Jeopardy Trivia Questions — Page 56

5,501.Which sea, about 1,200 miles long, has a maximum depth of almost 10,000 feet? 5,502.Which country has the largest Arab population? 5,503.Around 1621 William Oughtred invented which calculating device, found in engineers' shirt pockets well into the 20th century? 5,504.About 180,000 Black soldiers served in the Union Army. Sgt. William Carney was among the first African Americans to earn which award? 5,505.Around 1855, who popularized the laboratory burner now named for him? 5,506.About 2 million people visited which 984-foot landmark in its first year, 1889? 5,507.Custer's men faced about 2,000 warriors of many tribes, including Cheyenne and which largest group? 5,508.Which painter, born on July 3, 1738, terrified viewers with "Watson and the Shark"? 5,509.About 2,000 British soldiers were killed or wounded by Andrew Jackson's troops in which final big battle of the War of 1812? 5,510.About 2,000 years ago, the Roman poet Propertius wrote that absence does what? 5,511.The great 1669 eruption of which Sicilian volcano sent lava into the city of Catania? 5,512.About 20,000 years ago, hunters crossed a land bridge where which strait now lies to reach North America? 5,513.Which country includes the regions of Dalmatia and Istria? 5,514.About two centuries before Shakespeare, Chaucer wrote an 8,000-line poem about which Trojan pair? 5,515.About 25 people were arrested under which four laws passed in 1798, all repealed or expired by 1802? 5,516.About 25 species of which arachnid have venom dangerous to humans, while the rest only sting like a bee? 5,517.About 250 people were buried from 1878 to 1884 in which Tombstone, Arizona, cemetery, including Billy Clanton? 5,518.GR is the international vehicle registration code for which country? 5,519.About 3 percent of the popular vote in the 2000 presidential election went to which party's candidate? 5,520.Which mountain on the border of Nepal and Tibet was long listed at 29,028 feet? 5,521.Around 3000 BC, the Sumerians invented which writing system using wedge-shaped marks? 5,522.Which desert, about 3,000 miles wide, takes its name from the Arabic for "desert"? 5,523.Sleeping sickness in Africa is spread by the tsetse variety of which insect? 5,524.About 36,000 feet down you'll find the world's deepest spot in which trench, southwest of Guam? 5,525.Many 1960s baby boys got which name, whether or not they "rowed the boat ashore"? 5,526.About 4,000 Cherokee died on which forced march in the late 1830s? 5,527.About 4,000 years ago, what did Mesopotamians use to make wheels lighter? 5,528.About 40,000 men were left in which French port after the last evacuation ship left on June 4, 1940? 5,529.About 57,000 square miles, which is the smaller of the two countries that share Mount Everest? 5,530.NL is the international vehicle registration code for which country? 5,531.About 60 members of the Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians for which December 16, 1773 incident? 5,532.Which Tennessee city on the Mississippi River is home to Elvis Presley's Graceland? 5,533.Which Italian craftsman of the late 1600s and early 1700s built about 1,100 instruments, roughly 650 of which survive? 5,534.About 7,000 years ago, Mexican Indians began improving which crop, notably the size of its ears? 5,535.About 100,000 people now live in which planned town, founded in 1967 between Baltimore and Washington? 5,536.About 70 percent of Hawaii's residents live on which island? 5,537.About 80 percent of which Mediterranean island's people speak Greek and about 18 percent speak Turkish? 5,538.About 800 bishops took part in which council from December 1869 to October 1870? 5,539.About 8,000 British prisoners were taken in which last major battle of the American Revolution? 5,540.The Scottish version of which Celtic language is still spoken in the Highlands and Hebrides? 5,541.How many dollars can U.S. taxpayers direct to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund by checking a box on their returns? 5,542.About 90 percent of all glass is made mainly from which material? 5,543.About 90 percent of the carving on Mount Rushmore, which removed about 450,000 tons of granite, was done with what? 5,544.Most religious Mongolians follow which faith, mainly in its Tibetan form? 5,545.1930's "The Blue Angel", starring Marlene Dietrich, was among Germany's first major feature films with what? 5,546.About half of Alaska's residents live in which city's metropolitan area? 5,547.About half of Suriname's people live in which capital city? 5,548.Which singer directed and starred in the 1983 film "Yentl"? 5,549.In 2000 the New York Post asked "Are you ready for some goofball?" about which comedian's move to the "Monday Night Football" booth? 