Friday, November 13, 2026

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Commonly confused words

censor vs. censure

censor: To remove or suppress objectionable material. censure: To express strong formal disapproval. A censor cuts things out; censure is a stern rebuke.

plaintiff vs. plaintive

plaintiff: A person who brings a case to court. plaintive: Sounding sad and mournful. Plaintive sounds like a lament.

pray vs. prey

pray: To speak to a god. prey: An animal hunted for food. A predator stalks its prey.

moral vs. morale

moral: A lesson about right and wrong. morale: The confidence and spirit of a group. The moral of the story; the team’s morale.

morning vs. mourning

morning: The early part of the day. mourning: Grief after a death. Mourning is for someone you mourn.

Beatles trivia

1. Which UK album includes “Nowhere Man”?Answer: Rubber Soul. It is on side one of Rubber Soul.
2. Which song opens the UK album Let It Be?Answer: Two of Us. “Two of Us”, sung by Paul and John together, is the first track.
3. Which instrument did Linda McCartney mainly play in Wings?Answer: Keyboards. Linda played keyboards and sang harmonies in Wings.
4. What inspired “She Came In Through the Bathroom Window”?Answer: A fan breaking into Paul’s house. Paul wrote it after a fan climbed in through a bathroom window of his London home.
5. George Harrison’s song “Apple Scruffs” was about whom?Answer: Fans who waited outside Apple and the studios. The Apple Scruffs were devoted fans who kept vigil outside Apple and Abbey Road; George thanked them in song on All Things Must Pass.
6. On the Abbey Road cover, what is Paul McCartney holding?Answer: A cigarette. Paul, barefoot and out of step with the others, holds a cigarette in his right hand.
7. Paul has said which Beach Boys song inspired “Here, There and Everywhere”?Answer: God Only Knows. Paul has said the song was inspired by hearing “God Only Knows” from Pet Sounds.
8. What did John Lennon change his middle name to in 1969?Answer: Ono. He became John Winston Ono Lennon in a ceremony on the roof of Apple.
9. The promotional film for “Strawberry Fields Forever” was shot in which park in Kent?Answer: Knole Park. It was filmed in Knole Park, near Sevenoaks, among the trees around an old piano.
10. What was the German title of “I Want to Hold Your Hand”?Answer: Komm, gib mir deine Hand. The band recorded “Komm, gib mir deine Hand” in Paris in early 1964; “Sie liebt dich” was “She Loves You”.
11. Which 1971 album is credited to Paul and Linda McCartney?Answer: Ram. Ram was billed to Paul and Linda McCartney; Wild Life came out later that year as the first Wings album.
12. Which 1970 John Lennon album grew out of his primal therapy with Arthur Janov?Answer: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band followed months of primal therapy with Janov.
13. Which song, built from a John Lennon demo, was the reunion single released with Anthology 2?Answer: Real Love. “Real Love” came out as a single in March 1996, alongside Anthology 2.
14. Which Buddy Holly song did the band cover on Beatles for Sale?Answer: Words of Love. Buddy Holly, a big early influence on the band, wrote and first recorded “Words of Love”.
15. Who sings lead on “Good Day Sunshine”?Answer: Paul McCartney. Paul wrote and sang the sunny Revolver song.
16. At which Hamburg club did the band play a long residency in spring 1961?Answer: The Top Ten Club. The band’s second Hamburg trip, in 1961, was a residency at the Top Ten Club on the Reeperbahn.
17. Which Revolver song is named after a doctor?Answer: Doctor Robert. “Doctor Robert” is John Lennon’s song about a New York doctor.
18. Which two British party leaders are named in “Taxman”?Answer: Harold Wilson and Edward Heath. George added backing-vocal references to Mr. Wilson and Mr. Heath, the Labour and Conservative leaders.
19. George Harrison based the words of “The Inner Light” on which ancient Chinese text?Answer: The Tao Te Ching. The words adapt a passage from the Tao Te Ching.
20. Which Beatles song did Fats Domino release as a single in 1968?Answer: Lady Madonna. Fats Domino, an influence on Paul’s piano part, covered “Lady Madonna” the same year.

Taylor Swift trivia

1. Besides Album of the Year, which Grammy did 1989 win in 2016?Answer: Best Pop Vocal Album. 1989 won both Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2016 Grammys.
2. Besides Album of the Year, which album award did Fearless win at the 2010 Grammys?Answer: Best Country Album. Fearless won Album of the Year and Best Country Album at the 2010 Grammys.
3. Which of her tours came right before the Eras Tour?Answer: The Reputation Stadium Tour. The Lover tour was canceled, so the Reputation Stadium Tour was her last tour before the Eras Tour.
4. In which city did the Speak Now World Tour open in February 2011?Answer: Singapore. The Speak Now World Tour began with a show at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
5. Swift watched the Chiefs lose Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans to which team?Answer: Philadelphia Eagles. The Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs 40–22 in Super Bowl LIX.
6. Which position does Travis Kelce play for the Kansas City Chiefs?Answer: Tight end. Kelce is a tight end, one of the most prolific in NFL history.
7. Which of these songs is NOT on Reputation?Answer: Style. “Style” is on 1989; the other three are Reputation songs.
8. Which Folklore song is named after a month?Answer: August. “August” is the Folklore song told from the point of view of the girl in the album’s love triangle.
9. Which Folklore song title is a word for a trick or deception?Answer: Hoax. “Hoax” is the closing track of the standard edition of Folklore.
10. Which 1989 song title means safely past danger?Answer: Out of the Woods. “Out of the Woods” was released as a single from 1989.
11. Which Tortured Poets Department song bids farewell to a European capital?Answer: So Long, London. “So Long, London” is track 5 on The Tortured Poets Department.
12. Which evermore song is named after a rush to find a precious metal?Answer: Gold Rush. “Gold Rush” is the third track on evermore.
13. Which Midnights song title means covered in jewels?Answer: Bejeweled. “Bejeweled” was the second single from Midnights.
14. Which Lover song is named for the glow left in the sky after sunset?Answer: Afterglow. “Afterglow” is a song from Lover, the album that also closes with “Daylight.”
15. Which was Swift’s eleventh studio album?Answer: The Tortured Poets Department. Midnights was her tenth album, The Tortured Poets Department her eleventh and The Life of a Showgirl her twelfth.
16. Which album includes both “Clean” and “Style”?Answer: 1989. Both songs are on 1989; “Clean” closes the standard edition.
17. Which was her last studio album released by Big Machine Records?Answer: Reputation. Swift left Big Machine for Republic Records after Reputation, so Lover was her first album on Republic.
18. Which Speak Now song asks a little child to stay young forever?Answer: Never Grow Up. “Never Grow Up” is a gentle acoustic song on Speak Now.
19. Which Red song shares its name with sacred ground?Answer: Holy Ground. “Holy Ground” is an upbeat song on Red.
20. Besides Aaron Dessner, which producer worked with Swift on Folklore?Answer: Jack Antonoff. Folklore was produced by Swift, Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff.

