Tuesday, October 27, 2026

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Commonly confused words

persecute vs. prosecute

persecute: To harass or mistreat, often for beliefs. prosecute: To bring legal charges against. Prosecutors work in courts.

stationary vs. stationery

stationary: Not moving. stationery: Writing paper, envelopes and similar supplies. Stationery with an e is for envelopes.

deprecate vs. depreciate

deprecate: To express disapproval of. depreciate: To lose value over time. Depreciate is about price.

eligible vs. illegible

eligible: Qualified to be chosen. illegible: Too unclear to read. Illegible handwriting is ill to read.

credible vs. credulous

credible: Believable or trustworthy. credulous: Too ready to believe things. A claim is credible; a person who swallows anything is credulous.

Beatles trivia

1. Which Beatle wrote “I Me Mine”?Answer: George Harrison. It was the last new song the band recorded, in January 1970, without John.
2. What was the working title of Revolver?Answer: Abracadabra. The band also considered other names before settling on Revolver.
3. Who took the photo on the cover of Abbey Road?Answer: Iain Macmillan. He shot it from a stepladder on August 8, 1969.
4. Who photographed the half-shadowed cover of With the Beatles?Answer: Robert Freeman. He went on to shoot several more of the band’s album covers.
5. “Come Together” grew out of a slogan John was asked to write a song for. Whose campaign was it?Answer: Timothy Leary’s. Leary planned to run for governor of California against Ronald Reagan.
6. Which country’s national anthem opens “All You Need Is Love”?Answer: France. The record begins with the opening of “La Marseillaise”.
7. Which drum maker’s name appeared on Ringo Starr’s bass drum with the Beatles?Answer: Ludwig. Ringo switched to a Ludwig kit in 1963.
8. At which church’s summer fête did John Lennon meet Paul McCartney in 1957?Answer: St Peter’s, Woolton. The Quarrymen played there on July 6, 1957.
9. What was Mary Hopkin’s first hit on the Beatles’ Apple label?Answer: Those Were the Days. Paul McCartney produced the 1968 single, a UK No. 1.
10. Who sings lead on “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”?Answer: Paul McCartney. Paul wrote and sang the White Album song.
11. “Michelle” is partly sung in which language besides English?Answer: French. Paul sang some lines in French on the Rubber Soul track.
12. Which instrument plays the solo at the end of “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away”?Answer: Flute. Session player John Scott added flutes to the Help! track.
13. Which is the longest song on Abbey Road?Answer: I Want You (She’s So Heavy). It runs close to eight minutes and stops abruptly.
14. Ringo Starr co-starred with Peter Sellers in which 1969 film?Answer: The Magic Christian. Ringo played Sellers’ adopted son, Youngman Grand.
15. Joe Cocker sang which Beatles song at Woodstock in 1969?Answer: With a Little Help from My Friends. His slow, soulful version had been a UK No. 1 in 1968.
16. Who sings lead on “Rocky Raccoon”?Answer: Paul McCartney. Paul wrote the cowboy tale while the band was in India.
17. Who wrote “Piggies” on the White Album?Answer: George Harrison. George wrote it, and his mother helped with a line.
18. What nickname is often used for the four Beatles?Answer: The Fab Four. The press called them the Fab Four from the height of Beatlemania.
19. Brian Epstein swapped the band’s leather stage gear for what?Answer: Matching suits. He wanted a smarter look for TV and theatres.
20. Who played the stinging guitar solo on “Taxman”?Answer: Paul McCartney. George wrote and sang the song, but Paul played the solo.

