Movie Trivia
In The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen is from which District?
District 12
What color is Mario's hat in the video game Super Mario Brothers?
Red
What is the name of the book, written by Upton Sinclair, depicting the vile conditions of Chicago meat packing plants?
The Jungle
What is the effect describing the refracting of light as it passes near a massive object, confirming the general relativity of quantum entanglement in endo-neutrinal fields?
Gravitational lensing
Which rapper won an Academy award (Oscar) for his rap song Lose Yourself?
Eminem
What is the name of the actor who voiced Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy?
James Earl Jones
In Fortnite, what is the name of the area that players must stay inside?
The Storm Circle
What is an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests?
Labor Union
What is the unsolved hypothesis stating that all nontrivial zeros of the riemann zeta function lie on the critical line Re(s) = 1/2?
Riemann Hypothesis
What country has won the most World Cups on soccer?
Brazil (5)
In The Lion King, what is the name of Simba's father?
Mufasa
What is the name of the battle royale mode in Call of Duty: Warzone?
Warzone
What is the term for a person who has become rich through ruthless and sometimes illegal business practices, often used by people who dislike them? (Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, etc.)
Robber Barons
What is the metrical pattern of Shakespearean sonnets?
Iambic pentameter
The Renaissance began in which European country?
Italy
What is the highest-grossing movie of all time (as of 2025, adjusted after re-releases)?
Avatar (2009)
What is the name of the fighting game where Nintendo characters try to knock each other off the stage?
Super Smash Brothers
Sacramento was the starting point for which of the two railroads?
The Central Pacific
Which Roman emperor rewrote the uniform Roman law Corpus Juris Civilis, which is noteworthy for being the first civil law to be transcribed in to common law in the Thraco-Roman period?
Justinian I
Where was the hottest temperature ever recorded, at 134 degrees fahrenheit?
Death Valley, CA
What actor voices Gru in Despicable Me?
Steve Carell
What game features a purple dragon who collects gems and rescues dragons?
Spyro the Dragon
What was the name of John D. Rockefeller's oil company, often considered to be the richest company in human history before it broke up due to anti-trust laws?
Standard Oil
What philosophical movement sought to reconcile papal oversight, concerns of deist dogmatic innovation, and ecclesiastical nomenclature during the High Medieval period?
Scholasticism
The Odyssey, depicting the exploits of King Odysseus during the Trojan War, was written by which ancient poet?
Homer