Countries - Questions and Answers
- Who ruled England from 827 until 860?
- 300,000 Chinese troops invaded a country in February of 1979,
what was the country?
- Worlds most remote weather station is located in what country?
- What European country was in an official state of emergency from
1933 until 1945?
- Which country lost over seventeen percent of its entire
population in World War II?
- Which two countries share Victoria Falls?
- Adolf Hitler was born in what country?
- In 1989, what country did the United States invade in what George
Will dubbed "an act of hemispheric hygiene"?
- What country did Ion Iliescu take over after its previous
president was arrested, tried and shot?
- What North American country enacted the War Powers Act to quell a
separatist rebellion in 1970?
- Aruba maintains the strongest ties to what European country?
- Fireworks originated in what country?
- The Saturn V rocket was built by what country?
- What European country uses its Latin Name, Helvetia, on its
stamps?
- In which country was the World Wide Web invented?
- China has how many time zones?
- What is the name of the country that flew the first supersonic
airliner in 1968 and had it crash in 1973?
- The Greek historian Herodotus dubbed what country "the gift of
the Nile"?
- In South America what is the largest country?
- Japan sends the most what to Australia?
- Which European country launched Europe's first super high speed
passenger train in 1981?
- Portugal is bordered by only want country, what is it?
- India ink was developed in what country?
- What country did 153 of the first 400 Nobel Prize-winning
scientists call home?
- What country first came up with windmills?
- A patent on polyester was patented first in what country?
- The worlds first mid air collision took place over what country?
- Eddy Grant comes from what country?
- Roxette came from which European country?
- Celine Deion was born in what North American Country?
- What floral symbol do the country of Peru and the state of Kansas
have in common?
- What country has a volcano called Okinawa?
- Lesotho is a southern African Kingdom surround by which country?
- In what country can one find 40 species of lemurs?
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #213 - Countries Trivia
- Egbert, Ethelwulf and Ethelbald
- Vietnam.
- Canada.
- Germany.
- Poland.
- Zimbabwe and Zambia.
- Austria.
- Panama.
- Romania.
- Canada.
- Netherlands.
- China.
- USA.
- Switzerland.
- Switzerland.
- China has only one time zone. The government requires all clocks
throughout the country be synchronized with Beijing.
- The Soviet Union.
- Egypt.
- Brazil.
- Tourists.
- France.
- Spain.
- China.
- The United States.
- It was Iran in A.D. 644 for grinding grain.
- Briton.
- Austria.
- Guyana.
- Sweden.
- Canada.
- The sunflower.
- Japan.
- South Africa.
- Madagascar.
Music, Singers, Songs, Bands - Trivia - Questions and Answers
- Who sang "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man which was a hit after he died?
- What six words are the most famous words spoken in The Jazz
Singer, the first movie with a sound track?
- As a child, what opera star was featured as a singing orphan on a
radio soap opera?
- Why was opera singer Enrico Caruso's first film, My Cousin, a big
flop?
- How did the lead singer and lyricist of the Irish rock band U2,
Bono, get his name?
- Who was the original lead singer with the group The Wailers?
- What famous country singing star starred in the movie 9 to 5?
- Who was the lead singer with INXS?
- What musical instrument was singer Nat King Cole also very
talented with?
- What environmental campaigner and UK pop singer appeared in the
movie Dune?
- The Way We Were was the first number one hit for what singer?
- In Woody Allen's 1977 movie hit, Annie Hall, what famous American
singer-songwriter played the part of slick record promoter Tony
Lacey?
- In 1985 what famous female singer married Sean Penn?
- What's Love Got To Do With It? was a movie about what famous
female vocalist?
- Author Peter Benchley was born on exactly the same day as what
singer?
- The Jazz Singer was made by what film company?
- Time Inc merged with what movie company in 1989 to make Time
Warner?
- Which singer "ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more?
- What was singer Sinead O'Coner re-dubbed when she became a
priestess of the Catholic Latin Tridenine Church?
- What was the name of the male vocalist backed by the Zodiacs?
- What are veteran pop singer Stewarts first names?
- Daryl Hanna once performed as a singer in an all-girl band known
as what?
- At 54 years old, which famous singer took everything but her
boots off for a playboy cover?
- What major Hollywood studio signed the first black performer,
singer Lena Horne, in 1942?
- Bob Marley's birthday, February 6, is a national holiday in what
country?
- What is the name of the country singer who recorded The IRS
Tapes; Who'll Buy My Memories to help pay a $16.7 million tax bill?
- After getting out of jail in 1991, what famous soul singer said,
"I feel good"?
