Jeopardy Trivia Questions — Page 53

5,201.What is a terraced pyramid of the ancient Mesopotamians called? 5,202.Which Irish poet wrote "A terrible beauty is born" about the Easter Rising of 1916? 5,203.A terricolous creature lives on or in what? 5,204.In which 1977 thriller does a terrorist group plot to attack the Super Bowl? 5,205.What battle cry did Sam Houston's Texan army shout at San Jacinto in 1836? 5,206.The Texas state flag has a height-to-length ratio of 2:3. How many feet long is a Texas flag that is 4 feet tall? 5,207.Which one-named R&B singer made his Broadway debut as lawyer Billy Flynn in "Chicago" in 2006? 5,208.A theatrical adaptation of which Edgar Lee Masters poetry collection premiered on Broadway in 1963? 5,209.Which private detective is the subject of the 1971 theme song asking "Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?" 5,210.A horse race then 1½ miles long was inaugurated in 1875 in which state, with Aristides winning by two lengths? 5,211.A theory from the 1980s warned that smoke from a nuclear war could darken the skies and cause what? 5,212.Which name for a theory of the origin and spread of humankind is also the title of the Best Picture Oscar winner for 1985? 5,213.Which word names both a thick knitted or crocheted blanket and a native of Kabul? 5,214.Which word means both a thief and the inside bend of your arm? 5,215.Complete the name of the eerie light seen over marshes at night: "will-o'-the-___". 5,216.Which word names both a thin sheet of metal and a fencing weapon? 5,217.A more sexually explicit version of which 1928 D.H. Lawrence novel was finally published legally in the U.S. in 1959? 5,218.Complete Gertrude Stein's famous line: "A ___ is a ___ is a ___ is a ___". 5,219.Something entirely different is said to be "a ___ of a different color". Which animal fills the blank? 5,220.Saad Eddin Ibrahim, a critic of President Hosni Mubarak, was cleared on retrial in 2003 of defaming which country? 5,221.Which silent film star was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces"? 5,222.Mischievous Dennis Mitchell is better known as Dennis the what? 5,223.Which word for a group is often used in the phrase "a ___ of beauties"? 5,224.Which word names both a Tibetan ox and to chatter endlessly? 5,225.Which Israeli prime minister was assassinated in November 1995? 5,226.Which term for a time when late payments aren't penalized could also describe Monaco from 1956 to 1982? 5,227.Who wrote the 1989 novel "A Time to Kill"? 5,228.A tiny pampered pooch named Chloe is the heroine of which 2008 Disney film? 5,229.A tip following the publication of whose manifesto led to his 1996 capture in Montana? 5,230.According to the 1938 Ella Fitzgerald hit "A-Tisket, A-Tasket", what colors is her basket? 5,231.Titian painted several famous portraits of which Spanish king, son of Emperor Charles V? 5,232.A toadstool is an inedible or poisonous kind of what? 5,233.Which red-haired Scottish outlaw of the 18th century was the subject of an 1817 novel by Walter Scott? 5,234.A famous toast calls which state the place "where the corn is full of kernels and the colonels full of corn"? 5,235.Woody Harrelson won an Emmy in 1989 for playing bartender Woody Boyd on which sitcom? 5,236.A tohunga is a priest or expert among which people of New Zealand? 5,237.A museum dedicated to which Beatle opened near Tokyo on October 9, 2000, which would have been his 60th birthday? 5,238.Complete the title of the second volume of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings": "The Two ___". 5,239.Complete the title of the 1990 Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan film: "___ Versus the Volcano". 5,240.A tombstone bearing the name Archie Leach appears in the 1944 comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace". Which star's real name was Archie Leach? 5,241.Which 1968 top 10 hit for Cream mentions "black curtains"? 5,242.Which torch song, despite its title not about the Thames, was a 1955 hit for Julie London? 5,243.Which top-grossing animated film of 1961 got a live-action remake in 1996? 5,244.Which top-ranked Argentine tennis star retired at 26 in October 1996? 5,245.Which 1749 novel by Henry Fielding, about a foundling, was a best seller? 5,246.Uruguay won the FIFA World Cup in 1930 and 1950 in which sport? 5,247.Complete the title of the Queen song that was a U.S. top 10 hit in both 1976 and 1992: "___ Rhapsody". 5,248.What is a tornado that forms over a lake or ocean called? 