Miscellaneous Trivia Questions with Answers.

Trivia questions with answers.

Where did pioneering American newspaperwoman Elizabeth Cochrane get her pseudonym Nellie Bly, the name she made famous when she circled the globe faster than Phileas Fogg, hero of Around the World in 80 Days?
A: From a Stephen Foster song called "Nellie Bly."

What top film star made an unbilled cameo appearance as a TV news anchor in the 1987 film Broadcast News?
A: Jack Nicholson.

What famous play begins with the line, "Who's there?"
A: Shakespeare's Hamlet. The line is spoken by the soldier Bernardo.

Who was the first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission?
A: Joseph P. Kennedy--father of President John F. Kennedy.

In the 1983 film The Man With Two Brains, what actress provided the voice of the brain that Steve Martin loves and wants to transplant into his wife's body?
A: Sissy Spacek.

Who issued the first mail-order catalog in the United States?
A: Benjamin Franklin, in 1744. He was selling books.

In what country was geothermal energy first harnessed to produce electricity?
A: In Italy--at the Larderello hot springs in Tuscany, where steam has been producing electricity since 1904.

What husband-and-wife acting duo spent more time in bed together onstage than any other theater couple?
A: Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn, who appeared together on Broadway and on tour in The Fourposter, a hilarious history of a 35-year marriage told through a series of bedroom scenes.

Which woody Allen movie was the first in which neither the filmmaker nor one of his real-life romantic partners appeared?
A: bullets Over Broadway, in 1994.

For whom were Mount Wayne, Mount Powell and Mount Hughes named in Utah's Escalante Desert?
A: John Wayne, Dick Powell and Howard Hughes. The three mountains were named in their honor after they filmed The conqueror about Mongol Leader Genghis Khan--on location in the desert in1954.

What animal was the symbol of liberty in ancient Rome?
A: The cat.

During his most creative years, how often did Thomas Edison believe he should come up with a new invention?
A: In his own words: "A minor invention every 10 days and a big thing every 6 months or so.

Under what name was Harpo Marx portrayed in the Moss Hart-George S. Kaufman play The Man Who Came To Dinner?
A: Banjo. The usually mute Marx actually appeared onstage in the role--speaking his first lines as a performer in 25 years.

What six Americans states were named after English kings or queens?
A: Georgia named for King George II; North Carolina and South Carolina, named for King Charles I (from Carolana, "land of Charles," in Latin); Maryland, for Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I; and Virginia and West Virginia, named for Elizabeth I (who was known as the Virgin Queen).

Who was aviatrix Amelia Earhart's wealthy husband?
A: Publisher G. P. Putnam.

What are Rum, Eigg, Coll, Mull, Muck, and Canna?
A: Some of Scotland's Inner Hebrides islands.

What is the entertainment publication Variety referring to when it uses the word chopsocky?
A: A martial arts film.

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