Jeopardy Trivia Questions — Page 61

6,001.After hoarding food rations, which explorer and his son were set adrift by mutineers in 1611? 6,002.After hosting the 1976 Summer Olympics, which city's Olympic Stadium became home of baseball's Expos? 6,003.After raiding Iran's borders, which people from the east captured the Safavid capital in 1722? 6,004.After India was partitioned in 1947, what later became Bangladesh was the eastern part of which country? 6,005.After Queen Isabella died, which king married teenage Germaine de Foix in 1505? 6,006.After declaring independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, which country drew Greek objections for using Hellenic symbols such as the Vergina Su… 6,007.After it broke up in 1991, 11 of its former republics joined the Commonwealth of Independent States. What was it? 6,008.After Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, which emperor made a famous but vain plea to the League of Nations for help? 6,009.After its 1980 eruption, which volcano in the American Northwest lost over 1,200 feet in height? 6,010.After landing on Mars on July 4, 1997, which NASA lander was renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station? 6,011.After President Fernando de la Rua resigned in December 2001, Adolfo Rodriguez Saa held the presidency of which country for only about a we… 6,012.After January 31, 1999, which signaling system ceased to be an official channel of maritime distress communication? 6,013.The 1360 Peace of Bretigny, signed after John II's defeat at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, ended the first phase of which conflict? 6,014.After John Milton died in 1674, his widow sold all her remaining rights to which of his works for just 8 pounds? 6,015.After Lyndon Johnson's death in 1973, NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center in which city was renamed in his honor? 6,016.Which pair's expedition finally reached the Pacific Ocean in November 1805 after a journey of thousands of miles? 6,017.Which German Romantic author, whose story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" inspired a famous ballet, died in Berlin in June 1822? 6,018.In which 1987 film does Barbra Streisand play a woman who kills a man in self-defense and fights to avoid being committed to a mental hospi… 6,019.After killing his wife's lover in Washington, D.C., in 1859, Rep. Daniel Sickles became the first American acquitted using which defense? 6,020.Robert Ford made stage appearances, and was booed, after killing which outlaw for a reward in 1882? 6,021.After King David Kalakaua died at San Francisco's Palace Hotel in 1891, which woman, his sister, became queen of Hawaii? 6,022.After leading a 1969 coup that deposed King Idris, who was named commander in chief of Libya's armed forces? 6,023.After leading a military coup on January 25, 1971, who made himself president of Uganda? 6,024.After leading Team USA to Olympic soccer gold in 2004, which player retired with a then-record 158 international goals? 6,025.After leading the fight for Louis XVI's execution, which revolutionary joined the Committee of Public Safety in July 1793? 6,026.After learning about the International Red Cross while visiting Europe, who founded the American Red Cross in 1881? 6,027.Which architect left China in 1935, studied at MIT and became a U.S. citizen in 1954? 6,028.After leaving his post as HUD Secretary in 2003, who was elected U.S. senator from Florida? 6,029.After being declared a free agent and leaving Oakland, which pitcher signed a then-record $3.75 million contract with the Yankees for 1975? 6,030.After leaving office in 1837, which president retired to the Hermitage, his Tennessee plantation? 6,031.After leaving Rolling Stone magazine in 1983, which photographer became a contributing photographer for Vanity Fair? 6,032.After leaving Spain in 1824, which artist settled in Bordeaux, where he produced many lithographs? 6,033.Which 1982 Don Henley single, a satire of TV news, became his first big solo hit after the Eagles broke up? 6,034.After leaving the Mayo Clinic, which author took his own life on July 2, 1961, at his home in Ketchum, Idaho? 6,035.After leaving the Nation of Islam in March 1964, who formed the Organization of Afro-American Unity? 6,036.After length, width and depth, what is often called the fourth dimension? 6,037.After Lenin's death in 1924, who began purging his rivals and eventually took the top spot in the Soviet Union? 6,038.In Harriet Beecher Stowe's most famous novel, which enslaved man is sold to the cruel planter Simon Legree after little Eva's death? 6,039.After losing two presidential races in the 1950s, who was named U.N. ambassador by John F. Kennedy? 6,040.Which "Cagney & Lacey" star won the 1986 Emmy for lead actress in a drama, after co-star Tyne Daly had won it three years in a row? 6,041.In 1977, after losing his spot in the lineup, Texas Rangers infielder Lenny Randle beat up Frank Lucchesi. What was Lucchesi's job? 6,042.After losing the English throne, which Catholic king went to Ireland and lost the Battle of the Boyne in 1690? 6,043.After losing the GOP nomination to Gerald Ford in 1976, who began his successful effort to win the 1980 nomination? 6,044.After losing the presidential election in 1856, which explorer became a major general in the Union army? 6,045.After losing the support of the French army, which Austrian-born emperor of Mexico faced a firing squad in June 1867? 6,046.After losing the heavyweight title to Gene Tunney in 1926, which boxer told his wife, "Honey, I just forgot to duck"? 6,047.After losing to Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 presidential election, who was re-elected to the U.S. Senate in 1968? 