Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Daily Trivia Quiz #10 -Musical Bands

Trivia Quiz of the day #10 - Questions about People -
Answers at bottom of page.

Rock Groups Bands and Rock Bands

  1. Which band recorded the album The Joshua Tree?
     
  2. In the 70s who put a Message In A Bottle?
     
  3. Which band had a big hit with You Make Me Wanna?
     
  4. Money For Nothing was an 80s NO 1 for which band?
     
  5. Which Dimension had a 60s smash with Aquarius?
     
  6. Which US Boys band featured three members of the Wilson Family?
     
  7. Keith Richards rocked on in which super group?
     
  8. Who was backed by The Shondells?
     
  9. How many boys were there in The Pet Shop Boys?
     
  10. Who fronted The Heartbreakers?
     
  11. Which heavy metal group took the name of Dutch-born members
    guitarist Eddie and drummer Alex?
     
  12. Which 60s icon was backed by The Band?
     
  13. Which band included Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel?
     
  14. Mickey Dolenz was in which 60s sensation group?
     
  15. In which state did Chicago get together?
     
  16. Which band produced the album Dark Side Of The Moon?
     
  17. Which group flew into the Hotel California?
     
  18. R.E.M. cut the No 1 album Out Of what?
     
  19. Which band recorded the album Parallel Lines?
     
  20. Which band sang I want to Know What Love Is?
     
  21. How many brothers were in the original Jackson family line up?
     
  22. Tusk was a best-selling album for which band?
     
  23. What did the letter O stand for in ELO?
     
  24. Whose hits include Bad Moon Rising and Green River?
     
  25. Which all time great band featured Harrison and Starkey?
     



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  1. U2.
  2. Police.
  3. Usher.
  4. Dire Straits
  5. 5th Dimension.
  6. The Beach Boys.
  7. The Rolling Stones.
  8. Tommy James.
  9. Two.
  10. Tom Petty.
  11. Van Halen
  12. Bob Dylan.
  13. Genesis.
  14. The Monkees.
  15. Illinois.
  16. Pink Floyd
  17. The Eagles.
  18. Time.
  19. Blondie.
  20. Foreigner.
  21. Five.
  22. Fleetwood Mac.
  23. Orchestra.
  24. Creedence Clearwater Revival.
  25. The Beatles.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Daily Trivia Quiz #8 - Soap Operas - Dynasty, Walton's, Knots Landing, Dallas, JR, John Forsythe, etc.

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  1. Which star of Dynasty starred in To Rome With Love?
     
