1. What former resident of Bel-Air has hosted America’s Funniest Home Videos since 2015?

Answer

Alfonso Ribeiro (“Carlton” OK)

Correct: 87%

2. What is the state of Bavaria known as in German?

Answer

Bayern

Correct: 70%

3. Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister and painter Gustav Klimt were both born in what country?

Answer

Austria

Correct: 64%

4. Silent film star Ben Turpin’s crossed eyes, Betty Grable’s legs, and Dolly Parton’s breasts are among the body parts that have been insured by what London provider market?

Answer

Lloyd’s (of London)

Correct: 90%

5. An animal with leucism is lacking in what type of substance?

Answer

Pigment (specimic pigments accepted)

Correct: 61%

6. What NFL team plays at the stadium currently known as Hard Rock Stadium, but which has had seven different previous names, including Pro Player Park, Joe Robbie Stadium, and Land Shark Stadium?

Answer

Miami Dolphins

Correct: 77%

7. Minnesota Fats is the nickname of a pool player who appears in what 1959 novel and its 1961 film adaptation?

Answer

The Hustler

Correct: 68%

8. R.E.M. and the B-52s were both formed in what southern U.S. college town?

Answer

Athens, Georgia

Correct: 89%

9. In a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case in 2015, a widower with what surname petitioned to be recognized as the surviving spouse on his husband’s death certificate?

Answer

Obergefell

Correct: 63%

10. What term is traditionally defined as someone born within earshot of Bow Bells (the bells of St Mary-le-Bow) in the Cheapside district of London?

Answer

Cockney

Correct: 72%

11. Warp beams, heddles, and shuttles are among the major components of what type of device?

Answer

Loom

Correct: 81%

12. In many Orthodox Christian churches, including Russian and Serbian, Christmas occurs on what date on the Gregorian calendar?

Answer

January 7th

Correct: 21%

13. While known mostly for her work in musical theater, what performer had film roles that included Lieutenant Hurwitz in Airplane! and Mrs. Marcus in It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World?

Answer

Ethel Merman

Correct: 52%

14. The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is an annually awarded prize in what sport?

Answer

Cricket

Correct: 45%

15. What is the only U.S. state with a flag that has a different design on each side?

Answer

Oregon

Correct: 40%

16. “You can’t see me,” is a catchphrase and taunt often used by what professional wrestler, who also hosts a revived version of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?

Answer

John Cena

Correct: 83%

17. Name one of the four countries that is currently an elective monarchy.

Answer

Cambodia, Vatican City, Malaysia, Samoa

Correct: 27%

18. What former Canadian Idol contestant released the 2019 album Dedicated?

Answer

Carly Rae Jepsen

Correct: 51%

19. With ten consecutive wins for Outstanding Variety Series from 2003 to 2012, what television program holds the record for the longest winning streak for a television show in Primetime Emmy Award history?

Answer

The Daily Show (with Jon Stewart)

Correct: 37%

20. What figure of the French Revolution was assassinated by Charlotte Corday?

Answer

Jean-Paul Marat

Correct: 69%

21. Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal, Dolly, and Edouard will be used as the names of what in 2020?

Answer

Atlantic Tropical Cyclones (“Hurricanes” OK)

Correct: 98%

22. What MLB player was picked first overall in the 2012 draft, debuted and won the American League Rookie of the Year Award in 2015, and won a World Series title in 2017?

Answer

Carlos Correa

Correct: 26%

23. Swahili, Zulu, and Shona all fall under what large family of languages spoken throughout sub-Saharan African?

Answer

Bantu/Bantoid

Correct: 53%

24. La Casa Azul in Mexico City was the home of what artist for much of her life? It now serves as a museum dedicated to her life and works.

Answer

Frida Kahlo

Correct: 98%

25. An Honorary Academy Award that featured a full-size Oscar statuette alongside seven smaller statuettes was given to what man in 1939?