Taylor Swift trivia

1. Swift’s song “Sweeter than Fiction” was written for which 2013 film?Answer: One Chance. She wrote it with Jack Antonoff for the film about singer Paul Potts.
2. Where did the Eras Tour play its first shows outside the United States?Answer: Mexico City. The tour reached Mexico City in August 2023.
3. Which London stadium hosted eight Eras Tour shows in 2024?Answer: Wembley Stadium. She played Wembley in June and August 2024.
4. Which was Swift’s first album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200?Answer: Fearless. Fearless debuted at No. 1 in November 2008.
5. Which country star sings on “That’s When” from Fearless (Taylor’s Version)?Answer: Keith Urban. The vault track came out with the 2021 re-recording.
6. Swift’s longtime producer Jack Antonoff leads which band?Answer: Bleachers. He also played in the band fun.
7. The Eras Tour film became the highest-grossing what of all time?Answer: Concert film. It passed earlier concert films soon after its October 2023 release.
8. In the “You Belong with Me” video, Swift plays the narrator and who else?Answer: The boy’s mean girlfriend. She plays both the girl next door and her rival.
9. Which British singer opened for Swift on the Red Tour’s North American dates?Answer: Ed Sheeran. Sheeran joined the 2013 tour as an opening act.
10. In which month is Taylor Swift’s birthday?Answer: December. She was born on December 13, 1989.
11. Which two Dead Poets Society actors appear in the “Fortnight” video?Answer: Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles. The 2024 video nods to the 1989 film.
12. Which album’s songs made up the final act of every Eras Tour show?Answer: Midnights. The Lover act opened each show and Midnights closed it.
13. What did Eras Tour fans make and swap at shows?Answer: Friendship bracelets. The idea came from a line in “You’re on Your Own, Kid”.
14. Folklore’s “teenage love triangle” is told in Cardigan, Betty and which other song?Answer: August. Swift said the three songs tell one story from three viewpoints.
15. Swift gave all her earnings from “Welcome to New York” to what?Answer: New York City public schools. She announced the donation in 2014.
16. How many tracks are on the standard edition of Lover?Answer: 18. Lover is her longest standard album.
17. Swift called which album her first “official” pop album?Answer: 1989. She said 1989 was a full turn from country to pop.
18. Swift is featured on a 2021 remix of “Gasoline” by which band?Answer: Haim. The sisters asked her to sing on the evermore-era remix.
19. What was the first single from Speak Now?Answer: Mine. “Mine” came out in August 2010.
20. Which album cover is a black-and-white photo of Swift standing in a forest?Answer: Folklore. The 2020 album’s cover shows her small among tall trees.

Football trivia

1. Which team plays its home games at Lincoln Financial Field?Answer: Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles moved there in 2003.
2. Which team plays its home games at Acrisure Stadium?Answer: Pittsburgh Steelers. The stadium took the Acrisure name in 2022.
3. Which team plays its home games at Hard Rock Stadium?Answer: Miami Dolphins. The stadium is in Miami Gardens, Florida.
4. Who was named MVP of Super Bowl LVI?Answer: Cooper Kupp. The Rams receiver caught the winning touchdown against the Bengals.
5. Johnny Unitas starred for which team?Answer: Baltimore Colts. He played for the Colts from 1956 to 1972.
6. Which team plays its home games at Ford Field?Answer: Detroit Lions. The Lions moved into Ford Field in 2002.
7. How many seconds is the NFL play clock after most plays?Answer: 40. A 25-second clock is used after some stoppages.
8. What is an onside kick?Answer: A short kickoff the kicking team tries to recover. Teams usually try one when they are behind late in a game.
9. Which team won Super Bowl XXXV, beating the Giants?Answer: Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens won it in January 2001 behind a dominant defense.
10. Which team plays its home games at Empower Field at Mile High?Answer: Denver Broncos. The stadium sits about a mile above sea level.
11. Who was the first overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft?Answer: Bryce Young. The Carolina Panthers took the Alabama quarterback.
12. Which team won Super Bowl II?Answer: Green Bay Packers. The Packers beat the Oakland Raiders in January 1968.
13. Has any team won three Super Bowls in a row?Answer: No, none has. Several teams have won two straight, but none three.
14. Which Hall of Fame defensive tackle was nicknamed “Mr. Cowboy”?Answer: Bob Lilly. He was the Cowboys’ first-ever draft pick, in 1961.
15. Which team is nicknamed “Big Blue”?Answer: New York Giants. The name comes from the Giants’ royal blue jerseys.
16. Which team shares the NFC West with the 49ers, Rams and Cardinals?Answer: Seattle Seahawks. Seattle moved to the NFC West in 2002.
17. Who was the first overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft?Answer: Trevor Lawrence. The Jacksonville Jaguars took the Clemson quarterback.
18. Which team drafted Andrew Luck first overall in 2012?Answer: Indianapolis Colts. Luck replaced Peyton Manning as the Colts’ quarterback.
19. Which team plays its home games at U.S. Bank Stadium?Answer: Minnesota Vikings. The Minneapolis stadium opened in 2016.
20. Which team has a lightning bolt on its helmets?Answer: Los Angeles Chargers. The bolt has been the Chargers’ logo for decades.

