Which nursery rhyme did Thomas Edison use in his first phonograph demonstration?
Answer
Mary Had a Little Lamb
89567 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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Which 1878 company was formed to develop and market Thomas Edison’s inventions?
Answer
Edison Electric Light Company
What term did J.R.R. Tolkien coin for the sudden joyous turn in a story’s fortunes?
Answer
Eucatastrophe
Which university employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a professor of Anglo-Saxon from 1925?
Answer
University of Oxford
Which military regiment did J.R.R. Tolkien serve with during the First World War?
Answer
Lancashire Fusiliers
At which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien study as an undergraduate?
Answer
Exeter College
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic title at Oxford from 1945 to 1959?
Answer
Merton Professor of English Language and Literature
Who edited J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumously published book The Silmarillion?
Answer
Christopher Tolkien
Which strait separates Italy’s Apulia region from Albania and links the Adriatic and Ionian seas?
Answer
Strait of Otranto
Which strait separates Greenland from the Svalbard archipelago?
Answer
Fram Strait
Which strait separates Florida from the island of Cuba?
Answer
Florida Straits
Which strait lies between the southern tip of South America and Tierra del Fuego?
Answer
Strait of Magellan
Which strait connects the Celebes Sea with the Java Sea between Borneo and Sulawesi?
Answer
Makassar Strait
In Assassin's Creed Odyssey, what legendary weapon is carried by Kassandra or Alexios?
Answer
Spear of Leonidas
Which Assassin's Creed game introduced the modern-day character Desmond Miles?
Answer
Assassin's Creed
In Assassin's Creed Syndicate, which two siblings are the playable protagonists?
Answer
Jacob and Evie Frye
Who is the main historical protagonist of Assassin's Creed Origins?
Answer
Bayek of Siwa
Who is the protagonist of Assassin's Creed III?
Answer
Connor Kenway
What currency is the sole legal tender of Iceland?
Answer
Icelandic króna
What is the official currency of Bhutan, whose name means “silver” in Dzongkha?
Answer
Bhutanese ngultrum
Which Italian lake is the deepest lake in the country?
Answer
Lake Como
Which lake is home to the world’s only exclusively freshwater seal species?
Answer
Lake Baikal
Which lake contains about 20% of the world’s unfrozen surface freshwater?
Answer
Lake Baikal
Which darts player became the youngest BDO world champion in 1983?
Answer
Keith Deller
Who won the inaugural PDC European Championship in 2008?
Answer
Phil Taylor
Which mountain range contains Mount Kilimanjaro?
Answer
Eastern Rift mountains