72921 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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In a quinceañera, what Spanish phrase describes the traditional “last doll” gift?
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La última muñeca
In House M.D., which character is an intensivist and surgeon from Australia?
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Robert Chase
What phrase is used as Gregory House’s recurring diagnostic motto in House M.D.?
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Everybody lies
House M.D. is modeled partly on which famous fictional detective?
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Sherlock Holmes
What was the name of J.K. Rowling’s first daughter?
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Jessica
What is the title of J.K. Rowling’s 2021 children’s novel about a boy and a magical toy pig?
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The Christmas Pig
What was the title of J.K. Rowling’s 2012 adult novel about a fictional English town?
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The Casual Vacancy
What was the name of J.K. Rowling’s mother, who died in 1990?
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Anne Rowling
What was J.K. Rowling’s pen name for her 2013 crime novel The Cuckoo’s Calling?
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Robert Galbraith
What is the name of the private detective created by J.K. Rowling under the Galbraith name?
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Cormoran Strike
When Grimace first appeared in McDonald’s branding, what did the character represent?
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A milkshake thief
What phrase appeared on the sign of the McDonald brothers’ first restaurant when it opened in 1940?
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McDonald's Bar-B-Q
Who created the Big Mac, the McDonald’s hamburger introduced nationally in 1968?
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Jim Delligatti
What was the name of McDonald’s 1948 operating system that emphasized speed, standardization, and a limited menu?
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Speedee Service System
Who designed the Golden Arches logo used by McDonald’s beginning in 1962?
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Jim Schindler
Which McDonald’s character was portrayed as a hamburger-shaped mayor?
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Mayor McCheese
Which McDonald’s slogan was introduced in 1971 with a famous jingle?
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You Deserve a Break Today
What was McDonald’s first nationally used advertising slogan?
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Look for the Golden Arches
What is the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1955 autobiography about his return to faith?
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Surprised by Joy
Which C.S. Lewis novel was his final work of fiction?
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Till We Have Faces
What was C.S. Lewis's academic specialty at Oxford before his Cambridge professorship?
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English literature
What Leonardo da Vinci musical invention combined a keyboard with bowed strings?
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Viola organista
Which Soviet foreign minister delivered the declaration of war against Japan on August 8, 1945?
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Vyacheslav Molotov
What type of warship was USS Missouri, the vessel used for Japan's 1945 surrender ceremony?
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Iowa-class battleship
Which Japanese official signed the 1945 surrender instrument for the Japanese government?
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
What was the name of the July 1945 Allied declaration demanding Japan’s surrender?
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Potsdam Declaration
What document did Japan sign aboard USS Missouri to formally end World War II?
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Japanese Instrument of Surrender
What is the name of Edinburgh’s major New Year’s Eve festival, known for street parties and torchlight events?
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Edinburgh’s Hogmanay
In New York City's New Year's Eve celebration, what color confetti is traditionally released over Times Square?
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Multicolored confetti
Which New Year’s Eve event in Berlin traditionally centers on the Brandenburg Gate?
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Party at the Brandenburg Gate