Basketball trivia

1. Which team plays its home games at Crypto.com Arena?Answer: Los Angeles Lakers. The arena opened as Staples Center in 1999.
2. Which team plays its home games at Fiserv Forum?Answer: Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks moved there in 2018.
3. Which team plays its home games at the American Airlines Center?Answer: Dallas Mavericks. The Dallas arena opened in 2001.
4. Who was Finals MVP when the Cavaliers won the 2016 title?Answer: LeBron James. Cleveland came back from 3–1 down against Golden State.
5. Who was Finals MVP when the Bucks won the 2021 title?Answer: Giannis Antetokounmpo. He scored 50 points in the clinching Game 6.
6. Which college did Magic Johnson play for?Answer: Michigan State. He won the 1979 NCAA title with the Spartans.
7. Which college did Kareem Abdul-Jabbar play for?Answer: UCLA. He won three NCAA titles there as Lew Alcindor.
8. Which player was nicknamed “the Round Mound of Rebound”?Answer: Charles Barkley. Barkley led the league in rebounding in 1987.
9. Which team drafted Stephen Curry in 2009?Answer: Golden State Warriors. The Warriors took him seventh overall.
10. Who was the first pick in the 2007 NBA draft?Answer: Greg Oden. Portland took Oden; Seattle took Durant second.
11. Who coached the Celtics to the 2008 title?Answer: Doc Rivers. Rivers coached the Celtics from 2004 to 2013.
12. Who coached the Miami Heat to titles in 2012 and 2013?Answer: Erik Spoelstra. Spoelstra has coached the Heat since 2008.
13. Which team was once the Kansas City Kings?Answer: Sacramento Kings. The Kings moved to Sacramento in 1985.
14. Which team did Larry Bird coach to the 2000 Finals?Answer: Indiana Pacers. Bird coached the Pacers from 1997 to 2000.
15. Which team drafted Kevin Garnett in 1995?Answer: Minnesota Timberwolves. He spent his first 12 seasons in Minnesota.
16. Which country is Tony Parker from?Answer: France. He won four titles with the Spurs.
17. Who was the first pick in the 2009 NBA draft?Answer: Blake Griffin. The Los Angeles Clippers took him first.
18. Who, at 5 feet 3 inches, is the shortest player in NBA history?Answer: Muggsy Bogues. He played 14 NBA seasons.
19. Before joining the Bulls, Dennis Rodman won titles with which team?Answer: Detroit Pistons. He won in 1989 and 1990 with the “Bad Boys”.
20. Who coached the 1992 U.S. Olympic “Dream Team”?Answer: Chuck Daly. Daly also coached the Pistons to two titles.

Baseball trivia

1. Which team plays its home games at Target Field?Answer: Minnesota Twins. The Minneapolis ballpark opened in 2010.
2. Which team plays its home games at Progressive Field?Answer: Cleveland Guardians. It opened in 1994 as Jacobs Field.
3. Which team plays its home games at Comerica Park?Answer: Detroit Tigers. The Tigers moved there in 2000.
4. Which team plays its home games at Great American Ball Park?Answer: Cincinnati Reds. It sits on the Ohio River and opened in 2003.
5. Which Red Sox great was nicknamed “The Splendid Splinter”?Answer: Ted Williams. Williams was famously tall and thin.
6. Which Yankees first baseman was nicknamed “Donnie Baseball”?Answer: Don Mattingly. He played his whole career with the Yankees.
7. What is a “Baltimore chop”?Answer: A batted ball that bounces high off the ground near home plate. The high bounce gives the batter time to reach first.
8. Which team won the 2023 World Series?Answer: Texas Rangers. The Rangers beat the Diamondbacks for their first title.
9. Which team won the 2018 World Series?Answer: Boston Red Sox. Boston beat the Dodgers in five games.
10. Which team won the 2014 World Series?Answer: San Francisco Giants. Madison Bumgarner starred as the Giants beat the Royals in seven.
11. Whose No. 4 was the first uniform number retired in MLB?Answer: Lou Gehrig. The Yankees retired it in 1939.
12. Which nickname is often used for the World Series?Answer: The Fall Classic. The “Midsummer Classic” is the All-Star Game.
13. How many outs does each team get in its half of an inning?Answer: Three. Three outs end each half-inning.
14. Which team’s mascot is the Swinging Friar?Answer: San Diego Padres. The friar recalls the Spanish missions that gave San Diego its start.
15. Which Yankee earned the nickname “Mr. November” in 2001?Answer: Derek Jeter. He hit a walk-off home run just after midnight on November 1.
16. Which pitcher was nicknamed “the Ryan Express”?Answer: Nolan Ryan. He threw famously hard well into his forties.
17. Which team is nicknamed “the Halos”?Answer: Los Angeles Angels. The halo on the Angels’ logo gave them the nickname.
18. In baseball, what is the “battery”?Answer: The pitcher and catcher. The term dates back to the 1800s.
19. At which ballpark is Monument Park?Answer: Yankee Stadium. It honors Yankees greats beyond the outfield fence.
20. Who won the 2024 American League Cy Young Award?Answer: Tarik Skubal. The Tigers lefty won the pitching Triple Crown that year.

