1980s TV series that starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as detectives in Florida?
Miami Vice
During the Easter Rising of 1916, what Dublin building served as the headquarters for the leaders of the uprising? Patrick Pearse read out the Proclamation of the Irish Republic outside of this building on April 24th.
Post Office
If you order uni at a sushi bar, you're going to get what spiky ocean dweller
Sea urchin
Lódz, Wroclaw, and Poznan are the third, fourth, and fifth most populous cities (respectively) in what European nation?
Poland
After discovering the celesta, an instrument with bell-like sounds, Tchaikovsky included it in "The Nutcracker" as part of the "Dance of" what magical character?
The Sugar Plum Fairy
What 1998 tropical storm killed 13 people in Texas, making it the state's deadliest tropical storm of the 1990s?
Tropical Storm Charley
In 2016, General Mills's Monster Cereals held a mock election, with what cocoa-flavored cereal beating out Boo Berry and Franken Berry to win the most votes?
Count Chocula
What “A” word is a watercourse engineered to carry water from a source to a distribution point? Used today to describe pipes, canals, and tunnels, it was most famously used in Ancient Rome, construction that stands to this day.
Aqueduct
Vanilla Ice, who contributed "Ninja Rap" to the soundtrack of what 1990 movie?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
What TV show about a middle-class NYC housewife innovated in the following ways? The first scripted television program shot on 35mm film in front of a studio audience, the first show to feature an ensemble cast. The show was voted the "Best TV Show of All Time" in a 2012 survey conducted by ABC News and People magazine.
I Love Lucy
Biscayne, San Marco, and Di Lido are artificial islands in Miami that are collectively known by what name, in reference to another city with significant water features?
Venetian Islands
James Joyce's seminal book Ulysses takes place on a single day in Dublin, but is heavily based on what epic poem that covers a decade of travel around the Mediterranean Sea?
The Odyssey
“Morse” is an archaic term for which large marine mammal characterized by prominent tusks and whiskers?
Walrus
D.C. is considered a "planned city" which makes some sense considering the avenues radiating out from rectangles that make up the core of the city. The architect and city planner was commissioned in 1791 by President Washington and was a man from what country?
France
What 1993 dance craze was brought into the world by Spanish group Los del Rio?
The Macarena
January 1, 1999, saw the introduction of what brand spanking new currency that supplanted the franc, the mark, and the Irish pound?
Euro
What popular cereal brand was introduced in 1941, and released its popular “Honey Nut” spin-off in 1979?
Cheerios
The largest public space in Ancient Rome was a venue designed for horse and chariot racing which seated around 150,000 people. Because of its size, it was also used for festivals and animal shows. What was it?
Circus Maximus
Fatso, Stretch and Stinkie were some of the characters from what 1995 movie
Casper
On what American television network did "The Golden Girls" originally air from 1985 to 1992?
NBC
What fad diet popular in the 2000s, which prohibits white bread, white potatoes, and white rice, was invented by Miami-area doctor Arthur Agatston?
South Beach
The city of Dublin is located at the mouth of what river, which is only the country's 8th largest?
River Liffey
Getting stung by one most certainly does not rock. Closely related to scorpionfish, what group of fish from the genus Synanceia is considered the most venomous, with untreated stings sometimes leading to death?
Stonefish
An emirate is a territory ruled by an emir. Qatar and which other independent state are emirates? This independent state’s capital shares its name with the state.
Kuwait
What popular Cuban ballroom dance style is name-checked in the titles of songs by Dean Martin and Lou Bega?
Mambo
What was the two-word name for the American campaign that liberated Kuwait following an Iraqi invasion in 1990? The U.S. led a coalition of 39 countries in the effort.
Desert Storm
What cereal in an orange box is advertised as “peanut butter cups, for breakfast?”
Reese's Puffs
What Puccini opera is set in Rome in June of 1800, and tells the story of an opera singer, her lover (a painter), and a corrupt Chief of Police? A performance of this opera was the setting for a scene in the James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace."
Tosca
Including the Oscar-winning "You'll Be in My Heart," Phil Collins provided the songs for what vine-swinging 1999 Disney animated film?
Tarzan
What sci-fi television program showed the first interracial kiss on television?
Star Trek