Muricah At 250
Fictional Detectives
FIFA World Cups
The Films Of Nolan Anna
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He was number 8 on the POTUS list and is credited with forming the Democratic party along with Andrew Jackson and served as Jackson’s VP from 1833-1837. Today though, he is probably better remembered from a Seinfeld episode in which a gang named after him features.

Who is Martin Van Buren?

200

A series of novels featuring a detective named Cormoran Strike were written by this person under the pen name Robert Galbraith.

Who is J. K. Rowling?

200

Till date, this WC remains the only one hosted by an African nation.

What is the 2010 FIFA WC?

200

This 2000 neo-noir psychological thriller is a remake of a 1997 Norwegian film and is the only Nolan film where he is credited as a director but not writer.

What is Insomnia?

400

It was designed by Henry Bacon. The groundbreaking ceremony for it occurred on Feb. 12, 1914 and it was dedicated on May 30, 1922. It was completely rebuilt between 2010 and 2012 to have a concrete bottom instead of asphalt and tile.  

What is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool?

400

He is Dashiell Hammet’s creation who appears in one novel (The Maltese Falcon) and a few short stories.

Who is Sam Spade?

400

Josimar Jose Evora Dias was born on June 3rd. 1986 in Mindelo. His parents wanted to name him Valdano after Argentina player Jorge Vandano, but it was not permitted by the authorities. He was given his first name in honour of Josimar, a full-back for Brazil at the 1986 FIFA WC. He was given his nickname by his grandparents, who raised him. He said that he played under his first name until he moved to Angola, where another player was also called Josimar

Who is Vozinha?

400

This singer played the role of Alex in a 2017 Nolan film in his feature film debut.

Who is Harry Styles?

600

Alexander Graham Bell was called to the bedside of a dying American President in order to accomplish this specific goal using a prototype invention of his.

What is finding a bullet in James Garfield’s body using a metal detector?

600

In the entire Sherlock Holmes canon the two short stories The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane and The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier are the only two with this feature/aspect.

 What are stories without Watson appearing in them?

600

This player won the Golden Boot award in 2006 and was in the news recently for an allied record.

Who is Miroslav Klose?

600

He was born in Albany on 17 Aug., 1896. A US Army Corps of Engineers officer, he oversaw the construction of the Pentagon. He was played in a 2023 Nolan film by the same actor who played the character of Dr. Mann in Interstellar.

Who is Lesley Groves?

800

The story behind this still in use analogy is probably apocryphal. It stems from a supposed breakfast meeting between Washington and Jefferson called by Jefferson. Washington supposedly made the allusion when he saw Jefferson pour his coffee into another object before drinking it. The reason it appears to be apocryphal is because it doesn’t appear as if Jefferson had any strong objection to the topic under debate and had in fact indicated support for it in writing.

What is the cooling saucer of the senate analogy?

800

The fictional town of Cabot Cove has an estimated population of around 3560 and it is estimated that its murder rate would make it the most dangerous place in the world on this metric. Good job the town has this sleuth on all the cases

Who is Jessica Fletcher?

800

With a little abuse of notation, this pair of teams have faced off the most number of times in the men’s final.

Who are Argentina and Germany?

800

Nolan wanted someone who was not necessarily a film star but was "extraordinarily charismatic" to play a particular role in a 2006 film. Nolan stated that this person "was really the only guy I had in mind to play the role because his function in the story is a small but very important role". He initially turned down the part. A lifelong fan, Nolan flew out to New York to pitch the role to him in person, telling him no one else could possibly play the part after which he accepted.

Who is David Bowie?

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She was an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and nurse aide. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. It occurred nine months before the similar, more widely known incident. Her case was dropped by civil rights campaigners because she was unmarried and pregnant during the proceedings. She passed away on Jan. 13, 2026, aged 86.

Who is Claudette Colvin?

1000

His is the last name in a set that features Mahomet Singh, Abdullah Khan, and Dost Akbar along with four cross-like symbols.

Who is Jonathan Small?

1000

This exhaustive list includes just Geoff Hurst, Kylian Mbappe, and Carli Lloyd.

 What is scoring a hat-trick in WC final?

1000

Regarding this plot element that he has been asked about a lot, Nolan has said “people who have kids read it differently than people who don’t.

What is the top spinning scene at the end of Inception?