Hockey trivia

1. Who holds the NHL record for career regular-season goals?Answer: Alex Ovechkin. Ovechkin passed Gretzky’s 894 with his 895th goal in April 2025.
2. Who scored the series-winning goal for Canada in the 1972 Summit Series?Answer: Paul Henderson. He scored with 34 seconds left in Game 8 in Moscow.
3. Fans of which team are famous for throwing octopuses onto the ice?Answer: Detroit Red Wings. The 1952 custom began when a team needed eight playoff wins for the Cup, one for each arm.
4. Who in 2015 became the first goalie since 2002 to win the Hart Trophy?Answer: Carey Price. The Canadiens goalie also won the Vezina that year.
5. Who is the Montreal Canadiens’ career leader in goals?Answer: Maurice Richard. “The Rocket” scored 544 regular-season goals, all for Montreal.
6. Which Hall of Fame winger was known as “The Big M”?Answer: Frank Mahovlich. Mahovlich won six Stanley Cups with Toronto and Montreal.
7. Which early goaltender was nicknamed the “Chicoutimi Cucumber” for his calm?Answer: Georges Vézina. He was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec, and was famously cool under pressure.
8. Bernie “Boom Boom” Geoffrion is often credited with popularizing which shot?Answer: The slap shot. His booming shot for Montreal in the 1950s gave him his nickname.
9. Which Chicago captain was nicknamed “Captain Serious”?Answer: Jonathan Toews. Toews captained the Blackhawks to Cups in 2010, 2013 and 2015.
10. Which rule did the NHL drop in 2005 to open up the game?Answer: The two-line pass. Players could now pass from their own zone to a teammate past the red line.
11. Which NHL city calls itself “Hockeytown”?Answer: Detroit. The Red Wings have long promoted Detroit by that name.
12. Who coached Pittsburgh to its first Stanley Cup in 1991?Answer: Bob Johnson. “Badger Bob” had coached the University of Wisconsin.
13. Before Martin Brodeur, who held the NHL record for career shutouts, with 103?Answer: Terry Sawchuk. Sawchuk’s mark stood for nearly 40 years until Brodeur passed it in 2009.
14. Quinn, Jack and Luke are NHL-playing brothers with what last name?Answer: Hughes. All three were first-round draft picks.
15. Who was the first player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy for a team that lost the Final?Answer: Roger Crozier. The Detroit goalie won it in 1966, when Montreal beat the Red Wings.
16. What does the “H” in the Montreal Canadiens’ “CH” logo stand for?Answer: Hockey. CH stands for Club de hockey Canadien; the “Habs” nickname grew from the belief that H meant Habitants.
17. In 2009, who became the youngest captain to win the Stanley Cup?Answer: Sidney Crosby. Crosby was 21 when Pittsburgh beat Detroit.
18. How many playoff wins does it take to win the Stanley Cup in the current format?Answer: 16. A champion must win four best-of-seven series.
19. Which trophy goes to the NHL’s regular-season MVP?Answer: Hart Memorial Trophy. Wayne Gretzky won it a record nine times.
20. In what year did the Toronto Maple Leafs win their most recent Stanley Cup?Answer: 1967. They beat Montreal in the last Final of the Original Six era.

Soccer trivia

1. Who scored a hat-trick for England in the 1966 World Cup final?Answer: Geoff Hurst. Hurst was the first player to score three goals in a World Cup final.
2. Who captained England to the 1966 World Cup title?Answer: Bobby Moore. The West Ham defender received the trophy from the Queen at Wembley.
3. Which country got to keep the original Jules Rimet Trophy after winning its third World Cup in 1970?Answer: Brazil. The trophy was later stolen in Rio de Janeiro in 1983 and never recovered.
4. At which World Cup were yellow and red cards first used?Answer: 1970. Referee Ken Aston came up with the idea, inspired by traffic lights.
5. Which forward was the top scorer as Argentina won the 1978 World Cup at home?Answer: Mario Kempes. Kempes scored six goals, including two in the final against the Netherlands.
6. Who became the first man to win the World Cup as both a player and a coach?Answer: Mário Zagallo. Zagallo won as a player in 1958 and 1962, then coached Brazil to the 1970 title.
7. Which country won Euro 1988, helped by Marco van Basten’s famous volley in the final?Answer: Netherlands. The Dutch beat the Soviet Union 2–0 in Munich for their first major title.
8. Who scored Portugal’s winner in the Euro 2016 final against France?Answer: Éder. Éder’s long-range shot in extra time won it 1–0 at the Stade de France.
9. Which small nation knocked England out of Euro 2016?Answer: Iceland. Iceland won 2–1 in Nice in the round of 16.
10. Which club won a record four straight Premier League titles from 2021 to 2024?Answer: Manchester City. Pep Guardiola’s team was the first in English top-flight history to win four in a row.
11. Which manager won 13 Premier League titles with Manchester United?Answer: Alex Ferguson. Ferguson led the club from 1986 until he retired in 2013.
12. Who scored Manchester United’s stoppage-time winner in the 1999 Champions League final?Answer: Ole Gunnar Solskjær. Sheringham equalized and Solskjær won it against Bayern Munich at Camp Nou.
13. Which Glasgow stadium is Scotland’s national stadium?Answer: Hampden Park. Hampden has hosted Scotland’s home games for more than a century.
14. Which stadium hosted both the 1994 World Cup final and the 1999 Women’s World Cup final?Answer: Rose Bowl. The Pasadena stadium drew more than 90,000 fans for each final.
15. Real Madrid’s stadium is named after which longtime club president?Answer: Santiago Bernabéu. Bernabéu led Real Madrid from 1943 until 1978.
16. Which country won the 1995 Women’s World Cup?Answer: Norway. Norway beat Germany 2–0 in the final in Sweden.
17. Who won the Golden Boot at the first Women’s World Cup in 1991?Answer: Michelle Akers. Akers scored 10 goals, including both in the 2–1 final win over Norway.
18. Which team did the U.S. beat 13–0 at the 2019 Women’s World Cup?Answer: Thailand. Alex Morgan scored five goals in the record win.
19. Who won the Golden Boot at the 2026 World Cup?Answer: Kylian Mbappé. The France forward scored 10 goals.
20. At which stadium was the 2026 World Cup final played?Answer: MetLife Stadium. The New Jersey stadium near New York City hosted the final on July 19, 2026.

