Which C.S. Lewis book was published in 1940 as a study of human suffering?
Answer
The Problem of Pain
84033 Intermediate Trivia Questions
84033 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What was C.S. Lewis’s Oxford home called?
Answer
The Kilns
Which Oxford society included C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams?
Answer
The Inklings
Which city is known as the birthplace of the Olympic Games?
Answer
Olympia
What is the name of the world’s deepest known ocean trench?
Answer
Mariana Trench
Which ancient wonder stood in Alexandria and guided ships into Egypt’s harbour?
Answer
Lighthouse of Alexandria
In what year was asteroid 55 Pandora discovered?
Answer
1858
Which Hesiod poem contains the earliest surviving literary account of Pandora?
Answer
Works and Days
What type of machine did Leonardo da Vinci design to move water upward?
Answer
Archimedes’ screw
What lifting device did Leonardo da Vinci design with a screw mechanism?
Answer
Screw jack
What machine part did Leonardo da Vinci study using a rotating ball arrangement?
Answer
Ball bearing
What was the name of Leonardo da Vinci's self-propelled cart, often called an early robot?
Answer
Self-propelled cart
At the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, which jury prize did the film Quinceañera win?
Answer
Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
What type of film is the 2006 movie Quinceañera, which follows Magdalena’s fifteenth-birthday preparations?
Answer
Coming-of-age drama
In which U.S. state was the 2006 film Quinceañera primarily filmed?
Answer
California
What is the traditional name for the quinceañera’s formal court or group of attendants?
Answer
Court of honor
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien become a professor in 1924, before Oxford?
Answer
University of Leeds
What was the name of J.R.R. Tolkien’s best-known scholarly lecture on Beowulf?
Answer
Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Which Tolkien book was edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher in 1977?
Answer
The Silmarillion
Which Dragon's Den investor joined the panel in 2022, replacing Tej Lalvani?
Answer
Steven Bartlett
Which Dragon's Den investor joined the British panel in 2007?
Answer
James Caan
Who was Georgia O'Keeffe's influential art teacher at Columbia University?
Answer
Arthur Wesley Dow