5,249.A tornado that struck Rochester, Minnesota, in 1883 led doctors with which last name to help open a hospital, forerunner of a famous clinic? 5,250.Which of these is a Toronto pro sports team? 5,251.In 1990, blurry photos taken by which newly launched device dismayed astronomers? 5,252.About 45,000 prisoners passed through which Confederate prison camp in Georgia, which operated for only about 14 months? 5,253.A tour of which Washington, D.C., headquarters once included its DNA lab and a display of over 5,000 weapons? 5,254.In a famous 1962 TV special, which first lady gave viewers a tour of the White House? 5,255.Which tower is described in Genesis chapter 11? 5,256.A "town and gown" conflict at Oxford in the early 1200s led some scholars to leave and found which university? 5,257.A town called Roulettenburg is the setting of "The Gambler", an opera by which composer of "Peter and the Wolf"? 5,258.Which daredevil tried to jump Idaho's Snake River Canyon in a rocket-powered "Skycycle" in 1974? 5,259.What was the short name of Sony's videotape format that lost the 1980s format war to VHS? 5,260.Complete the traditional prayer: "From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and things that ___, Good Lord, deliver us!" 5,261.A 1901 train wreck left which sharpshooter partially paralyzed for a time? 5,262.In Bible translations, what does KJV stand for? 5,263.Medieval texts attributed to Trotula of Salerno deal with which area of medicine? 5,264."A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" were both published in which decade? 5,265.Little Robbie is snatched by a tree in which 1982 thriller known for the catchphrase "They're here"? 5,266.What is a trial of a member of the armed forces by a military court called? 5,267.A triangular sail, an aluminum frame and a harness are equipment for which sport? 5,268.On Halloween 2004, which NFL team's record 21-game winning streak was snapped by the Steelers? 5,269.Which word means both a trifle and a short, light piece of music? 5,270.Which author set his "Inheritance" series, beginning with "Eragon", in the land of Alagaësia? 5,271.Which nursery rhyme features a trio of vision-impaired rodents? 5,272.A 1938 trip from New York to Ireland earned aviator Douglas Corrigan which nickname? 5,273.A trip to India inspired which author's 1922 novel "Siddhartha"? 5,274.A trip to Italy in 1875 inspired which sculptor's "The Age of Bronze"? 5,275.A TRO is a temporary what? 5,276.A truce signed in 2003 officially ended the century-old feud between which two Appalachian families? 5,277.Whose reign as Queen of England lasted just nine days in July 1553? 5,278.Which Pittsburgh steel magnate was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1835? 5,279.Which state's 2002 quarter shows a trumpet with musical notes and a pelican? 5,280.Complete the name of the T.S. Eliot cat duo: "Mungojerrie and ___". 5,281.During whose despotic reign, beginning as tsar at 16, did Russia get its first printing press in the 1560s? 5,282.A turkey's wishbone, or furcula, is formed from its fused versions of which bones? 5,283.What is the WGA, a labor union for TV and film professionals? 5,284.Which three letters name both a TV cable network and a powerful explosive? 5,285.What is a long TV program that's actually an extended advertisement, like those Ross Perot bought in his presidential campaigns? 5,286.Which word names both a type of fried cake and a cone-shaped kitchen utensil? 5,287.Which word names both a type of camera lens and to move very fast? 5,288.What does TLR stand for in photography? 5,289.Which word goes with "cat" for a stray and with "bowling" for a place to play? 5,290.A type of chorea, a nerve disease, is named for which physician who died in 1916? 5,291.Which word completes the name of a brand of cigar: "___ Masters"? 5,292.Which word names both a type of crane and a type of cough? 5,293.Which word names both a type of eucalyptus tree and something kids chew? 5,294.Which word names both a type of far-out 1960s music and the class of drugs that inspired it? 5,295.Which word names both a type of fish and to sit on an elevated spot? 5,296.Which type of hammer, with a rounded head, is used for shaping metal? 5,297.What is an Italian countess called, like the "Barefoot" one in the 1954 Ava Gardner film? 5,298.Which type of lamp is powered up by a ballast? 5,299.Which large snake may be reticulated? 5,300.Which word names both a type of lizard and a computer screen?