Thursday, March 26, 2009

General Trivia Questions #3,487-3,492

Question 3,487: Entertainment & Food -- MTV Music Mass

Whose songs accounted for thirty of the 250 videos that MTV owned when the network launched?

a) Billy Joel
b) Elton John
c) Paul McCartney
d) Rod Stewart

Question 3,488: History & Government -- Light Site

What U.S. city installed the first traffic light on August 5, 1914?

a) Charleston, South Carolina
b) Cleveland, Ohio
c) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
d) Salt Lake City, Utah

Question 3,489: Math & Science -- Basis Booster

What mathematician proved his Basis Theorem in 1888?

a) Blaise Pascal
b) Brook Taylor
c) David Hilbert
d) John Napier

Question 3,490: Geography & Nature -- Tippecanoe Territory

In which U.S. state is Tippecanoe located?

a) Illinois
b) Indiana
c) Kentucky
d) Ohio

Question 3,491: Literature & Arts -- Swift Source

Whose life was Edward Stratemeyer's Tom Swift based on?

a) Andrew Carnegie
b) Henry Ford
c) Nelson Rockefeller
d) Thomas Edison

Question 3,492: Sports & Games -- Lap Romance

What gold medal swimmer married another gold medal swimmer, Mark Henderson, on July 4, 1997 at Lake Tahoe?

a) Amy Van Dyken
b) Janet Evans
c) Jenny Thompson
d) Summer Sanders

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