Sports
In baseball, what is the term for a player that is in the batting order to hit only but not play defense?
Designated Hitter
Which movie star is killed off in the opening scene of Scream?
Drew Barrymore
Which planet has the shortest orbit around the Sun?
Mercury
Alyssa Milano starred in what fantasy television drama about a group of sisters that discover they are witches?
Charmed
Snickers is a brand name chocolate bar made by which American company?
Mars, Inc.
Which team won the original XFL championship game in 2001?
Los Angeles Xtreme
In 1994 Jim Carrey made three blockbusters—List all three movies?
The Mask, Dumb and Dumber, & Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
How many planets in our solar system are not named after a god or goddess?
One, Earth
Tina Fey created which popular satirical sitcom television series that aired from 2006 – 2013?
What is 30 Rock?
Which American fast-food restaurant franchise has an item on its menu called the Blizzard?
Dairy Queen
What is the only Major League Baseball team to never make it to the World Series?
Seattle Mariners
What is the name of Quint’s shark-hunting boat in Jaws?
The Orca
Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system, belongs to which planet?
Jupiter
A fictional Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey, was the set of what popular American television medical drama starring Hugh Laurie?
House, M.D.
When used in the kitchen, sodium bicarbonate is more commonly known as what?
Baking Soda
What is the name of the professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Canada?
Toronto Maple Leafs
Who wrote the famous, scary theme music from the movie Halloween?
John Carpenter
In our solar system which two planets are known as ice giants?
Uranus and Neptune
On the television sitcom Family Ties, what was the name of Michael Fox’s character?
Alex P. Keaton
What is the French culinary term for a dish that has been covered with breadcrumbs or grated cheese and browned?
Au gratin
In 1983, what two NBA teams set the record for the highest scoring regular-season game with a final score of 186-184?
Denver Nuggets and Detroit Pistons
Joaquin Phoenix received his first Oscar nomination for playing which role in what movie?
Roman emperor Commodus in Movie Gladiator
In our solar system, which planet has the shortest day?
Jupiter
In the television show Roseanne, which state did the Conner family live in?
Illinois
Peri-peri, cayenne and bird’s eye are all a type of what?
Chili Pepper
Handsome Dan is a bulldog who serves as the mascot of which university’s sports teams?
Yale University
What is the real name of Uma Thurman’s “The Bride” character from Kill Bill?
Beatrix Kiddo
Titan, Enceladus, Mimas & Iapetus are just some of the moons orbiting which planet?
Saturn
Robin William’s television series, Mork and Mindy, was a spin-off of what other famous show?
Happy Days
Norway was responsible for introducing what fish for raw consumption in Japan?
Salmon
In 1977 at age 34, who became the youngest inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
Gale Sayers
What is the name of the spaceship in Alien?
USCSS Nostromo
Which planet in our solar system has an axis that is tilted by 98 degrees?
Uranus
Before starring in the hit TV series Baywatch, David Hasselhoff starred as a crime fighter in what ’80s TV show?
Knight Rider
What is the name of the meringue-based cake believed to have been created in honor of a Russian ballerina?
Pavlova