New Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - Random Trivia Questions

The following questions were all taken from episodes of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire that aired this week.

New Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Questions

• Q1) Appliances ($300): Room size, sun exposure and ceiling height are all factors to consider when selecting a what?

  A) Air conditioner	B) Vacuum cleaner
  C) Microwave oven	D) Washing machine

• Q2) Recent Movies ($2,000): In 2008, writer Deepak Chopra publicly defended what comedy film against claims that it was insulting to Hindus?

  A) Hellboy II	B) Hancock
  C) Baby Mama	D) The Love Guru

• Q3) The Oscars ($4,000): In a 2008 Oscar speech, what actor joked that their award-winning role had required "one of the most horrible haircuts in history"?

  A) Tilda Swinton	B) Javier Bardem
  C) Daniel Day-Lewis	D) Marion Cotillard

• Q4) Famous Quotes ($8,000): Dan Rather once famously defined an intellectual as "someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of" whom?

  A) Superman	B) The Lone Ranger
  C) Captain Kirk	D) Perry Mason

• Q5) African Geography ($8,000): Darfur is located in what African country?

  A) Angola	B) Nigeria
  C) Somalia	D) Sudan

• Q6) Anniversaries ($16,000): In what year did America celebrate the sesquicentennial anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

  A) 1826	B) 1851
  C) 1926	D) 1951

• Q7) The Supreme Court ($16,000): What Supreme Court justice could accurately introduce himself using the famous Dr. Seuss line "I am Sam, Sam I am"?

  A) Justice Stevens	B) Justice Alito
  C) Justice Souter	D) Justice Breyer

• Q8) Who Am I? ($25,000): Who is Kimbo Slice?

  A) Professional fighter	B) Heavy metal drummer
  C) U.S. Army general	D) Celebrity chef

• Q9) Sports ($25,000): Airing thirty-five years apart, the first and last ABC Monday Night Football games both ended with what team losing 31-21?

  A) Miami Dolphins	B) Green Bay Packers
  C) New York Jets	D) Dallas Cowboys

• Q10) Jazz ($50,000): Which of these terms do jazz musicians use to refer to a musical mistake, such as a missed or wrong note?

  A) Squash	B) Clam
  C) Sausage	D) Cabbage

• Q11) Politics ($100,000): In 2008, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama squared off in Democratic presidential debates in all but which of these cities?

  A) Austin, TX	B) Minneapolis, MN
  C) Cleveland, OH	D) Philadelphia, PA

• Q12) Word Origins ($250,000): Who coined the word "pandemonium" as a name for the capital of Hell?

  A) St. Augustine	B) Dante Alighieri
  C) John Milton	D) William Blake