Jeopardy Trivia Questions — Page 111

11,001.Which word, from Old English for "to stuff," means to study intensively at the last minute? 11,002.In 1967, Pittsburgh's Carnegie Institute of Technology merged with which family's research institute to form a new university? 11,003.The name of which hill on which Jesus was crucified means "skull"? 11,004.Born to an Air Force family in Germany in 1959, who won his first Wimbledon in 1981 and married Tatum O'Neal in 1986? 11,005.Which naval hero reportedly declared "I have not yet begun to fight!" during his 1779 battle with HMS Serapis? 11,006.In a play by which dramatist does Treplev kill a seagull, a symbol of his broken dreams? 11,007.The murder of Marion Crane in which 1960 film is one of the most famous scenes in film history? 11,008.Judge Shamgar slew 600 men of which people with an ox goad, while David slew just one with a sling and a stone? 11,009.Which writer penned the rhyme "Theodore Dreiser should ought to write nicer"? 11,010.Which pipeline, completed in 1977, carries crude oil about 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez? 11,011.In a 1976 New York magazine article, Tom Wolfe gave the 1970s which self-centered nickname? 11,012.A highlight of NEBRASKAland Days in North Platte is a pro rodeo named for which Wild West showman? 11,013.In a 1968 song, which title character do the Beatles tell to "take a sad song and make it better"? 11,014.In his 1690 work "Two Treatises of Government," which philosopher argued against the divine right of kings? 11,015.Which two-letter Spanish word means the opposite of "sí"? 11,016.Which popular Chinese dish consists of stir-fried shredded pork and vegetables served wrapped in thin pancakes? 11,017.Which Buddy Holly hit, released just weeks before his death in 1959, was written by Paul Anka? 11,018.In 1962 the Everly Brothers were "Crying in the Rain." In 1965, where was Elvis Presley crying in his hit song? 11,019.The term "Gioconda smile" refers to an enigmatic smile like the famous one painted by which artist? 11,020.In 2010, Belgium set 18 as the age for buying spirits. At what "sweet" age could people legally buy beer and wine? 11,021.Keanu Reeves plays a supernatural detective in which 2005 film based on the "Hellblazer" comic book? 11,022.With a main span of about 1,800 feet, the Quebec Bridge is the world's longest bridge of which type? 11,023.In 2006, a 1907 portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer sold for a then-record $135 million. Which Austrian painted it? 11,024.What word describes a dictionary or other book that is complete, with nothing shortened or cut? 11,025.In 1995, who became the first American skier, man or woman, to win a World Cup downhill season title? 11,026.In which 1980 comedy does Goldie Hawn play a pampered widow who joins the U.S. Army? 11,027.Which one-piece garment worn by gymnasts and dancers is named for a famous 19th-century trapeze artist? 11,028.Jus gentium, Latin for "law of nations," is an ancestor of which type of law that diplomats need to know? 11,029.Who played a trucker whose sidekick is an orangutan named Clyde in "Every Which Way but Loose"? 11,030.Trace back its Greek roots and you'll find that heliolatry is the worship of what? 11,031.Daniel Pierce Thompson wrote an 1839 novel about which Vermont militia led by Ethan Allen? 11,032.Which word meant a guardian spirit of a place in Latin but means a person of exceptional talent or intelligence in English? 11,033.Budget-minded students often build which furniture from concrete blocks and wooden planks? 11,034.For about 10 years after his master's death, Hachiko, a dog of which breed, waited daily for his return at a Tokyo train station? 11,035.Which people lived in Belize before Europeans arrived and give their name to the mountains where Victoria Peak stands? 11,036.Which 1969 Philip Roth novel takes the form of a comic monologue delivered by a young man to his psychoanalyst? 11,037.When buying a digital camera, the optical zoom number is an indicator of the quality of which part? 11,038.The eider, whose soft down is prized for filling quilts and pillows, is a species of which bird? 11,039.What was Rose Kennedy's maiden name, which became the middle name of her son John? 11,040.The two "Slaves" that Michelangelo sculpted for the unfinished tomb of Pope Julius II are in which Paris museum? 11,041.The breast cancer foundation that holds the Race for the Cure is named after which woman, who died of the disease in 1980? 11,042.Referring to the sacred books of Hinduism, "Veda" means "knowledge" in which classical language? 11,043.Which Italian dish is made by gradually stirring stock into rice until the liquid is absorbed? 11,044.Which venomous lizard, found in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, is the largest lizard native to the United States? 11,045.What is the collective term for a group of geese on the ground? 11,046.US 550 between Ouray and Silverton, a winding road through Colorado's San Juan Mountains, is known by which nickname? 11,047.Which cat in T.S. Eliot's poems, who has "lived many lives in succession," is named for the fifth book of the Old Testament? 11,048.Which Israeli prime minister left the Likud party in 2005 to form a new centrist party, Kadima? 11,049.The god Neptune is frequently depicted in art wielding which weapon? 11,050.General Alfredo Stroessner ruled which South American country with an iron hand from 1954 to 1989? 