Answer

Walt Disney

Correct: 94%

26. Gary Bettman has been the commissioner of what organization since 1993?

Answer

National Hockey League

Correct: 73%

27. What mass media conglomerate owns properties that include Paramount Pictures, BET, MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon?

Answer

Viacom/CBS

It’s not often that an answer changes WHILE a question set is live, but the super recent Viacom/CBS merger means both these are correct.

Correct: 72%

28. Featured in a recipe on the back of boxes of Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers, what is the common name for a cake made from a “log” of stacked wafers with whipped cream in between and over them, which is then left in the refrigerator overnight to soften?

Answer

Icebox Cake (“Zebra Cake” OK)

Correct: 40%

29. The Musandam Governorate, located on a peninsula that juts into the Strait of Hormuz and bordering the United Arab Emirates, is an exclave of what country?

Answer

Oman

Correct: 36%

30. 13 year-old Mason Ramsey first gained fame in a 2018 viral video featuring him doing what specific activity in a Walmart?

Answer

Yodeling

Correct: 49%

31. The Levantine dish kibbeh is make from minced onion, ground meat, spices, and what cereal grain, which is also used in tabbouleh?

Answer

Bulgur

Correct: 43%

32. What was the literary-inspired name for the program during which over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban minors were brought to the United States between 1960 and 1962?

Answer

Operation Peter Pan

Correct: 33%

33. Dabney Coleman plays the “sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot” Franklin M. Hart Jr. in what 1980 comedy film?

Answer

9 to 5

Correct: 83%

34. The modern English name of what sport derives from the name of the Duke of Beaufort’s country house in Gloucestershire, England?

Answer

Badminton

Correct: 38%

35. While TCBY now stands for “The Country’s Best Yogurt”, what did the acronym originally stand for, a phrase which might make you think Fabio should be promoting it?

Answer

This Can’t Be Yogurt

Correct: 51%

36. Located within the Kluane National Park Reserve, Mount Logan is the highest mountain in what country?

Answer

Canada

Correct: 62%

37. Wild Geese and Dog Songs are among the collections of works by what American poet, who died in 2019?

Answer

Mary Oliver

Correct: 28%

38. The morin khuur is a traditional Mongolian instrument often decorated with a horse’s head. For this reason, it is often called in English the horsehead what?

Answer

Fiddle

Correct: 23%

39. What is the name of the Nobel Peace Prize recipient who was born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in 1910?

Answer

Mother Teresa

Correct: 65%

40. Spiral Jetty, a 1970 earthwork sculpture by Robert Smithson, is built on the shore of what body of water?

Answer

Great Salt Lake

Correct: 48%

41. The automotive brand Smart began as a collaboration between what two European companies, one of which is an automaker and one of which is a fashion brand?

Answer

Swatch and Mercedes-Bens

Correct: 19%

42. As of October 2019, when a new discovery was announced, what planet in our solar system has now overtaken Jupiter as the planet with the most moons?

Answer

Saturn

Correct: 84%

43. What was the American title of Grace & Favor, the spin-off of the British sitcom Are You Being Served?

Answer

Are you Being Served? Again!

Correct: 10%

44. The name of what semi-oxidized Chinese tea translates to “black dragon tea”?

Answer

Oolong

Correct: 81%

45. American entrepreneur Jimmy Wales is best known as the co-founder of what non-profit website?

Answer

Wikipedia

Correct: 94%

46. Used in a number of religious sects (including Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, and several Orthodox rites), an aspergillum is used to dispense what?

Answer

Holy Water

Correct: 47%

47. By what 6-letter name is the Bethlehem Royal Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in London, England better known?

Answer

Bedlam

Correct: 81%

48. Included in the book’s subtitle, what was the nickname of the serial killer being sought in Michelle McNamara’s true crime book I’ll Be Gone in the Dark?

Answer

Golden State Killer

Correct: 71%

49. What city name is mentioned in the lyrics of Roger Miller’s “King of the Road” as well as the North American version of the song “I’ve Been Everywhere”?

