81784 Intermediate Trivia Questions
81784 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What machine did Leonardo da Vinci design to fire multiple guns in a volley?
Answer
33-barrel organ
Which Dragon on BBC's Dragon's Den founded the freight network Pall-Ex?
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Hilary Devey
What was the name of Georgia O'Keeffe's New Mexico home bought in 1940?
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Ghost Ranch
Which artist and teacher influenced Georgia O'Keeffe's move toward abstraction?
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Arthur Wesley Dow
What was the name of Georgia O'Keeffe's husband, who died in 1946?
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Alfred Stieglitz
How many human passengers did Genesis say entered Noah’s Ark?
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Eight people
In Genesis, during which year of Noah’s life did the Flood begin?
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Noah’s 600th year
What was the title of J.K. Rowling’s 2008 Harvard commencement address?
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The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination
What was J.K. Rowling’s first Harry Potter manuscript called before publication?
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
What route inspired J.K. Rowling’s idea for Harry Potter during a delayed train journey?
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Manchester to London
What was J.K. Rowling’s first published adult novel under her own name?
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The Casual Vacancy
What is the name of the fictional textbook credited to Newt Scamander and written by J.K. Rowling?
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Which film series did J.K. Rowling write the screenplays for?
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Fantastic Beasts
What is the title of J.K. Rowling’s 2012 adult novel about a small English community?
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The Casual Vacancy
What is the name of J.K. Rowling’s detective protagonist in her Robert Galbraith novels?
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Cormoran Strike
Who was J.R.R. Tolkien’s eldest son?
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John Francis Reuel Tolkien
What is the title of J.R.R. Tolkien’s essay about the value of fairy stories?
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On Fairy-Stories
In which English city did J.R.R. Tolkien die in 1973?
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Bournemouth
Who illustrated the dust jacket for the first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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J.R.R. Tolkien
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s first academic teaching post at Oxford?
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Pembroke College
What is the title of the chapter in The Hobbit where Bilbo meets Gollum?
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Riddles in the Dark
What does the name “Pandora” mean in ancient Greek mythology?
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All-gifted
On what date did the 1987 stock-market crash reach its worst day, when the Dow fell 22.6%?
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October 19, 1987
Which hedge fund’s 1998 collapse required a private-sector rescue coordinated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York?
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Long-Term Capital Management