Jeopardy Trivia Questions — Page 27

2,601.Which war between Rome and Carthage lasted from 264 to 241 BC? 2,602.The 269-room Villa Hügel in Essen, Germany, was home to which arms and steel family until 1945? 2,603.In 1996, 27-year-old Ken Griffey Jr. "ran for president" in TV commercials for which sportswear company? 2,604.28-year-old Steve McQueen played a teenager helping fight off a giant goopy alien in which 1958 film? 2,605.Launched in 1977, which NASA space probe passed through the "termination shock" at the edge of the Sun's influence about 28 years later? 2,606.Badwater Basin, 282 feet below sea level in Death Valley, is the lowest point in North America. In which state is it? 2,607.About 28.35 grams equal one of which unit of weight? 2,608.Bob Beamon's jump of 29 feet 2 1/2 inches at the 1968 Olympics set a world record in which event? 2,609.Rod Carew's No. 29 and Kirby Puckett's No. 34 were retired by which baseball team? 2,610.On January 1, 1994, 29-year-old Melinda French, a manager at which company, married its chairman? 2,611.After escaping slavery in 1849, Harriet Tubman went north and became a "conductor" on what? 2,612.Dustin Hoffman, Julie Andrews and John Lithgow each got 1982 Oscar nominations for roles involving cross-dressing or gender. In which film… 2,613.The "3 by 5" initiative aimed to provide antiretroviral therapy to 3 million people with which disease by 2005? 2,614.In the 1971 sequel "Escape from" where, three chimpanzees travel back in time to 20th-century Earth? 2,615.Three days after her death in 1991, which actress, a former wife of George C. Scott, won an Emmy for playing Murphy Brown's mother? 2,616.Three days before it was sunk by the British navy in May 1941, which German battleship sank HMS Hood? 2,617.How many items make up a gross? 2,618.What is the name of a three-dimensional figure with 8 plane faces? 2,619.Rhythmic, artistic and trampoline are three Olympic disciplines of which sport? 2,620.Three Georgians have served as Speaker of the House: two Democrats and, from 1995 to 1999, which Republican? 2,621.Sensory, motor and mixed are the three kinds of what body structures? 2,622.What three-letter name is shared by U2's breakthrough 1983 album and the band Eric Burdon teamed with for "Spill the Wine"? 2,623.Which instant-messaging program, introduced in November 1996, took its three-letter name from the phrase "I seek you"? 2,624.What was the three-letter title of Mae West's 1926 Broadway play that she wrote, produced and directed, and served jail time for? 2,625.What three-letter word begins the titles of the Best Picture Oscar winners for 1930, 1949 and 1950? 2,626.Igneous and metamorphic are two of the three main types of rock. What is the third? 2,627.Three men from Yemen sued NASA in July 1997, claiming which probe was trespassing on their planet, Mars? 2,628.Which word names both a distance of about three miles and an association of bowling teams? 2,629.After the 2004 World Series, fans in which city celebrated their team's first championship since 1918? 2,630.Which composer's famous operas "Rigoletto", "Il trovatore" and "La traviata" premiered between 1851 and 1853? 2,631.In 1939, Massachusetts, Connecticut and which other original state symbolically ratified the Bill of Rights? 2,632.Three of the men who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi in World War II had bit parts in which 1949 John Wayne film? 2,633.Three of which kind of leaf appear on Ontario's coat of arms? 2,634.On which classic TV game show did three people all claim to be the same person? 2,635.In horseshoes, what is a throw that encircles the stake, worth three points, called? 2,636.What is three goals by one hockey player in one game called? 2,637.Which psychoanalytic term, Latin for "I", is also used to mean a person's sense of self-esteem? 2,638.If 3 squared is 9, what is 13 squared? 2,639.Three strangers are united by tragedy in which 2003 film titled "___ Grams"? 2,640.Which NFL team won Super Bowls played in 1983, 1988 and 1992? 2,641.Torpedoes from the British cruiser Dorsetshire helped finish off which German battleship on May 27, 1941? 2,642.Gas, electric and convection are three types of which kitchen appliance used for baking? 2,643.Three U.S. presidents attended the Texas funeral of which politician on November 18, 1961? 2,644.Which Disney character debuted in the 1934 cartoon "The Wise Little Hen"? 2,645.In which Shakespeare play do three witches prophesy during a thunderstorm? 2,646.Which bird phrase describes a futile, hopeless pursuit? 2,647.Which three-word French term, literally "toilet water", names a lightly perfumed water? 2,648.In which three-word location did the Exxon Valdez spill millions of gallons of crude oil in 1989? 2,649.What three-word term describes the October 20, 1973, Watergate exodus of Elliot Richardson, William Ruckelshaus and Archibald Cox? 2,650.What was the three-word title of the 1950s TV show hosted by Walter Cronkite that recreated historical events as news? 2,651.Which 1959 Bobby Darin hit begins "Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear"? 