Jeopardy Trivia Questions — Page 10

901.Abdullah I, king from 1946 to 1951, dropped "Trans" from which country's name during his reign? 902.The 1946 Linggadjati Agreement gave grudging Dutch recognition to the authority of which island nation's republic? 903.After pilot Kenneth Arnold's 1947 sighting, which two-word term for an alien craft entered the language? 904.Which 1947 film starred Cary Grant and Shirley Temple? 905.King Michael abdicated in 1947 as monarch of which Eastern European nation? 906.Which 1947 labor act made the closed-shop agreement illegal? 907.Which artist painted "Christina's World" (1948)? 908.Who directed and starred in the 1948 film "Hamlet"? 909.Former vice president Henry Wallace ran for president in 1948 on which party's ticket? 910.Which 1948 film includes the line usually misquoted as "We don't need no stinkin' badges"? 911.Which 1948 classic of Italian neorealism follows a father and son searching Rome for the stolen vehicle he needs for his job? 912.In 1948, Johns Hopkins scientists found that which antihistamine relieves motion sickness? 913.James Michener won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for "Tales of the" what? 914.1948 saw the introduction of which brand, the first major U.S. aerosol food product? 915.Who was the States' Rights ("Dixiecrat") Party presidential candidate in 1948? 916.Which 1948 Norman Mailer novel is about U.S. soldiers on a Pacific island? 917.The 1948 and 1949 Caldecott Medal books, "White ___, Bright ___" and "The Big ___," shared which weather word? 918.Which Ypsilanti, Michigan, entrepreneur designed a 1948 "car of tomorrow"? 919.1948's "Magpie Madness" starred which Terrytoons pair? 920.1948's "Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!" is largely forgettable except for a brief early appearance by which future star, paddling a canoe? 921.Which Olympic swimmer's last film as Tarzan was "Tarzan and the Mermaids" (1948)? 922.Which 1949 novel follows Winston Smith under the ever-watchful eye of Big Brother? 923.Drafted by Philadelphia in 1949, which "Concrete Charlie" was the NFL's last regular 60-minute player? 924.In the 1950 film "Francis", what kind of animal is the talking Francis? 925.Who wrote the songs for the 1948 Broadway musical "Kiss Me, Kate"? 926.Oceania is one of three super-states in which 1949 novel? 927.Which play character says of his neighbor, "Charley is liked, but he's not well liked"? 928.In which 1949 Pulitzer Prize-winning play does the title character kill himself so his family can collect insurance money? 929.In 1949, Roland Petit created a famous ballet version of which Bizet opera featuring Don José and a toreador? 930.In 1949, which Israeli parliament met for the first time? 931.In which 1949 film does Orson Welles play Harry Lime? 932.Which 1949 Best Picture winner took its title from the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty"? 933.In 1950, 12-year-old Kathryn "Tubby" Johnston became the first girl to play in which youth sports organization? 934.Which 1950 film ends with the line "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up"? 935.Which 1950 film includes the line "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night"? 936.The island nation of Fiji lies in which ocean region, the title of a 1950 Pulitzer-winning musical? 937.In which 1950 film does Judy Holliday tell Broderick Crawford, "You're just not couth"? 938.Which girl's name means "pretty" in Spanish? 939.In 1950's "Sunset Boulevard," which former silent star says, "I am big. It's the pictures that got small"? 940.Mr. Beaver, the White Witch and Aslan appear in which 1950 novel? 941.Who composed the music for the 1949 musical "South Pacific"? 942.In which Tennessee Williams play does a truck driver have the title body art on his chest? 943.Bulgarian leader Vulko Chervenkov, who closely followed the Soviet model in the 1950s, was known as "Little" whom? 944.Which gambling practice, in which players keep a team's victory margin below the betting spread, rocked college basketball in 1951? 945.Which 1950s fashion favorite was a wide felt skirt often decorated with a dog appliqué? 946.Which German engineer developed a rotary engine in the 1950s that now bears his name? 947.Which 1950s hit begins, "Life could be a dream, if I could take you up in paradise up above"? 948.1950s Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek is known as the father of which planned capital? 949.What was the middle name of 1950s Secretary of State John ___ Dulles? 950.Who starred as Joe Gillis in 1950's "Sunset Boulevard"? 