Football trivia

1. Which Vikings defensive end famously returned a fumble the wrong way into his own end zone, giving the 49ers a safety?Answer: Jim Marshall. Jim Marshall scooped up a fumble and ran 66 yards toward the wrong goal line before tossing the ball out of bounds.
2. Which Broncos kicker made a 64-yard field goal in Denver, setting an NFL record at the time?Answer: Matt Prater. Matt Prater’s 64-yarder against the Titans in December 2013 broke the old 63-yard record.
3. Which team’s late-1970s defense was nicknamed the “Orange Crush”?Answer: Denver Broncos. Denver’s orange-clad 3-4 defense took the name of a soft drink and carried the Broncos to their first Super Bowl.
4. Which team’s defense was known as the “Doomsday Defense”?Answer: Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys’ Doomsday Defense anchored their Super Bowl teams of the 1970s.
5. Which team’s early-1970s defense was nicknamed the “No-Name Defense”?Answer: Miami Dolphins. Before Super Bowl VI, Tom Landry said he couldn’t recall the names of Miami’s defenders, and the nickname stuck.
6. Which quarterback threw the most interceptions in NFL history?Answer: Brett Favre. Brett Favre threw 336 career interceptions, the most of any NFL passer.
7. Which team won the first NFL regular-season game played in London, at Wembley Stadium?Answer: New York Giants. The Giants beat the Dolphins 13–10 in the rain at Wembley in October 2007.
8. In which state do the Washington Commanders play their home games?Answer: Maryland. Their stadium is in Landover, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C.
9. How many yards long is an NFL field, counting both end zones?Answer: 120. The field is 100 yards between the goal lines plus two 10-yard end zones.
10. What is the formation called when a quarterback takes the snap and kneels to run out the clock?Answer: Victory formation. A team protecting a late lead lines up in the victory formation and the quarterback takes a knee.
11. The New York Jets began in the AFL under which name?Answer: Titans of New York. The franchise played as the Titans of New York before becoming the Jets in 1963.
12. Players on which team popularized dumping a cooler of Gatorade on the head coach after a win?Answer: New York Giants. Giants players such as Jim Burt and Harry Carson made the Gatorade shower on coach Bill Parcells a habit in the mid-1980s.
13. Which Hall of Fame Steelers center was nicknamed “Iron Mike”?Answer: Mike Webster. Mike Webster anchored the Steelers’ line for 15 seasons and four Super Bowl wins.
14. Who coached the Green Bay Packers to their win in Super Bowl XXXI?Answer: Mike Holmgren. Mike Holmgren’s Packers beat the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI.
15. Who succeeded Bill Walsh as head coach and won two more Super Bowls with the 49ers?Answer: George Seifert. George Seifert won Super Bowls XXIV and XXIX as the 49ers’ head coach.
16. Who coached the New York Jets to their win in Super Bowl III?Answer: Weeb Ewbank. Weeb Ewbank, who had earlier won NFL titles with the Baltimore Colts, led the Jets past the Colts.
17. In punting, what does “hang time” measure?Answer: How long the ball stays in the air. Long hang time gives the coverage team time to reach the returner.
18. A “dime” defense puts how many defensive backs on the field?Answer: Six. A nickel defense uses five defensive backs; a dime uses six.
19. In a “flea flicker,” what happens after the running back takes the handoff?Answer: He pitches the ball back to the quarterback, who throws deep. The fake run draws the defense in before the quarterback gets the ball back and throws downfield.
20. The franchise now called the Washington Commanders began in Boston under which name?Answer: Boston Braves. It started as the Boston Braves, became the Redskins a year later and soon moved to Washington.

