Bar Trivia
Question for American quiz enthusiasts!
Questions I
- Which American university, named after its first benefactor, is in Baltimore, Maryland?
- Which sportsman was nicknamed 'The Sultan of Swat'?
- Who played himself in the 1979 film Cocaine Cowboys and was played by David Bowie in the 1996 film Basquiat?
- Which famous historical event happened on December 16, 1773?
- Whose hit song "Ring Of Fire" was almost used for a hemorrhoid commercial until his family blocked it?
- Who is the mother of actress Mariska Hargitay, best known for her role as sex crimes Detective Olivia Benson on the NBC television drama Law & Order?
- Ernest Hemingway's wartime experiences formed the basis for which 1929 novel?
- Maris is the unseen wife in which American sitcom?
- Which spaceflight mission landed the first men on the Moon?
- Who was the last to perform at the famous Woodstock festival in 1969?
- In which American city was Hilary Clinton born?
- In which American city did Ronald Regan survive an assassination attempt in 1981?
- By what name is singer Alecia Moore better known by
- The Blue Ridge Mountains are part of which mountain range?
- What name connects several groups of Native Americans to a twin-engine lift helicopter?
- Who was leader of the Soviet Union from 1955 until 1964?
- The Chicago Plumbers Union says its been dyeing the Chicago River what color for nearly 68 years?
- I Love Lucy starred Lucille Ball and her husband. What was his name?
- What almost doubled the nation's area in 1803?
- In May 1995 the New York Magazine declared her 'the definitive American woman of our time' and in 2004 she was given the nickname 'M. Diddy', who is she?
- In the summer of which year was the film Jaws released?
- The book I Heard You Paint Houses was the basis for which 2019 film?
Answers:
- John Hopkins University
- Babe Ruth
- Andy Warhol
- The Boston Tea Party
- Johnny Cash
- Jayne Mansfield
- A Farewell to Arms
- Frasier
- Apollo 11
- Jimi Hendrix
- Chicago
- Washington DC
- Pink
- Appalachian Mountains
- Chinook
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Green (in honor of the city's St. Patrick's Day celebrations each year)
- Desi Arnaz
- The Louisiana Purchase
- Martha Stewart ('M. Diddy' was her prison nickname)
- 1975
- The Irishman
Questions II
- Vince Lombardi is best known as the early sixties coach of which American football team?
- Oprah Winfrey was born in which state?
- Who founded Microsoft in 1975 with Bill Gates?
- To which American city would you be flying to if your destination had the airport code LGA?
- Baseball evolved from older bat-and-ball games played in which country?
- Which actress is the daughter of Aerosmith's lead singer?
- Which city was the first in the world to have a population of over one million?
- In which city was the TV show Happy Days set?
- What letter in Morse code is represented by a single dash?
- Name the author of detective novels and crime fiction featuring LAPD Detective Harry Bosch?
- Who became a teen idol with the character Miley Stewart in the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana?
- In which wine-growing country is the Rapel region situated?
- What name links the CIA to the first ever aircraft carrier commissioned into the US Navy in 1922?
- In John Fowles' 1963 novel The Collector, the title character collects what
- Which cup did the Boston Bruins win in 2011 and the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016?
- Which American president served the shortest term in office?
- In which country was Elon Musk born?
- Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in which year?
- Critics highly praised which movie's groundbreaking visual effects when it was released in the United States on December 18, 2009?
- Which American state shares its name with a former Soviet Republic?
- The village of Supai, which gets its mail delivered by mule, is at the bottom of where?
- True caviar comes from which fish?
Answers:
- Green Bay Packers
- Mississippi
- Paul Allen
- New York (LaGuardia)
- England (accept Britain or the UK)
- Liv Tyler (daughter of Steven Tyler)
- Rome
- Milwaukee
- T
- Michael Connelly
- Miley Cyrus
- Chile
- Langley (USS Langley and Langley, Virginia is where the CIA headquarters are based)
- Butterflies
- Stanley Cup (Ice Hockey)
- William Harrison
- South Africa
- 1941
- Avatar
- Georgia
- The Grand Canyon
- Wild sturgeon