Which U.S. president signed the Glass-Steagall Act during the aftermath of the 1929 crash?
Answer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
84105 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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What nickname was given to the extreme U.S. market plunge on May 6, 2010?
Answer
Flash Crash
What was the width of Noah’s Ark in the Genesis measurements?
Answer
50 cubits
According to Genesis, which material was Noah instructed to use for the Ark?
Answer
Gopher wood
In Pixar’s Cars, what is the name of the old highway bypassing Radiator Springs?
Answer
Interstate 40
In Pixar’s Cars, what real-world highway inspires Radiator Springs?
Answer
U.S. Route 66
What Pixar animated short accompanied the theatrical release of Cars in 2006?
Answer
One Man Band
In Pixar’s Cars 2, which composer wrote the film’s original score?
Answer
Michael Giacchino
In Pixar’s Cars 2, who is revealed to be the film’s secret villain?
Answer
Miles Axlerod
Which newspaper first published the United States Declaration of Independence?
Answer
The Pennsylvania Evening Post
On what date did the United States ratify the Articles of Confederation?
Answer
March 1, 1781
Who composed the award-winning score for Sinners at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards?
Answer
Ludwig Göransson
Which C.S. Lewis book was published in 1940 as a study of human suffering?
Answer
The Problem of Pain
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