87742 Intermediate Trivia Questions
87742 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which act created the United States Semiquincentennial Commission for the 2026 anniversary?
Answer
United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016
What is the next 100-year U.S. anniversary after the 2026 Semiquincentennial?
Answer
Tricentennial
Which four U.S. cities received special focus under the Semiquincentennial legislation?
Answer
Boston, Philadelphia, Charleston, and New York
What was the name of the McDonald’s character whose head was shaped like a Big Mac?
Answer
Officer Big Mac
Which architect designed the McDonald’s restaurant buildings that first featured the famous Golden Arches?
Answer
Stanley Clark Meston
Which McDonald's character was created to represent the chain's breakfast menu?
Answer
Birdie the Early Bird
What was McDonald's first restaurant name before the brothers renamed it McDonald's?
Answer
McDonald's Bar-B-Q
Which McDonald's logo design, introduced in 1962, added the famous diagonal line through the arches?
Answer
The Golden Arches logo
What 1960s McDonald's character was based on the restaurant chain's Big Mac sandwich?
Answer
Officer Big Mac
What was the name of Georgia O'Keeffe's New Mexico home and studio near Abiquiu?
Answer
Abiquiu Home and Studio
Which C.S. Lewis book examines the problem of human suffering in Christian apologetics?
Answer
The Problem of Pain
Which C.S. Lewis book is a 1955 autobiography about his conversion and intellectual journey?
Answer
Surprised by Joy
Which book did C.S. Lewis publish under the pen name Clive Hamilton in 1919?
Answer
Spirits in Bondage
At which Cambridge university did C.S. Lewis hold a medieval and Renaissance English professorship?
Answer
University of Cambridge
Which scientist discovered penicillin in 1928 after observing mould inhibit bacterial growth?
Answer
Alexander Fleming
Which physicist formulated the three laws of motion published in 1687?
Answer
Isaac Newton
Which river flows through Cairo and forms the Nile Delta?
Answer
Nile River
What fictional diagnostic specialty does Gregory House lead in House M.D.?
Answer
Diagnostic medicine
Which musician recorded the opening theme song “Teardrop” used by House M.D.?
Answer
Massive Attack
At which Grammy Awards did Taylor Swift first perform “august” with Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner?
Answer
The 63rd Grammy Awards
Who signed Japan’s 1945 surrender instrument for the Imperial Japanese armed forces?
Answer
Yoshijiro Umezu
What was the planned 1946 Allied invasion of the Kantō Plain called?
Answer
Operation Coronet
When was Operation Olympic, the planned invasion of southern Kyushu, scheduled to begin?
Answer
November 1, 1945
Who was Japan's foreign minister and first signatory of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender?
Answer
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Which Allied commander signed Japan's surrender on behalf of the Allied nations?
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Douglas MacArthur
Which traditional New Year's Eve event in New York City was canceled during World War II blackouts in 1942 and 1943?
Answer
The Times Square Ball Drop
Which concert traditionally takes place in Vienna on New Year's Day after the city's New Year's Eve celebrations?
Answer
Vienna New Year's Concert