  2. Which fictional valley was the setting for Falcon Crest?
     
  3. Which character in Dallas was played by the actor who played
    Curly in the movie Oklahoma?
     
  4. What was Rock Hudson's final TV role, in Dynasty?
     
  5. In which soap did David Hasselhoff appear before finding stardom
    in Baywatch?
     
  6. In The Walton's, the stories were told through whose eyes?
     
  7. Who were the twins in Sweet Valley High?
     
  8. In which decade was the first sequel to Peyton Place screened?
     
  9. Which part did ex-Colbys actress Tracy Scoggins play in the 90s
    Superman series?
     
  10. The launch episode of Central Park West was shown on a huge
    screen where?
     
  11. In the 90s what was the top-rated network drama in the 18 to 3
    age group?
     
  12. Which Prince did Amanda marry in Dynasty?
     
  13. What was Beverly Hills 90210 originally titled?
     
  14. Where was Knots Landing set?
     
  15. In Dallas, what was Miss Ellie's last name when she was still a
    Miss?
     
  16. Which Dallas character was played by Elvis Presley's widow?
     
  17. Dynasty's John Forsythe was once a commentator on which sport?
     
  18. Which star of Dallas appeared in The Man Form Atlantis?
     
  19. In Dallas, how did Jock meet his death?
     
  20. What was the name of the baby of JR and his would-be assassin
    Kristin?
     
  21. Which Ewing was the father of Lucy?
     
  22. Who played Melrose Place's Amanda after leaving Dynasty?
     
  23. Which soap spin-off featured Hillary Michaels, originally from
    Melrose Place?
     
  24. Which Colby was taken away by a UFO?
     
  25. In Savannah, what was Travis Paterson's profession?
     


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  1. John Forsythe.
  2. Tuscany Valley.
  3. Clayton Farlow  (Howard Keel).
  4. Daniel Reece.
  5. The Young and the Restless.
  6. John Boy.
  7. Jessica & Elizabeth.
  8. 1970s.
  9. Cat Grant.
  10. Times Square.
  11. Beverly Hills 90210.
  12. Michael.
  13. Class of Beverly Hills.
  14. Southern California.
  15. Southworth.
  16. Jenna.
  17. Baseball.
  18. Patrick Duffy.
  19. Helicopter accident.
  20. Christopher.
  21. Gary.
  22. Heather Locklear.
  23. Models Inc.
  24. Fallon
  25. Lawyer.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Daily Trivia Quiz #7 - Books and Authors

 
Daily Trivia Quiz #7
 

  1. Who wrote Breakfast At Tiffany's? 
  2. What was the 1951 autobiography by Lionel Barrymore?
  3. What was the particular link between Jean Plaidy, Phillipa Carr and Victoria Holt?
  4. Which fictional detective refers to using the little gray cells?
  5. What is the real name of the author of Miss Manners Guide For the Turn of the Millennium?
  6. Under which name did American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens write? 
  7. Whose novel, published at the very end of the 19th century, produced the most-filmed horror character of the 20th century?
  8. Whose novels include Go Tell It On The Mountain?
  9. What was the first name of New Zealand novelist Ms. Marsh?
  10. Who wrote Winesburg, Ohio?
  11. Who won a Booker Prize for Midnight's Children?
  12. In which decade of the century did HG Wells die?
  13. Whose sports-based novels of the 90s include Comeback and To the Hilt? 
  14. Aunt Agatha and Bingo Little feature in the escapades of which man about town?
  15. Which writer of horrific happenings was himself involved in a road accident while out walking in 1999?  
  16. In which decade was The Lord Of The Rings first published?
  17. Whose best-selling books include When You Look Like Your Passport Photo It's Time To Go Home?
  18. Who penned the airport lounge best seller titled Airport?
  19. Which novelist with an English place last name wrote White Fang?
  20. Who wrote I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings?
  21. Georges Simenon created which character known by one name?
  22. What type of Jungle animal was Shere Khan?
  23. David John Cornell wrote spy stories under which name?
  24. In 1917, which Joseph endowed an annual literary prize.
  25. Who wrote Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

 
Daily Trivia Quiz #7 Answers

 
Books - Free Trivia Quiz Questions with Answers
  1. Truman Capote.
  2. We Barrymores.
  3. They are the same person.
  4. Hercule Poirot.
  5. Judith Martin.
  6. Mark Twain.
  7. Bram Stoker (Dracula).
  8. James Baldwin.
  9. Ngaio.
  10. Sherwood Anderson.
  11. Salmam Rushdie.
  12. 1940s
  13. Dick Francis.
  14. Bertie Wooster.
  15. Stephen King.
  16. 50s.
  17. Erma Bombeck.
  18. Arthur Hailey.
  19. Jack London.
  20. Maya Angelou.
  21. Maigret.
  22. Tiger.
  23. John Le Carre.
  24. Pulitzer.
  25.  Edward Albee.

 

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Free Almost Daily Quiz #6 Famous Names Trivia Questions with Answers

Famous Names - Free Trivia Quiz Questions with Answers
  1. Who said," I became one of the stately homos of England?"
     
