Literature
What author wrote "I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it?" In the 1996 movie adaptation of the novel, the line was uttered by actor-director Danny Devito.
Roald Dahl
What newspaper, founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson, was the first tabloid released every day? Its two-word name denotes its regular release, and it’s currently owned by Mort Zuckerman and the Tribune Company.
New York Daily News
What is it called when a quarterback throws a very long pass near or in the end zone with a highly unlikely chance of completion, usually as a last-ditch effort to score?
Hail Mary pass
Known for his habit of whacking his right hind foot against the ground, Thumper is the BFF of what “B”-loved Disney deer?
Bambi
Introduced in 1927, what powdered drink mix is the official state soft drink of Nebraska, where it was invented?
Kool-Aid
"The Torrents of Spring" (set in northern Michigan) and "To Have and Have Not" (set on a Key West fishing boat) are the only two novels by what American author to be set in the United States?
Ernest Hemingway
What is the largest U.S. newspaper not published on the East Coast, having been published on the West Coast since 1881? Owned by Nant Capital, it is currently based in El Segundo, CA.
Los Angeles Times
Which team did legendary coach John Madden lead to a Super Bowl victory before becoming a sports commentator?
Raiders
In the official canon of Disney princesses, each is assigned a specific number based on the chronology of their film being released. Number 1 is 1937's Snow White. Number 2 is which 1950 princess, who spent her young years cleaning her stepmother’s chateau and protecting her mice friends Jaq and Gus from Lucifer the cat?
Cinderella
“The Beast,” “Cadillac One,” and “Stagecoach” are three of several nicknames given to the official state car of what U.S. type of government official?
President of the United States
What author created the child protagonist who promptly explains his nickname to the reader in the following manner? “My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip.”
Charles Dickens
Der Tagesspiegel and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung are daily newspapers published in what country?
Germany
Which NFL team has become notorious for running a play called “the Tush Push,” also known as “the Brotherly Shove”?
Philadelphia Eagles
What 1959 Disney animated film classic features Aurora as the titular princess? She falls in love with Prince Phillip.
Sleeping Beauty
when was the start of construction for the Erie Canal
1817 in Rome, NY
What American author, popularly known by a pseudonym, considered Hartford the most beautiful city in the United States and settled there to write what are considered his bildungsroman masterpieces? Coincidentally, this Missouri-born man lived next door to Harriet Beecher Stowe while in Hartford.
Mark Twain
Three newspapers made Nixon's Enemies List, including the St. Louis Post Dispatch and The New York Times. What was the third?
The Washington Post
Who were the two teams who played in Super Bowl LV?
Tampa Bay Bucaneers and Kansas City Chiefs
Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes, and Pat Carroll are the three most prominent voice actors in what 1989 Disney animated film?
The Little Mermaid
What federation of motor clubs, known for its roadside service and its repetitive acronym, was founded in 1902 in Chicago, Illinois? It is a privately held not-for-profit national member group.
American Automobile Association
Although more well-known for his fiction and character creations, what famous author was also an ophthalmologist? He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh in the 1870s, was a determined supporter of compulsory vaccination, and partially based his most famous character on a former university teacher.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Along with Libération and Le Figaro, Le Monde is considered one of the three "newspapers of record" in which European nation?
France
What team did Jason Kelce play on when he announced his retirement in 2024?
Philadelphia Eagles
The soundtrack of which movie of 1992 includes songs entitled “Friend Like Me” and “Prince Ali?”
Aladdin
when was the Grand Opening of Erie Canal
1825
What Richmond native and best-selling author swapped the law for literature when writing his first novel, “Absolute Power,” in 1996?
David Baldacci
What British newspaper, which moved to tabloid in 2003 and online only in 2016, is owned by the Lebedev family and has a name implying that they are free from outside control?
The Independent
Which is the only NFL team that play their home games in New York state?
Buffalo Bills
Unlike most Disney characters, Mickey Mouse's pet dog is not anthropomorphic beyond some facial expressions. What is the name of Mickey's dog that was first introduced in 1930?
Pluto
Buzz Beer is the alcoholic beverage brand of choice of the show’s title character and his Cleveland-based friends Oswald Lee Harvey and Lewis Kiniski on what mid-‘90s ABC sitcom starring the current host of “The Price Is Right?”
“The Drew Carey Show”
What American novelist is well-known for his sparse use of punctuation and once claimed that to use quotation marks is to "blot the page up with weird little marks?" This author is associated with the Southern Gothic, Western, and post-apocalyptic genres.
Cormac McCarthy
Major papers in Orlando and Milwaukee share their name with what S-word for a soldier whose job it is to stand watch?
Sentinel
When was the last time the Dallas Cowboys won the Super Bowl?
1996
While King Richard is off fighting in the Crusades, Prince John makes mischief for the title character and his friends in what 1973 animated Disney film?
Robin Hood
The popular song, ________ also known as "Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal," memorializes the years from 1825 to 1880 when the mule barges made boomtowns out of Utica, Rome, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo, and transformed New York into the Empire State.
“Low Bridge, Everybody Down,”
Oakland, California features a neighborhood named after what author of "The Call of the Wild," who often frequented the area?
Jack London
The Sun and the Daily Mirror are popular tabloids that are both based out of what European capital city?
London
Who holds the record for the most touchdown passes in a single NFL season?
Peyton Manning
What other Disney film besides "Sleeping Beauty" involves a sleeping princesses under an evil spell?
Snow White
What is the only branch of the U.S. military to share a name with a best-selling line of Nike sneakers?
Air Force
Thestrals and Floo Powder are both forms of transportation invented by what internationally-renowned author?
JK Rowling
What tear-inducing satire news site was founded by two students at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1988?
The Onion
When did the New York Titans become the New York Jets?
1963
They had to pass up the roles because of scheduling conflicts, but The Spice Girls were originally set to voice Greek goddesses (The Muses) in which 1997 Disney animated film?
Hercules
The oldest insurance company in the United States, the Philadelphia Contributionship, was first organized in 1752 by what famous Philadelphian and Founding Father?
Benjamin Franklin
The collective name for owls is parliament. This noun arose because of a description of a meeting of owls in what author's works?
C.S. Lewis
Featuring a trumpet-like instrument on its cover page, what fictional New York City newspaper frequently reports on the exploits of the Amazing Spider-Man?
Daily Bugle
Which legendary Arizona Cardinals player leads the franchise in receiving yards with 17,492 total?
Larry Fitzgerald
What is the name of the iconic insect who sings “When You Wish Upon a Star” in the 1940 animated film Pinocchio? Two-word answer required.
Jiminy Cricket
The Empire Strikes Back hit theaters during Memorial Day Weekend in 1980. That same week, an iconic horror film opened but had a relatively weak opening box office because it was counter-programmed against the Star Wars installment. What was this Jack Nicholson-starring horror film?
The Shining