89135 Intermediate Trivia Questions
89135 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which Leonardo da Vinci device is regarded as an early ball-bearing design?
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Ball bearing
What Leonardo da Vinci weapon featured several cannon barrels arranged in rows?
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Multi-barrel cannon
What name is given to Leonardo da Vinci’s musical instrument played by friction wheels?
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Viola organista
What Leonardo da Vinci machine was a humanoid figure operated by cables and pulleys?
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Mechanical knight
Which ancient city was built by the Inca high in Peru’s Andes?
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Machu Picchu
Which strait separates the European country of Spain from Morocco in Africa?
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Strait of Gibraltar
Which museum in London houses the Rosetta Stone?
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British Museum
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford University college?
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Exeter College
In which branch of the British Army did J.R.R. Tolkien serve during World War I?
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Lancashire Fusiliers
Which Tolkien family member edited The Silmarillion for publication?
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Christopher Tolkien
In J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology, what language are the One Ring’s inscription words written in?
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Black Speech of Mordor
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic specialty at Oxford before 1945?
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Anglo-Saxon
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien teach as a professor?
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University of Oxford
In House M.D., which character is the hospital administrator Lisa Cuddy?
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Dean of Medicine
In House M.D., which original fellow is played by Jennifer Morrison?
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Allison Cameron
Which 1775 engagement is commonly regarded as the first major military action of the American Revolutionary War?
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
Which congressional body organizes America250, the United States’ 250th-anniversary commemoration?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
What earlier U.S. anniversary did the 1976 United States Bicentennial mark?
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The 200th anniversary
What document did Japanese representatives sign to formally end hostilities with the Allies in World War II?
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Japanese Instrument of Surrender
What was the first planned phase of Operation Downfall, the proposed 1945 invasion of Japan?
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Operation Olympic
Which 1977 honor did Georgia O'Keeffe receive from the President of the United States?
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Presidential Medal of Freedom
Which artist and educator’s ideas about composition strongly influenced Georgia O'Keeffe?
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Arthur Wesley Dow
What was the title of Georgia O'Keeffe's 1931 painting of a cow's skull against the New Mexico flag colors?
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Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue
At which museum is the world’s largest public collection of Georgia O'Keeffe’s work held?
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Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
What was the title of Georgia O'Keeffe’s 1932 painting of a white flower sold in 2014 for $44.4 million?
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Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1
Which Pokémon move can Ditto use from Squirtle in Pokémon Pokopia?
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Water Gun