5,550.Which Indian leader, known by the title Pandit, lent his name to a jacket style? 5,551.Complete the title of the HBO drama about modern-day polygamy: "___ Love". 5,552.Complete the title of Norman Mailer's novel about Sgt. Croft's platoon: "The ___ and the Dead". 5,553.Which 1851 novel claims that whaling is "imperial" to defend its respectability? 5,554.About which 2008 film did Roger Ebert write "Godzilla meets the Queasy-Cam"? 5,555.Jack London wrote "Day was trying to dawn through the smoke pall" about which city's 1906 earthquake? 5,556.About to become prime minister of a new country, who ended his 1947 "Tryst with Destiny" speech with "Jai Hind"? 5,557.Abraham Lincoln died across the street from which theater on April 15, 1865? 5,558.Abraham Lincoln's son Robert Todd was president of which sleeping-car company from 1897 to 1911? 5,559.In Genesis 24, Abraham's servant took ten of which animals when he went to find a wife for Isaac? 5,560.Abraham Ribicoff, Dean Rusk and Robert McNamara all served in which president's cabinet? 5,561.Which U.S. president had the middle name Abram? 5,562.What is abruptly quitting an addictive drug called? 5,563.Abruzzese is a dialect of which language? 5,564.Who directed and starred in the 1997 thriller "Absolute Power"? 5,565.Which abstract American art movement of the 1960s used simple geometric forms, as in Donald Judd's boxes? 5,566.Which Abstract Expressionist painted "Galaxy" in 1947, the year he began his famous drip paintings? 5,567.Abu Dhabi is one and Dubai is another. What are they? 5,568.A.C.D. Crommelin showed that objects seen in 1818, 1873 and 1928 were really a single one of which kind, returning each time? 5,569.Acadia and Evangeline are parishes in which state? 5,570.An Acapulco cliff diver and a boat propeller were part of which watch brand's "torture test" ads? 5,571.Accepting the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 1858, who said "A house divided against itself cannot stand"? 5,572.Accepting which honor for 1949 did Faulkner say stories need "the old verities and truths of the heart"? 5,573.Accepting Walter Mondale's 1984 invitation, who said "Vice President: it has such a nice ring to it"? 5,574.Complete the phrase for being satisfied with past success: "to rest on one's ___". 5,575.When it debuted in 1996, which company's cruise ship Destiny was the largest in the world? 5,576.Accompanied by 21 men, who seized a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in October 1859? 5,577.According to Exodus 21, which two family members could you be put to death for striking or cursing? 5,578.In Thailand, which rare animal is a royal emblem traditionally belonging to the king? 5,579.According to a 1957 William Inge title, where would you find "The Dark"? 5,580.Which 1992 Billy Ray Cyrus hit describes his heart with two words? 5,581.In the 1892 song "Daisy Bell", what can't the singer afford, leading to "a bicycle built for two"? 5,582.According to a 1964 Jan and Dean song, what's "no place to play"? 5,583.Complete the proverb: "Every dog has its ___". 5,584.Complete the proverb: "___ die hard". 5,585.According to an 1858 poem, which Pilgrim proposed to Priscilla Mullins on behalf of his friend Miles Standish? 5,586.According to an ancient story, Mark Antony gave 200,000 scrolls to which city's famous library? 5,587.According to Billboard, the Angels were the first white girl group to reach No. 1, with which 1963 song? 5,588.British accounts said 123 people died in 1756 in which Indian dungeon, though later studies suggest far fewer? 5,589.According to the calculations of Eratosthenes, which mythic city was sacked and burned in 1184 BC? 5,590.According to the Department of Energy, which product cost 25 cents a gallon in 1919 and broke $1 a gallon nationally in 1980? 5,591.According to Elton John's 1982 song, what has "baby" got? 5,592.According to Forbes, the three highest-paid athletes of 1990 all competed in which sport? 5,593.Which actor died in a 1955 car crash at age 24, just after starring in "Rebel Without a Cause"? 5,594.According to Franciscan tradition, who received the stigmata, the marks of Christ's wounds, in 1224? 5,595.According to Genesis 13:12, Lot pitched his tent toward which city? 5,596.According to Genesis 3:14, which creature was cursed to crawl on its belly for tricking Eve? 5,597.According to Genesis 4, which of Adam and Eve's named sons was the middle child? 5,598.According to George Orwell's "1984", who is watching you? 5,599.Which island volcano erupted on August 27, 1883, in one of the loudest explosions in recorded history? 5,600.Which inventor held 1,093 U.S. patents?