Trivia - all subjects

Brobdingnag.

The units for molality is ___.

mol/kg

Which author wrote The Silence of the Lambs?

Thomas Harris.

Who employs Alfred Pennyworth as a butler?

Bruce Wayne

In which movie did Humphrey Bogart play Charlie Allnut?

The African Queen.

In the 1991 movie “Thelma and Louise” who plays the part of Thelma?

Geena Davis

The novel “Barnaby Rudge” is set during which riots?

Gordon Riots of 1780.

What is one former Portuguese colony in Africa?

Angola

Who won more Academy Awards in his lifetime than any other person?

Walt Disney.

How many versions have been made of the Edgar Allen Poe based film The Pit and The Pendulum?

9 versions, including foreign language films.

Who led the Million Man March on Washington?

Louis Farrakhan.

Membership in this segregationist organization cost Cruz Bustamente the California Governor election, with it going to Arnold Schwarzenegger. What is the name of the organization?

Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan, or MEChA

What is the eastern most capital in the United Sates?

Augusta, Maine.

What '80’s comedy featured Steve Martin encountering one disaster after another with varying forms of transportation as he was trying to get home for Thanksgiving?

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

When did Margaret Thatcher become Prime Minister?

In what year and city was the first SWAT unit established, and with what goal?

Philadelphia 1964. To cope with the large number of bank robberies.

Who was Henry VIll’s first wife?

Catherine of Aragon

What slang term originated from a reaction to finding many “dead” were actually buried alive, so a bell was hung from the possibly deceased person’s finger & a guard sat up all night to see if the bell rung?

Dead Ringer

Which planet spins the fastest?

Jupiter

What animal keeps rat populations in check, reducing the spread of such potentially fatal diseases as hanta virus?

Cat

Which garden is considered to be among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?