Movies trivia

1. Who played Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde (1967)?Answer: Faye Dunaway. Warren Beatty played Clyde Barrow.
2. Who starred opposite Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman (1990)?Answer: Richard Gere. Garry Marshall directed the romantic comedy.
3. Who played Marty McFly in Back to the Future (1985)?Answer: Michael J. Fox. Fox filmed it while also starring in the sitcom Family Ties.
4. Which film won Best Picture at the 2024 ceremony?Answer: Oppenheimer. It won seven Oscars, including Best Director for Christopher Nolan.
5. Who directed Barbie (2023)?Answer: Greta Gerwig. Margot Robbie starred as Barbie.
6. Who played Wolverine in the X-Men films?Answer: Hugh Jackman. Jackman first played the role in X-Men (2000).
7. Which actor starred in Bullitt (1968), famous for its San Francisco car chase?Answer: Steve McQueen. McQueen drove a Ford Mustang in the chase.
8. Which 2009 Disney film introduced Tiana, Disney’s first Black princess?Answer: The Princess and the Frog. The story is set in New Orleans.
9. Which British studio created Wallace & Gromit?Answer: Aardman Animations. Aardman is based in Bristol, England.
10. In which 1993 film does Robin Williams disguise himself as a Scottish nanny?Answer: Mrs. Doubtfire. His character does it to spend time with his children.
11. Who won Best Actress for playing police chief Marge Gunderson in Fargo (1996)?Answer: Frances McDormand. The film was made by Joel and Ethan Coen.
12. Who has won more Academy Awards than any other person?Answer: Walt Disney. Disney won 22 competitive Oscars, plus honorary awards.
13. Who wrote both the novel and the screenplay for The Princess Bride (1987)?Answer: William Goldman. Goldman also won Oscars for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President’s Men.
14. Who directed and starred in Braveheart (1995)?Answer: Mel Gibson. Gibson won Best Director, and the film won Best Picture.
15. Who directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)?Answer: Ang Lee. It won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
16. Groucho, Harpo and Chico were members of which comedy team?Answer: The Marx Brothers. Their films include Duck Soup (1933).
17. Who played “Dirty Harry” Callahan?Answer: Clint Eastwood. Dirty Harry (1971) was followed by four sequels.
18. Which Hitchcock film ends with a chase across Mount Rushmore?Answer: North by Northwest. Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint starred in the 1959 thriller.
19. Which Hollywood western star was nicknamed “The Duke”?Answer: John Wayne. He made more than 150 films.
20. Tyler Durden is a character in which 1999 film?Answer: Fight Club. Brad Pitt played Durden in David Fincher’s film.