6,048.In which 1968 film does John Cassavetes land a big acting role after making a deal with the devil? 6,049.After sex reassignment surgery in Denmark in the early 1950s, George Jorgensen took which first name? 6,050."After Many a Summer Dies the Swan" is a 1939 novel by which author of "Brave New World"? 6,051.Complete the weather saying: "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a ___." 6,052.After Mary Wickes died, Jane Withers completed the voice of a gargoyle named Laverne for which 1996 Disney film? 6,053.After meeting which rival liberator in 1822 did Jose de San Martin leave South America? 6,054.After mobs attacked several Havana newspapers in January 1898, which battleship did the U.S. send to Cuba? 6,055.After months of fighting, the defenders of which Russian city destroyed the German Sixth Army in 1943? 6,056.Who was released by the South African government on February 11, 1990, after more than 27 years in prison? 6,057.After moving to Europe, which New York-born writer published "The Tragic Muse", a novel about the art world, in 1890? 6,058.After moving to Indianapolis in 1854, which future president became a deacon and elder at the city's First Presbyterian Church? 6,059.After moving to Spain in 1485, which explorer used the name Colon, the Spanish version of his name? 6,060.After moving to the South Seas, which author wrote "The Beach of Falesa", an adventure story set there, published in 1892? 6,061.After much fighting with Saladin, which English king made a truce with him in 1192? 6,062.After the Ottomans captured Athens in the 1400s, which temple to Athena was converted into a mosque? 6,063.After Napoleon's 1813 defeat, the Netherlands became a constitutional monarchy under which royal house? 6,064.After NATO admitted West Germany in 1955, the USSR and its satellites met and formed which alliance? 6,065.After NBC canceled which Sam Waterston series in 1993, PBS produced a movie to wrap up its loose ends? 6,066.After nearly 10 years of continuous occupation by astronauts, which space station was deorbited in 2001? 6,067.After nearly 100 years, which company dropped its Oldsmobile brand in 2004? 6,068.Annexed by Russia in 1801, which Caucasus country regained its independence in 1991 after nearly 200 years of Russian and Soviet rule? 6,069.In which 1954 sci-fi classic do giant ants, mutated by nuclear tests, terrorize Los Angeles? 6,070.After his defeat in the English Civil War, Charles I was beheaded in 1649 outside the Banqueting House of which London palace? 6,071.Who, after observing a comet in 1682, showed that it was the same one seen in 1607, 1531 and 1456? 6,072.Which satirist, author of "A Modest Proposal", died in Dublin on October 19, 1745? 6,073.After oil was found there in 1932, which island nation became the Persian Gulf's first oil-rich state? 6,074.Which word can be a prefix meaning "after" and also a verb meaning "to station as a sentry"? 6,075.Which Beth Henley play about three sisters in Mississippi won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama? 6,076.In September 1813, Oliver Hazard Perry "met the enemy" and won a famous naval battle on which Great Lake? 6,077.After Pope Pius XI died in February 1939, Eugenio Pacelli was elected and took which name? 6,078.In 2000, which Florida official certified George W. Bush as the winner of the state's 25 electoral votes? 6,079.Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French nun of the Visitation order, was famous for spreading devotion to what? 6,080.After refusing to take an oath denying papal supremacy, who was beheaded in London on July 6, 1535? 6,081.After resigning as director of the Bauhaus in 1928, which architect designed car bodies? 6,082.After resigning as leader of the U.S. Marine Band, who gave his first concert with his own band on September 26, 1892? 6,083.After retiring as a player, Babe Ruth was a first-base coach in 1938 for which other New York team? 6,084.After retiring as the Dodgers' manager, who guided the 2000 U.S. Olympic baseball team to the gold medal? 6,085.After retiring from medicine in 1840, who began work in London on his famous thesaurus? 6,086.After retiring in 1869, which former secretary of state traveled the world, including a stop in Alaska? 6,087.Which Australian author followed her 2006 bestseller "The Secret" with "The Power" in 2010? 6,088.After ruling for 50 years, King George I was assassinated in March 1913, and Constantine I became king of which country? 6,089.After running fraudulent investment schemes and serving time in federal prison, who was deported to Italy in 1934? 6,090.Which country is Europe's largest by area after Russia? 6,091.Which lifestyle mogul went to prison in a case tied to her sale of ImClone stock, after ImClone's CEO Sam Waksal was arrested in 2002? 6,092.After Sao Paulo, which city is Brazil's largest? 6,093.After seceding from Nigeria in 1967, which region soon faced widespread starvation and surrendered? 6,094.Which MTV series, launched in 2000, toured celebrities' homes, including rapper Ice-T's? 6,095.After serving as Postmaster General in 1921 and 1922, who became the "czar" of the motion picture industry? 6,096.Who served as vice president under James Buchanan from 1857 to 1861? 6,097.After serving one term, which first Quaker president was defeated for re-election by FDR in 1932? 6,098.After several years living in Vermont, which writer returned to Russia amid fanfare in 1994? 6,099.After which poet died in 1886 did her sister Lavinia find hundreds of her poems in little handsewn booklets? 6,100.After she died in 2003, McDonald's heiress Joan Kroc left about $1.5 billion to which charity?