Basketball trivia

1. Which Hall of Famer was nicknamed “Sir Charles”?Answer: Charles Barkley. Charles Barkley, a star with the 76ers, Suns and Rockets, earned the regal nickname.
2. Which Knicks forward scored 60 points against the Nets on Christmas Day?Answer: Bernard King. Bernard King’s 60 points set a Christmas Day record, though the Knicks lost the game.
3. Which arena is often called “the Mecca of basketball”?Answer: Madison Square Garden. The Knicks’ home in Manhattan has long been nicknamed basketball’s Mecca.
4. The NBA Rookie of the Year trophy is named after whom?Answer: Wilt Chamberlain. Since 2022 the top rookie receives the Wilt Chamberlain Trophy.
5. The NBA Coach of the Year trophy is named after whom?Answer: Red Auerbach. The coaching award is the Red Auerbach Trophy, honoring the Celtics’ legendary coach.
6. The NBA’s Most Improved Player trophy is named after which early star?Answer: George Mikan. Since 2022 the Most Improved Player receives the George Mikan Trophy.
7. Which jersey number has the NBA retired across every team to honor Bill Russell?Answer: 6. After Bill Russell died, the league retired his No. 6 for all teams; players already wearing it could keep it.
8. How many free throws does the other team get for a single technical foul?Answer: One. A single technical foul gives the other team one free throw.
9. The “Elam Ending,” which turns off the game clock and plays to a target score, is used in which NBA event?Answer: The All-Star Game. The NBA adopted the Elam Ending for the fourth quarter of the All-Star Game.
10. Patrick Ewing played his final NBA season with which team?Answer: Orlando Magic. After 15 seasons with the Knicks and one in Seattle, Ewing finished with the Magic.
11. Shaquille O’Neal played his final NBA season with which team?Answer: Boston Celtics. Shaq ended his career with the Celtics in the 2010–11 season.
12. Hugo is the mascot of which team?Answer: Charlotte Hornets. Hugo the Hornet is the buzzing mascot of Charlotte’s team.
13. Rumble the Bison is the mascot of which team?Answer: Oklahoma City Thunder. Rumble the Bison became the Thunder’s mascot in Oklahoma City.
14. The fake-filled post move known as the “Dream Shake” belonged to which center?Answer: Hakeem Olajuwon. Hakeem “The Dream” Olajuwon’s footwork left defenders guessing.
15. Dirk Nowitzki’s signature shot was what?Answer: A one-legged fadeaway. Dirk’s fadeaway off one leg was almost impossible to block.
16. The first game in the history of the BAA, the NBA’s forerunner, was played in which city?Answer: Toronto. The New York Knickerbockers beat the Toronto Huskies at Maple Leaf Gardens.
17. In basketball, what does it mean to “box out”?Answer: Use your body to keep an opponent away from a rebound. Boxing out means getting between your opponent and the basket to win the rebound.
18. Which elderly character did Kyrie Irving play in Pepsi ads and a 2018 film?Answer: Uncle Drew. In heavy makeup, Irving played the old pickup-game legend Uncle Drew.
19. What does “NBA” stand for?Answer: National Basketball Association. The league took the name National Basketball Association when the BAA and NBL merged.
20. Who succeeded David Stern as NBA commissioner?Answer: Adam Silver. Adam Silver, Stern’s longtime deputy, became commissioner in 2014.

Baseball trivia

1. Which Giants pitcher, nicknamed “The Freak,” won back-to-back NL Cy Young Awards?Answer: Tim Lincecum. The slightly built Tim Lincecum won the Cy Young in each of his first two full seasons.
2. Which Dodgers third baseman of the 1970s and ’80s was nicknamed “The Penguin”?Answer: Ron Cey. Ron Cey got the nickname for his short, waddling running style.
3. In baseball slang, what is a “dinger”?Answer: A home run. A dinger is a home run.
4. What is a team’s “bullpen”?Answer: The area where relief pitchers warm up. Relievers wait and warm up in the bullpen, and the word also means the relief staff itself.
5. On a “hit-and-run” play, what does the runner on first do?Answer: Starts running with the pitch. The runner breaks with the pitch and the batter tries to make contact, often hitting through a gap left by a covering infielder.
6. What counts as a “quality start” for a starting pitcher?Answer: At least six innings with three or fewer earned runs. The stat credits a starter who goes six innings or more and allows no more than three earned runs.
7. Which team’s slugging lineup was nicknamed “Harvey’s Wallbangers” after manager Harvey Kuenn?Answer: Milwaukee Brewers. Kuenn’s hard-hitting Brewers won the AL pennant in his first season in charge.
8. Which World Series champions were nicknamed the “Hitless Wonders” for their weak batting?Answer: Chicago White Sox. The White Sox had the AL’s lowest batting average yet upset the crosstown Cubs in the 1906 World Series.
9. The “Curse of the Billy Goat” was blamed for which team’s long championship drought?Answer: Chicago Cubs. A tavern owner was said to have cursed the Cubs when his goat was turned away from a World Series game at Wrigley Field.
10. What is a pitcher doing when he is “painting the corners”?Answer: Throwing pitches to the very edges of the strike zone. Hitting the edges of the zone makes pitches hard to drive.
11. Teams in baseball’s Cactus League hold spring training in which state?Answer: Arizona. Cactus League teams train around Phoenix, while Grapefruit League teams train in Florida.
12. MLB’s Rookie of the Year award is named after whom?Answer: Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson won the first Rookie of the Year award, and it now bears his name.
13. Fredbird is the mascot of which team?Answer: St. Louis Cardinals. Fredbird, a big red cardinal, has entertained fans in St. Louis for decades.
14. Which Orioles Hall of Fame manager was famous for battling umpires and loving the three-run homer?Answer: Earl Weaver. Earl Weaver led Baltimore for 17 seasons and was famous for his ejections.
15. Orioles slugger John Powell was known by what nickname?Answer: Boog. Boog Powell was the 1970 AL MVP and later ran a barbecue stand at Camden Yards.
16. Which San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer was nicknamed “Stretch”?Answer: Willie McCovey. The tall first baseman Willie McCovey earned the nickname for his reach at first base.
17. Which longtime New York Giants manager was nicknamed “Little Napoleon”?Answer: John McGraw. John McGraw’s fiery, commanding style earned him the nickname during his three decades running the Giants.
18. In baseball slang, what is “the Show”?Answer: The major leagues. Minor leaguers dream of reaching the Show, the major leagues.
19. What does a good split-finger fastball, or splitter, do as it reaches the plate?Answer: Drops sharply. Gripped between spread fingers, a splitter looks like a fastball and then dives.
20. Which team’s mascot is Bernie Brewer, who slides down a slide after home runs?Answer: Milwaukee Brewers. Bernie Brewer celebrates Milwaukee home runs from his perch in the outfield.

