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TV, Movie Questions
100

Who is the author of the “Harry Potter” series

Who is J. K. Rowling

100

Who were the Washington Post reporters that broke the Watergate scandal?

Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein.

100

This is the basic unit of life in all living organisms.

What is a Cell.

100

What revolutionary became the leader of Cuba in 1959?

Fidel Castro

100

What are Mr. and Mrs. Brady's first names on the TV show The Brady Bunch

Mike and Carol

200

What type of story is “The Tortoise and the Hare”?

What is a fable.
200

What purchase doubled the size of the United Statesin 1803.

What was the Louisiana purchase.

200

About how much of the human body is made up of water?

60%

200

What Harvard student founded Facebook?

Mark Zuckerberg

200

What TV show had a horse named Silver?

The Lone Ranger

300

What literary device starting with an “S” term is intended to be both critical and humorous while poking fun at an idea?

What is Satire.

300

What revolution beginning in 1789 led to the rise in power of Napoleon Bonaparte.

What was the French Revolution.

300

This part of the atom has no electrical charge and is found in the nucleus alongside protons.

What is a Neutron.

300

Who co-founded the short - lived political magazine George with Michael J Berman?

John F Kennedy Jr

300

What movie coined the phrase, I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.

The Godfather

400

Agatha Christie’s “By the Pricking of My Thumbs” and Ray Bradbury’s “Something Wicked This Way Comes” are two novels who take their titles from lines in which Shakespeare play?

What is Macbeth.

400

What was the name of the treaty that ended World war I?

What is the Treaty of Versailles
400

What is the boiling point of water?

100°C or 212°F

400

What comedian was found guilty of obscenity in 1964, only to be pardoned posthumously 40 years later?

Lenny Bruce

400

In what TV series did Bob Ross teach viewers how to paint landscaping?

The Joy of Painting

500

In 1832, at the age of 21, a member of a prominent religious family moved to Cincinnati to join her father, who had become the president of a theological seminary. Her religious conviction, progressive inclinations, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, and the death of her own 18-month-old-son were said to be key influences for one of the most influential novels in American history. What is this novel?

What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

500

Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael all belong to which historical art period?

Renaissance

500

What nuclear process powers stars, including the Sun, by combining hydrogen atoms to form helium and releasing massive amounts of energy?

What is Nuclear Fission.

500

What Green Bay Packers coach did Richard Nixon consider as a running mate (until Nixon discovered that he was a democrat)

Vince Lombardi

500

What NBC news program is the world's longest running TV show?

Meet the Press (first aired in 1947)