  2. Who said "An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as
    much as you do?"
     
  3. How many days after Princess Diana's death was the death of
    Mother Teresa announced?
     
  4. Who created the Mars bar?
     
  5. Who twice lost presidential elections to Dwight Eisenhower in the
    50s?
     
  6. What would Diane Keaton's last name have been if she had used her
    father's name instead of her mother's?
     
  7. Who was flying the plane in which the first US airplane fatality
    occurred?
     
  8. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964?
     
  9. Who was dubbed the Brazilian Bombshell?
     
  10. Who was the first Briton to win the US Open tennis title?
     
  11. Who is the wife of Brian Blosil and mom of seven children?
     
  12. What part of his body did Keith Richards insure of a million
    pounds?
     
  13. In 1998 who did Vanity Fair describe as "simply the world's
    biggest heart throb?"
     
  14. Who first gave Buster Keaton the nickname Buster?
     
  15. Arnold Bax said one should try everything once except incest and
    what?
     
  16. What was Jean Harlow's first film?
     
  17. Where did  Bob Dylan first play in public?
     
  18. Who did Joe Louis beat when he first became world champion.
     
  19. How old was little Mo when she first won Wimbledon?
     
  20. Which American said, "Boy George is all England needs; another
    Queen who can't dress?"
     
  21. How did poet and critic John Berryman meet his death?
     
  22. Wish singer wrote the novel Amy The Dancing Bear?
     
  23. What do k.d. Lang's initials stand for?
     
  24. Which Soviet was swapped for Gary Powers who was shot down over
    the USSR?
     



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  1. Quentin Crisp.
  2. Dylan Tomas.
  3. Dr. Herman Tarnower.
  4. Forrest Mars.
  5. Adlai Stevenson.
  6. Hall
  7. Orville Wright.
  8. Martin Luther King.
  9. Carmen Miranda.
  10.  Fred Perry.
  11.  Marie Osmond
  12.  Third finger, left hand.
  13.  Leonardo DiCaprio.
  14.  Houdini.
  15. Folk dancing.
  16. Hell's Angels.
  17. Gaslight Cafe, Greenwich Village.
  18. James J. Braddock.
  19. 17.
  20. Joan Rivers.
  21. Drowned himself.
  22. Carly Simon.
  23. Kathryn Dawn.
  24. Rudolph Abel.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Daily Trivia Quiz #5 - The Oscars - Questions and Answers

  1. Which not-so-dizzy blonde won an Oscar for
    Cactus Flower?
     
  2. Who did Loretta Lynn choose to play her in Coal Miner's Daughter?
     
  3. Titanic won 11 Oscars, but for how many was it nominated?
     
  4. Who won a Best Supporting Actor awarded for Hannah And Her
    Sisters?
     
  5. In which film did Cher win an Oscar playing Loretta Castorini?
     
  6. In which decade of the 20th century were the Oscars born?
     
  7. Whose 1989 Oscar for Glory was the first awarded to a black
    American for 50 years?
     
  8. For which film was Judi Dench nominated for her first Oscar?
     
  9. What is the name of the daughter of Oscar winner Joel Gray who
    starred in Dirty Dancing?
     
  10. Which Stevie Wonder song won an Oscar for The Woman in Red?
     
  11. Who was up for an Oscar as Sally Field's daughter in Steel
    Magnolias?
     
  12. Following his True Grit Oscar, what did John Wayne's fellow
    actors and his horse wear while filming a new movie?
     
  13. Which actress was the second in history to win an Oscar (for
    Roman Holiday) and a Tony (for Ondine) in the same year?
     
  14. Which French actor was Oscar-nominated for Cyrano de Bergerac?
     
  15. Which anniversary did the Oscars celebrate in 1998?
     
  16. Who won an Oscar for the music of Chariots of Fire?
     
  17. Which Fonda won an honorary award in 1980?
     
  18. For which film did Robert de Niro win his first Oscar?
     
  19. Which 1996 multi-Oscar-winner was based on a Michael Ondaatje
    novel?
     
  20. Which was the first family to boast three generations of Oscar
    winners including middle-generation John?
     
  21. 1987 was a successful year for Michael Douglas but which movie
    won him an Oscar?
     