11,051.Oxford graduate Hugh Grant played a student at which other English university in the film "Maurice"? 11,052.Which mineral, made of silicon dioxide, is the second most abundant in Earth's continental crust after feldspar? 11,053.Mr. Pickwick and his friends visit Manor Farm at Dingley Dell in which author's "Pickwick Papers"? 11,054.In ancient times, on Yom Kippur a priest symbolically laid the people's sins on an animal. Which term came from this? 11,055.The Sea Grill restaurant long offered winter views of skaters at which New York landmark's ice rink? 11,056.In "Julius Caesar," which character, not Mark Antony, speaks first to the crowd after Caesar's murder? 11,057.Which film legend was born Issur Danielovitch? 11,058.Which Nevada city, founded in 1905 as a railroad town, takes its name from the Spanish for "the meadows"? 11,059.Lagos, Ibadan and Ogbomosho are major cities of which West African nation? 11,060.Four years after gold was found at his mill in January 1848, which Swiss-born pioneer was bankrupt? 11,061.Bateman Island, about 300 miles from the Pacific, marks the farthest point Lewis and Clark traveled upstream on which river? 11,062.Deion Sanders knows which term for the evening hours when TV's largest audience is watching? 11,063.Which phase of flight, in which an airplane is lined up with the runway and descending, comes just before landing? 11,064.What first name is shared by actress de Havilland and singer Newton-John? 11,065.Tom Drake played which composer in "Words and Music," with Mickey Rooney as his partner, lyricist Lorenz Hart? 11,066.D.O. can stand for doctor of which branch of medicine, which uses manipulative therapy as well as conventional treatments? 11,067.In Edward Lear's poem, in what do the Owl and the Pussy-cat go to sea? 11,068.Mark Twain once defined which kind of book as one "which people praise and don't read"? 11,069.Which Paris mayor lost the 1988 French presidential election to François Mitterrand but won the presidency in 1995? 11,070.New Zealand's coasts are home to the little blue type of which flippered bird, the smallest of its kind? 11,071.In 1973, which Ugandan dictator was quoted in Newsweek as saying, "I am the hero of Africa"? 11,072.Which niece of director Cecil B. DeMille choreographed "Three Virgins and a Devil" in 1941? 11,073.Which rock and roll pioneer fronted the band the Crickets? 11,074.Which country, covering only about 109 acres, is the smallest independent state in the world? 11,075.The 13 stars of the Confederate battle flag included Kentucky and which other state, even though both stayed in the Union? 11,076.Which South Carolinian, vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, was a fierce champion of states' rights and the South? 11,077.Montevideo, home to a large share of the nation's people, is the capital of which South American country famous for sheep and cattle ranchi… 11,078.Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 novel "The Clansman" became which silent D.W. Griffith film? 11,079.In which 1939 film does the heroine say, "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"? 11,080."Everything Concerning Adam's Wife" is a jokey description of which 1950 Best Picture winner? 11,081.In which 1951 Disney animated film does the Queen of Hearts want to chop off a little girl's head? 11,082.What is the architectural term for the part of a cross-shaped church that crosses the nave at right angles? 11,083.In which 1982 film does the title character tell Elliott to "Be good" when saying goodbye? 11,084.Which 1992 Whitney Houston hit, famous for its long-held "And I...", spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100? 11,085.In which 1993 film does Daniel Day-Lewis play Gerry Conlon, wrongly convicted of an IRA pub bombing? 11,086.Benazir Bhutto and her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, both served as prime minister of which country? 11,087.Each year on the feast of St. Agnes, two of which animals are blessed, their wool later woven into archbishops' pallia? 11,088.Which actor played Sherlock Holmes opposite Jude Law's Dr. Watson in the 2009 film? 11,089.The year 2010 saw the 40th anniversary of which environmental observance? 11,090.Count Dooku, played by Christopher Lee in the "Star Wars" prequels, took which Sith name? 11,091.Ray Mercer, Ray Seales and which other "Ray" won Olympic boxing gold medals for the U.S.? 11,092.Four lighthouses have been built on the Eddystone Rocks off Plymouth, England, which were long notorious for causing what? 11,093.Which mineral of silicon dioxide keeps time in many watches because it vibrates at a precise frequency when electricity is applied? 11,094.In the 9th century, Viking invaders set up the Danelaw, an area of which country in which Danish law was supreme? 11,095.A believer in Gandhian nonviolence, pacifist A.J. Muste helped found which civil rights group in 1942? 11,096.Which word for a bishop's tall headdress also names a corner joint where two pieces meet at 45-degree angles? 11,097.During the American Revolution, colonists who stayed loyal to the British crown were known as Loyalists or what? 11,098.Which entrepreneur, the brother of one of the rappers in Run-DMC, founded the Phat Farm clothing line? 11,099.In Mexico, a C on a faucet stands for "caliente," which means what in English? 11,100.A Portuguese "casa de fado" is a restaurant where diners are entertained by what?