Answer

Bangor

Correct: 28%

50. Often encountered in website editing tools, what does the computing acronym WYSIWYG stand for?

Answer

What You See Is What You Get

Correct: 96%

51. The 2019 documentary film Knock Down the House follows the primary campaigns of four Democrats running for U.S. Congress in 2018: Amy Viela, Cori Bush, Paula Jean Swearengin, and what New Yorker who went on to win her seat as representative of New York’s 14th district?

Answer

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Correct: 98%

52. What was the mononymous pen name of the Belgian cartoonist who created The Adventures of Tintin?

Answer

Hergé

Correct: 46%

53. What pair of cities recently became the first to have had their pro sports teams match up in the post-season finals of each of the NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA (though not necessarily in the same year)? (Note: two answers required.)

Answer

St. Louis and Boston. When I wrote this question, I mistakenly thought that these two cities had just earned this distinction in 2019 during the Stanley Cup finals, not realizing they had previously met in 1970. It is still true that these are the only cities that have matched up in the finals of all four leagues, but they actually acquired the distinction in 2002 at Super Bowl XXXVI. So not quite as recently as I’d thought.

Correct: 27%

54. A 352-foot Doric column on South Bass Island in Ohio commemorates what naval commander’s victory in the Battle of Lake Erie?

Answer

Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry

Correct: 45%

55. Based on an improvisational play titled C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E, a 2005 Broadway musical that takes place in the fictional Putnam County centers around what type of event?

Answer

Spelling Bee

Correct: 86%

56. Comic book character Tank Girl and pop star Neneh Cherry are among the stated inspirations for what video game character?

Answer

Lara Croft

Correct: 83%

57. A major surviving structure from the ancient Egyptian city of Heliopolis is an obelisk from the temple of what deity?

Answer

Ra

Correct: 74%

58. An item called a planchette is included as a part of what Hasbro product?

Answer

Ouiji

Correct: 65%

59. What album (and title track) by The Clash took its name from a tagline used as the BBC World Service’s station identification during World War II?

Answer

London Calling

Correct: 88%

60. Common in branding and advertising, what is the term for words intentionally misspelled for effect? Examples include Krispy Kreme donuts and Mortal Kombat.

Answer

Sensational Spelling

Correct: 6%

61. The Uinta Mountains are a sub-range of what major mountain range?

Answer

The Rocky Mountains

Correct: 42%

62. Appointed in 2019, Joy Harjo is the first Native American to hold what prominent position?

Answer

U.S. Poet Laureate

Correct: 44%

63. Appearing on television shows including Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, Late Night with David Letterman, and (most prominently) Saturday Night Live, what is the name of the fictional chain-smoking priest character created and portrayed by comedian Don Novello?

Answer

Father Guido Sarducci

Correct: 71%

64. Nepeta cataria, a plant in the mint family, is commonly known by what six-letter nickname?

Answer

Catnip

Correct: 77%

65. What woman, whose surname you might find on a calendar, wrote the book No One Belongs Here More Than You (2007) and the film Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)?

Answer

Miranda July

Correct: 41%

66. In what European city would you find Tivoli Gardens, an amusement park known for its wooden roller coaster, Rutschebanen?

Answer

Copenhagen

Correct: 58%

67. Despite having a name that refers to a nearby location, what 1881 Arizona event actually took place outside of C. S. Fly’s photography studio?

Answer

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Correct: 87%

68. The 1983 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Ironweed is the third book in William Kennedy’s series that is named after what U.S. state capital?

Answer

Albany

Correct: 28%

69. Archibald Gracie Mansion, built in 1799, is the official residence of the person who holds what position?

Answer

Mayor of New York City

Correct: 62%

70. What is the name of the music genre, not to be confused with a certain Canadian pop singer, which originated in London in the early 2000s and includes elements of dancehall, ragga, and hip hop. Dizzee Rascal, Kano, and Wiley are all artists associated with the genre.