  22. Which successful song from Top Gun was a hit for Berlin?
     
  23. What was the nationality of Sophie in the Oscar-winning Sophie's
    Choice?
     

Daily Trivia Quiz #5  Answers
  1. Goldie Hawn.
  2. Sissy Spacek.
  3. 14.
  4. Michael Caine.
  5. Moonstruck.
  6. 20s.
  7. Denzel Washington.
  8. Mrs. Brown.
  9. Jennifer.
  10. I Just Called To Say I Love You.
  11. Julia Roberts.
  12. Eye patches.
  13. Audrey Hepburn.
  14. Gerard Depardieu.
  15. 70th.
  16. Vangelus.
  17. Henry.
  18. The Godfather Part II.
  19. The English Patient.
  20. Huston.
  21. Wall Street.
  22. Take My Breath Away.
  23. Polish.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Daily Trivia Quiz #4 - Bible Questions and Answers

Trivia Quiz of the day - questions about the Bible -
Answers at bottom of page.

  1. Whose wife was turned into a pillar of Salt?
     
  2. What is the alternative name for the Authorized Version of the
    Bible?
     
  3. Who killed Goliath with a sling and a stone?
     
  4. What profession did St. Luke supposedly follow?
     
  5. Whose favorite son was sold into Egypt by his jealous
    half-brothers?
     
  6. What was the source of Samson's strength?
     
  7. Who was the first to meet with the risen Jesus?
     
  8. Who was the Roman procurator who confirmed the sentence of death
    on Christ?
     
  9. As a reward for which skill did Salome demand the gift of John
    the Baptist's head?
     
  10. According to the Bible, where was Daniel imprisoned?
     
  11. Which book of the Old Testament is a collection of moral and
    ethical maxims?
     
  12. Which book of the Bible contains the story of the Great Flood?
     
  13. What is the title shared by four books of the New Testament?
     
  14. Who committed suicide after receiving 30 pieces of silver as a
    payment for betraying his master?
     
  15. Who made the Golden Calf for the Hebrews to worship while Moses
    was on Mount Sinai?
     
  16. Who was formed from the dust by God, then given the breath of
    life, to become the progenitor of the human race?
     
  17. Who was the brother of Martha, raised from the dead by Jesus?
     
  18. Which was the Canaanite town whose walls fell at the blast of
    Joshua's trumpets?
     
  19. Where was Jesus arrested?
     
  20. What are the 150 sacred poems and songs of praise said to have
    been written by David?
     
  21. What comprise the Decalogue?
     
  22. In what did the prophet Jonah spend three days and three nights?
     
  23. Which two priceless resins were brought by the Magi to the infant
    Jesus?
     
  24. What is the collective word for the writers of the four Gospels?
     
  25. What were the names of Noah's three sons?
     
  26. Which five books of the Old Testament make up the Pentateuch?
     
  27. Which of the New Testament gospels is not synoptic?
     
  28. Which biblical son of King David was caught by his hair in a tree
    while fleeing on a mule?
     
  29. Who was the son of Jesse, father of Solomon and second king of
    Israel?
     


Daily Trivia Quiz #3  Answers

  1. Lot
  2. King James Bible
  3. David
  4. Medicine.
  5. Jacob.
  6. His hair.
  7. Mary Magdalene.
  8. Pontius Pilate.
  9. Dancing.
  10. Lion's Den
  11. Proverbs.
  12. Genesis.
  13. John.
  14. Judas Iscariot.
  15. Aaron.
  16. Adam.
  17. Lazarus.
  18. Jericho.
  19. Garden of Gethsemane.
  20. Psalms.
  21. The Ten.
  22. In the belly of a whale.
  23. Frankincense and myrrh.
  24. The Evangelists.
  25. Shem; Ham; Japheth
  26. Genesis; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Deuteronomy
  27. John's Gospel.
  28. Absalom.
  29. David.
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Trivia Quiz of the day - questions about science - Answers at bottom of page.