Hockey trivia

1. Sabretooth is the mascot of which NHL team?Answer: Buffalo Sabres. Sabretooth, a saber-toothed cat, is the Buffalo Sabres’ mascot.
2. Stinger, a green insect, is the mascot of which NHL team?Answer: Columbus Blue Jackets. Stinger has been the Columbus Blue Jackets’ mascot since the team began play.
3. Bailey the lion is the mascot of which NHL team?Answer: Los Angeles Kings. Bailey, a lion wearing No. 72, is the Los Angeles Kings’ mascot.
4. Which team plays its home games at Capital One Arena?Answer: Washington Capitals. The Washington Capitals share Capital One Arena with the NBA’s Wizards.
5. Which team plays its home games at SAP Center?Answer: San Jose Sharks. SAP Center, nicknamed “the Shark Tank,” is home to the San Jose Sharks.
6. Which 1980s film starred Rob Lowe as a young hockey player trying to make it in junior hockey?Answer: Youngblood. In “Youngblood” Rob Lowe played a farm boy turned junior hockey star, with Patrick Swayze as his captain.
7. On the ice, what tells a referee apart from a linesman?Answer: Orange armbands. NHL referees wear orange armbands on their sleeves; linesmen do not.
8. Which Canadiens winger was nicknamed “The Roadrunner” for his speed?Answer: Yvan Cournoyer. Yvan Cournoyer, “The Roadrunner,” won ten Stanley Cups with Montreal.
9. Goaltender Glenn Resch was better known by what nickname?Answer: Chico. Glenn “Chico” Resch starred in goal for the New York Islanders and later the Devils.
10. Which all-round athlete, a Hall of Fame defenseman, was nicknamed “The Big Train”?Answer: Lionel Conacher. Lionel Conacher also starred in football and lacrosse and was named Canada’s athlete of the half-century.
11. Bobby Hull left Chicago for which World Hockey Association team, signing a then-record contract?Answer: Winnipeg Jets. Hull’s jump to the WHA’s Winnipeg Jets gave the new league instant credibility.
12. Ray Bourque switched from No. 7 to No. 77 so Boston could retire No. 7 for which player?Answer: Phil Esposito. At Phil Esposito’s jersey retirement, Bourque pulled off his No. 7 to reveal No. 77 underneath.
13. Mark Messier famously guaranteed a Rangers win in a 1994 playoff Game 6 against which team?Answer: New Jersey Devils. Messier then scored a hat trick in Game 6 against the Devils, and the Rangers went on to win the Cup.
14. How many Hart Trophies as NHL MVP did Bobby Clarke win?Answer: Three. The Flyers captain won the Hart Trophy three times in the 1970s.
15. Who became the first European-born captain to lift the Stanley Cup?Answer: Nicklas Lidström. Lidström, a Swede, captained the Detroit Red Wings to the Stanley Cup.
16. In hockey stats, what does “PIM” stand for?Answer: Penalty minutes. PIM counts the minutes a player has spent in the penalty box.
17. What does a game misconduct penalty mean for the player?Answer: He is ejected for the rest of the game. A game misconduct sends the player off for the rest of the game.
18. Which goaltender was nicknamed “The Cat” for his quick reflexes?Answer: Félix Potvin. Félix Potvin, “The Cat,” starred in goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1990s.
19. How many teams began the NHL’s first season?Answer: Four. The Canadiens, Wanderers, Ottawa Senators and Toronto started the first season; the Wanderers soon dropped out after their arena burned.
20. If an NHL regular-season game is still tied after overtime, how is it decided?Answer: A shootout. Since 2005–06, tied regular-season games go to a shootout after overtime.

Soccer trivia

1. Which Dutch club plays its home games at the Philips Stadion?Answer: PSV Eindhoven. PSV was founded by workers at the Philips electronics company in Eindhoven.
2. Which Spanish club plays its home games at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán stadium?Answer: Sevilla. The stadium is named after a former Sevilla club president.
3. Which English club plays its home games at the Etihad Stadium?Answer: Manchester City. Manchester City moved into the stadium, built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the following year.
4. Which Italian club plays its home games at the Allianz Stadium in Turin?Answer: Juventus. Juventus opened the stadium in 2011, replacing the Stadio delle Alpi.
5. Glasgow’s “Old Firm” derby is played between which two clubs?Answer: Celtic and Rangers. Celtic and Rangers have contested the Old Firm derby since 1888.
6. Which national team is nicknamed “the Lions of Teranga”?Answer: Senegal. Teranga is a Wolof word for hospitality, a point of national pride in Senegal.
7. Which national team is nicknamed “La Celeste” for its sky-blue shirts?Answer: Uruguay. Uruguay’s sky-blue shirts give the team the nickname “La Celeste.”
8. Which national team is nicknamed “the Pharaohs”?Answer: Egypt. Egypt’s team takes its nickname from the ancient rulers of the Nile.
9. Which English club is nicknamed “the Foxes”?Answer: Leicester City. Leicester City’s fox nickname comes from the county’s fox-hunting tradition.
10. Which English club’s fans and players are known as “the Villans”?Answer: Aston Villa. Aston Villa, founded in Birmingham, are nicknamed the Villans.
11. In soccer, what is a “rabona”?Answer: Kicking the ball by wrapping the kicking leg behind the standing leg. A rabona is a showy kick made with the kicking leg crossed behind the standing leg.
12. Who set a record by scoring 91 goals for club and country in one calendar year?Answer: Lionel Messi. Messi scored 91 goals in 2012, breaking Gerd Müller’s 85 from 1972.
13. Which goalkeeper has kept the most clean sheets in Premier League history?Answer: Petr Čech. Čech kept 202 Premier League clean sheets with Chelsea and Arsenal.
14. The Eredivisie is the top league of which country?Answer: Netherlands. Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord are the Eredivisie’s most successful clubs.
15. The Primeira Liga is the top league of which country?Answer: Portugal. Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP have won almost every Primeira Liga title.
16. Who is the first manager to win the European Cup or Champions League five times?Answer: Carlo Ancelotti. Ancelotti won it twice with AC Milan and three times with Real Madrid.
17. Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite is better known by which one-word name?Answer: Kaká. Kaká got his nickname from his younger brother, who couldn’t say “Ricardo.”
18. Which U.S. player scored straight from a corner kick against Canada at the 2012 Olympics?Answer: Megan Rapinoe. Rapinoe’s “olimpico” was one of her two goals in the famous semifinal at Old Trafford.
19. Which English club is nicknamed “the Cherries”?Answer: AFC Bournemouth. AFC Bournemouth have long been known as the Cherries; one story links the name to their cherry-red striped shirts.
20. FIFA’s name is French. In English, what does it stand for?Answer: International Federation of Association Football. FIFA stands for Fédération Internationale de Football Association.

