Jeopardy Trivia Questions — Page 48

4,701.War between India and which country was averted, at least for the moment, by talks in June 2002? 4,702.A potato famine during the 1840s caused which island's population to fall by about 2 million? 4,703.Which egg delicacy from Russia and Iran is one of the most expensive foods in the world? 4,704.A PowerBar contains the oat type of which food, a 1980s cholesterol-fighting craze? 4,705.Which powerful empire ruled much of Asia Minor and Syria around 1500 B.C.? 4,706.What word names a powerful handgun or a large bottle of champagne? 4,707.Maxine Waters, first elected to Congress in 1990, represents which state? 4,708.What is a practice landing followed by an immediate takeoff called? 4,709.Complete the typing-practice sentence: "The quick brown fox..."? 4,710.Who directed the 2006 film "A Prairie Home Companion", his last? 4,711.A precocious red-haired girl is the heroine of which 1908 children's book by Lucy Maud Montgomery? 4,712.Mohammad Ayub Khan was president of which country from 1958 to 1969? 4,713.Billy Crystal plays a pregnant man in which 1978 film directed by Joan Rivers? 4,714.A pregnant Demi Moore saves the world from the apocalypse in which 1988 film? 4,715.What name for a premolar tooth comes from Latin for "two points"? 4,716.Which president gave a nearly two-hour inaugural address in the cold in 1841 and died a month later? 4,717.A presidential order got which woman released from prison on February 1, 1979? 4,718.A primitive 3-D color version of which medium was demonstrated by John Logie Baird in 1941? 4,719.A prism refracts white light into the spectrum on the cover of which 1973 album? 4,720.Which French term, literally "head to head", means a private conversation between two people? 4,721.Who is the subject of the rhyme that begins "___ took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks"? 4,722.A private university in Waltham, Massachusetts, is named for which Jewish Supreme Court justice who served from 1916 to 1939? 4,723.What is a private VIP room at a sports stadium called? 4,724.A pro-war slogan of 1898 was "Remember the ___, to hell with Spain!" Which ship? 4,725.What is a profession of faith, like the Nicene one, called? 4,726.A professional tap dancer from age 5, who got his own CBS sitcom in 1997? 4,727.Which professor urged a generation in 1967 to "Turn on, tune in, drop out"? 4,728.A professor's 2007 talk at Carnegie Mellon on achieving childhood dreams inspired millions under which title? 4,729.Which film director was born in Britain in 1899 and died in Los Angeles in 1980? 4,730.A progressive tax is one whose rate rises as what rises? 4,731.What is a projecting support on a wall called, whether or not it's "flying"? 4,732.A prolific warrior and builder, which pharaoh ruled Egypt for about 66 years in the 13th century B.C.? 4,733.A promotional pianist for the piano maker Erard, which Hungarian wrote "A Faust Symphony" in 1857? 4,734.What stand does an artist use to hold a canvas? 4,735.A prosthesis is an artificial replacement for which kind of body part, such as an arm or leg? 4,736.What protective coat does a scientist often wear? 4,737.What is the protruding part of the face below the lips? 4,738.What word describes a proud, stiff, pompous walk? 4,739.What English proverb is the Spanish "No hay tiempo como el presente"? 4,740.What English proverb is the Spanish "Pensar antes de hablar"? 4,741.A proverb says "Make yourself all ___ and the flies will devour you." What word? 4,742.A proverb says that which seldom knocks twice? 4,743.Which energy services company has traded on the stock exchange as HAL? 4,744.In Spanish, "venado" is the meat of which animal? 4,745.What does HMO stand for? 4,746.Which company, which provided Internet service to millions, was known by the initials AOL? 4,747.Which provincial capital's name is Latin for "queen"? 4,748.A prune is which fruit before it becomes shriveled? 4,749.A psychiatrist treats a woman with multiple personalities in which 1957 film? 4,750.Which psychologist's autobiography "Memories, Dreams, Reflections" was published in 1962? 