Jeopardy Trivia Questions — Page 30

2,901.Alexander Pope's 1711 "Essay on Criticism" warned that "fools rush in where angels" do what? 2,902.Which "Mariner of York" is the hero of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel of "Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures"? 2,903.A 1725 notebook of compositions by which Baroque composer bears the name of his wife Anna Magdalena? 2,904.In 1737 many people died in which city, then soon to become India's capital, from an earthquake or a cyclone? 2,905.In 1759 Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease on a brewery at St. James's Gate in which city? 2,906.Which 1765 British act required colonists to house British soldiers? 2,907.Which title character's wedding day is the subject of a 1786 Mozart opera? 2,908.Which title is shared by a 1787 Mozart serenade and a 1973 Stephen Sondheim musical? 2,909.A 1788 marble statue of George Washington by which French sculptor stands in Virginia's state capitol? 2,910.A 1790s engraving by Robert Dodd shows which "Bounty" captain and some of his officers being set adrift? 2,911.A 1791 biography of which English writer by James Boswell is often considered the greatest biography ever written? 2,912.A 1791 Handel festival in London inspired which composer to write "The Creation"? 2,913.A 1795 land fraud concerned land near the Yazoo, a tributary of which river? 2,914.A 1795 partition ended which East European state's existence until it returned as a republic in 1918? 2,915.Which Ugandan dictator, who ruled from 1971 to 1979, married a young soldier named Sarah in 1975? 2,916.Whose 1900 collection of short stories was titled "The Son of the Wolf"? 2,917.A 1901 California law abolished what for students in grades 1 through 8? 2,918.A 1901 film by Georges Méliès tells the story of "Le Petit Chaperon rouge", better known as what? 2,919.A famous 1901 piano concerto was written by which Russian-born composer and virtuoso? 2,920.Which 1902 novel by Henry James is about a dying heiress? 2,921.The 1903 Broadway musical version of "The Wizard of Oz" starred which farm girl from Kansas? 2,922.Complete the title of George Bernard Shaw's 1903 play "Man and ___". 2,923.Which Greek shipping tycoon was born in 1906 to parents named Socrates and Penelope? 2,924.A 1906 disaster in which city destroyed about 28,000 buildings and killed hundreds, maybe thousands? 2,925.A 1906 Milan fair celebrated the opening of the Simplon Tunnel under which mountains? 2,926.A 1907 disaster killed some 360 coal miners at Monongah, near Fairmont, in which state? 2,927.Which soft drink was the target of a 1909 federal lawsuit over its caffeine content? 2,928.A 1910 newspaper story is the first known written reference to which legendary giant lumberjack? 2,929.A 1910 toast called Boston "the home of the bean and" which fish? 2,930.A 1912 gift from Japan, which Yoshino trees are found in great abundance around the Jefferson Memorial? 2,931.Complete the title of the 1912 song by George Norton and Ernie Burnett: "My Melancholy ___". 2,932.Which ship sent a 1912 telegram saying "We are sinking fast, passengers being put into boats"? 2,933.Gabriel Fauré's 1913 opera is about which faithful queen of Ithaca, based on an episode from the "Odyssey"? 2,934.During a 1913 West Virginia miners' strike, 82-year-old Mother Jones was tried by what type of military tribunal? 2,935.A 1914 $5 Federal Reserve note showed the Pilgrims landing and which explorer sighting land? 2,936.A 1915 film was named for Charlie Chaplin's most famous character. What was it called? 2,937.A 1918 treaty said that if Monaco's royal family produced no male heirs, Monaco would come under which country's rule? 2,938.George Bernard Shaw's 1919 "Heartbreak House", subtitled "A Fantasia in the Russian Manner", was an homage to which playwright? 2,939.Robert Frost's 1920 poem begins "Some say the world will end in" what, "Some say in ice"? 2,940.Which name is shared by a 1920s dance and a city in South Carolina? 2,941.Which Verdi opera, set in ancient Egypt, premiered in Cairo in 1871? 2,942.Which 1927 Jerome Kern musical follows performers on a Mississippi River boat? 2,943.A 1920s hit by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal said to "Let a" what "be your umbrella"? 2,944.Watching fish freeze solid in Labrador inspired Clarence Birdseye's method of preserving food by what? 2,945.The question "Will it play in ___?", about which Illinois city, became a test of mainstream American appeal? 2,946.A 1921 poem by Vachel Lindsay was "In Praise of" which wandering planter? 2,947.A 1921 treaty dividing an island, with an oath of fidelity to the Crown, led to civil war in which country? 2,948.A 1924 law granted U.S. citizenship to which people, whose tribes were once called "domestic dependent nations"? 2,949.A 1924 campaign poster for which president featured an electric fan and the slogan "Keep Cool"? 