Movies trivia

1. Who played boxer Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull?Answer: Robert De Niro. De Niro won the Oscar for Best Actor for Raging Bull.
2. Al Pacino won his Best Actor Oscar for playing a blind retired officer in which film?Answer: Scent of a Woman. Pacino won for playing Lt. Col. Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman.
3. In which Charlie Chaplin film does the Tramp get caught in the gears of a giant machine?Answer: Modern Times. The factory scene in Modern Times pokes fun at the assembly line.
4. In Toy Story, what kind of dinosaur is Rex?Answer: A Tyrannosaurus. Rex is a nervous toy Tyrannosaurus.
5. In WALL-E, what is the name of the sleek robot WALL-E falls for?Answer: EVE. EVE is a probe robot sent to Earth to search for plant life.
6. In Ratatouille, what is the name of the rat who dreams of cooking?Answer: Remy. Remy secretly cooks by steering Alfredo Linguini, who pulls on his hair.
7. In Frozen, what is the name of Kristoff’s reindeer?Answer: Sven. Sven is Kristoff’s loyal reindeer; Marshmallow is Elsa’s giant snow monster.
8. In The Lion King, what kind of animal is Pumbaa?Answer: A warthog. Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the meerkat raise the young Simba.
9. Which Alfred Hitchcock film ends with a struggle on top of the Statue of Liberty?Answer: Saboteur. Saboteur’s villain falls from the statue’s torch in its famous climax.
10. Who played Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind?Answer: Leslie Howard. Leslie Howard played Ashley, the man Scarlett O’Hara pines for.
11. In Casablanca, who plays the French police captain Louis Renault?Answer: Claude Rains. Claude Rains was nominated for an Oscar for playing Captain Renault.
12. Who played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz?Answer: Jack Haley. Jack Haley took over the role after Buddy Ebsen fell ill from the aluminum makeup.
13. Who played Elwood Blues in The Blues Brothers?Answer: Dan Aykroyd. Aykroyd played Elwood opposite John Belushi’s Jake Blues.
14. In Jaws, after first seeing the shark, Chief Brody says they’re going to need a bigger what?Answer: Boat. Roy Scheider’s ad-libbed line about a bigger boat became one of cinema’s most quoted.
15. In Some Like It Hot, which instrument does Tony Curtis’s Joe play?Answer: Saxophone. Joe plays the saxophone; Jack Lemmon’s Jerry plays the double bass.
16. Who played Short Round, Indiana Jones’s young sidekick in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom?Answer: Ke Huy Quan. Ke Huy Quan later won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
17. Who played the rebel slave Spartacus in the 1960 epic?Answer: Kirk Douglas. Kirk Douglas starred in and produced Spartacus.
18. Which Sydney Pollack film won the Oscar for Best Picture?Answer: Out of Africa. Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.
19. In Gremlins, what is the name of the furry mogwai Billy gets as a gift?Answer: Gizmo. Gizmo is the gentle mogwai; Stripe leads the gremlins.
20. Meryl Streep won Best Actress for playing a Polish survivor of Auschwitz in which film?Answer: Sophie’s Choice. Streep won her first Best Actress Oscar for Sophie’s Choice.

