Miscellaneous Trivia

Who founded Flying A Productions which produced shows such as The Range Rider?
A: Gene Autry.

Who played Dr Zhivago’s wife in Dr. Zhivago?
A: Geraldine Chaplin.

How did Jean Batten achieve fame?
A: Aviator.

Who played the architect of the skyscraper in The Towering Inferno?
A: Paul Newman.

In which country was Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, born?
A: Poland.

What was the second Bond movie with Sean Connery?
A: From Russia With Love.

With which sport is Bernard Hinault associated?
A: Cycling.

Who was Julius Caesar in Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor in the title role?
A: Rex Harrison.

Who said, “Whenever you’re sitting across from an important person picture him sitting in a suit of long underwear”?
A: Joseph P. Kennedy.

How many tunnels were built in The Great Escape?
A: Three.

In which decade of the 20^th century was Daryl Hannah born?
A: 1960s.

The Third Man was set in which European city?
A: Vienna.

Who did Gottlieb Daimler team up with to form a motor company?
A: Karl Benz.

The action of which 70s movie revolves around the Kit Kat Club in Berlin?
A: Cabaret.

Who penned Alexander’s Ragtime Band?
A: Irving Berlin.

In which blockbusting 60s musical did the Sharks meet the Jets?
A: West Side Story.

Which spacecraft exploded on take-off in January 1986?
A: Challenger.

In which country does the action in The Piano take place?
A: Harlem.

What was the first name of the fictional sleuth Maigret?
A: Jules.

Dante’s Peak featured which type of natural disaster?
A: Volcano.

What is Chevy Chase’s real first name?
A: Cornelius.

In which American city were the Olympics held in 1932?
A: Los Angeles.

What is US golf’s governing body?
A: USGA.

Who launched the world’s first 24-hour cartoon network in 1992?
A: Turner Broadcasting.

Where did the first execution by gas chamber take place?
A: Nevada.

What did the W H stand for in the name of the poet W H Auden?
A: Wystan Hugh.

Louis Washkansky was the first recipient of what?
A: Heart Transplant.

Who wrote the novel Brave New World?
A: Aldous Huxley.

Which musical featured the song Hello Young Lovers?
A: The King and I.

What was the name of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s 2300 acre Christian theme park?
A: Heritage USA.

In what month in 1917 did the USA declare war on Germany?
A: April.

Who married Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra?
A: Ava Gardner.

In which country was Mel Gibson born?
A: USA.

East Pakistan has become known s what?
A:  Bangladesh.

In which sport could the trailblazers take on the Warriors?
A: Basketball.

Which Spice Girl teamed with Bryan Adams on When You’re Gone?
A: Mel C.

Where was the armistice signed which ended the Korean War?
A: Panmunjom.

Who was born first, Julia Roberts or Sharon Stone?
A: Sharon Stone.

In which spacecraft did three astronauts orbit the moon in December 1968?
A: Apollo 8.

What is Prince’s last name?
A: Nelson.

1999 was the Chinese year of which creature?
A: Hare.

Which US city was devastated by a tornado in April 1925?
A: Murphysboro, Illinois.

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