89732 Intermediate Trivia Questions
89732 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
At which brain structure do most optic nerve fibers cross to the opposite side?
Answer
Optic chiasm
Which structure connects the brain’s language comprehension and speech-production regions?
Answer
Arcuate fasciculus
Which cortical region is primarily responsible for initial processing of body touch and position?
Answer
Primary somatosensory cortex
Which brain structure connects the third and fourth ventricles?
Answer
Cerebral aqueduct
Which pirate captain was hanged at Gallows Point in Jamaica in 1721?
Answer
Charles Vane
Which pirate captain was captured by the Royal Navy after the Battle of Cape Lopez in 1722?
Answer
Bartholomew Roberts
Which pirate refused Woodes Rogers’s royal pardon and remained active in 1718?
Answer
Charles Vane
Who was the pirate captain that mentored Edward Teach before Teach became Blackbeard?
Answer
Benjamin Hornigold
Which pirate captain was nicknamed La Buse, meaning “The Buzzard”?
Answer
Olivier Levasseur
Which 1869 expedition led by John Wesley Powell first explored the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon?
Answer
Powell Geographic Expedition
What was the name of the 1872 Colorado fraud in which a fake diamond field was promoted?
Answer
The Great Diamond Hoax
Which rifle, introduced in 1873, became known as the “Gun That Won the West”?
Answer
Winchester Model 1873
What was the name of the 1848 discovery that began the California Gold Rush?
Answer
Gold at Sutter’s Mill
Which NASA mission deliberately created a crater on Comet Tempel 1 in 2005?
Answer
Deep Impact
How long did Apollo 11 astronauts remain on the Moon's surface?
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21 hours 36 minutes
Who was the commander of Apollo 12?
Answer
Charles Conrad
On what date did United States troops liberate Dachau concentration camp?
Answer
29 April 1945
Which 1942 massacre of Jews took place in the Lithuanian village of Ponary, near Vilnius?
Answer
Ponary massacre
Which 1943 revolt did Jewish prisoners stage at the Treblinka extermination camp?
Answer
Treblinka prisoner uprising
Which Berlin villa hosted the Wannsee Conference on 20 January 1942?
Answer
Villa Marlier
Which Nazi extermination camp was built near the Polish village of Bełżec?
Answer
Bełżec extermination camp
Which Swedish diplomat issued protective passports and helped rescue Jews in Budapest in 1944?
Answer
Raoul Wallenberg
Which 1941 massacre at Babi Yar killed more than 33,000 Jews in two days?
Answer
Babi Yar massacre
Who popularized the phrase “Black Power” during a 1966 voting-rights march in Mississippi?
Answer
Stokely Carmichael
What was the name of the 1968 labor protest by Black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee?
Answer
Memphis sanitation strike
Which 1965 uprising in Los Angeles began after a traffic stop involving Marquette Frye?
Answer
Watts uprising