General Trivia Questions #2,725-2,730

Question 2,725: Entertainment & Food -- Parent Play

Which George Bernard Shaw play was the 1956 musical My Fair Lady based on?

a) Caesar and Cleopatra
b) Major Barbara
c) Pygmalion
d) Saint Joan

Question 2,726: History & Government -- Nurse Nightingale

In what war did Florence Nightingale become the first female nurse?

a) Crimean War
b) Seven Years War
c) War of 1812
d) World War I

Question 2,727: Math & Science -- Four of a Kind

Who were Gregory Jarvis, Ronald McNair, Francis Scobee, and Michael Smith?

a) Challenger astronauts
b) Heart transplant recipients
c) Nobel Prize winners in Chemistry
d) Scientists who built the H-bomb

Question 2,728: Geography & Nature -- Kalahari Country

What African country, whose capital is Gaborone, is mostly covered by the Kalahari desert?

a) Angola
b) Botswana
c) Namibia
d) Zambia

Question 2,729: Literature & Arts -- Urning His Keep

What English author gave up a career as a surgeon to write "Endymion", "Ode on a Grecian Urn", and other poems?

a) John Keats
b) John Milton
c) Lord Byron
d) Percy Bysshe Shelley

Question 2,730: Sports & Games -- Face Value

How many points are face cards worth in Baccarat?

a) 0
b) 1
c) 9
d) 10