2,950.Which title is shared by a 1925 dinosaur film based on Conan Doyle and a 1997 dinosaur film based on Michael Crichton? 2,951.Which 1925 Sergei Eisenstein film, named for a Russian warship, commemorated the 1905 revolution? 2,952.A 1925 storm destroyed the helium-filled USS Shenandoah, which was what kind of aircraft? 2,953.Ernest Hemingway's 1927 story collection was titled "Men Without" what? 2,954.A 1927 visit to Etruscan sites inspired which author of "The Plumed Serpent" to write "Etruscan Places"? 2,955.A 1928 biography of which religious figure was titled "Gotama the Man"? 2,956.A 1928 Republican campaign slogan promised what "in every pot" and a car in every garage? 2,957.Which 1928 Bryn Mawr graduate won her first acting Oscar in 1934? 2,958.The 1928 treaty outlawing war was drawn up by Frank Kellogg and which French foreign minister? 2,959.James Thurber and E.B. White wrote a 1929 book titled "Is" what "Necessary?" 2,960.Which 1929 Fats Waller song says "Ain't" doing this, "I'm savin' my love for you"? 2,961.Which name is shared by a 1930 Marx Brothers film and treats packaged in a circus-wagon box? 2,962.Which 1930 Wallace Beery movie shares its name with slang for a prison? 2,963.Which 1931 Virginia Woolf novel, whose last line repeats its title, follows six friends from childhood to old age? 2,964.A 1932 federal kidnapping law bears the name of which aviator whose child was kidnapped in 1932? 2,965.A 1933 New Deal measure set up which agency to provide electric power in part of the South? 2,966.A 1934 headline read "He Used Wooden Gun to Escape". Who was he? 2,967.A 1934 New York taxi drivers' strike led which playwright to write "Waiting for Lefty"? 2,968.A 1934 production of which Shakespeare play featured a young Orson Welles as Tybalt? 2,969.A 1935 act of Congress gave which agency authority over motor carriers and drivers? 2,970.Which 1935 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film is named for a type of formal headwear? 2,971.A 1930s study found that the water in Galesburg, Illinois, helped prevent tooth decay because it contained what? 2,972.A 1935 film starring Peter Lorre adapted which Dostoyevsky classic? 2,973.A 1936 dissent by Justice Harlan Stone accused six other justices of a "tortured construction" of which document? 2,974.A 1936 fire in which city destroyed the prefabricated Crystal Palace? 2,975.The 1936 operetta "The Headless Horseman" was based on which 1820 story? 2,976.A 1937 article on the señoras of Mexico showed which artist as Mrs. Diego Rivera? 2,977.A 1937 general strike in Trinidad is commemorated every June 19 as which holiday? 2,978.A 1937 riding accident left which "Anything Goes" composer permanently disabled? 2,979.A 1939 college baseball game was the first sports event shown on which medium? 2,980.A 1940 anti-FDR window sticker read "No Third Term. Democrats for" which Republican? 2,981.In 1940 Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen won a Museum of Modern Art competition with molded plywood designs for which furniture? 2,982.A 1941 Andrews Sisters hit about which boy was nominated for an Oscar? 2,983.A 1941 song says "I like New York in" which month, "How about you?" 2,984.Complete the title of Glenn Miller's 1942 big band hit "A String of ___". 2,985.Which 19th-century women's rights advocate popularized the loose trousers named after her? 2,986.A 1944 explosion killed 320 people at the Port Chicago ammunition depot in which state? 2,987.Which 1945 Hitchcock film shares its name with a 2002 documentary about the National Spelling Bee? 2,988.Which title is shared by a 1945 Sartre novel set in 1938 and a nickname for the 18th century? 2,989.A 1946 Rosalind Russell film dramatized the life of which nurse, famed for her work with polio patients? 2,990.A 1947 book trumpeted the fact that which new invention could be used to locate thunderstorms? 2,991.A 1947 labor law created the FMCS. What does the M stand for, a way to solve labor disputes? 2,992.The 1947 partition of India divided the basin of which river, which flows through Pakistan? 2,993.A 1948 Dutch truce with Indonesia was signed on a ship off which city, then called Batavia? 2,994.1948 Olympic weightlifting silver medalist Harold Sakata played henchman Oddjob in which Bond film? 2,995.A 1949 book on Poe's life and works had a foreword by which psychoanalyst who died in 1939? 2,996.A 1950 Ebony cover called which UN statesman "America's most honored Negro"? 2,997.A 1950 obituary of which poet mentioned Greenwich Village, Vassar and a childhood on the rocky coast of Maine? 2,998.Which 1953 film starred Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall as models hunting for rich husbands? 2,999.A 1950s hit song by Ray Anthony inspired which dance craze? 3,000.Which Asian part of Turkey is also known as Asia Minor?