Answer

Grime

Correct: 29%

71. Coined by Lady Mona Brownrigg when the breed was first brought to England from China in the 1930s, what dog is sometimes referred to as “the Chrysanthemum Dog”?

Answer

Shih Tzu

Correct: 39%

72. Who wrote the Discourses on Livy around 1517, a political treatise often considered to have shaped modern republicanism (though it is not his most well-known work)?

Answer

Niccolò Machiavelli

Correct: 57%

73. In 2016, The Wedding Party became the highest grossing film produced in what country? The film’s record was broken by its 2017 sequel, The Wedding Party 2.

Answer

Nigeria

Correct: 12%

74. The principle known as lex parsimoniae in Latin is commonly known by what other name in English, which refers to a Medieval Franciscan friar and philosopher?

Answer

Ockham’s Razor

Correct: 55%

75. What actress, whom you may know chiefly from a PBS children’s show, provides commentary throughout the 1979 film The Warriors as an unnamed radio DJ shown only from the nose down?

Answer

Lynne Thigpen

Correct: 29%

76. According to the lyrics of “Iko Iko” (originally titled “Jock-A-Mo”), where are your grandma and my grandma sitting?

Answer

By the Fire

Correct: 63%

77. Mohegan Sun, a casino (which also houses a 12,000-seat capacity arena), is located in what U.S. state?

Answer

Connecticut

Correct: 72%

78. What tautonym serves as the scientific name for the red fox?

Answer

Vulpes Vulpes

Correct: 51%

79. What sport, a variation of Basque pelota, is also called zesta-punta (“basket tip”) and is played on a court called a fronton?

Answer

Jai Alai

Correct: 85%

80. What defunct American nationalist political party whose members included John Wilkes Booth and a post-presidency Millard Fillmore had a name that referred to how its membership responded when asked about their activities?

Answer

The Know Nothings

Correct: 85%

81. With her creation of the Scarlet Pimpernel, what Hungarian-born British author established the enduring premise of the masked hero with a secret identity?

Answer

Emma Orczy

Correct: 30%

82. The writings of 18th century art historian and archaeologist Johann Joachim Winckelmann were heavily influential on the rise of what art style, which rejected the flowery Rococo style and favored a return to the simplicity and symmetry of the arts of Ancient Greece and Rome?

Answer

Neoclassicism

Correct: 65%

83. La Pointe Courte (1954) and Cléo from 5 to 7 (1961) are among the works of what Belgian-born French director who was central to the development of French New Wave cinema?

Answer

Agnes Varda

Correct: 15%

84. “Druk tsendhen”, which translates to “The Thunder Dragon Kingdom” in its original Dzongkha, is the national anthem of what landlocked country?

Answer

Bhutan

Correct: 46%

85. What term, which is still in use today in a different context, was first recorded in Sir Walter Scott’s 1819 work Ivanhoe, in which it referred to a medieval mercenary who would fight for the top bidder?

Answer

Freelance

Correct: 30%

86. According to Betteridge’s law of headlines, what is the one-word answer to any headline that ends in a question mark?

Answer

No

Correct: 61%

87. Leslie Jones, Jamie Foxx, and Regina Hall are the most recent three hosts of what award ceremony?

Answer

BET Awards

Correct: 61%

88. The novel originally published in French as D’entre les morts (“Among the Dead”) was adapted into what classic 1958 thriller film?

Answer

Vertigo

Correct: 22%

89. Coir, a natural fiber that can be used for a variety of products such as floor mats, brushes, and rope, is extracted from the husk of what fruit?

Answer

Coconut

Correct: 91%

90. What term for a gentle breeze comes from the name of the Greek god of the west wind?

Answer

Zephyr

Correct: 73%

91. An iconic Art Nouveau poster created by Théophile Steinlen advertised what Paris cabaret and nightclub opened by Rodolphe Salis in 1881?

Answer

La Chat Noir (The Black Cat)

Correct: 25%

92. What is the term for the Spanish lyric-dramatic genre of musical theater that alternates between spoken and sung scenes as well as dance?

