Jeopardy Trivia Questions — Page 118

11,701.Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland was the setting of which literary hero's reported death? 11,702.Reinaldo Arenas's "Journey to..." which Cuban city is subtitled "A Novel in Three Trips"? 11,703.Reportedly first used by the Romans for rain, which device was originally a sunshade? 11,704.Richard Attenborough played Kriss Kringle in which 1994 remake of a Christmas classic? 11,705.Rocky the Flying Squirrel's best friend is which moose? 11,706.Roger Chillingworth? What was she thinking? She should have run off with that dishy minister. Who is she? 11,707."The Rumble" and "Maria" are from which 1961 movie? 11,708.Which 7-letter word starting with A means fitting or opportune? 11,709.Samoans live in the Samoan Islands, while Samians live on Samos, an island belonging to which country? 11,710.The poet Sappho lived on which Greek island? 11,711.Which country borders Saudi Arabia to the south and Oman to the east? 11,712.Martin Scorsese played Vincent van Gogh in a segment of which Japanese director's film "Dreams"? 11,713.Scottish-born John McDouall Stuart's 1861–62 south-to-north crossing of which continent won him a prize? 11,714.Seen on talk shows with her furry friends, who was the goodwill ambassador for the San Diego Zoo? 11,715.Senator J. William Fulbright's book "The Arrogance of Power" proposed an 8-point plan to end which conflict? 11,716.On September 30, 1899, New York City held a huge parade for which admiral, home from his victory at Manila Bay? 11,717.Which author departed from her theme of Chinese-American mothers and daughters with 2005's "Saving Fish from Drowning"? 11,718.Who had never held public office before she was elected governor of Alabama in 1966? 11,719.Sherman Minton was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1949 by which president? 11,720.Sherry Stringfield practiced law on which ABC cop show before getting her medical degree on "ER"? 11,721.Silver comes from an Anglo-Saxon word; which element's name comes from the Spanish for "little silver"? 11,722.Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, which has been the largest country in the world by area? 11,723.Which singer's ex-son-in-law, Sidney Lumet, directed her as a witch in "The Wiz"? 11,724.Sir, to toy with a woman's affections makes you a cad, a bounder, and which body part, technically the calcaneus? 11,725.Slower than a gallop, which horse's gait is named for a pilgrimage site in England? 11,726.In most iron shots in golf, which piece of turf gets dislodged? 11,727.The Kentucky Derby is run on a dirt track made of which mixture of sand, silt and clay? 11,728.Some editions of which Dickens novel begin "An ancient English Cathedral town"; others say "tower"? 11,729."Some Like It Hot" was filmed at which historic San Diego-area hotel? 11,730.Some think America was named for Richard Ameryk, an investor in Cabot's voyage, and not for which Italian who died in 1512? 11,731.Some travelers hike the Inca Trail to reach Machu Picchu in which country? 11,732.Which film includes the line "Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets"? 11,733.Someone who asks "Parlez-vous allemand?" wants to know if you speak which language? 11,734.Something forbidden or unacceptable is called what? 11,735.Sometimes called the worst film director of all time, who died penniless in 1978? 11,736.South Dakota's highest point, 7,242-foot Harney Peak, is in which hills? 11,737.Southern sippers often make the alliterative request for which corn-based whiskey "and branch" water? 11,738.Spanning about 1,800 feet, Canada's Quebec Bridge has the world's longest main span of which type of bridge? 11,739.Spiders belong to which class of animals, named for a Lydian weaver whom Athena turned into a spider? 11,740.Traditionally, a Hopi woman who wears her hair in the large side whorls called a squash-blossom hairdo is signaling what? 11,741.In Star Wars, what is the general name for the energy-bolt-firing guns carried as standard issue by stormtroopers? 11,742.Steve Carell raised the comedy bar with an excruciatingly funny chest-waxing scene in which 2005 film? 11,743.In the 1960s, Sunsweet advertised which fruit with the slogan "Today the pits, tomorrow the wrinkles"? 11,744.In which 1987 comedy does high-powered executive Diane Keaton inherit a baby girl from a distant relative? 11,745.In 2001, Joseph Kabila succeeded his assassinated father as president of which country, once known as Zaire? 11,746.Which painter, the first woman to exhibit with the Impressionists, was related through her mother to Rococo master Fragonard? 11,747.Which reddish-orange color takes its name from the Latin for "little worm," after insects once used to make red dye? 11,748.Pope Leo IX campaigned against which practice, the buying and selling of church offices? 11,749.About a million gallons of water a day flow from the thermal springs of which Arkansas park, at an average of about 143°F? 11,750.The 128-carat Tiffany Diamond, a canary-yellow stone, was discovered in the Kimberley Mine of which country? 11,751.The Black Death of the 14th century was mainly which form of plague, whose name comes from the Greek for "groin"? 11,752.The 1924 Pulitzer Prize for Drama went to Hatcher Hughes's play with the oxymoronic title "Hell-Bent fer" where? 