Television
In the acclaimed mob drama The Sopranos, what is the name of the strip club that Tony Soprano and his associates frequently use as a front hangout?
A) Crazy Horse
B) Satin Dolls
C) Bada Bing
D) The Lollipop Club
Bada Bing!
What type of creature is a katydid?
A) Fish
B) Bird
C) Insect
D) Frog
Insect
The tarantella is a dance originating in which country?
A) Spain
B) Greece
C) France
D) Italy
Italy
Which member of the Four Tops co-wrote the lyrics to the title track of Marvins Gaye's 1971 masterpiece What's Going On, drawing from his own experiences and observations of police brutality?
A) Smokey Robinson
B) Stevie Wonder
C) Norman Whitfield
D) Renaldo "Obie" Benson
Renaldo "Obie" Benson
What is the smallest perfect number?( A positive integer that is equal to the sum of its proper positive divisors)
A) 28
B) 496
C) 1
D) 6
6
What is the name of Lady Penelope's chauffeur in the TV series "Thunderbirds"?
A) Jeeves
B) Skullion
C) Muldoon
D) Parker
Parker
Aside from camouflage, what is the primary reason chameleons change their skin colors?
A) To attract prey
B) To mimic poisonous snakes
C) To attract other chameleons
D) To regulate body temperature and communicate
To regulate body temperature and communicate
In October 1999, who witnessed his daughter winning her first professional boxing bout?
A) Henry Cooper
B) Muhammad Ali
C) George Foreman
D) Joe Frazier
Muhammad Ali
Often retrospectively dubbed the "Godmother of Rock in Roll,"this pioneering gospel artist heavily influenced early rock icon Elvis Presley and Little Richard through her driving swing rhythms and electric guitar playing. Who is she?
A) Mahalia Jackson
B) Rosetta Tharpe
C) Aretha Franklin
D) Marion Williams
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Find the next term in the sequence:
1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 35,...................?
A) 105
B) 70
C) 68
D) 97
105
(+2,x3,+2,x3+2)
Before Jerry Stiller became an iconic as Frank Costanza in Seinfeld another actor filmed several episodes as George's father but was ultimately replaced and his scenes were re-shot. Who was this actor?
A) John Randolph
B) Phil Leeds
C) Barney Martin
D) Richard Herd
John Randolph
Which butterfly is famous for its incredible multi-generational migration across North America?
A) Painted Lady
B) Swallowtail
C) Monarch
D) Blue Morpho
Monarch
Kerri Strug earned a team Olympic gold medal in 1990 despite injuring her ankle in what event?
A) Balance Bean
B) Floor Exercise
C) The Vault
D) Uneven Bars
The Vault
Miles Davis 1959 album Kind of Blue is the best selling jazz record of all time. Which legendary pianist contributed significantly to the album compositional framework and modal jazz arrangements?
A) McCoy Tyner
B) Thelonious Monk
C) Herbie Hancock
D) Bill Evans
Bill Evans
What is the next term in the look-and-say sequence:
1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, ....................?
A) 112321
B) 221131
C) 312211
D) 321121
312211
(Read the term out loud 111221
three 1's
two 2's
one 1
In the Sopranos, Tony Soprano becomes deeply attached to an ill-fated racehorse. What is the name of the horse?
A) Meadowlands
B) Cozzarelli
C) Pie-O-My
D) Whitecaps
Pie-O-My
What do camels store in their hump?
A) Water
B) Muscle
C) Air
D) Fat
Fat
What was the first American Tv series to film an entire episode in the former Soviet Union?
A) Perfect Strangers
B) Family Ties
C) Murphy Brown
D) Head of the Class
Head of the Class
Which influential blues guitarist and singer, known for his acrobatic stage presence (such as playing behind his head) and blazing firetwork, heavily influenced Jimi Hendrix and recorded the 1954 R&B hit "The Things That I Used To Do"?
A) T-Bone Walker
B) B.B. King
C) Guitar Slim
D) Muddy Waters
Guitar Slim
What is the four digit Kaprekar's constant, which is reached by taking four-digit number (not all digits being the same) arranging its digits in descending and ascending order, and subtracting the smaller from the larger, until the number itself reappears?
A) 1984
B) 495
C) 7392
D) 6174
6174
In 1983, the 20th-anniversary special "The Five Doctors" of Doctor who was produced. Unfortunately, the original First Doctor actor William Hartnell, had passed away. Which actor stepped in to play the First Doctor?
A) Peter Crushing
B) David Bradley
C) Patrick Troughton
D) Richard Hurndall
Richard Hurndall
What type of animal is an appaloosa?
A) Cat
B) Sheep
C) Dog
D) Horse
Horse
Miss World 1999 and Miss World 2000 both represented which country?
A) Austria
B) India
C) Sweden
D) Venezuela
India
Which legendary gospel singer and civil rights activist transitioned to secular music in the late 1950's, recording the haunting and romantic hit "You Send Me" before his tragic death in 1964?
A) Jackie Wilson
B) Sam Cooke
C) Otis Redding
D) Little Richard
Sam Cooke
A "vampire number" is a composite integer with an even number of digits that can be factored into two integers, each containing half the digits of the original number, such that the two factors together contain exactly the same digits as the original number.Which of the following is a vampire number?
A) 1260
B) 1431
C) 1530
D) 1395
1530