Jeopardy Trivia Questions — Page 114

11,301.Fred Morrison invented a flying disc he called the Pluto Platter and sold it to which toy company, which renamed it the Frisbee? 11,302.What French term, literally "stroke of mercy", means a final death blow? 11,303.Which French word means a category of art, like landscape, and also names paintings of scenes from everyday life? 11,304.From 1275 to 1292, Marco Polo served the Yuan dynasty under which emperor? 11,305.From 1829 to 1832, which Transcendentalist essayist was a minister at the Second Church of Boston? 11,306.From 1948 to 1951, which Fauvist designed and decorated the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence, France? 11,307.Which 1978 comedy features the rallying cry "Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? No!"? 11,308.From 1986 to 1989, Gro Harlem Brundtland served as prime minister of which Scandinavian country? 11,309.From an item once used as a ballot, which word means to exclude someone socially or vote against his membership? 11,310.The Times-Picayune newspaper has covered the Louis Armstrong Jazz Camp in which city? 11,311.From the French for "loosening", what was the easing of U.S.-Soviet relations in the 1970s called? 11,312.From the French for "training", which equestrian event is sometimes called "horse ballet"? 11,313.From the Greek for "leaf", what are the individual parts of a flower's corolla called? 11,314.From the Greek for "lasting a day", what are items like campaign buttons and cruise ship menus, not meant to last, called? 11,315.From the Italian for "foam", which molded ice cream dessert often contains candied fruit and nuts? 11,316.From the Latin for "adult", what is the stage of physical maturity that usually happens to teenagers? 11,317.From the Latin for "six-monthly", which divisions of a college year can be 15 to 18 weeks long? 11,318.From the Latin for "prescribe", which word can mean to give orders, or to speak aloud for someone to write down? 11,319.From the Latin for "strain", what bowl-shaped strainer is used to drain liquid from foods such as pasta? 11,320.From the Tamil word for "roll", "curuttu", what is a cigar with square-cut ends called? 11,321.From the title of a medieval Latin work, what is the term for publications like Thomas Paine's "The American Crisis" series? 11,322.Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell and Ted Lange as the bartender starred on which TV series? 11,323.In 2005, which News Corp. chief bought the company that owned MySpace for $580 million? 11,324.Which general led the invasion of Italy in World War II and later commanded U.N. forces in Korea? 11,325.Geoffrey Rush won an Emmy in 2005 for starring in "The Life and Death of..." which comic actor? 11,326.Which sea, an arm of the Indian Ocean, separates Oman and India? 11,327.George Dunlap co-founded a New York publishing firm in 1898 with which partner, whose name comes first in its title? 11,328.George Nissen and Larry Griswold built the first modern version of what in the 1930s, using an iron frame and a piece of canvas? 11,329.Georges Feydeau wrote which kind of French comedies, full of horseplay and improbable situations? 11,330.Georgia produces nearly half of the USA's annual crop of which legume? 11,331.Which type of camera lens lets a filmmaker change focal length smoothly, moving in for a close-up without moving the camera? 11,332.Taped a painful accident, preferably caused by a toddler? Send it to which show, hosted by Tom Bergeron from 2001 to 2015, for a shot at $1… 11,333.Girls aged 12 to 15 are the people most likely to develop scoliosis, a sideways curvature of which body part? 11,334."Goblin Market" is one of the finest poems by which sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti? 11,335."Goings On About Town", "The Talk of the Town" and "The Critics" are sections of which magazine? 11,336.Ilya Prigogine argued that the second law of which branch of physics doesn't doom the universe to a slow "heat death"? 11,337.Governor William Bradford said which Native American, who taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn, was "a special instrument sent of God"? 11,338.Grace Metalious first called her 1956 novel "The Tree and the Blossom," but her publisher renamed it after its fictional town. What title d… 11,339.Green Gables, the farmhouse that inspired "Anne of Green Gables," is a major tourist attraction in which Canadian province? 11,340.Which H.G. Wells title character is a scientist named Griffin? 11,341.Groucho Marx said the famous crowded stateroom scene in which film was so complicated it took at least a week to shoot? 11,342.Guinness World Records once listed a bird named Wil Cwac Cwac as the oldest living example of which animal? 11,343.Gwyneth Paltrow starred in the 1996 film adaptation of which Jane Austen novel? 11,344."H.A. Largelamb," an anagram of his name, was a pen name that which inventor used for articles in National Geographic? 11,345.Harpsichordist Robert Veyron-Lacroix was the longtime musical partner of which celebrated French flutist? 11,346.Which former Harvard Lampoon business manager owned 25 daily newspapers and a California castle by 1937? 11,347.Which New Zealander reached the summit of Mount Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953? 11,348.Which man became a five-star General of the Army in 1944 and U.S. Secretary of State in 1947? 11,349.Who joined Genesis as its drummer in 1970 and became its lead singer after Peter Gabriel left in 1975? 11,350.Which Russian author burned the second volume of his novel "Dead Souls" shortly before his death in 1852? 11,351.Which author called his third short-story collection "The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories of the Four Million"? 