  1. What delta-winged supersonic transport is the fastest passenger
    plane?
  2. What comet was first sighted by the Chinese in 240 B.C.?
  3. What does "SPF" mean on sunscreen containers?
  4. What M-word is defined  as "a device that changes sound into
    electric current"?
  5. What brand became the first sugar-free sugar substitute, in 1957?
  6. What colorless gas is essential in the production of fertilizers
    and light bulbs?
  7. What weapon did German gunsmith August Kotter unload on the world
    in 1520?
  8. What explosive jelly is combined with gasoline to make incendiary
    bombs?
  9. What did Dr. Heinrich Dreser hype as a non addictive substitute
    for morphine in 1898?
  10. What did the Nimbus-7 satellite monitor changes in the depth of?
  11. What body part is low-density lipoprotein most likely to clog?
  12. What's wire rope most often called?
  13. What was the short word for "Infantile Paralysis" on 1950s March
    of Dimes posters?
  14. What book did Christians often place on their foreheads to cure
    insomnia in medieval times?
  15. What are you shopping for it you're sized up  by a Brannock
    Device?
  16. What's the most common automotive essential that is measured in
    terms of its viscosity?
  17. What did 18th-century chemist Antoine Lavoisier prove was a
    compound of hydrogen and oxygen?
  18. What objects are studied in what enthusiasts call "ufology"?
  19. Who's known in the shrink biz as "Weird Beard"?
  20. What's the unit of capacity for fuel wood?
  21. How many of every ten coffee beans in USDA approved coffee
    can be moldy, insect-infested or insect-damaged?
  22. What's the English title of Freud's book Traumdeutung?
  23. What celestial objects were once referred to as "hairy
    stars"?
  24. What piece of  lumber's actual size is one-and-a-half
    by three-and-a-half inches when "surfaced"?
  25. What tool did astronomer Rodger Thompson say is
    "fundamentally altering our view of the universe"?
  26. What's the most common contributor to chronic bronchitis?
  27. What constellation points to the south celestial pole?
  28. What's the study of materials at very low temperatures?
  29. What unit of length is derived from the Latin word uncia?
  30. What country launched Europe's first super-high-speed
    passenger train, in 1981?
  31. What's believed by many to be a satellite of Neptune that
    escaped its primary orbit?
  32. What planet is circled by only two moons?
  33. What artillery weapon was launched upon the world in 400
    B.C.?
  34. What procedure is performed on an abscess if the dentist
    thinks the tooth can be saved?
  35. What Greek advised: "Let your food be your medicine, and
    your medicine by your food"?
  36. What does an anthropophagic census-taker fear?

Daily Trivia Quiz #3  Answers

  1. The Concorde.
  2. Halley's Comet.
  3. Sun Protection factor.
  4. Microphone.
  5. Sweet' n Low.
  6. Nitrogen.
  7. The rifle.
  8. Napalm.
  9. Heroin.
  10. The ozone layer.
  11. Arteries.
  12. Cable.
  13. Polio.
  14. The Bible.
  15. Shoes.
  16. Oil.
  17. Water.
  18. Unidentified flying objects.
  19. Sigmund Freud.
  20. A cord.
  21. One.
  22. The Interpretation of Dreams.
  23. Comets.
  24. A two-by-four.
  25. The Hubble telescope.
  26. Smoking.
  27. The Southern Cross.
  28. Cryogenics.
  29. The inch.
  30. France.
  31. Pluto.
  32. Mars.
  33. The catapult.
  34. Root canal.
  35. Hippocrates.
  36. People.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Daily Quiz #1 - Easy Trivia Quiz