- When three alternative rock producers spied singer Shirley Manson
on MTV and asked her to play with them, what hit band got its start?
- In 1991, which famous rock n roll band resurrected Bob Dylan's
Knockin on Heaven's Door?
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #212 - Music - Singers, and Artists Trivia
- Buddy Holly.
- Al Jolson's first words: "You ain't heard nothing yet, folks!"
- Beverly Sills, on the radio serial Our Gal Sunday.
- It was a silent movie - not a big box office draw for a
professional singer.
- From a hearing aid store in Dublin called Bono Voz adapted from
Latin meaning "good voice".
- Junior Braithwaite.
- Dolly Parton.
- Michael Hutchence.
- Piano.
- Sting.
- Barbra Streisand.
- Paul Simon.
- Madonna.
- Tina Turner.
- Rick Nelson.
- Warner Brothers.
- Warner Brothers.
- Bob Dylan.
- Mother Bernadette Mary.
- Maurice Williams.
- Roderick David.
- "Psychotic Kindergarten".
- Nancy Sinatra.
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
- Bob Marley's.
- Willie Nelson.
- James Brown.
- Garbage.
- Guns N' Roses.
Singers, Songs, Musicals, Bands - Trivia - Questions and Answers
- In the song, "You can't hurry love, You'll just have to" what?
- The song " I Talk To The Trees" was featured in what musical?
- According to the group Poison, what does every rose have?
- In the 1950s hit song who did Running Bear love?
- Which musical featured the song, "Ol' Man River?
- In the rock n roll song, what is said right after Good Golly?
- Which "Bond Film" did Lulu sing the title song for?
- Sheryl Crow sang the title song for which Bond Film?
- The song "Rhythm Of Life" was featured in which musical?
- What kind of animals are being referred to in the song "Bight
Eyes">
- A famous American composer had two of his songs used as official
state anthems, what is his name?
- What is the last word of Shania Twain's song "Man! I Feel Like A
Woman!"?
- In the Disney classic Snow White sings "Some Day My Prince Will
Come" and what other song?
- When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, what was the song the
Navy band was playing?
- What famous rock and roll group got it's name from a song by the
blues band Muddy Waters?
- Which group sang a silly love song?
- Shirley Bassey sang for three Bond films, what film was the third
one?
- What popular soft drink was advertised though the song "I'd Like
To Teach The World To Sing?
- Gene who recorded the rock song "Be Bop A Lula"?
- Who wrote the song "White Christmas"?
- The song "Food, Glorious Food" was featured in what musical?
- What musical featured the song "Shall We Dance"?
- What Frank Sinatra song rhymes a line with "shy way"?
- "It took so long to bake it" is a line in what song?
- Top Gun had a successful song hit by Berlin, which song was it?
- For the movie "The Woman in Red" a Stevie Wonder song won and
Oscar, what song was it?
- Carly Simon sand the title song for which Bond film?
- "The Dancing Cuckoos" was the theme song of which pair of comics?
- What was the name of the only song from a Hitchcock film to ever
win and Oscar for Best Song?
- What was the name of the song that won an Oscar for the film The
Poseidon Adventure?
- Which Monty Python movie has the song "Always Look on the Bright
Side of Life?
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #211 - Singers and Songs Trivia
- Wait.
- Paint Your Wagon.
- Its thorn.
- Little White Dove.
- Showboat.
- Miss Molley.
- The Man With The Golden Gun.
- Tomorrow Never Dies.
- Sweet Charity.
- Rabbits.
- Stephen Foster, My Old Kentucky Home for Kentucky and Old Folks
at Home for Florida.
- Woman.
- I'm Wishing.
- The Star-Spangled Banner.
- The Rolling Stones. Muddy Waters song was "Rollin Stone".
- Wings.
- Moonraker.
- Coca Cola.
- Vincent.
- Irving Berlin.
- Oliver.
- The King and I.
- My Way.
- Macarthur Park.
- Take My Breath Away.
- I Just Called To Say I Love You.
- The Spy Who Love Me.
- Laurel and Hardy.
- "Que Sera Sera".
- The Morning After.
- The Life of Brian.
Famous People Trivia - Questions and Answers
- Who became prime minister of India following Lal Bahadur Shasrtri?
- Who was it who once said "Hello Muddah Hello Faddah"?
- What is the last name of fashion designer Donatella, sister of
the murdered Gianni?
- World War I German spy Mata Hari was born in what country?
- What famous Swiss citizen said of nuclear bombs: "If I had known,
I would have become a watchmaker"?
