Trivia Questions XVIII

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Arteriosclerosis is...

       a. Collapse of the lungs
       b. Insufficient number of capillaries
       c. Hardening of the arteries
       d. An air born virus


How many times did the Hindenburg cross the Atlantic before it blew up?

       a. 1
       b. 14
       c. 21
       d. 23


How long did the Taj Mahal in Agra, India take to build?

       a. 30 years
       b. 20 years
       c. 5 years
       d. 50 years


Chittaranjan Andrade won a 2001 Noble Prize for his work on rhinotillexomania among Indian teenagers. What is rhino-whatchamacallit?

       a. Excessive drinking
       b. Nose picking
       c. Masturbating
       d. Flatulence


Which of these actors did not star in the 1960 film, The Magnificent Seven?

       a. Yul Brenner
       b. John Wayne
       c. Steve McQueen
       d. Charles Bronson


What Robert Indiana word-image, designed originally for a MOMA Christmas card in 1964, soon adorned college dorm walls everywhere?

       a. Freedom
       b. Further
       c. Love
       d. Wow


The people of what "talkative" Micronesian Island in the South Pacific use enormous stone wheels called fei as currency?

       a. Blab
       b. Gab
       c. Yap
       d. Blub


What Russian playwright was killed in an 1837 duel with Georges d'Anthes, whom he thought was hitting on his beautiful wife, Natalya Goncharova?

       a. Anton Chekhov
       b. Nikolai Gogol
       c. Alexander Pushkin
       d. Fyodor Dostoyevsky


Once Rome stopped making martyrs of Christians, Catholics looked for "white martyrs" who did extreme things to themselves. What did Simeon Stylites do for 36 years?

       a. Lived on a pillar
       b. Ate nothing but bugs
       c. Scourged himself once an hour
       d. Walked backwards


When this movie made its debut, it was as a silent picture. Which film is it?

       a. True Grit
       b. The Last of the Mohicans
       c. Stagecoach
       d. They Call Me Trinity


In which of these TV shows does Leonard Nimoy play a semi-regular character?

       a. Fringe
       b. Sanctuary
       c. CSI
       d. Community


Who did Nicole Kidman marry after Tom Cruise?

       a. Garth Brooks
       b. Keith Urban
       c. Robert De Niro
       d. Russell Crowe


Who did the voice of Stripes in the movie Stripes?

       a. Frankie Muniz
       b. Jim Carrey
       c. Michael J. Fox
       d. Steve Martin


Which of the following people was executed on January 24, 1989?

       a. Al Capone
       b. Charles Manson
       c. Ted Bundy
       d. Patty Hearst


What is the capital of Chile?

       a. Santiago
       b. Buenos Aries
       c. Bohn
       d. Oslo




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