82928 Intermediate Trivia Questions
82928 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What was the name of Georgia O'Keeffe's New Mexico home bought in 1940?
Answer
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?
Answer
Noah’s 600th year
What was the title of J.K. Rowling’s 2008 Harvard commencement address?
Answer
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?
Answer
The Casual Vacancy
What is the name of the fictional textbook credited to Newt Scamander and written by J.K. Rowling?
Answer
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?
Answer
The Casual Vacancy
What is the name of J.K. Rowling’s detective protagonist in her Robert Galbraith novels?
Answer
Cormoran Strike
Who was J.R.R. Tolkien’s eldest son?
Answer
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?
Answer
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?
Answer
Long-Term Capital Management
What was the name of the trust whose failure helped trigger the Panic of 1907?
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Knickerbocker Trust
Which sea separates Europe from Africa at the Strait of Gibraltar?
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Mediterranean Sea