Television trivia

1. “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” is the theme song of which sitcom?Answer: Cheers. Gary Portnoy’s “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” opened every episode of Cheers.
2. Which actor played Fonzie on Happy Days?Answer: Henry Winkler. Henry Winkler played Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli for the show’s whole run.
3. Which actor has voiced Homer Simpson since the character’s debut?Answer: Dan Castellaneta. Dan Castellaneta has been the voice of Homer since the shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.
4. On The Simpsons, who is Bart’s fourth-grade teacher?Answer: Edna Krabappel. Mrs. Edna Krabappel taught Bart’s class at Springfield Elementary.
5. Which actress played Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show?Answer: Mary Tyler Moore. Mary Tyler Moore played Rob Petrie’s wife Laura before getting her own sitcom.
6. What was the name of Mary Tyler Moore’s character on The Mary Tyler Moore Show?Answer: Mary Richards. Mary Richards worked as an associate producer at WJM-TV’s newsroom.
7. In the Twilight Zone episode “To Serve Man,” the aliens’ book of that title turns out to be what?Answer: A cookbook. The famous twist is that the book is a cookbook, and humans are on the menu.
8. On ALF, which suburban family takes in the furry alien?Answer: The Tanners. ALF crash-lands into the garage of Willie Tanner and his family.
9. Which sitcom starred Alan Thicke as a psychiatrist who works from home?Answer: Growing Pains. Alan Thicke played Dr. Jason Seaver, who moved his practice into the family home.
10. Which comedian co-created Everybody Hates Chris, based on his own childhood in Brooklyn?Answer: Chris Rock. Chris Rock co-created and narrated the sitcom about growing up in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant.
11. Before The Price Is Right, Bob Barker hosted which game show from 1956?Answer: Truth or Consequences. Bob Barker hosted Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1975.
12. On The Waltons, which son is the aspiring writer of the family?Answer: John-Boy. John-Boy, the eldest son, dreams of becoming a writer.
13. Which PBS series, hosted by LeVar Burton, encouraged children to read?Answer: Reading Rainbow. LeVar Burton hosted Reading Rainbow throughout its long run.
14. Who performed Big Bird on Sesame Street for nearly 50 years?Answer: Caroll Spinney. Caroll Spinney played Big Bird (and Oscar the Grouch) from the show’s start until 2018.
15. What is the name of the Boston hospital in St. Elsewhere?Answer: St. Eligius. St. Elsewhere was set at St. Eligius, a run-down teaching hospital in Boston.
16. Which family struck oil and moved to Beverly Hills in a 1960s sitcom?Answer: The Clampetts. Jed Clampett and his kin moved west in The Beverly Hillbillies.
17. Love Island, the dating reality show, first came from which country?Answer: United Kingdom. Love Island began on Britain’s ITV and was later adapted around the world.
18. Who plays the title role in Netflix’s Wednesday?Answer: Jenna Ortega. Jenna Ortega stars as Wednesday Addams in the Tim Burton-produced series.
19. On which cable channel did the reality series The Osbournes air?Answer: MTV. MTV aired The Osbournes, following Ozzy Osbourne’s family at home.
20. Which sitcom introduced the landlord Mr. Roper and his wife, Helen?Answer: Three’s Company. Stanley and Helen Roper were the landlords on Three’s Company before getting their own spin-off.

Fantasy trivia

1. Which house did the Sorting Hat consider for Harry before putting him in Gryffindor?Answer: Slytherin. The Hat told Harry he could be great in Slytherin, but he asked not to go there.
2. Which Hogwarts professor is secretly a werewolf?Answer: Remus Lupin. Remus Lupin was bitten as a child and transforms at every full moon.
3. In The Lord of the Rings, how many Rings of Power were given to the Elves?Answer: Three. Three rings went to the Elves, seven to the Dwarves and nine to Men.
4. Who bites off Frodo’s finger to take the One Ring at Mount Doom?Answer: Gollum. Gollum bites off Frodo’s finger and then falls into the fire with the Ring.
5. Carol Danvers is the alter ego of which Marvel hero?Answer: Captain Marvel. Carol Danvers became Captain Marvel; Brie Larson played her in the MCU.
6. In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which Brooklyn teenager becomes Spider-Man?Answer: Miles Morales. Miles Morales is bitten by a radioactive spider and learns to be Spider-Man.
7. Diana Prince is the secret identity of which DC hero?Answer: Wonder Woman. Diana, princess of the Amazons, goes by Diana Prince in the world of men.
8. Edward Nygma is the real name of which Batman villain?Answer: The Riddler. Edward Nygma (E. Nigma) leaves riddles at his crime scenes.
9. Which Star Trek captain gives the order “Make it so”?Answer: Jean-Luc Picard. “Make it so” is Captain Picard’s signature order on The Next Generation.
10. What is the name of Spock’s home planet?Answer: Vulcan. Spock is half human and half Vulcan, raised on the planet Vulcan.
11. In Dune, what are the native people of Arrakis’s deep desert called?Answer: The Fremen. The Fremen live in desert sietches and ride the giant sandworms.
12. On which island is the park in the first Jurassic Park film?Answer: Isla Nublar. Jurassic Park is built on Isla Nublar, off the coast of Costa Rica.
13. In Back to the Future Part III, Marty travels back to which year?Answer: 1885. Marty goes to the Old West of 1885 to rescue Doc Brown.
14. What kind of building do the Ghostbusters use as their headquarters?Answer: An old firehouse. The team sets up shop in a former firehouse in Manhattan.
15. In Terminator 2, which company’s research leads to the creation of Skynet?Answer: Cyberdyne Systems. Miles Dyson’s work at Cyberdyne Systems would lead to Skynet.
16. In Game of Thrones, which great house has the words “Winter Is Coming”?Answer: House Stark. “Winter Is Coming” are the words of the Starks of Winterfell.
17. What kind of creature is Reepicheep in The Chronicles of Narnia?Answer: A mouse. Reepicheep is the brave, sword-wielding chief of Narnia’s talking mice.
18. What is Katniss Everdeen’s weapon of choice?Answer: A bow and arrows. Katniss learned archery hunting in the woods outside District 12.
19. In Predator, what lets the alien hunter become nearly invisible?Answer: A cloaking device. The Predator’s cloaking technology bends light so it blends into the jungle.
20. What color is Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber in Return of the Jedi?Answer: Green. Luke builds a new green lightsaber after losing his father’s blue one on Cloud City.

