Jeopardy Trivia Questions — Page 8

701.The 1927 film "Wings," winner of the first Best Picture Oscar, features great dogfight scenes set in which war? 702.Who defeated Al Smith in the 1928 presidential election? 703.What is the white of an egg called? 704.Complete the title of William Faulkner's 1929 novel: "___ and the Fury". 705.Born on February 28, 1929, which architect designed Los Angeles's Walt Disney Concert Hall? 706.Which 1930 Best Picture Oscar winner was based on Erich Maria Remarque's novel "All Quiet..."? 707.Which 1930 Dashiell Hammett novel follows Sam Spade's hunt for a jewel-encrusted bird statuette? 708.Rocket pioneer Goddard and humorist Benchley shared which first name, one of the most popular for American boys around 1930? 709.In which 1931 Fritz Lang film does Peter Lorre play a child murderer? 710.Which golfer won all four major championships of his day in 1930, a "Grand Slam"? 711.In 1930, who was crowned emperor of Ethiopia? 712.Which 1930 painting shows a woman with a cameo brooch, a balding man with glasses holding a pitchfork, and a Gothic Revival farmhouse behin… 713.Which 1930 film portrays World War I trench warfare from the German side? 714.The 1930 film "Anna Christie" was advertised with the line "Garbo" does what? 715.What was the nickname of 1930s gangster George Kelly? 716.Which New York City mayor of 1934–1945, nicknamed "the Little Flower," has one of the city's airports named after him? 717.Many 1930s comedies were sped up with which type of dialogue, in which actors don't let each other finish? 718.Which 1931 painting shows three watches that appear to be melting and a fourth swarming with ants? 719.In the 1931 film, Boris Karloff played the monster created by which scientist? 720.Boris Yeltsin was born in 1931 in the Sverdlovsk region, an industrial area in which mountain range? 721.Convicted of tax evasion in 1931, which Chicago gangster later served time in Alcatraz? 722.Completed in 1931, Bagnell Dam created a large lake named for which Missouri highlands? 723.Which 1931 novel by Pearl S. Buck follows the Chinese farmer Wang Lung? 724.In which 1931 film does the doctor shout "It's alive! It's alive!"? 725.Which 1931 film contains the line "Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make"? 726.In which 1931 horror film does a scientist use lightning from a storm to bring his creature to life? 727.Which composer wrote "Second Rhapsody" in 1931? 728.Complete the title of the 1931 Buster Keaton film: "Sidewalks of ___". 729.Which Spanish artist painted "The Persistence of Memory" in 1931? 730.Which 102-story building was officially dedicated in New York City in 1931? 731.The 1931 Broadway revue "The Band Wagon" was the last show in which which brother-and-sister dance team shared the spotlight? 732.In 1932, which "army" of World War I veterans marched on Washington demanding early payment of their service bonuses? 733.At the 1932 AAU national track and field meet, which athlete won the team championship single-handedly for her company's team? 734.Which author won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Sag… 735.Which 1932 dystopian novel includes the line "In the four thousand rooms of the Centre the four thousand electric clocks simultaneously str… 736.Which 1932 Best Picture winner, set in a Berlin hotel, starred Greta Garbo? 737.Which 1932 novel opens at the "Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre," where babies are produced in bottles? 738.Which captain commanded HMS Bounty in 1789, before the mutiny that inspired Nordhoff and Hall's 1932 novel? 739.In which 1932 Tod Browning film do circus sideshow performers discover a trapeze artist's murderous plans and turn her into a "chicken woma… 740.Who was vice president from 1933 to 1941? 741.In 1933, five years before the Anschluss, Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss dissolved which nation's parliament? 742.Which 1933 film starred Claude Rains, whose face is seen only at the end? 743.Which 1933 film was inspired partly by W. Douglas Burden's 1926 trip to the Dutch East Indies to capture Komodo dragons, the world's larges… 744.Who won an Oscar for playing Henry VIII in 1933? 745.Which 1933 film ends with the line "Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast"? 746.The 1933 Best Picture Oscar winner "Cavalcade" was based on a drama, not a comedy, by which urbane British wit? 747.Clark Gable won his only Best Actor Oscar for which 1934 romantic comedy? 748.The 1934 Newbery Medal winner "Invincible Louisa" tells the story of the author of which classic? 749.In 1934, a bad year for bank robbers, John Dillinger was killed in Chicago and which pair died in a Louisiana police ambush? 750.1934 was the first year for which Oscar category, whose first winner was "The Continental"? 