4,751.What is a public showing of a residence that's for sale called? 4,752.What is a puffed muffin with a hollow center called? 4,753.Which Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's novel "Black and Blue" was selected for Oprah's Book Club in 1998? 4,754.Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer-winning photo, the model for the Marine Corps War Memorial, shows a flag-raising in which battle? 4,755.Which Pulitzer Prize-winning poet had the middle name St. Vincent? 4,756.A pupil of Friedrich Froebel founded the first U.S. example of which kind of school in Watertown, Wisconsin, in 1856? 4,757.Which Madonna hit includes the line "touched for the very first time"? 4,758.What puzzle do people "go to pieces" over? 4,759.A quarrel that began over fencing judging at the 1924 Olympics was settled by which kind of fight? 4,760.Which quarterback wore No. 10 for the Minnesota Vikings? 4,761.Which quarterback wore No. 16 for the San Francisco 49ers? 4,762.What word names a quick kiss or part of a primitive typing style? 4,763.What word names a quick verbal reply or a closed laboratory vessel with a long neck? 4,764.What is a quickly taken, informal photo called? 4,765.A quindecennial event happens every how many years? 4,766.A quintuplet has at least how many siblings? 4,767.Rabelais wrote "Gargantua and..." whom? 4,768.The term "buppie" is short for what? 4,769.What is a race run by pairs with their ankles tied together called? 4,770.What is another word for a radio antenna? 4,771.What is a radio station's list of music in rotation called? 4,772.A rail bridge across which firth at Queensferry, Scotland, has two main cantilever spans of about 1,700 feet? 4,773.What is the raised deck at the stern of a ship called? 4,774.A predatory seabird called the jaeger is a type of which bird, chosen as an NFL nickname in 1975? 4,775.A rare daguerreotype survives of which First Lady, born in 1768? 4,776.Which actor who played John Shaft in 1971 became a rare male victim of breast cancer? 4,777.Which rare green variety of the mineral beryl is valued as a gem? 4,778.A ratio of systolic and diastolic values measures what? 4,779.A reading room at the Lorain Public Library in Ohio is named for which native of the city, a 1988 Pulitzer Prize winner? 4,780.A real 19th-century white whale called Mocha Dick may have inspired which 1851 novel? 4,781.The Chernaya River in Crimea runs just east of which city that was besieged in 1854 and 1855? 4,782.A real Edinburgh prison nicknamed "the Heart of Midlothian" is featured in which author's 1818 novel of the same name? 4,783.A real mutiny aboard a Soviet frigate inspired which 1984 Tom Clancy bestseller? 4,784.Which three-letter unit measures "a real piece of" work? 4,785.Which dome-shaped snow house is a "really cool" dwelling for an Inuit hunter? 4,786.Which 2006 film is about a team of sled dogs left stranded in Antarctica? 4,787.Which Republican House majority leader of 2003 to 2005 was nicknamed "the Hammer"? 4,788.What do you make by combining 1 part milk with 1 part cream? 4,789.Which future president received the Distinguished Flying Cross as a World War II Navy pilot? 4,790.A reconstruction of which author's 1547 birthplace stands at 48 Calle Mayor in Alcala de Henares? 4,791.A record 73 inches of what fell on the island of Reunion in just 24 hours in 1952? 4,792.Which record of land in England was commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085? 4,793.A recorder has 8 and a fife has 6 of which features? 4,794.Which MLB team's logo features a red letter A with a halo? 4,795.Which Red Sox pitcher, later a Yankee, held the World Series record for consecutive scoreless innings from 1918 to 1961? 4,796.What word names both a reddish-brown African antelope and a small drum? 4,797.What is a reddish-brown horse called? 4,798.Antonio Vivaldi was nicknamed "il Prete Rosso," the red what, for his red hair and religious calling? 4,799.Arms reduction and secure sovereignty for the Turkish part of the Ottoman Empire were among items in which January 8, 1918 pronouncement? 4,800.Which region of northern Scandinavia and Russia is home to the Sami people?