MOVIES
What is the name of the motel in Psycho (1960)?
What is 'The Bates Motel'
Around 3000 BC was the first known use of what paper-like material by the Egyptians?
What is 'Papyrus'
Ponzi schemes are named after Charles Ponzi, a 1920s con artist from Italy. He promised 50% returns for investors, but their funds were being used to purchase:
What are 'International Reply Coupons'
Ponzi realized he could buy these coupons in other countries, cash them out for stamps, and take advantage of exchange rates in the US. During the course of eight months in Boston, he took in around $15 million (around $220 million today) from investors who were being paid by newly invested funds. Before Charles Ponzi, this scheme was referred to as "robbing Peter to pay Paul." Ponzi was arrested on charges of Federal mail fraud, jumped bail, was deported to his native Italy, and ultimately died in Brazil with $75.00 to his name in a charity hospital.
What is a soccer field called?
What is 'A Pitch'
What is the somewhat rude term for an angle greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees?
What is 'Obtuse'
What is the name of the magical country in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe where it's always winter but never Christmas?
What is 'Narnia'
Providing its name (and its image for the logo) to a modern piece of modern language learning software, what ancient stone slab discovered in Egypt in 1799 provided the key to deciphering hieroglyphics, and is now the most visited item on display in the British Museum?
What is 'The Rosetta Stone'
Which prohibition-era gangster was nicknamed "scarface"?
What is 'Al Capone'
During the Prohibition era in Chicago, Capone was a crime boss of the Chicago Outfit. He was sent to prison on charges of tax evasion and died of a stroke in 1947.
What equestrian sport is played on horseback that features two teams using mallets to hit a ball through goalposts?
What is 'Polo'
What do you call the longest side of a right triangle (that is, the side that’s opposite the right angle)?
What is a 'hypotenuse'
The head of what kind of animal is front-and-center in an infamous scene from The Godfather?
What is ' A Horse'
The 600-mile-long plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Valleys was home to the city-state of Sumer, which was the first in a succession of what "M" civilizations?
What is 'Mesopotamia'
who is widely considered to be the first American serial killer?
Who is 'H.H. Holmes aka Herman Webster Mudgett '
This man is widely considered to be the first American serial killer. I could write a novel on all the horrors this man inflicted — but someone else did, and it's called The Devil In The White City. Do some more research, if you're interested.
What sport features an underhand ball delivery from the pitching circle to home plate?
What is 'Softball'
In the commonly taught order-of-operations acronym PEMDAS, the “E” stands for what “powerful” type of numbers?
What are 'Exponents'
What is the name of the spell used in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to make feathers fly?
What is 'Wingardium Leviosa'
About 2,000 years before the Egyptians started using it, the Chinchorro people of Chile came up with which process for preserving their dead?
What is 'Mummification'
During a two-day spree in August of 1969, ________ instructed woman followers — including Leslie Van Houten, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel to kill 7 people
Who is 'Charles Manson'
How many yards are between two endzones of an American football field?
What is '100 yards'
What do you call a number that cannot be divided evenly by any other number except for 1 and itself?
What is 'A Prime Number'
What 1994 crime film revitalized John Travolta's career?
What is 'Pulp Fiction'
Which three-word, alliterative Latin phrase is popularly attributed to Julius Caesar, supposedly being used by him in a letter to the Roman Senate following victory at the Battle of Zelda?
What is 'Veni, Vidi, Vici'
American convicted serial killer. In the 1980s, she ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California, and murdered various elderly and mentally disabled boarders before cashing their Social Security checks
Who is 'Dorothea Helen Puente'
How many times has Tiger Woods won The Masters?
What is 5
What is two to the power of 6
What is 64
Which movie star is killed off in the opening scene of Scream?
Who is 'Drew Barrymore'
What famous sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty became famous for his titular "code" which importantly shifted law codes from compensating victims to physical punishment of perpetrators?
Who is 'Hammurabi'
Lewis Carrol and Prince Albert are among the unlikely suspects for this notorious British murderer.
Who is 'Jack The Ripper'
What baseball player signed a record 10-year, $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024?
Who is 'Shohei Ohtani'
What is 739 times 120
What is 88680
What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?
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What is 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'
In ancient Egypt, which Queen, whose name translates as “a beautiful woman has come”, was the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten and was once considered a candidate for Tutankhamun’s mother?
Who is 'Nefertiti'
How many women did Ted Bundy kill?
What is 30
After finishing her run in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, how many medals has Simone Biles won in her career?
What are 11
What is (2888 times 23) - 2039
What is '64385 '