751.Cinematographer Hal Mohr won a 1935 Oscar for "A Midsummer Night's Dream", the only one won with which kind of votes? 752.Which 1935 folk opera introduced the song "Summertime"? 753.In which 1935 film does a scientist raise a toast "to a new world of gods and monsters"? 754.In 1935's "The Little Colonel," Bill Robinson tap-dances up and down the stairs with which child star? 755.Larry Kelley in 1936 and Clint Frank in 1937 won the Heisman Trophy playing for which Ivy League school? 756.Which ex-king said in 1936, "A few hours ago I discharged my last duty as King"? 757."Across Spoon River" (1936) is the autobiography of which poet? 758.Which star said in 1936's "Klondike Annie," "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before"? 759.In which 1936 film does Errol Flynn lead a cavalry unit into Russian cannon fire and everlasting glory? 760.Who won the men's 100 meters at the 1936 Berlin Olympics? 761.Which 1936 novel begins, "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm"? 762.Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller, both Jewish, were pulled from the U.S. relay team at the 1936 Summer Olympics in which city? 763.1936 was the last time which team sport on horseback was in the Olympics? 764.The 1936 film "Modern Times" was the last in which which star played his Little Tramp character? 765.1936's "The Petrified Forest" reteamed Bette Davis with which co-star of "Of Human Bondage"? 766.Which 1937 novel contains the line "A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up in Bilbo's heart"? 767.Who was British prime minister from 1937 to 1940? 768.Which 1937 Best Picture winner is a biography of the writer who defended Alfred Dreyfus? 769.Complete the title of Stephen Vincent Benet's 1937 story: "___ and Daniel Webster". 770.In which 1937 Marx Brothers film does Groucho say, while taking a pulse, "Either he's dead or my watch has stopped"? 771.Entering a mostly male domain in the late 1930s, Peruvian-raised Conchita Cintrón became famous as what? 772.Which 1937 film was remade as musicals in 1954 with Judy Garland and in 1976 with Barbra Streisand? 773.The 1937 German bombing of Almeria was part of which war? 774.In which 1937 book does Gandalf tell the dwarves, "I have chosen Mr. Baggins and that ought to be enough for all of you"? 775."It's me, Bilbo Baggins, companion of Thorin!" is a line from which 1937 novel? 776.In which 1937 novel does Lennie ask George to "tell me, like you done before" about the rabbits? 777.Which 1937 film includes the line "Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all"? 778.Which Mexican painter, known for her self-portraits, was twice married to muralist Diego Rivera? 779.Spencer Tracy won his first Best Actor Oscar for which 1937 seafaring adventure? 780.Which 1938 Daphne du Maurier novel is narrated by the unnamed second Mrs. de Winter? 781.Who won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China"? 782.Which 1938 swashbuckler includes the greeting "Welcome to Sherwood, my lady"? 783.Spencer Tracy won his second straight Best Actor Oscar playing Father Flanagan in which 1938 drama? 784.In 1938, a special Pulitzer Prize went to which Alberta city's Journal for its editorials defending freedom of the press? 785.1938's "Out of the Silent Planet" was the first science fiction novel by which future creator of Narnia? 786.1938's "Under Western Stars" helped launch the career of which singing cowboy? 787.In 1939–1940, the USSR fought which country in the Winter War? 788.Bette Davis played which monarch in 1939 and 1955 films? 789.Complete the title of Thomas Wolfe's 1939 novel: "___ and the Rock". 790.In which 1939 film does the heroine vow, "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again"? 791.Which 1939 novel is dedicated in part "To Tom, who lived it"? 792.Carl Van Doren won a 1939 Pulitzer Prize for his biography of which kite-flying Founding Father? 793.Denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall in 1939, Marian Anderson sang at which Washington landmark instead? 794.In which 1939 film does Bette Davis play a young socialite facing a fatal brain tumor? 795.Which founder of psychoanalysis, who died in London in 1939, sought to use the methods of science for therapeutic ends? 796.Henry Fonda played which future president in a 1939 film? 797.Which 1939 film features the line "I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!"? 798.In the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz," which actress snarls, "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too"? 799.In 1939, the warning "It may become possible to set up a nuclear chain reaction in a large mass of uranium" reached FDR in a letter signed… 800.In the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz," Dorothy says "I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" to whom?