Television trivia

1. The Andy Griffith Show was set in which fictional North Carolina town?Answer: Mayberry. Sheriff Andy Taylor kept the peace in sleepy Mayberry.
2. Which Andy Griffith Show character got his own spin-off about life as a Marine?Answer: Gomer Pyle. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. starred Jim Nabors and ran on CBS from 1964 to 1969.
3. What was the name of the drive-in hangout on Happy Days?Answer: Arnold’s. Richie, Potsie, Ralph and Fonzie hung out at Arnold’s Drive-In.
4. Which Happy Days spin-off followed two Milwaukee brewery workers?Answer: Laverne & Shirley. Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams played bottle cappers at the Shotz Brewery.
5. Family Ties was set in which Ohio city?Answer: Columbus. The Keatons were former hippies raising their children in Columbus.
6. What kind of business made George Jefferson rich?Answer: Dry cleaning. His chain of Jefferson Cleaners let the family move “on up” to the East Side.
7. The Jeffersons was a spin-off of which sitcom?Answer: All in the Family. George and Louise Jefferson were the Bunkers’ neighbors in Queens.
8. Who sang The Jeffersons’ theme song, “Movin’ On Up”?Answer: Ja’Net DuBois. DuBois, who played Willona on Good Times, co-wrote and sang it.
9. Who won the Emmy for Most Outstanding Television Personality at the very first Emmy Awards?Answer: Shirley Dinsdale. The ventriloquist won with the help of her puppet, Judy Splinters.
10. Who composed the jazz score for A Charlie Brown Christmas?Answer: Vince Guaraldi. Guaraldi recorded it with his trio, and it became a holiday favorite.
11. Which Sesame Street character lives in a trash can?Answer: Oscar the Grouch. Oscar has grumbled from his can since the show’s first season.
12. What was the first music video ever played on MTV?Answer: Video Killed the Radio Star. The Buggles’ song kicked off MTV just after midnight on its first day.
13. Who was the original host of Wheel of Fortune in 1975?Answer: Chuck Woolery. Woolery hosted the NBC daytime show until 1981, when Pat Sajak took over.
14. Which classic sitcom family lived at 1164 Morning Glory Circle?Answer: The Stephenses of Bewitched. Samantha and Darrin’s house was in the suburb of Westport, Connecticut.
15. On Leave It to Beaver, what was Beaver’s real first name?Answer: Theodore. Theodore Cleaver’s big brother was Wally, short for Wallace.
16. Who hosted The Tonight Show for five years just before Johnny Carson?Answer: Jack Paar. Paar hosted from 1957 to 1962.
17. On The Dick Van Dyke Show, Rob Petrie was head writer of which fictional TV program?Answer: The Alan Brady Show. Carl Reiner, the show’s creator, played the vain star Alan Brady.
18. The Partridge Family’s TV band was inspired by which real family group?Answer: The Cowsills. The Cowsills were a singing family band with a hit in “The Rain, the Park & Other Things.”
19. Which country star co-hosted Hee Haw with Roy Clark?Answer: Buck Owens. Hee Haw began on CBS in 1969 and continued for years in syndication.
20. Bullwinkle J. Moose’s best friend was a flying squirrel named what?Answer: Rocky. Rocky and Bullwinkle battled the spies Boris and Natasha.

Fantasy trivia

1. In which film is Han Solo frozen in carbonite?Answer: The Empire Strikes Back. Darth Vader freezes him in Cloud City and hands him to Boba Fett.
2. Who played Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy?Answer: Carrie Fisher. Fisher returned as General Leia Organa in the sequel trilogy.
3. Which 2016 film tells how the Rebels stole the Death Star plans?Answer: Rogue One. Rogue One ends moments before the opening of the 1977 Star Wars.
4. Which Star Wars droid is a golden protocol droid?Answer: C-3PO. Anthony Daniels played C-3PO in every film of the Skywalker saga.
5. Who commands the starship in Star Trek: Voyager?Answer: Kathryn Janeway. Kate Mulgrew played Janeway, the first woman to lead a Star Trek series.
6. Who directed the 2009 film Star Trek?Answer: J. J. Abrams. Abrams went on to direct Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
7. Which phrase is the Borg’s famous warning?Answer: Resistance is futile. The Borg absorb other species into their hive mind.
8. What device lets Star Trek characters beam between a ship and a planet?Answer: Transporter. The transporter was partly a way to save the cost of filming shuttle landings.
9. Who directed the 1984 film Dune?Answer: David Lynch. Jodorowsky had tried to film Dune in the 1970s, but the project collapsed.
10. Who played Chani in Dune: Part Two?Answer: Zendaya. Florence Pugh played Princess Irulan and Rebecca Ferguson played Lady Jessica.
11. Which ocean planet is House Atreides’ home before it moves to Arrakis?Answer: Caladan. Giedi Prime is the Harkonnens’ home and Kaitain the Emperor’s.
12. In Alien: Resurrection (1997), Ripley comes back as what?Answer: A clone. Scientists grow her from blood samples taken before her death in Alien 3.
13. Which crew member of the Nostromo turns out to be an android in Alien?Answer: Ash. Ian Holm played the science officer, Ash.
14. Which future Minnesota governor played Blain in Predator?Answer: Jesse Ventura. The former pro wrestler later served as governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003.
15. Who played Trinity in The Matrix?Answer: Carrie-Anne Moss. Moss returned as Trinity in The Matrix Resurrections (2021).
16. Who wrote and directed The Matrix?Answer: The Wachowskis. Lana and Lilly Wachowski wrote and directed the film.
17. In Terminator 2, the T-800 is sent back to protect which character as a boy?Answer: John Connor. Edward Furlong played the young John Connor.
18. Who played Kyle Reese in The Terminator (1984)?Answer: Michael Biehn. Reese is a soldier sent from the future to protect Sarah Connor.
19. Who plays Owen Grady, the raptor trainer in Jurassic World (2015)?Answer: Chris Pratt. Pratt played Owen in all three Jurassic World films.
20. What make of car is the time machine in Back to the Future?Answer: DeLorean. Doc Brown builds his time machine from a stainless-steel DeLorean DMC-12.