11,753.The 1953 Alan Ladd Western "Shane" was filmed in which Wyoming valley, with the Tetons as its backdrop? 11,754.The 1980s program of reforms in the USSR under Mikhail Gorbachev included which policy, Russian for "restructuring"? 11,755.The 1999 movie "The Haunting" was based on which author's novel "The Haunting of Hill House"? 11,756.On the 19th of which month in 1865 did Union troops in Galveston announce freedom to enslaved people in Texas? 11,757.Two "Slaves" that Michelangelo sculpted for Pope Julius II's unfinished tomb are displayed in which Paris museum? 11,758.The main forts of Muscat, Oman, date from the 1580s, when which European nation occupied the city? 11,759.The Seven Lucky Gods of which country's folklore include Ebisu, god of fishermen, and Hotei, god of happiness? 11,760.In 2010, federal judge Martin Feldman blocked the Obama administration's moratorium on deepwater what in the Gulf of Mexico? 11,761.According to the U.S. Flag Code, the American flag should be flown how only as a signal of dire distress? 11,762.The ancient Greeks believed that the soul left the body after death in the form of which insect? 11,763.Which avant-garde author of "Three Lives" hosted a Paris salon for emerging artists such as Picasso and Braque? 11,764.In Stravinsky's ballet "Jeu de cartes," which card is the troublemaking trickster of the deck? 11,765.The Battle of Palmito Ranch near Brownsville, Texas, was fought about a month after the main fighting of which war had ended? 11,766.What term describes the belief that women should have rights and opportunities equal to those of men? 11,767.The berry-like cones of which evergreen shrub give gin its characteristic flavor? 11,768.The Biminis, the westernmost islands of which nation, lie only about 50 miles east of Miami? 11,769.The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 was co-sponsored by Wisconsin senator Russ Feingold and which Arizona senator? 11,770.The eerie blue glow in the water-filled pools of which facilities is called Cherenkov radiation? 11,771.Which ancient city "of the Chaldees" does the Book of Genesis name as the original home of Abraham? 11,772.The Bright Angel Trail, the most popular route for descending on foot but also a frequent site of rescues, is in which national park? 11,773.Which American captain was captured by the British on September 21, 1776, while returning from a spying mission? 11,774.The Celtic god Ogmios, who carried a bow and a club, was identified with which similarly armed Roman strongman? 11,775.The Cheesecake Factory tops which cake, made with a grated root vegetable, walnuts and spices, with cream cheese icing? 11,776.The Chief Justice and the Vice President of the U.S. are permanent members of which institution's Board of Regents? 11,777.According to hockey lore, the Stanley Cup was once left at a photo studio, where it was filled with earth and used as what? 11,778.Which gift-wrapping decoration comes in a "curling" type, sold on spools and curled with the edge of a scissor blade? 11,779.David Wisniewski's intricate cut-paper illustrations for "Golem" earned him which children's book medal in 1997? 11,780.What does the "D" stand for in FDIC, the U.S. agency that protects bank customers' money? 11,781.The Dalai Lama's former residence, the Potala Palace, overlooks which city? 11,782.The famous definition of golf attributed to Mark Twain calls it "a good" what "spoiled"? 11,783.The documentary "Chris & Don: A Love Story" is about painter Don Bachardy and which author of "Goodbye to Berlin"? 11,784.The First and Second Knights of the Grail are roles in which 1882 Wagner opera? 11,785.The first four letters of "xylophone" come from the Greek word for which material, used for its sounding bars? 11,786.The first entry in Reader's Digest's "Who's Who in the Bible" is which older brother of Moses? 11,787.The Goliath bird-eater, whose leg span can reach about 11 inches, is a species of which spider? 11,788.The Grand Nagus is the supreme leader of commerce for which Star Trek race, famous for its 285 Rules of Acquisition? 11,789.One of the largest natural harbors in the world serves which Nova Scotia capital? 11,790.The heading varieties of which vegetable are divided into butterhead and crisphead types? 11,791.Which North Korean leader, known as the "Dear Leader," oversaw his country's first nuclear test in 2006? 11,792.The Hebrew title of which two-part Old Testament book can be translated as "the events of the days"? 11,793.Which herb completes the list "Parsley, ___, rosemary and thyme" from the traditional English ballad "Scarborough Fair"? 11,794.On November 5, 1938, the NBC Symphony premiered Samuel Barber's famous Adagio for which instruments? 11,795.Hugh Grant starred as a serial wedding guest in which 1994 British romantic comedy? 11,796.Honda's humanoid robot ASIMO performed dance moves in a show at which "land" in Disneyland? 11,797.The introductory section of the Magna Carta shares its name with the opening of the U.S. Constitution. What is it called? 11,798.The Joad family in "The Grapes of Wrath" leaves which Dust Bowl state and heads to California? 11,799.The Judiciary Act of 1869 fixed the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices at how many? 11,800."The Key Reporter" is published for members of which academic honor society?