Thursday, March 6, 2008

General Trivia Questions #1,837-1,842

Question 1,837: Entertainment & Food -- Distinctive Director

Who was the director of The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, and The Outsiders?

a) Francis Ford Coppola
b) John Carpenter
c) Martin Scorsese
d) Oliver Stone

Question 1,838: History & Government -- Before Gorbachev

What U.S.S.R. leader did Mikhail Gorbachev replace on March 11, 1985?

a) Konstantin U. Chernenko
b) Leonid I. Brezhnev
c) Nikita S. Khrushchev
d) Yuri V. Andropov

Question 1,839: Math & Science -- Metric Maker

In what country was the metric system developed?

a) England
b) France
c) Germany
d) Sweden

Question 1,840: Geography & Nature -- Sovereign Slovakian City

What is the capital of Slovakia?

a) Bratislava
b) Ljubljana
c) Prague
d) Sarajevo

Question 1,841: Literature & Arts -- Rime Time

What English poet wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan" while under the influence of opium?

a) John Keats
b) Lord Byron
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Question 1,842: Sports & Games -- Go for the Gold Record

What was Gloria Estefan's 1996 Olympics theme song?

a) "Glory"
b) "Higher"
c) "Reach"
d) "Succeed"

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