Broadway trivia

1. What is it called when the cast returns to the stage to bow at the end?Answer: The curtain call. Curtain calls follow the final scene of the performance.
2. Who composed the music for Gypsy and Funny Girl?Answer: Jule Styne. Styne also wrote Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
3. The Color Purple is based on a novel by which author?Answer: Alice Walker. Walker’s novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
4. Who won the 2016 Tony for playing Celie in the revival of The Color Purple?Answer: Cynthia Erivo. LaChanze had won for the same role in the original production.
5. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is set in which ancient city?Answer: Rome. The farce is based on the comedies of the Roman playwright Plautus.
6. Who wrote the songs for Fiddler on the Roof?Answer: Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick. Bock wrote the music and Harnick the lyrics.
7. Which musical beat Wicked for the Tony Award for Best Musical?Answer: Avenue Q. The puppet comedy Avenue Q won in 2004.
8. Who wrote the music and lyrics for Annie Get Your Gun?Answer: Irving Berlin. Berlin took over after Jerome Kern died in 1945.
9. In a musical, what is the entr’acte?Answer: Music that opens the second act. It plays after intermission to bring the audience back to the show.
10. Which Disney musical includes the song “Be Our Guest”?Answer: Beauty and the Beast. Lumiere and the enchanted household sing it to welcome Belle.
11. Spring Awakening is based on a play from which country?Answer: Germany. It adapts Frank Wedekind’s 1891 German play.
12. Jesus Christ Superstar was first released as what?Answer: A concept album. The 1970 album was a hit before the show reached Broadway.
13. Who originated the role of Maria in The Sound of Music on Broadway?Answer: Mary Martin. Martin won a Tony; Julie Andrews played Maria in the film.
14. Which musical features gamblers and the Hot Box nightclub?Answer: Guys and Dolls. Miss Adelaide performs at the Hot Box while Nathan Detroit runs his crap game.
15. Which family’s organisation owns more Broadway theatres than any other?Answer: The Shuberts. The Shubert Organization, founded by the Shubert brothers, is Broadway’s biggest theatre owner.
16. Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical was written for television, starring Julie Andrews in 1957?Answer: Cinderella. Cinderella was broadcast live on CBS.
17. Which musical features the rival Jets and Sharks?Answer: West Side Story. The two gangs fight over turf on New York’s Upper West Side.
18. In theatre, what is a rake?Answer: A slope in the stage floor rising away from the audience. A raked stage tilts upward towards the back so the audience can see better.
19. What is the cowboy hero of Oklahoma! called?Answer: Curly. Curly McLain courts Laurey, while the farmhand Jud is his rival.
20. Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is set on the coast of Maine?Answer: Carousel. Carousel moves Molnár’s play Liliom from Budapest to New England.

U.S. History trivia

1. Which Nez Perce leader led his people on a long retreat toward Canada in 1877?Answer: Chief Joseph. The Nez Perce were stopped about 40 miles from the Canadian border.
2. Which English colony became known as the “Lost Colony”?Answer: Roanoke. Its settlers had vanished when supply ships returned in 1590.
3. At which 1781 battle did Cornwallis surrender?Answer: Yorktown. The surrender effectively ended major fighting in the Revolutionary War.
4. About how much did the U.S. pay France for the Louisiana Purchase?Answer: $15 million. The 1803 deal roughly doubled the size of the country.
5. Who was the first American woman in space?Answer: Sally Ride. She flew aboard the space shuttle Challenger in 1983.
6. What did the Morrill Act of 1862 help create?Answer: Land-grant colleges. States received federal land to fund colleges.
7. Which war did the U.S. fight from 1846 to 1848?Answer: The Mexican–American War. It ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
8. What was the 1920s flowering of Black art, music and writing in New York called?Answer: The Harlem Renaissance. Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston were among its writers.
9. Which military alliance did the U.S. help found in 1949?Answer: NATO. Twelve countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty in April 1949.
10. Who was the first African American elected president?Answer: Barack Obama. He won the election of November 2008.
11. Which French explorer claimed the Mississippi basin for France and named it Louisiana?Answer: La Salle. He reached the mouth of the Mississippi in 1682.
12. Which president called his program the “Square Deal”?Answer: Theodore Roosevelt. It promised fairness for workers, business and consumers.
13. Which Revolutionary War officer was nicknamed “the Swamp Fox”?Answer: Francis Marion. He led hit-and-run raids in South Carolina.
14. In which state did the Wright brothers make their first powered flights?Answer: North Carolina. They flew at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk in 1903.
15. According to legend, who sewed the first American flag?Answer: Betsy Ross. The story became popular long after the Revolution.
16. Which amendment ended Prohibition?Answer: 21st. It repealed the 18th Amendment in 1933.
17. Who was president when the stock market crashed in 1929?Answer: Herbert Hoover. Hoover had taken office in March 1929.
18. In which city did the 1863 draft riots break out?Answer: New York City. The riots lasted several days in July 1863.
19. Which city hosted the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition?Answer: Chicago. The fair introduced the Ferris wheel.
20. Which 1848 meeting in New York launched the organized women’s rights movement?Answer: The Seneca Falls Convention. It produced the Declaration of Sentiments.