- What was the name of the philosopher who once stated "Children
today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food,
and tyrannize their teachers"?
- From where did the famous philosopher Plato get his name from?
- In 64 A.D., when Rome burned, where was Nero?
- What were the dying words of Robert E. Lee?
- Who wrote an Unauthorized Biography about Nancy Reagan?
- What was the name of the American athlete who fell over during
the final of the 3,000 meters at the LA Olympics?
- Carrie Fisher is what actresses daughter?
- Who was the king of rock and roll?
- What was the name of Sherlock Holmes' assistant?
- What famous woman was accused of abducting Stompie Seipei?
- Who was the journalist who first told the world about the My Lai
massacre?
- Axle Rose's father-in-law was a famous singer, what was his name?
- Rudolf Nureyev was what kind of dancer?
- What was the full name of the movie mogul famous for his
goldwynisms?
- Twiggy was the most famous model of which decade?
- Elizabeth Taylor married which Richard twice?
- In what field is Giorgio Armani famous?
- In what decade of the twentieth century was Goldie Hawn born?
- What politician referred to drawing a line in the sand about the
Gulf War?
- Borris who succeeded Mikhail Gorbachev?
- What was the name of the tennis player who famously yelled at an
umpire "You cannot be serious!"?
- Mark Spitz won his seven gold medals where?
- Al Gore was elected Senator for what state in 1985?
- What was aviation pioneer Lindbergh's first name?
- What part of the UK was Sir Anthony Hopkins born?
- Deep Blue, an IBM computer played chess with what internationally
known chess champion?
- Charles Schulz's most famous creation was what?
- Which famous family group included the brothers Marlon and Tito?
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #210 - Famous People Trivia
- Indira Gandhi.
- Allan Sherman.
- Versace.
- In Holland as Margaretha Geertrulida Zelle.
- Albert Einstein.
- Socrates, who lived in Greece from 470 to 399 B.C.
- It was a nickname given him by his wrestling teacher.
- Nero was at home in his villa at Antium 35 miles from Rome.
- Strike the tent.
- Kitty Kelley.
- Mary Decker.
- Debbie Reynolds.
- Elvis Presley.
- Dr. Watson.
- Winnie Mandela.
- Seymour Hersh.
- Don Everly.
- Ballet.
- Sam Goldwyn.
- 1960s.
- Burton.
- Fashion design.
- 40s.
- George H. Bush.
- Yeltsin.
- John McEnroe.
- Munich.
- Tennessee.
- Charles.
- Wales.
- Gary Kasparov.
- Peanuts comic strip.
- Jackson Five.
Famous Stuff Trivia - Questions and Answers
- Stephen Sondheim supported himself before his West Side Story
success, by writing what?
- Which Gwen won an Olympic Gold medal in track?
- Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey were band leaders, but who was Arnold
Dorsey?
- Who is the famous clarinetist who performs with the New Orleans
Funeral and Jazz Band?
- Dudley Moore is famous for playing what instrument?
- What geological feature was named for the man that was the head
of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th
century.
- What was the name of the Russian goldsmith who became famous for
his jeweled eggs?
- What well known French landmark is named after a German city?
- Who was the explorer that included a photograph of his nude
mistress in a book he wrote about his travels?
- Who is the famous mother of Elijah Blue?
- What world renowned southern city is known for its Beale Street
Blues?
- What is the name of the world's most famous Opera House?
- What famous American frontiersman boasted: "I can't say I was
ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days"?
- What was the name of the future President who made the famous
Checkers Speech in 1952?
- What well known American's father headed the investigation into
the Lindbergh kidnapping in 1932?
- What renowned Cherokee Indian was known to the Americans of his
time as George Guess?
- Francis Bellamy wrote what famous words to commemorate the 400th
anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America?
- What world renowned frontierswoman, buried in Deadwood, South
Dakota, was laid to rest wearing a white dress and with a gun in
each hand?
- The Horseshoe Falls are part of which famous Falls?
- In which state is the Sun Studio where Elvis made his recordings?
- What politician appeared in an episode of Major Dad that marked
the Marine corps' 215th anniversary?
- What famous actor turned down the role of Archie Bunker in the
pilot for All in the Family?
- Who won $15,000 on the TV show Name That Tune before gaining fame
as an astronaut?
- What Hollywood actor turned down the role of Marshall Matt Dillon
on Gunsmoke?
- In 1958, what couple appeared in a TV play, A Turkey for the
president?
- Before legally changing his name, what was Mr. T's real name?
- Unlike Dallas where oil was the big thing, Falcon Crest was about
what California product?
- In what US state, famous for its ski resorts, is South Park
situated?
