72921 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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Which U.S. stock index lost 22.6% on Black Monday in 1987, its largest one-day percentage fall?
Answer
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Which U.S. index fell 12.8% on 28 October 1929, during the Wall Street crash?
Answer
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Which U.S. president signed the 1933 law that separated commercial and investment banking after the crash?
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which stock exchange index lost about 80% during the 2001 dot-com crash?
Answer
NASDAQ Composite
Which institution’s failure helped trigger the Panic of 1907 in the United States?
Answer
Knickerbocker Trust Company
What is the name of J.K. Rowling’s wizarding-world stage play about Albus Potter?
Answer
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Which Harry Potter novel was the first to be published under the name J.K. Rowling?
Answer
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
What is the title of J.K. Rowling’s 2012 novel about a small English town?
Answer
The Casual Vacancy
Which New Year's Eve event in London is centered on the chimes of Big Ben?
Answer
London New Year's Eve
Which New Year's Eve celebration in Denmark traditionally involves jumping from a chair at midnight?
Answer
Danish New Year's Eve
What mountain is called the Ark’s resting place in the Quran?
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Mount Judi
How old was Noah when he entered the Ark?
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600 years old
How many people were saved aboard Noah’s Ark, according to the New Testament?
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Eight people
Which Beyoncé character is a singer named Deena Jones in Dreamgirls?
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Deena Jones
What is the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1942 book narrated by the demon Screwtape?
Answer
The Screwtape Letters
What is the name of C.S. Lewis’s 1938 science-fiction novel about Elwin Ransom?
Answer
Out of the Silent Planet
Which university appointed C.S. Lewis to a chair in 1954?
Answer
Cambridge University
Which C.S. Lewis book presents the Abolition of Man lectures?
Answer
The Abolition of Man
What is the title of C.S. Lewis’s first Narnia novel by publication date?
Answer
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Which Tolkien short work was first published as a standalone book in 1949?
Answer
Farmer Giles of Ham
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic subject at Oxford when he earned his first-class degree in 1915?
Answer
English Language and Literature
Which building did Georgia O'Keeffe paint in her 1927 series of New York skyscrapers?
Answer
Radiator Building
What real-world clock feature does Pokémon Pokopia include?
Answer
A 24-hour day-and-night cycle
Who is the main antagonist revealed behind the conspiracy in Pixar's Cars 2?
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Miles Axlerod
What is the name of the worldwide racing competition in Pixar's Cars 2?
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World Grand Prix