THE BIG APPLE
POP CULTURE
WORLD HISTORY
POLITICS
MISC
100
In the movie Big, a suddenly adult Josh Baskin plays a giant piano with his boss at what legendary New York City toy store?
F.A.O. Schwarz
100
The U.S. version of "The Office" starred Steve Carrell as the central character, Michael Scott. Who played the boorish boss in the original British version of the show?
Ricky Gervais
100
El Pilar, located in what is now Belize, and Tikal, in what is now Guatemala, are among the great cities of what ancient Mesoamerican civilization?
What is the Maya civilization?
100
In 1997, David Wolf became the first American to vote from where? A Texas state law enabled him to do so.
Space
100
In October 1884 in Washington, U.S. President Chester Arthur hosted an international conference to discuss the choice of "a ______ to be employed as a common zero of longitude and standard of time reckoning throughout the world". What word fills in the blank?
What is a meridian?
200
What 26th president, who was born in Manhattan, assumed office after William McKinley was assassinated?
Theodore Roosevelt?
200
In “Friends,” Ross famously lets Rachel’s name slip when he’s saying his wedding vows to his second wife. What was her first name?
Emily
200
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"?
200
What British man received two Oscar nominations for acting roles in the 1990s for playing two different American presidents? The presidents were Richard Nixon and John Quincy Adams.
Anthony Hopkins
200
On April 11, 1912, Francis Browne was on a pier in Ireland when he took one of the last known photos of what object?
What is the Titanic?
300
Philadelphia was the most populous city in the U.S. at the time the young nation declared its independence. In what decade did nearby New York City pass Philadelphia as the nation's most populous city?
1790's
300
1991's "Hunger Strike" was a hit for Temple of the Dog, a band featuring the vocals of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell and what other grunge star, who hit it big with his own band's debut a few months later?
Eddie Vedder
300
Which of King Henry VIII’s six wives was born last?
Who is Katherine Howard?
300
What legendary University of Nebraska football coach won three championships in the 1990s, later riding this popularity to a career in the U.S. House of Representatives? His last name is the same as the comedy daredevil “Super Dave.”
Tom Osborne
300
Great Britain was the first country on which the U.S. formally declared war. What was the second?
What is Mexico?
400
Within a 3.5 year period, this man became mayor of Buffalo, Governor of New York and president of the United States.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
400
In 2015 Steve Harvey incorrectly announced Miss Columbia as the winner of the Miss Universe Pageant. What country was the actual winner from?
What is the Philippines?
400
Archimedes, the famous Ancient Greek mathematician and scientist was from which city, which also shares its name with a locality in New York State?
What is Syracuse?
400
The number of independent states that emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
15 (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.)
400
What famous filmmaker behind "Patton" and "The Godfather" received his middle name because of the car company that sponsored the radio show where his father worked?
Who is Francis Ford Coppola
500
After being spotted in the Bronx's Claremont Park in 2023, New York City officials confirmed that what animal, species Canis latrans, can be found in all NYC boroughs besides Brooklyn?
Coyotes
500
Bill Gates appears on the cover of a May 2005 issue of Time Magazine. He is holding something in his hand, and the subtitle reads: "Microsoft has finally made something hip." What is Gates holding?
Xbox 360
500
This republic of 115 islands northeast of Madagascar was uninhabited until it's 18th century settlement by the French.
What is Seychelles? (The Seychelles)
500
What ancient man wrote a work of political philosophy titled simply "Politics"? Admittedly that's a translated title. The work is divided into eight books and ranges from discussing the instability of tyrannies to pontificating on marriage and children.
Aristotle
500
There's a town in the Peloponnese region of Greece with a namesake food item known for its purple color and smooth meaty texture. What is this fruit?
What is a Kalamata Olive?