- What was the name of the first feline featured on Lifestyles of
the Rich and Famous?
- What did Farrah Fawcett the famous actress have named after her?
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #209 - Fame Trivia
- Topper TV scripts.
- Torrence.
- Pop singer Englebert Humperdinck.
- Woody Allen.
- Piano.
- Mount Everest, named for Sir George Everest.
- Peter Faberge.
- The Eiffel Tower.
- Robert Peary, discoverer of the North Pole.
- Cher.
- Memphis, Tennessee.
- La Scala.
- Daniel Boone.
- Richard Nixon.
- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf.
- Sequoya.
- The Pledge of Allegiance.
- Calamity Jane.
- Niagara.
- Tennessee.
- Dan Quayle.
- Mickey Rooney.
- John Glenn.
- John Wayne.
- Future President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy.
- Lawrence Tero.
- Wine.
- Colorado.
- Morris the Cat.
- It was a gold-plated "Farrah faucet".
Aviation Trivia - Questions and Answers
- Klagenfurt international airport is in what country?
- McCoy international airport is located in what US state?
- What airline was the owner of the plane that crashed off the
coast of Nova Scotia in 1998?
- What state is Oakland international airport located in?
- What island in the Canary Islands was the scene of one of the
worst air disasters in history with the collision of two jumbo jets?
- In what country is Osaka international airport?
- What kind of aircraft was developed by Sigorsky in the United
States in 1942?
- What name is given to the methods for making an aircraft hard to
detect?
- The airline Augusta comes from what country?
- Punto Arenas International airport is in which country?
- In what US state is San Antonio international airport situated?
- Who pioneered the airship?
- What is the location of Sky Harbor international airport?
- What author had a best selling novel, Airport?
- Who was the first woman to run a US airline?
- In Germany, what is the main airport?
- The airline TAP originates from what country?
- What was the Airline that linked Silicon Valley to Austin Texas
dubbed as?
- The airline VASP comes from which South American country?
- What was the name of the German airship that crashed and burned
in New Jersey in 1937?
- Who had a national airline called Garuda?
- Ethel Merman made a cameo appearance as a man who thinks he's
singer Ethel Merman in what 1980 film?
- What was the name of the first man to die in a US airplane crash?
- Why did the band Led Zeppelin perform under an alias, the Nobs,
when they played in Copenhagen?
- What US state is Wichita international airport located in?
- In the movie "Rain Man" Dustin Hoffman says he would be willing
to fly on only one airline because of its safety record, what was
the airline?
- What US Congressman had roles in Hairspray and Airplane II before
winning his seat in congress?
- What pilot was the first to suffer a passenger fatality in 1908?
- An Israeli commando raid to rescue 103 hostages in 1976 took
place at the airport in what Uganda airport?
- Delta Airlines started out as the first crop-dusting outfit to
battle what?
- Where on an airplane are its ailerons located?
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #208 - Aviation Trivia
- Austria.
- Florida.
- Swissair.
- California.
- Tenerife.
- Japan.
- The Helicopter.
- Stealth Technology.
- Australia.
- Chile.
- Texas.
- Count Von Zeppelin.
- Arizona, US.
- Arthur Haily.
- Maureen O'Hara. Antilles Air boats in the Virgin Islands.
- Frankfurt.
- Portugal.
- The "Nerd Bird".
- Brazil.
- The Hindenburg.
- Indonesia.
- Airplane.
- Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge.
- Airship heiress Eva Von Zeppelin threatened legal action.
- Kansas.
- Quantas.
- Sonny Bono.
- Orville Wright.
- Entebbe's.
- Boll weevils.
- The wings.
Food Trivia - Questions and Answers
- What type of oven will not brown foods?
- What type of food did Linda McCartney launch?
- What type of tree leaves are the only food that a koala bear will
eat?
- Which country in Europe consumes more spicy Mexican food than any
other?
- The FDA approved what fat substitute for use in snack foods even
though there were reports of side affects like cramps and diarrhea?
- Federal labeling regulations require how much caffeine be removed
from coffee for it to be called decaffeinated?
- What famous Greek once advised: "Let your food be your medicine,
and your medicine be your food"?
- What interesting way does the snakebird, darter, or water turkey
catch fish?
- Chicken is the leading cause of what food born illness?
- Who invented Margarine in 1868?
- What group of people were the first to use freeze-drying on
potatoes?
- What was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles favorite food?
- What food was considered the food of the Gods, and was said to
bring eternal life to anyone who ate it?
- When Birdseye first introduced its frozen foods in 1930, what was
it called?