Broadway trivia

1. “Edelweiss” comes from which musical?Answer: The Sound of Music. “Edelweiss” was the last song Oscar Hammerstein II wrote, for The Sound of Music.
2. “At the Ballet” comes from which musical?Answer: A Chorus Line. In A Chorus Line, three dancers sing “At the Ballet” about escaping into dance as children.
3. “Summer Nights” comes from which musical?Answer: Grease. Danny and Sandy tell their friends two versions of their summer romance in “Summer Nights.”
4. “Day by Day” comes from which musical?Answer: Godspell. “Day by Day” is the best-known song from Stephen Schwartz’s Godspell.
5. The princes’ duet “Agony” comes from which Sondheim musical?Answer: Into the Woods. In Into the Woods, Cinderella’s and Rapunzel’s princes compete over whose love life is worse in “Agony.”
6. In Wicked, what kind of animal is Doctor Dillamond, the history professor?Answer: A goat. Doctor Dillamond is a talking Goat whose fight for Animal rights inspires Elphaba.
7. In The King and I, the King rules which country?Answer: Siam. The musical is set in Siam, today’s Thailand, where Anna Leonowens teaches the King’s children.
8. In Cats, who is the wise old leader of the Jellicle cats?Answer: Old Deuteronomy. Old Deuteronomy chooses which cat will be reborn at the Jellicle Ball.
9. In Fiddler on the Roof, what is the name of Tevye’s eldest daughter?Answer: Tzeitel. Tzeitel marries the tailor Motel; Golde is Tevye’s wife.
10. In Annie, which billionaire takes Annie in for Christmas?Answer: Oliver Warbucks. Annie spends Christmas with the billionaire Oliver Warbucks, who comes to adopt her.
11. In West Side Story, who leads the Jets?Answer: Riff. Riff leads the Jets; Bernardo leads the rival Sharks.
12. In Guys and Dolls, Sky Masterson falls for which mission worker?Answer: Sarah Brown. Sergeant Sarah Brown runs the Save-a-Soul Mission.
13. In Mamma Mia!, how many men might be Sophie’s father?Answer: Three. Sophie secretly invites Sam, Harry and Bill to her wedding to find out which is her father.
14. In Les Misérables, which character sings “On My Own”?Answer: Éponine. Éponine sings “On My Own” about her unreturned love for Marius.
15. In Beauty and the Beast, what is the name of the enchanted teapot?Answer: Mrs. Potts. Mrs. Potts is the teapot; Chip is her son, a teacup.
16. In The Lion King, what kind of bird is Zazu?Answer: A hornbill. Zazu, the king’s fussy adviser, is a red-billed hornbill.
17. In Hello, Dolly!, Dolly sets her sights on which wealthy merchant from Yonkers?Answer: Horace Vandergelder. Dolly is hired to find Horace Vandergelder a wife and plans to marry him herself.
18. In Sweeney Todd, what does Mrs. Lovett bake and sell?Answer: Meat pies. Mrs. Lovett runs a pie shop on Fleet Street, below Sweeney’s barbershop.
19. Which playwright wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead?Answer: Tom Stoppard. Stoppard’s comedy about two minor Hamlet characters won the Tony Award for Best Play.
20. Which Russian playwright wrote The Seagull?Answer: Anton Chekhov. The Seagull is one of Chekhov’s four major plays, along with Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard.

U.S. History trivia

1. Under the Missouri Compromise, which state entered the Union as a free state to balance Missouri?Answer: Maine. Maine was split off from Massachusetts and admitted as a free state, while Missouri came in as a slave state.
2. The Golden Gate Bridge links San Francisco with which county to the north?Answer: Marin County. The bridge crosses the Golden Gate strait from San Francisco to Marin County.
3. The Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense, stands in which state?Answer: Virginia. The Pentagon is in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac from Washington, D.C.
4. In which New Jersey town did Aaron Burr fatally wound Alexander Hamilton in their duel?Answer: Weehawken. The two men met on the dueling grounds at Weehawken, across the Hudson from Manhattan.
5. Which future president defended the British soldiers put on trial after the Boston Massacre?Answer: John Adams. John Adams took the unpopular case, believing the soldiers deserved a fair trial; most were acquitted.
6. In the 1920s, what were young women with bobbed hair and short skirts who defied old customs called?Answer: Flappers. Flappers became a symbol of the Roaring Twenties’ new freedoms and fashions.
7. Which American track star won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?Answer: Jesse Owens. Jesse Owens won the 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump and 4x100-meter relay in Berlin.
8. Which New York village hosted the first Winter Olympics held in the United States, in 1932?Answer: Lake Placid. Lake Placid hosted the 1932 Winter Games and hosted them again in 1980.
9. Which wealthy Titanic survivor from Denver became famous as “the Unsinkable” after the disaster?Answer: Molly Brown. Margaret “Molly” Brown helped fellow survivors in Lifeboat 6 and was later celebrated as the Unsinkable Molly Brown.
10. Who shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre?Answer: John Wilkes Booth. John Wilkes Booth, a well-known actor and Confederate sympathizer, shot Lincoln during a play.
11. Which Harlem Renaissance poet wrote the collection The Weary Blues?Answer: Langston Hughes. The Weary Blues was Langston Hughes’s first book of poetry.
12. Which Kansas town became the first great cow town at the end of the Chisholm Trail?Answer: Abilene. Cattle dealer Joseph McCoy built stockyards at Abilene, where Texas herds met the railroad.
13. Who was the first woman to swim across the English Channel, in 1926?Answer: Gertrude Ederle. Gertrude Ederle of New York swam from France to England, beating the men’s record time.
14. The great land run of 1889 opened land for settlers in which present-day state?Answer: Oklahoma. Thousands of settlers raced at noon to claim plots in Oklahoma’s Unassigned Lands.
15. Who developed the first successful polio vaccine, declared safe and effective in 1955?Answer: Jonas Salk. Jonas Salk’s injected vaccine was approved after a huge national field trial.
16. Which town replaced Jamestown as the capital of colonial Virginia?Answer: Williamsburg. The capital moved to Williamsburg around 1699 and stayed there until it moved to Richmond in 1780.
17. Leland Stanford led which railroad as it built the western part of the first transcontinental line?Answer: Central Pacific. Stanford was president of the Central Pacific, which built east from Sacramento.
18. Which New York governor championed the Erie Canal, which critics mocked as his “Ditch”?Answer: DeWitt Clinton. Critics called the canal “Clinton’s Ditch” before it became a huge success.
19. Which American pilot became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound, in 1953?Answer: Jacqueline Cochran. Jacqueline Cochran broke the sound barrier in an F-86 Sabre jet.
20. Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis patented which clothing item, reinforced with copper rivets, in 1873?Answer: Blue jeans. Their riveted work pants became the first blue jeans.

