MURRAY FAMILY TRIVIA NIGHT

SPORTS

1

This term is used when a bowler throws three strikes in a row

Turkey

2

The youngest NBA player to cumulatively score 10,000 points

Lebron James

3

This American football team is the only franchise to have an undefeated season, including the Super Bowl

The Miami Dolphins (1972)

4

Dump, floater, and wipe are all used in this Olympic sport

Volleyball

5

The Triple Crown is awarded to a horse that wins these three races

The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes

AMERICAN HISTORY

1

The first American state 

Delaware 

2

The shortest serving US President, getting sick and dying only 31 days into his term 

President William Henry Harrison

3

Henry Ford's Model T hit the market in this year

1908

4

These four Presidents have been assassinated while in office 

Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy

5

This is the date the Declaration of Independence was officially signed

August 2, 1776

ENTERTAINMENT

1

In the Matrix, Neo takes this color pill 

Red

2

This man played Juror number 8, in the classic 12 Angry Men

Henry Fonda 

3

Tom Hanks won back to back Academy Awards (1994,1995) for these two movies

Philadelphia and Forrest Gump

4

Jack Nicholson referencing this show when he ad-libbed “Here’s Johnny!” in The Shining?

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

5

"Well, nobody’s perfect” is the final line (and punchline) from this classic 1959 comedy starring Marilyn Monroe

Some Like it Hot

SCIENCE

1

The closest planet to the sun

Mercury 

2

Scientists believe that the continents of the earth were all this one large landmass 280 million years ago

Pangea

3

The first ever animal to be cloned was a sheep named this 

Dolly

4

ATP is the molecular unit of energy that gives our body fuel on a cellular level. ATP stands for this.

Adenosine triphosphate

5

Space travelers from the United States are called astronauts. From Russia, they’re called cosmonauts. But, Taikonauts are from this country.

China 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1

This woman was the first to win a Nobel Prize in 1903

Marie Curie 

2

This President is featured on the rare $2

President Thomas Jefferson

3

Cynophobia is a fear of this 

Dogs

4

The three water signs in astrology are

Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces

5

Jim Morrison was buried in this European city

Paris