- What was the convenience food that Joel Cheek developed?
- What did Clarence Birdseye do before hitting on the idea of
frozen foods?
- The song, Food, Glorious Food, was featured in which musical?
- Of the Worlds food crops, what percentage is pollinated by
insects?
- The Giant panda's favorite food is what?
- Which entertainer on Conan O'Brien's show, choose NBC cafeteria
chicken over his own brand in a blind taste test?
- What drink was sold as Diastoid when first introduced?
- What type of micro organism makes up the base of marine and
freshwater food chains?
- What type of creature builds a lodge in which to store food, rear
its young, and pass the winter?
- What fruit or vegetable was dubbed the FlavrSavr and was the
first genetically engineered food sold in the United States?
- What fitness guru appeared as a dancing meatball in an Italian TV
commercial as an art student?
- What Olympic athlete could not run the 200-meter final in the 92
Olympics because of food poisoning?
- What morning food has a name derived from the German word for
stirrup?
- In 1904, what food product was renamed Post Toasties cereal
because the clergy objected to the original name?
- In the United States, what are the five most frequently eaten
fruits?
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #207 - Food Trivia
- Microwave oven.
- Vegetarian food.
- Eucalyptus.
- Norway.
- Olestra.
- Ninety seven percent.
- Hippocrates.
- It spears the fish with its long, straight, sharp bill.
- Salmonella poisoning.
- Hyppolyte Merge-mouries.
- The Incas.
- Pizza.
- Ambrosia.
- Frosted Food.
- Instant Coffee.
- He trapped frogs for a zoo.
- Oliver.
- 80 percent.
- Bamboo shoots.
- Kenny Rogers.
- Malted milk.
- Plankton.
- Beaver.
- The tomato.
- Richard Simmons.
- Michael Johnson.
- Bagel.
- Elijah's Manna.
- The banana, apple, watermelon, orange, and
cantaloupe
Racing Trivia - Questions and Answers
- In horse racing, how long is the Breeder's Cup?
- Winning a total of 20 races, how many total rides did South
African-born Michael Roberts take in 1992 English horse racing?
- Which of the triple Crown races is held on Long Island?
- Herve Filion topped what sport with a record of 14,084 wins?
- The Spa-Francorchamps motor racing track is in what country?
- The British call it stock car racing... what do Americans call
it?
- Horse racing's Melbourne Cup is held in what month?
- Racing's Niki Lauda born in which country?
- What is the name of the song in which Stephen Foster encourages
people to bet on de bay?
- Bernie Ecclestone is associated with what multi million dollar
sport?
- Who is France's most successful racing driver of all time?
- What is the last name of the racing brothers Emerson and Wilson?
- Juan Manuel Fangio comes from what South American country?
- Walter Cronkite was part of what car racing team that competed in
the 1959 Sebring 12-hour race?
- What riding practice did jockey Tod Sloan popularize in horse
racing?
- In horse racing what are the three big races only for fillies
called?
- What racing competition became a best-of-nine series in 1995?
- What racing sport achieves the highest speeds?
- What piece of equipment do recreational bikes have that racing
bikes do not?
- Where is the horse race known as the Japan Cup held?
- In the season Damon Hill was racing's Formula One world champ,
how many of his races did he win?
- What do the initials BMX stand for in cross country racing?
- Col. Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. developed most of the rules of
what sport in the United States?
- The phrase "turning point" came from what ancient sport?
- Where did the word furlong as used in horse racing come from?
- Mike Hawthorn, a Formula One motor racing world champion, won how
many of his 45 races?
- In the 1990s, who was the first racing driver to win the opening
formula one race and not end the season as the champion?
- Ayrton Senna lost his life at which formula one racing circuit?
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #206 - Racing Trivia
- 1 mile 1 furlong.
- 1,068.
- The Belmont.
- Harness racing.
- Belgium.
- Demolition Derbies.
- November.
- Austria.
- Camptown races.
- Motor Racing.
- Alain Prost.
- Fittipaldi.
- Argentina.
- Lancia.
- The "monkey crouch" position - knees tucked under chin, upper
body lying along the horse's neck.
- The Triple Tiara - the Mother goose, Coaching Club-American
Oaks, and the Acorn.
- The America's Cup.
- Airplane racing.
- Brakes.
- Tokyo.
- Eight.
- Bicycle moto cross.
- Horse racing.
- Chariot racing. Turning points were the places where the
chariot drivers turned at both ends of the stadium.
- Back when a race was a furrow long... the length of a plowed
field.
- Three.
- David Coulthard.
- Imola (San Marino Grand Prix)