85313 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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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?
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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?
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George Allen & Unwin
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien hold the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon?
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University of Oxford
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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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