At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien hold the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon?
Answer
University of Oxford
84995 Intermediate Trivia Questions
84995 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
At which 1916 battle did J.R.R. Tolkien serve as a signals officer?
Answer
Battle of the Somme
What was the original name of Mirkwood in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium?
Answer
Greenwood the Great
Which cinematographer won at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards for Train Dreams?
Answer
Adolpho Veloso
Who plays Magdalena, the teenager at the center of the film Quinceañera?
Answer
Emily Rios
Which two directors made the 2006 film Quinceañera?
Answer
Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland
Which 2006 film about a Los Angeles Latina teenager is titled Quinceañera?
Answer
Quinceañera
What is the traditional Catholic service held for a quinceañera often called?
Answer
Misa de Acción de Gracias
What is a quinceañera’s male counterpart often called?
Answer
Quinceañero
What footwear change can symbolize adulthood at a quinceañera?
Answer
Flat shoes to high heels
What is the traditional name for a quinceañera’s final doll?
Answer
Última muñeca
Which J.K. Rowling Harry Potter novel first introduces Luna Lovegood?
Answer
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
What was the title of J.K. Rowling’s first screenplay, released as a 2016 film?
Answer
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
When was J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard first published?
Answer
4 December 2008
Which Harry Potter novel introduced the Triwizard Tournament?
Answer
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Who directed the first Harry Potter film based on J.K. Rowling’s books?
Answer
Chris Columbus
Which Harry Potter book is the longest in the original English edition?
Answer
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Which Harry Potter novel was the first published under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone?
Answer
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Which financial panic began with the Vienna Stock Exchange crash in May 1873?
Answer
Panic of 1873
Which 1998 Russian market crisis followed the government’s ruble devaluation and debt default?
Answer
Russian financial crisis
Which 1982 crash in Kuwait involved an unregulated market for postdated checks?
Answer
Souk Al-Manakh crash
Which 1997 financial crisis began with the devaluation of Thailand’s baht and spread across East Asian markets?
Answer
Asian financial crisis
Which 1720 speculative bubble and crash centered on shares of the South Sea Company?
Answer
South Sea Bubble
Which U.S. stock index lost about 89% from its 1929 peak to its 1932 low during the Wall Street Crash?
Answer
Dow Jones Industrial Average
At which Los Angeles home studio did Taylor Swift record vocals for “august”?
Answer
Kitty Committee
Taylor Swift performed “august” at which Grammy Awards ceremony in 2021?
Answer
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards
What recurring pattern has Taylor Swift’s “august” developed around its namesake month?
Answer
Seasonal streaming resurgence