Easy Trivia Quiz of the day questions

  1. Which state is called the Treasure State?
     
  2. What is the postal abbreviation for Texas?
     
  3. Which Joe was nicknamed the Yankee Clipper?
     
  4. William Henry Gates III amassed his fortune from which source?
     
  5. In Peter Pan, what sort of animal was Nana?
     
  6. In basketball, where do the Supersonics come from?
     
  7. Which state is called the Pine Tree State?
     
  8. What is the postal abbreviation for Pennsylvania?
     
  9. What is California's state capital?
     
  10. What is Ohio's largest city?
     
  11. Which state lies due east of Alabama?
     
  12. What is the largest of the Southern states?
     
  13. Which river starts at Lake Itasca Minnesota and flows into the Gulf of Mexico?
     
  14. What type of creature was the star of the film Jaws?
     
  15. What was the name of the mansion where Elvis Presley died?
     
  16. In which country was a 2000 year old, life size terracotta army discovered?
     
  17. Which was the 50th state to become part of the United States of America?
     
  18. Which state is called the Great Lake State?
     
  19. What was the first name of the first man in space?
     
  20. Where in America was the world's biggest rock festival staged?
     
  21. What was the world's biggest passenger ship when it was launched in 1912?
     
  22. What is the capital of the state of Alaska?
     
  23. In football, where do the Redskins come from?
     
  24. What does the B stand for in SCUBA diving?
     
  25. What color is an Oscar?
     
  26. Which state is called the Bear State?
     
  27. Who was the 41st President of the USA?
     
  28. Which Texan Governor was traveling with the Kennedys when JFK was shot?
     
  29. Who was the first American to walk in space?
     
  30. Who was the first man to set foot on the moon?
     
  31. Which brothers made the first powered plane flight?
     
  32. Which state is called the Panhandle State?
     
  33. What was Michael Jackson's album follow-up to Thriller?
     
  34. What is the capital of the state of Virginia?
     
  35. In Forrest Gump, his mom says, "Life is like a box of " what?
     
  36. Why  was Mick Dundee nicknamed Crocodile?
     
  37. Who became the first US President to resign in office?
     
  38. Where was the second Atom bomb dropped?
     
  39. Who lost part of his ear to the teeth of Mike Tyson in 1997?
     
  40. Where was a wall built to divide a city?
     
  41. Which lake provides Chicago with 20 miles of lake shore?
     
  42. What is Minneapolis's 'twin city'?
     
  43. Which part of Florida is famous for its alligators?
     
  44. Which is the other northern Pacific state along with Washington?
     
  45. What's the name of the bird that cartoon cat Sylvester chases in vain?
     



Quiz Question ANSWERS
  1. A: Montana.
  2. A: TX.
  3. A: DiMaggio.
  4. A: Computer Software.
  5. A: Dog.
  6. A: Seattle.
  7. A: Maine.
  8. A: PA.
  9. A: Sacramento.
  10. A: Columbus.
  11. A: Georgia.
  12. A: Georgia.
  13. A: Mississippi.
  14. A: Shark.
  15. A: Graceland.
  16. A: China.
  17. A: Hawaii.
  18. A: Michigan.
  19. A: Yuri.
  20. A: Woodstock.
  21. A: Titanic.
  22. A: Juneau.
  23. A: Washington.
  24. A: Breathing.
  25. A: Gold.
  26. A: Arkansas.
  27. A: George H. Bush.
  28. A: Connolly.
  29. A: Edward White.
  30. A: Neil Armstrong.
  31. A: Wright.
  32. A: West Virginia.
  33. A: Bad.
  34. A: Richmond.
  35. A: Chocolates.
  36. A: He survived a crocodile attack.
  37. A: Richard Nixon.
  38. A: Nagasaki.
  39. A: Evander Holyfield.
  40. A: Berlin.
  41. A: Michigan.
  42. A: St. Paul.
  43. A: Everglades.
  44. A: Oregon.
  45. A: Tweety Pie.