What did the dove bring back to Noah’s Ark to show that waters had receded?
Answer
An olive leaf
84647 Intermediate Trivia Questions
84647 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which mountain region does Genesis name as the resting place of Noah’s Ark?
Answer
The mountains of Ararat
Which traditional New Year’s Eve event in New York City features a crystal-covered ball descending at One Times Square?
Answer
Times Square New Year's Eve
In Italy, what lentil-based food is traditionally eaten on New Year's Eve for prosperity?
Answer
Cotechino con lenticchie
Which 1776 battle was the largest of the American Revolutionary War?
Answer
Battle of Long Island
What 1789 law established the original structure of the United States federal court system?
Answer
Judiciary Act of 1789
Which 1777 American victory helped persuade France to become a formal ally of the United States?
Answer
Battles of Saratoga
Which 1787 law organized the first U.S. territory north of the Ohio River?
Answer
Northwest Ordinance
What was the first constitution of the United States before the current Constitution?
Answer
Articles of Confederation
On what date did the Lee Resolution declare the United Colonies independent?
Answer
July 2, 1776
Which 1775 battles began the American Revolutionary War commemorated by America250?
Answer
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Which 1781 engagement was the final major land battle of the American Revolutionary War?
Answer
Siege of Yorktown
What pen name did C.S. Lewis use when publishing poetry in the 1930s?
Answer
Clive Hamilton
What is the title of the second novel in C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy?
Answer
Perelandra
What was C.S. Lewis’s rank when he served in the British Army during World War I?
Answer
Second lieutenant
At which university did C.S. Lewis study as an undergraduate before becoming an Oxford academic?
Answer
University of Oxford
Which C.S. Lewis memoir recounts his conversion from atheism to Christianity?
Answer
Surprised by Joy
Which C.S. Lewis novel features the characters Orual and Psyche?
Answer
Till We Have Faces
Which Oxford pub hosted meetings of C.S. Lewis’s literary group, the Inklings?
Answer
The Eagle and Child
Which C.S. Lewis book grew out of his 1941–1944 BBC radio talks about Christianity?
Answer
Mere Christianity
What is the name of C.S. Lewis’s space-travel novel featuring the philologist Elwin Ransom?
Answer
Out of the Silent Planet
Which English university college elected C.S. Lewis as a fellow in 1925?
Answer
Magdalen College, Oxford
Which entrepreneur joined the UK Dragon's Den panel in its third series?
Answer
Deborah Meaden
What mechanical cart is often called Leonardo da Vinci's earliest programmable machine?
Answer
Self-propelled cart
Which ancient wonder stood in the harbor of the Greek island of Rhodes?
Answer
Colossus of Rhodes
Which ancient civilization built the city of Machu Picchu in the Andes?
Answer
Inca civilization
Which scientist developed the theory of general relativity, published in 1915?
Answer
Albert Einstein
What punishment did Pandora’s creation represent in Hesiod’s Greek mythology?
Answer
Punishment for stealing fire
In which poem does Hesiod describe Pandora opening the container of evils?
Answer
Works and Days
Which Pokémon teaches Ditto Leafage in Pokémon Pokopia?
Answer
Bulbasaur
Which publishing company first released J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings in the United Kingdom?
Answer
George Allen & Unwin