Answer

Zarzuela

Correct: 5%

93. Who is the only Belgian-born person to win an acting Oscar?

Answer

Audrey Hepburn

Correct: 36%

94. The first televised basketball game, the inaugural WrestleMania, four Democratic National Conventions, and one Republican National Convention have all been held at iterations of what venue?

Answer

Madison Square Garden

Correct: 91%

95. What German literature and music movement, a reaction to the constraints of the Enlightenment, had a name that came from the title of a 1776 play by Friedrich Maximilian Klinger?

Answer

Sturm und Drang (“Storm and Drive” or “Storm and Stress”)

Correct: 41%

96. At what golf course is the (U.S.) Masters Tournament held each year?

Answer

Augusta National Golf Club

Correct: 86%

97. What term is used in mythology to describe a hero’s physical journey to the underworld (without dying), such as when Orpheus enters the Underworld to bring Eurydice back to the world of the living?

Answer

Katabasis

Correct: 7%

98. Latrice Royale, Ginger Minj, Alyssa Edwards, and Roxxxy Andrews are among the past contestants on what TV reality show?

Answer

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Correct: 91%

99. What man, who became the first graphic designer to be awarded the National Medal of the Arts in 2009, designed the ubiquitous I ♥ NY logo?

Answer

Milton Glaser

Correct: 11%

100. Muji, a retail chain that specializes in minimalistic, unbranded household goods and is often compared to IKEA, is headquartered in what country?

Answer

Japan

Correct: 83%

101. What rapper, who died in a 2019 shooting, had a stage name that referenced a comedian known for his appearances as a game show panelist?

Answer

Nipsey Hussle

Correct: 64%

102. What is the name of the diverse family of lizards, whose over 1,500 described species include the blue-tongued, the blue-tailed, and the common five-lined?

Answer

Skink

Correct: 44%

103. A 2014 mobile puzzle game featuring princess Ida navigating a series of surreal optical illusions shares its name with what region of the American Southwest?

Answer

Monument Valley

Correct: 35%

104. Olivia Colman, who portrays Queen Elizabeth II in the latest season of The Crown, also played the role of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in what 2018 film (for which she won the Best Actress Oscar)?

Answer

The Favourite

Correct: 82%

105. Hibernia is the Classical Latin name for what island?

Answer

Ireland

Correct: 75%

106. What is the publishing term for the inscription within a book or manuscript that gives details of its publication, such as the name of the printer and the date of the printing?

Answer

Colophon

Correct: 13%

107. Aside from humans, name one of the two types of animals can be seen in Georges Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte.

Answer

Dog, Monkey

Correct: 73%

108. Often called “the first modern lesbian” for her openness about her sexuality, what is the name of the 19th century English woman whose four-millionword diary was written partially in a code devised with her first love?

Answer

Anne Lister (“Gentleman Jack” OK)

Correct: 8%

109. What is the scientific name for the soft spot on a human infant’s skull, comprising soft gaps between cranial bones that typically fully close by the age of two?

Answer

Fontanelle

Correct: 63%

110. Craig Perret, Javier Castellano, and Royal Delta are among those who have been inducted into the hall of fame for what sport?

Answer

Horse Racing

Correct: 52%

111. What is the only PG-rated film created by John Waters?

Answer

Hairspray (1988)

Correct: 81%

112. What was the name of the digital encyclopedia published by Microsoft from 1993 to 2009?

Answer

Encarta

Correct: 96%

113. What is the surname of the American family most known for their gospel, soul, and R&B recordings, whose members include Roebuck “Pops” and his children Cleotha, Pervis, Mavis, and Yvonne?

Answer

Staples

Correct: 73%

114. A symbol of opposition against employers or nonunion contractors, what type of animal is often represented in giant inflatable form alongside striking workers?

Answer

Rat

Correct: 66%

115. An 1889 short story by Hans Christian Andersen focuses on a poor young girl on New Year’s Eve, struggling to sell what type of product on the street?

