What is the traditional court surrounding a quinceañera called in Spanish?
Answer
Corte de honor
72921 Intermediate Trivia Questions
72921 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What is the name of the nonprofit partner founded in 2019 to support the Semiquincentennial Commission?
Answer
America250 Foundation
Where was the United States Semiquincentennial Commission sworn in during 2018?
Answer
Independence Hall
What medical specialty does Eric Foreman practice in House, M.D.?
Answer
Neurology
What medical specialty does Gregory House lead in the television series House, M.D.?
Answer
Diagnostic medicine
In the Genesis Flood narrative, where did the Ark come to rest?
Answer
The mountains of Ararat
What were the stated dimensions of Noah's Ark in cubits?
Answer
300 by 50 by 30 cubits
What name does J.R.R. Tolkien give the Balrog fought by Gandalf in Moria?
Answer
Durin’s Bane
In Dragon's Den, which investor is associated with the fashion brand Ghost?
Answer
Touker Suleyman
What name is given to Leonardo da Vinci’s spiral flying-machine design?
Answer
Aerial screw
What was the 1803 land deal in which the United States bought Louisiana from France called?
Answer
Louisiana Purchase
Which character is House M.D.’s fictional counterpart to Sherlock Holmes?
Answer
Gregory House
What was the Ark’s stated width in Genesis, expressed in cubits?
Answer
50 cubits
Which 1989 film ends with Harry and Sally meeting at a New Year's Eve party?
Answer
When Harry Met Sally...
Which Austrian capital concert is broadcast worldwide every New Year's Day and features Strauss family music?
Answer
Vienna New Year's Concert
What is the name of the giant illuminated peach dropped at midnight in Atlanta, Georgia?
Answer
The Peach Drop
Which Dragon's Den investor is the founder of the hotel group Red Letter Days?
Answer
Rachel Elnaugh
Which product inventor pitched the Tangle Teezer on Dragon's Den?
Answer
Shaun Pulfrey
Which Dragon's Den investor joined the British panel in 2022, becoming its youngest Dragon?
Answer
Steven Bartlett
What kind of bridge did Leonardo da Vinci design to pivot across a waterway?
Answer
Revolving bridge
What traditional quinceañera ceremony presents the celebrant with a final doll?
Answer
The last doll ceremony
What Spanish term describes the attendants who form a quinceañera’s court?
Answer
Corte de honor
At which university did J.R.R. Tolkien study and later teach?
Answer
University of Oxford
In Greek mythology, which god created Pandora’s human form from clay?
Answer
Hephaestus