2,652.Complete Oliver Hazard Perry's often-parodied 1813 report: "We have met the enemy, and ___." 2,653.What is 3 x 4 x 5 x 6? 2,654.Three years after being forced out by the Japanese, Douglas MacArthur returned in February 1945 to which capital city? 2,655.After the Bounty mutiny, Captain William Bligh succeeded on a second voyage to bring which tree to Jamaica? 2,656.Which four-word panel show, hosted by Garry Moore from 1952, had contestants whisper a secret for celebrities to guess? 2,657.Thirty-second TV ads for which January 26, 1997, game sold for an average of about $1.2 million? 2,658.Which singer's first TV special won five Emmys in 1965, and her 1995 HBO concert special did the same? 2,659.A famous scenic parkway running about 469 miles through Virginia and North Carolina is named for which mountain range? 2,660.Which Iranian-born American designer sold a men's perfume in a six-ounce Baccarat crystal flask for about $3,000? 2,661.What is the name of the vast grassy plain that is home to Argentina's gauchos? 2,662.Adults typically have 32 of which body parts that you use to chew? 2,663.Which Colombian city, about 150 miles northwest of Bogotá, is known as the "City of Eternal Spring"? 2,664.32,000 ounces make a short one of these, and about 3,274 more ounces make a metric one. What is it? 2,665.What title was held by the monarchs of Iran before the 1979 revolution? 2,666.Which U.S. state has the highest low point, about 3,300 feet above sea level, where the Arkansas River leaves it? 2,667.Which king took the throne of Macedonia at about age 20 after his father, Philip II, was assassinated in 336 B.C.? 2,668.About 33.8 fluid ounces equal one of which unit? 2,669.Which NBA team has retired both Charles Barkley's No. 34 and Wilt Chamberlain's No. 13? 2,670.In the 2004 U.S. elections, 34 seats were up in which chamber, while members such as Orrin Hatch and Dianne Feinstein sat out? 2,671.The 3,414-foot Carrauntoohil, west of Killarney, is the highest peak on which island? 2,672.Which Las Vegas resort, at 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South, could greet gamblers with "We who are about to gamble salute you"? 2,673.Ron Kovic's memoir "Born on the Fourth of July" describes his wounding in which war? 2,674.373.15 is the boiling point of water on the scale named for which Belfast-born physicist who worked in Glasgow? 2,675.The company 3M originally stood for which state's Mining and Manufacturing Company? 2,676.In 1930, 3M's Richard Drew invented which product to seal the cellophane wrapping of food products? 2,677.Which verb means to abandon your country and transfer your allegiance to another nation? 2,678.Which 2005 Broadway smash follows four blue-collar guys from the streets of Newark to pop stardom as the Four Seasons? 2,679.Dutch builders in Leeuwarden set a 2006 world record by toppling more than 4 million of which items? 2,680.In ancient Egyptian measurement, 4 digits (finger widths) made a palm. What did 5 digits make? 2,681.Which four-letter word is often used for a small pigeon? 2,682.Which four-letter word is the usual antonym of "domesticated" when describing animals? 2,683.Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, based on poems by T.S. Eliot, is about creatures said to have nine lives? 2,684.What is the American name for the sleeveless garment the British call a waistcoat? 2,685.On the Beaufort scale, which four-letter term describes a wind speed of less than 1 mph? 2,686.Which word for stockings or nylons also names the leg coverings that men wore in the 1500s? 2,687.Which four-word motto did a 1956 law require on all U.S. paper currency? 2,688.Members of which antigovernment group, known for an 81-day standoff with the FBI in 1996, were convicted in 1998? 2,689.Four months before his death in a 1999 plane crash, which golfer, known for his knickers and flat caps, won the U.S. Open? 2,690.Four pecks equal one of what unit of dry measure? 2,691.Four glass pyramids were built from 1984 to 1989 between the Denon and Richelieu wings of which museum? 2,692.What is fourscore and seven, minus the number of syllables in a haiku? 2,693.The opera based on which 1868 novel begins with four sisters in their family attic? 2,694.Which four-star general became the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989? 2,695.Four students were killed and nine others wounded by National Guardsmen at which Ohio university on May 4, 1970? 2,696.Four teammates, a house, a hog line and a tee line are all part of which sport? 2,697.Which four-time New York governor used "The Sidewalks of New York" as his 1928 presidential campaign song? 2,698.Four treaties to lessen the horrors of war were signed in which Swiss city in August 1949? 2,699.Which four-winged predatory insect belongs to the order Odonata? 2,700.Which U.S. commonwealth hosted the 2001 Miss Universe pageant, won that year by its own Denise Quiñones?