I am hosting a live trivia game.Help me come up with some general knowledge questions. Thanks
What are your categories? That’s going to be the easiest way to fill this out.
Any category is fine
In which sport did Dr. Benjamin Spock, noted child care author, win an Olympic gold medal?
Rowing, 1924
In what category did Dr. Joyce Brothers win $64,000 on the $64,000 question?
Boxing
Zev Steinhardt
What is the largest concrete dome in the world?
The Pantheon (Rome)
Who was the first major league baseball player to die as a result of injuries sustained on the field?
Mike Powers, 1909
Who was the first President of the United States to survive being shot while in office?
Ronald Reagan
Who is the only person elected to both the Baseball and Pro Football Halls of Fame?
Cal Hubbard
What was the only official government post ever held by the Duke of Windsor after his abdication?
Governor of the Bahamas during World War II
What is the name of the war fought between Great Britain and Spain starting in 1739?
War of Jenkins’ Ear
What role did Groucho Marx play in his final film role in the 1968 film Skidoo?
God
What was the lowest denomination of currency authorized by U.S. law?
The mill 1/1000th of a dollar.
Which two famous authors died on the same day as John F. Kennedy?
C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley
Zev Steinhardt
Read the Trivia Dominoes thread. You’ll find tons of possibilities.
Some US Geography question
What US state is closest to Africa?
Maine
What US states are the furthest North, East, South, and West?
Alaska, Alaska, Hawaii, Alaska
What US State is bordered by one (and only one) other US State?
Maine
- Who was the first American author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Sinclair Lewis
- Reginald Pole was the last Roman Catholic to hold what position?
Archbishop of Canterbury
- What two letters are worth 8 points in Scrabble?
J and X
- Who was the last Whig to serve as President of the USA?
Millard Fillmore
- Who was the last human being to set foot on the moon?
Gene Cernan
- What was the LAST major league baseball team to have a black player on its roster?
The Boston Red Sox
- What are the first names of the Everly Brothers?
Phil and Don
Who was the only person to have a speaking role in both Animal House and Caddyshack? Sarah Holcomb
What was the date of the first scheduled night game at Wrigley Field? August 8, 1988
Who wrote the 1966 Monkees hit “I’m a Believer”? Neil Diamond
Who hosted an ABC variety show called “Saturday Night Live” the same year the more famous NBC show premiered? Howard Cosell
When did Harry Truman find out about the Manhattan Project?
Only after President Franklin D. Roosevelt died.
Before Prince William of Wales got the title Duke of Cambridge upon marrying earlier this month, when was it last in use?
In 1904.
How many times did Cold War rivals JFK and Khruschev meet?
Only once, in Vienna in 1961.
How many elections has Barack Obama lost?
One, when he ran for Congress in 2000.
What was James A. Garfield’s favorite parlor trick?
He was both well-educated and ambidextrous, and could write Latin and Greek simultaneously.
Who performed with a gospel choir at the segregated 1939 Atlanta premiere of Gone with the Wind?
A young Martin Luther King Jr.
What had a young George Washington hoped to do when he grew up?
Become a British naval officer like his half-brother Lawrence, but his mother wouldn’t let him.
What did the British ambassador affectionately say about Theodore Roosevelt?
“You must always remember that the President is about six.”
What did Oscar Wilde say when asked by a U.S. customs officer if he had anything to declare?
“Only my genius!”
Here you go.
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Which 2 US states have never had a recorded temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit?
Alaska and Hawaii
How many US states have parts that are more North than the Southernmost point of Canada?
27
What’s the most that a contestant can possibly win in a single Jeopardy game?
$356,000 Assuming I did the math right
I was about to start another thread with this trivia challenge when I remembered this thread of yours. I have yet to look up the answer but the question is prompted by way of a comment that Guy Pearce made in the Q&A session with the cast of The King’s Speech (which we watched on a Netflix disc last night) where he said he had appeared in two recent Best Pictures.
The question is: which movie actor (either gender) has appeared in the most Best Pictures (Academy Awards versions)?
Which, I apparently didn’t. Here’s the real answer:
I NEED categories to narrow down my trivia knowledge, so I’ll just pick presidents.
What was Ulysses Grant’s given middle name?
-He didn’t have one, he made up S. because he wasn’t allowed to enroll in the military without one.
Gerald Ford was asked to play professional football for two teams, who were they?
-Lions and Packers, he passed on it to become an assistant coach at Yale.
What was Ronald Reagan’s nickname in college.
-Crazy Legs, he had mad football skills too.
His middle name, which was what he always went by, was Ulysses and his first name was Hiram. He became “Ulysses S. Grant” while at West Point due to a clerical error, which he apparently was happy to live with.
What procedure did every President up through Ike avoid, but every President since has had done?
{Spolier} circumcision {Spoiler}
What Supreme Court justice led the NFL in rushing twice?
Byron “Whizzer” White
Ignorance successfully fought. Now I wonder where the hell I came up with that false factoid.
confused Grant with Harry S. Truman, perhaps?