Broadway
‘Arabian Nights’ and ‘A whole New World’ are songs from which Broadway musical?
Aladdin
Leonardo DiCaprio won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in which film?
The Revenant
Which Oscar-winning movie told the fictionalized story of Mozart?
Amadeus
Which document outlined the framework for the government of the United States prior to the Constitution?
Articles of Confederation
What variety of quartz, with chemical formula SiO2, is pink and seems to be named after a red flower with prickly stems?
Rose quartz
Who is the playwright and composer of Hamilton?
Lin-Manuel Miranda
What are the “Big Five” awards?
Name 3
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress & Best Screenplay
What organization is responsible for presenting the Academy Awards?
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
What was the significance of the Louisiana Purchase?
It doubled the size of the United States
What “B” hill has steep sides and a flat top? They are particular known to US residents for being in Montana.
Butte
What award recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre?
Tony Awards
Which movie did Jack Nicholson win his first Oscar for?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
How many movies have won all 5 of the “Big Five” Academy Awards?
Three -
It Happened One Night (1934)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Who was the President of the United States during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
What type of rock is formed by the accumulation of mineral at the Earth’s surface?
Sedimentary
‘Good Morning Baltimore” is a song in what musical?
Hairspray
In inches, how tall is an Oscar statue?
13.5 inches
Which movie won the most Oscars at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022?
Dune; it won six awards
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
Armistice, Division of Korea into North & South
What is the name of this dark igneous rock, nicknamed 'nature's glass,' that forms when molten lava cools at a rapid speed?
Obsidian
Which Broadway musical is based on Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly?
Miss Saigon
What is the only Best Picture-winning movie of the 21st century named after an American city?
Chicago
What movie won Steven Spielberg his first Oscar for Best Director?
Schindler’s List
What was the major cause of the Vietnam War?
Containment of Communism
In 2020, scientists discovered that two historic super-eruptions occurred approximately nine million years ago near what famous American "hotspot"? These eruptions were named the McMullen Creek and Grey's Landing super-eruptions.
Yellowstone