11,352.Which writer conceived the general plan of "Faust" around 1770 but did not publish the complete Part One until 1808? 11,353.Which inventor got the idea for his revolver by watching a ship's capstan on a voyage to India in 1830? 11,354.Which poet engraved his own poems, such as "The Tyger," illustrated them and hand-colored the prints? 11,355.Which Revolutionary War cavalry officer eulogized George Washington as "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countr… 11,356.Who was the father of Charles III, who was Prince of Wales from 1958 until he became king in 2022? 11,357.Which author followed up "Treasure Island" with a volume of children's poetry, "A Child's Garden of Verses"? 11,358.Which Roman fought against Julius Caesar and was pardoned by him, then conspired with Brutus to murder him? 11,359.Which surgeon said, "On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday I was world renowned"? 11,360.In 2003, which actor reportedly signed a deal to keep playing Dr. John Carter on "ER" through the 2004–05 season? 11,361.Which actor reprised his role as private eye Joe Mannix for a 1997 episode of "Diagnosis Murder"? 11,362.Which French president resigned in April 1969 after voters rejected his referendum on regional and Senate reform? 11,363.Which actor joked, "I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions"? 11,364.In Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," who says, "As Caesar loved me, I weep for him... but, as he was ambitious, I slew him"? 11,365.Which nursery rhyme character said "What a good boy am I!" after pulling a plum out of his Christmas pie? 11,366.Which entertainer signed off his TV show with the line "Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are"? 11,367.Which Burmese diplomat succeeded Dag Hammarskjöld as Secretary-General of the United Nations? 11,368.Which composer supervised a 1907 phonograph recording of his own opera "Pagliacci"? 11,369.Which executive told a U.S. Senate hearing in 1998, "At Microsoft we are spending $2.6 billion in R&D this year"? 11,370.Which composer was buried in New York in 1945 and reburied in his beloved Hungary in 1988? 11,371.Which physicist was traveling to Japan, stopping in Shanghai in November 1922, when he learned he had won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics? 11,372.In 1787, Benjamin Franklin became president of a Pennsylvania society that was America's first organized effort to end what? 11,373.Which presidential candidate said he regretted "the events that led to my withdrawal from the race," adding, "I should not have been with M… 11,374.Which U.S. president was the first to have practiced law? 11,375.Which World War II Purple Heart recipient was a major party's presidential nominee in 1996? 11,376.Heart attack survivor Kerry Packer paid for Australian ambulances to carry portable devices nicknamed "Packer Whackers." What are they? 11,377.Heavier objects have more of which property, the tendency of an object to resist a change in its state of motion? 11,378.In 2007, Randall Stephenson became CEO of which phone company, whose name has three letters? 11,379.Henry VI was just nine months old when he succeeded his father, Henry V, on the throne of which kingdom in 1422? 11,380.Which actress won her first Oscar for 1933's "Morning Glory" and her last for 1981's "On Golden Pond"? 11,381.Which fairy-tale heroine was given to a witch as a newborn and shut up in a tower at age 12? 11,382.Which author's relationship with writer Vita Sackville-West inspired the play "Vita and Virginia"? 11,383.Who is the king of the fairies in medieval legend as well as in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"? 11,384.Which U.S. president played the piano on stage at the opening of the new Grand Ole Opry House in 1974? 11,385.Edwin McCain's song "I'll Be" got a lot of play after it was featured in the May 1998 season finale of which WB TV series? 11,386.Which famous clinic, named for a family of doctors, began as a partnership with St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota? 11,387.Whose brother Lucien, president of the Council of Five Hundred, helped him seize power in France in 1799? 11,388.Which U.S. president died in Buffalo, New York, from gunshot wounds? 11,389.What is the historic nickname for the curved region of fertile land stretching from the Mediterranean to Mesopotamia? 11,390.Which Broadway musical features the song "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" and a leprechaun named Og who wants his gold back? 11,391.Hradčany Castle, former home of the kings of Bohemia, is in which capital city? 11,392.Hulihee Palace in Kailua-Kona, once a summer home for Hawaiian monarchs including King Kalakaua, is on which island? 11,393.Which Argentine first lady founded the women's branch of her husband's political party in 1949 and died three years later? 11,394.A patient has flu-like symptoms and a red bull's-eye rash. Which tick-borne illness, first identified in 1975, could it be? 11,395.In 2011, which executive testified with his father before a UK parliamentary committee on phone hacking, during which his father was hit wi… 11,396."I Would Die 4 U" and "When Doves Cry" are songs from which 1984 soundtrack album? 11,397.Ideas in whose "Summa Theologica" formed the basis of many Roman Catholic doctrines? 11,398.In 2005, which "Cinderella Man" star was arrested after throwing a phone at a New York hotel worker? 11,399.In "Gone with the Wind," which daughter of Rhett and Scarlett dies after a fall from her pony, a tragedy that helps drive Rhett away? 11,400.If something is described as effervescent, it has a lot of what?