Basic Trivia
What color does gold leaf appear if you hold it up to the light?
Green
What is the most expensive spice in the world by weight?
Saffron
Which game was originally called pretzel?
Twister
What Boston-based battle of the American Revolutionary War is somewhat inaccurately named, since most of the fighting took place on Breed's Hill?
Battle of Bunker Hill
Where are The Beatles from?
What year was the worlds first Cinema made?
10 years either side
1895
Which instrument is associated with Earl Bud Powell?
Piano
Which Asian fruit has the nickname king of fruits and is known for its distinctive smell?
Durian
What store had a mascot named Geoffrey?
Toys R Us
Daily Double!
Who are the only 2 people on US currency that weren't presidents AND what position did they hold in government?
Name all of the Spice Girls nicknames.
Sporty spice, Scary spice, Ginger spice, Baby spice, Posh spice.
In back to the future, how much power did it take to fuel the capacitor?
1.21 gigawatts
Who was murdered along with OJ Simpson’s estranged wife Nicole?
Ronald Goldman
Garlic Helps To Prevent Heart Disease As It Helps To Lower The Level Of What In Our Blood?
Cholesterol
What classic Hasbro game, whose name comes from Swahili for "to build," was inducted into the national toy hall of fame in 2020?
Jenga
In room 214 of what Washington, DC hotel has been converted to "The Scandal Room," with decor that includes newspaper headlines about Richard Nixon's resignation?
The watergate hotel
Who was the first woman ever inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Aretha Franklin
Which film famously was so scary theater staff carried smelling salts for guests?
HINT: old movie "in black and white"
Phantom of the Opera
The girl in the polka dot dress was an eye witness in whose assassination?
Robert F. Kennedy
Which Mexican food has a name meaning little donkey?
Burrito
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Which toy consists of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of colored material whose reflections produce changing patterns when the tube is rotated?
Kaleidoscope
Which U.S. president spent the longest time in office? This man served in the office until his death at age 63
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What was the first band to have an album advertised on a billboard?
The Doors
What was the first horror movie to ever win a Oscar not once but 5 Academy Awards?
Silence of the lambs
From 1919 to 1933, the Weimar Republic was the government of what nation?
Germany
What is the most stolen food in the world?
Cheese
What spinning top has four sides and is commonly played with during Hanukkah festivities?
Dreidel
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison used the pen name Publius to publish what set of 85 essays in New York newspapers in 1787 and 1788?
The federalist papers
Who is known as the 'King of Rock'?
Elvis Presley
What was the first sports film to win an academy award for best picture?
Rocky
What was the first movie to be rated PG-13?
Red Dawn
What additives consist of the skin and bones of animals?
Gelatin
For most of its life before its bankruptcy in 1995, Lionel Corporation was best known for its production of what kind of toys?
Electric trains
Which US president, whose middle name was only one letter, is the only president to ever commission use of a nuclear weapon?
Harry S Truman
What year did Queen's Freddie Mercury die?
1991
What was the first movie to use profanity?
Gone with the wind.