U.S. Presidents trivia

1. Who was the fourth president?Answer: James Madison. Madison took office in 1809.
2. Who was the 33rd president?Answer: Harry S. Truman. Truman took office in April 1945.
3. Which president appears on the nickel?Answer: Thomas Jefferson. Monticello is on the back.
4. Which president appears on the half-dollar coin?Answer: John F. Kennedy. The Kennedy half-dollar was first minted in 1964.
5. Who was Gerald Ford’s vice president?Answer: Nelson Rockefeller. Rockefeller was appointed and confirmed in December 1974.
6. Who was Lyndon B. Johnson’s vice president from 1965?Answer: Hubert Humphrey. Humphrey later ran for president in 1968.
7. Who was Harry S. Truman’s vice president from 1949?Answer: Alben Barkley. Barkley served one term alongside Truman.
8. Which president was nicknamed “Young Hickory”?Answer: James K. Polk. He was seen as Andrew Jackson’s political heir.
9. Which president was called “the Great Communicator”?Answer: Ronald Reagan. The nickname praised his skill as a speaker.
10. Which president was mocked as “His Accidency”?Answer: John Tyler. He took over when William Henry Harrison died in 1841.
11. Which president’s library is in Yorba Linda, California, his birthplace?Answer: Richard Nixon. The library opened in 1990.
12. Which first lady led the “Let’s Move!” campaign against childhood obesity?Answer: Michelle Obama. She launched it in 2010.
13. Which president was born on the Fourth of July?Answer: Calvin Coolidge. He was born on July 4, 1872, in Vermont.
14. Which president proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving in 1863?Answer: Abraham Lincoln. He set it for the last Thursday of November.
15. Abigail was the wife of which president?Answer: John Adams. Their letters are a famous record of the era.
16. Who was the first president to have a telephone in the White House?Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes. A telephone was installed during his term.
17. How many presidents have died in office?Answer: Eight. Four died of natural causes and four were assassinated.
18. Which president had served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations?Answer: George H. W. Bush. He held the post in the early 1970s.
19. Sagamore Hill on Long Island was the home of which president?Answer: Theodore Roosevelt. It served as his “Summer White House”.
20. Joe Biden represented which state in the U.S. Senate?Answer: Delaware. He served in the Senate from 1973 to 2009.

Geography trivia

1. What is the capital of Belgium?Answer: Brussels. Brussels also hosts many European Union institutions.
2. What is the capital of Hungary?Answer: Budapest. Buda and Pest, on either side of the Danube, joined in 1873.
3. What is the capital of the Czech Republic?Answer: Prague. Prague sits on the Vltava River.
4. What is the capital of Morocco?Answer: Rabat. Casablanca is bigger, but Rabat is the capital.
5. What is the capital of Ethiopia?Answer: Addis Ababa. The African Union is based there.
6. What is the capital of Pakistan?Answer: Islamabad. It was built as a planned capital in the 1960s.
7. What is the capital of Cuba?Answer: Havana. Havana has been Cuba’s capital since 1607.
8. Which river flows through Florence?Answer: Arno. The Ponte Vecchio crosses the Arno.
9. What is Africa’s highest mountain?Answer: Kilimanjaro. It rises about 5,895 metres in Tanzania.
10. Which U.S. state is nicknamed the Garden State?Answer: New Jersey. The name appears on its license plates.
11. Which U.S. state is nicknamed the Beehive State?Answer: Utah. A beehive is on the state seal and flag.
12. Which country’s flag is a red disc on a green field?Answer: Bangladesh. The disc sits slightly toward the hoist.
13. Which sea lies between Greece and Turkey?Answer: Aegean Sea. It is dotted with thousands of islands.
14. Counting cold deserts, what is the world’s largest desert?Answer: Antarctica. A desert is defined by low precipitation, not heat.
15. The Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean, is in which ocean?Answer: Pacific. Its Challenger Deep is nearly 11 km down.
16. What is the capital of Texas?Answer: Austin. Austin is on the Colorado River of Texas.
17. Kathmandu is the capital of which country?Answer: Nepal. It lies in a valley in the Himalayan foothills.
18. Which body of water separates southern England from northern France?Answer: English Channel. The Channel Tunnel runs beneath it.
19. Which country has three capitals: Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein?Answer: South Africa. Each city hosts a different branch of government.
20. Which line of latitude lies at about 66.5 degrees north?Answer: Arctic Circle. North of it, the sun can stay up all day in midsummer.