951.Which giant monster, first seen in a 1954 Japanese film, famously threatens Tokyo? 952.Which comedian joked, "When I was born my mother said, 'Get the doctor back, he's taken the baby and left the stork'"? 953.James Mason played which German field marshal in films released in 1951 and 1953? 954.Who won the Oscar for playing Blanche DuBois in 1951? 955.In 1951, Burt Lancaster starred as which athlete? 956.Which 1951 epic has lions taking on the Christians in Nero's Rome? 957.The 1951 film about German general Erwin Rommel, starring James Mason, is titled with his nickname. What is it? 958.In 1951, Fredric March starred as a worn-out traveling salesman in the film version of which Arthur Miller play? 959.Which 1951 film starred Gregory Peck and Susan Hayward? 960.Which 1951 Hank Williams classic asks "What ya got cookin'?" in its chorus? 961.Which 1951 film ends with the line "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers"? 962.James Arness played the alien title creature in which 1951 science-fiction film? 963.Which 1951 science-fiction film features the famous phrase "Klaatu barada nikto"? 964.In which 1951 film does a missionary's sister tell her boat captain, "Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above"? 965.Gene Kelly plays an ex-GI painter on Paris's Left Bank in which 1951 Best Picture winner? 966.Which country produced the 1951 film "Rashomon"? 967.1951 saw the first electric power ever generated from which source? 968.The 1951 cartoon "Scent-imental Romeo" starred which amorous skunk? 969.The 1951 Battle of Heartbreak Ridge was fought during which war? 970.In Herman Wouk's 1951 novel "The Caine Mutiny," who commands the ship before the mutiny? 971.In which 1951 Disney film does the Queen of Hearts want to chop off a little girl's head? 972.1951's "A Place in the Sun" adapts which classic Theodore Dreiser novel? 973.Who defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson in both the 1952 and 1956 presidential elections? 974.Which 1952 novel includes the line "When I walk down the street, people will say there goes Roy Hobbs, the best there ever was in the game"? 975.Who starred as Marshal Will Kane in 1952? 976.Infant King Fuad II reigned in 1952 over which country? 977.Which 1952 film starred Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy? 978.In 1952, Marlon Brando starred as which Mexican revolutionary? 979.Which 1952 novel begins with an old fisherman off Cuba? 980.In which 1952 novel do a pig and a spider, with 12 legs between them, strike up an unusual friendship on a farm? 981.In 1952, Paul Zoll developed an early version of which cardiac aid that helps control an irregular heartbeat? 982.At which city's 1952 Summer Games did kayakers Kurt Wires and Yrjö Hietanen win gold for their homeland? 983.In which 1952 western does the marshal learn that "a town that won't defend itself deserves no help"? 984.In 1952, which Missouri city's Star newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of a series of natural disasters? 985.1952's "Bwana Devil," pitting man-eating lions against railway builders, was the first full-length color feature in which process? 986.Which 1953 Arthur Miller play was inspired by the atmosphere of McCarthyism in the early 1950s? 987.Which 1953 novel begins, "It was a pleasure to burn"? 988.Which 1953 film about military corruption, romance and boxing is set at a Hawaiian army base just before Pearl Harbor? 989.In 1953's "From Here to Eternity," which actor played bugler and boxer Robert E. Lee Prewitt? 990.Which aviator's 1953 book "The Spirit of St. Louis" won a Pulitzer Prize? 991.In 1953, Tony Curtis starred as which magician? 992.Which playwright won both the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for "Picnic" in 1953? 993.1953's "The Robe" was the first feature released in which widescreen process? 994.In 1954, beauty queen Imelda Romualdez married which future Philippine president after a whirlwind courtship? 995.Which 1954 Best Picture Oscar winner is set partly on the docks of New York and New Jersey? 996.In which 1954 film does Humphrey Bogart's paranoid Captain Queeg face rebellious officers? 997.Linus Larrabee becomes interested in the chauffeur's daughter in which 1954 film? 998.Which 1954 novel contains the line "This is our island. It's a good island. Until the grown-ups come to fetch us we'll have fun"? 999.Which aviator won the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for his book "The Spirit of St. Louis"? 1,000.In which 1955 film does idealistic teacher Glenn Ford try to reach troubled students, including Sidney Poitier?