Answer

Matches

Correct: 74%

116. Mike, Robbie, and Richard “Chip” Douglas were the original title characters in what sitcom that ran from 1960 until 1972?

Answer

My Three Sons

Correct: 86%

117. Immigrating to the U.S. from what is now Ukraine at the age of one in 1887, what singer, comedian, and actress was nicknamed “The Last of the Red Hot Mamas”?

Answer

Sophie Tucker

Correct: 14%

118. What fictional detective created by Rex Stout lives in a New York City brownstone with his chef/butler Fritz Brenner and his orchid expert Theodore Horstmann?

Answer

Nero Wolfe

Correct: 36%

119. What was the three-word name for the group of U.S. Army volunteers that formed the core of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

Answer

Corps of Discovery

Correct: 27%

120. What is the more familial name for the 1871 painting Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1?

Answer

Whistler’s Mother

Correct: 84%

121. The actress who portrays Rainbow Johnson on the ABC sitcom Black-ish is the daughter of what famous Motown recording artist?

Answer

Diana Ross

Correct: 74%

122. What luxury car brand employs a logo featuring a red cross and a crowned viper swallowing a human (albeit a very stylized human)?

Answer

Alfa Romeo

Correct: 63%

123. Along with William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, and Alan Campbell, what member of the Algonquin Round Table cowrote the screenplay for the original 1937 film A Star is Born?

Answer

Dorothy Parker

Correct: 70%

124. What is the four-letter name of the photography mobile app which has lent its name to fashion trend that typically involves “retro” accessories like scrunchies, puka shell necklaces, and Birkenstock sandals?

Answer

VSCO

Correct: 65%

125. A 17th century opera by Baroque composer Henry Purcell recounts the tale of what first queen of Carthage and her relationship with Trojan hero Aeneas?

Answer

Dido

Correct: 66%

126. What is the name of the 1931 Academy Award-winning film set during and after the Oklahoma Land Rush, whose title refers to an unofficial name for the territory that today makes up Oklahoma’s panhandle?

Answer

Cimarron

Correct: 37%

127. Home to over 10 million people, what is the most populous county in the United States? The county has nearly twice as many people as Cook County, Illinois, the second-most populous county.

Answer

Los Angeles County, California

Correct: 74%

128. James “Jimmy” McGill is the birth name of the fictional television character best known by what alias? The character first appeared on Breaking Bad and later received his own spin-off. (First and last name required.)

Answer

Saul Goodman

Correct: 83%

129. What type of competition occurs in a velodrome?

Answer

Cycling

Correct: 93%

130. Runnymede, a water-meadow alongside the Thames in the English county of Surrey, is the most likely location at which King John sealed what historic document?

Answer

Magna Carta

Correct: 98%

131. Named for a city in the Netherlands, what is the device pictured here?

6-131

Answer

Leiden Jar

Correct: 51%

132. What performing arts group, which promotes the Falun Gong religion through classical Chinese dance, is being advertised in this image?

6-132

Answer

Shen Yun

Correct: 75%

133. This image depicts what flute-playing Southwest Native American fertility deity?

6-133

Answer

Kokopelli

Correct: 65%

134. What is the name of this contemporary country music performer?

6-134

Answer

Orville Peck

Correct: 17%

135. The names of what two colors have been redacted in this image? (Order does not matter.)

6-135

Answer

White, Blue

Correct: 75%

136. What American artist is the sculptor of the work seen here?

6-136

Answer

Frederic Remington

Correct: 59%

137. From the French for “sliding door,” what is the name of the type of gate seen here?

6-137

Answer

Portcullis

Correct: 75%

138. What type of sleeve does this shirt have? It was named for a 19th century British Army officer.

Answer

Raglan

Correct: 61%

139. What outsider artist/musician created this image for his 1983 album Hi, How Are You?

6-139

Answer

Daniel Johnston

Correct: 30%

140. What psychologist developed the “hierarchy of needs” seen here?

6-140

Answer

Abraham Maslow

Correct: 85%