Wednesday, November 5, 2008

General Trivia Questions #2,881-2,886

Question 2,881: Entertainment & Food -- Alec's Academy Award

For what movie did Sir Alec Guinness win an Oscar?

a) The Bridge on the River Kwai
b) Kind Hearts and Coronets
c) The Ladykillers
d) The Man in the White Suit

Question 2,882: History & Government -- 2nd Century Strife

What collective name refers to the wars between Rome and Carthage in the 3rd and 2nd century B.C.?

a) Messenian Wars
b) Peloponnesian Wars
c) Persian Wars
d) Punic Wars

Question 2,883: Math & Science -- Principia Principal

Who was the author of Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica?

a) Euclid
b) Isaac Newton
c) John Napier
d) Pythagoras

Question 2,884: Geography & Nature -- Korean Capital

What is the capital of South Korea?

a) Inchon
b) Pusan
c) Pyongyang
d) Seoul

Question 2,885: Literature & Arts -- Peanuts Envy

What musician does Schroeder idolize in the Peanuts comic strip?

a) George Gershwin
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question 2,886: Sports & Games -- Doubles Double

Who won the 1992 and 1996 Olympic women's doubles tennis gold medals?

a) Conchita Martinez and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
b) Gigi Fernandez and Mary Joe Fernandez
c) Jana Novotna and Helena Sukova
d) Pam Shriver and Zina Garrison

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