Sunday, September 2, 2007

General Trivia Questions #1,039-1,044

Question 1,039: Entertainment & Food -- Jingle Jewel

What toy was highly coveted in the 1996 movie Jingle All the Way?

a) Action Jackson
b) DinoRoar
c) Rocket-Roy
d) Turbo-Man

Question 1,040: History & Government -- Otev

Who was the first U.S. President to have Congress override his veto?

a) James Polk
b) John Tyler
c) William Harrison
d) Zachary Taylor

Question 1,041: Math & Science -- Planet Plunge

What moon in the solar system is expected to crash into its planet in about fifty million years?

a) Amalthea
b) The Earth's moon
c) Io
d) Phobos

Question 1,042: Geography & Nature -- Water, Water, Almost Everywhere

Which state below was not named for something related to water?

a) Michigan
b) Minnesota
c) Nevada
d) Wyoming

Question 1,043: Literature & Arts -- Henry's Hemlocks

What Longfellow poem begins, "This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks"?

a) "The Courtship of Miles Standish"
b) "Evangeline"
c) "The Song of Hiawatha"
d) "The Tales of a Wayside Inn"

Question 1,044: Sports & Games -- Booted Out

What former heavyweight boxing champion joined the Marines in 1997 but lasted only eleven days in boot camp?

a) Buster Douglas
b) George Foreman
c) Mike Tyson
d) Riddick Bowe

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