U.S. Presidents trivia

1. Which president died in July 1850, about 16 months into his term?Answer: Zachary Taylor. Zachary Taylor fell ill and died on July 9, 1850, and Millard Fillmore took over.
2. Which president sent Commodore Matthew Perry’s expedition to open trade with Japan?Answer: Millard Fillmore. Perry carried a letter from President Fillmore when he sailed into Tokyo Bay.
3. Who is the only president from New Hampshire?Answer: Franklin Pierce. Franklin Pierce was born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
4. Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, is named after which president?Answer: James Monroe. The city was named in honor of James Monroe, who backed the colony’s founding.
5. Which president was the shortest, at about 5 feet 4 inches tall?Answer: James Madison. James Madison stood about 5 feet 4 inches.
6. Which president liked to swim in the Potomac River early in the morning?Answer: John Quincy Adams. John Quincy Adams was famous for his dawn swims in the Potomac.
7. Which president grew up speaking Dutch at home?Answer: Martin Van Buren. Martin Van Buren grew up in the Dutch community of Kinderhook, New York, and is the only president whose first language was not English.
8. Which president promised to serve only one term and kept his word?Answer: James K. Polk. James K. Polk pledged a single term and did not run again in 1848.
9. Which future president once served as sheriff of Erie County, New York?Answer: Grover Cleveland. Grover Cleveland was sheriff of Erie County, which includes Buffalo, in the early 1870s.
10. Which president ran a famous “front porch campaign” from his home in Canton, Ohio?Answer: William McKinley. William McKinley greeted visiting crowds at his Canton home instead of touring the country.
11. Which president ran one of America’s largest whiskey distilleries after leaving office?Answer: George Washington. George Washington’s distillery at Mount Vernon was among the largest in the country.
12. Which former president sold his book collection to Congress to replace a library burned by the British?Answer: Thomas Jefferson. Congress bought Thomas Jefferson’s books to rebuild the Library of Congress after the British burned the Capitol.
13. Mark Twain’s publishing company brought out which president’s best-selling memoirs?Answer: Ulysses S. Grant. Twain’s firm published Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs, which Grant finished just before he died.
14. Which president’s farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is now a national historic site?Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Eisenhower National Historic Site preserves his Gettysburg farm.
15. Which future president was elected captain of a militia company in the Black Hawk War?Answer: Abraham Lincoln. Young Abraham Lincoln was chosen captain by his fellow volunteers in Illinois.
16. Which future president served in the Navy’s nuclear submarine program?Answer: Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter, a Naval Academy graduate, worked in Admiral Hyman Rickover’s nuclear submarine program.
17. Which president signed the law that created NASA?Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act in 1958.
18. Which future president was wounded at the Battle of South Mountain as a Union officer?Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes. Rutherford B. Hayes was badly wounded in the arm at South Mountain and was wounded again later in the war.
19. Which future president served as the first civilian governor of the Philippines?Answer: William Howard Taft. William Howard Taft governed the Philippines before becoming secretary of war and then president.
20. Which two presidents graduated from West Point?Answer: Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1843 and Eisenhower in 1915.

Geography trivia

1. What is the capital of Mali?Answer: Bamako. Bamako, on the Niger River, is Mali’s capital and largest city.
2. Freetown is the capital of which West African country?Answer: Sierra Leone. Freetown, a port on the Atlantic, is the capital of Sierra Leone.
3. Belmopan is the capital of which Central American country?Answer: Belize. Belize moved its capital inland to Belmopan after a hurricane battered Belize City.
4. Georgetown is the capital of which South American country?Answer: Guyana. Georgetown sits at the mouth of the Demerara River in Guyana.
5. Port Louis is the capital of which Indian Ocean island nation?Answer: Mauritius. Port Louis is the capital and main port of Mauritius.
6. Dushanbe is the capital of which Central Asian country?Answer: Tajikistan. Dushanbe is Tajikistan’s capital and largest city.
7. Yaoundé is the capital of which African country?Answer: Cameroon. Yaoundé is Cameroon’s capital, while Douala is its biggest port.
8. What is the capital of Panama?Answer: Panama City. Panama City lies on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal.
9. Which river flows through Perth, Western Australia?Answer: Swan River. Perth was founded on the banks of the Swan River.
10. Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles, is in which part of the United Kingdom?Answer: Scotland. Ben Nevis rises near Fort William in the Scottish Highlands.
11. Lake Constance lies where Germany, Austria and which other country meet?Answer: Switzerland. Lake Constance, the Bodensee, is bordered by Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
12. The Atlantic island of Madeira belongs to which country?Answer: Portugal. Madeira is an autonomous region of Portugal.
13. The island of Bali is part of which country?Answer: Indonesia. Bali is one of Indonesia’s many thousands of islands.
14. Antoni Gaudí’s basilica, the Sagrada Família, is in which city?Answer: Barcelona. Construction of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona began in 1882 and is still going on.
15. The giant Christ the Redeemer statue overlooks which city?Answer: Rio de Janeiro. The statue stands on Corcovado mountain above Rio de Janeiro.
16. The fairy-tale Neuschwanstein Castle is in which country?Answer: Germany. King Ludwig II of Bavaria built Neuschwanstein in the Bavarian Alps.
17. Iguazu Falls lies on the border of Argentina and which country?Answer: Brazil. The falls on the Iguazu River are split between Argentina and Brazil.
18. Milford Sound, a famous fiord, is in which country?Answer: New Zealand. Milford Sound is in Fiordland National Park on New Zealand’s South Island.
19. Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia’s highest peak, is on which island?Answer: Borneo. Mount Kinabalu rises in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo.
20. Uluru, the giant red rock, is in which part of Australia?Answer: Northern Territory. Uluru is in Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park in the Northern Territory.