stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Embassy Athens Trivia Night Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Embassy Athens Trivia Night
Embassy Athens Trivia Night
51 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
22 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
51 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
51
Answers
1
Ray Charles' 1954 song "I Got a Woman" was notably sampled in what chart-topping 2005 song?
"Gold Digger" by Kayne West Featuring Jamie Foxx
"Long Way to Go" by Gwen Stefani featuring Andre 300o
"Run It" by Chris Brown
"Beverly Hills" by Weezer
2
What 2 word term was famously used in the Watergate transcripts to replace profanity from the Nixon White House?
Word Redacted
Expletive Deleted
Word Censored
Profanity Removed
3
In
Top Gun
, Maverick's Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) was Goose, and his rival pilot is Iceman. Who is Iceman's RIO?
Merlin
Jester
Slider
Viper
4
The #1 song from 2019 was "Old Town Road". What song from
Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse
was the #2 song for 2019?
"Invincible"
"What's Up Danger"
"Sunflower"
"Way Up"
5
The catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam 05/31/1889, killed over 2200 people in what Pennsylvania city?
Allegheny
Philadelphia
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
6
In the Neil Simon play The Odd Couple, who was Felix Ungar's roommate?
Oscar Madison
Vinnie
Roy
Murray
7
What is the city known as "Charm City"?
Madison, WI
Austin, TX
Baltimore, MD
Charlotte, NC
8
Who directed the 1986 classic
Top Gun
, only his second feature film as director?
Terrence Mallick
Oliver Stone
Tony Scott
Ridley Scott
9
Which former leader of Egypt, ousted in the 2011 uprising, passed away February 25th at age 91?
Hosni Mubarek
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Adli Mansour
Mohamed Morsi
10
Daniel Arap Moi, who passed away Feb 4 at the age of 95, was head of state for 24 years of what country?
Kenya
Ghana
Nigeria
11
Amy Klobuchar has represented Minn in the Senate since '07, who is Minnesota's other Senator, serving since '18?
Joni Ernst
Richard Blumenthal
Susan Collins
Tina Smith
12
The full name of what 2001 legislation includes the phrase "Providing Appropriate Tools Required"?
USA Patriot Act
The Juvenile Justice Act
The National Waterways Act
13
What organization did Great Lakes shipping magnate George Steinbrenner purchase from CBS in 1973?
Boston Red Sox
NY Mets
NY Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays
14
"The face that launched a thousand ships", according to Marlowe's
Doctor Faustus?
Queen of Sheba
Cassandra
Helen of Troy
Cleopatra
15
What was the nickname of James Bell, MLB Hall of Fame member, who played pro baseball from 1922-46?
"Cool Papa" Bell
"Quick Fire" Bell
"The Ringer" Bell
"Taco" Bell
16
Which English author, who died in 1946, wrote The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds and The Island of Dr. Moreau?
H.G. Wells
JR Tolkien
George Orwell
17
What is the stage name of Marion Morrison (1907-1979)?
Clint Eastwood
Gary Cooper
John Wayne
Robert Duvall
18
Where on the U.S. Embassy compound can you find products manufactured by Zurn Corporation?
Restrooms
Office Spaces
Cafeteria
19
What is the showbiz name of Canadian-born Aubrey Graham, who started in acting and then turned to music?
Kanye
Chris Brown
Jay Z
Drake
20
What's the connection with the last 9 answers?
Answers form the word "Smarter"
Answers are from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet (or ICAO, or ITU)
Answers all start with consonants
21
31 year old Carrie Symonds announced that she is expecting a baby with her partner. What's their address?
10 Downing Street
39 Acacia Street
123 Normal Street
221 B Baker Street
22
Telemundo asked 3 presidential candidates to name the president of Mexico, only 1 could. Who is the current president?
Emilio Portes Gil
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Abelardo Rodriguez
Benito Juarez
23
Wyoming, the least populous state, has a single representative in the U.S. House. Who is this rep?
Phillip Perry
Mike Enzi
Liz Cheney
Cynthia Lummis
24
Who was the professional golfer known as "the Great White Shark" or "the Shark"?
Rory McIlroy
Greg Norman
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
25
What is the largest American-owned brewing company?
Samuel Adams
Yeungling
Pabst Brewing Co.
Anheuser Busch
26
Les Miserables
and
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
are among the best known novels of what French writer?
Victor Hugo
Voltaire
Jules Verne
Marcel Proust
27
Which Gaelic sport, one of the fastest field sports in the world, has players trying to hit a sliotar through goal posts
Rugby
Hurling
Curling
28
What is the longest river in Asia?
Ganges
Yangtze River
Indus River
29
What was the name of the NHL team that moved to Denver and became the Colorado Avalanche in 1995?
Montreal Canadians
Vancouver Canucks
Quebec Nordiques
30
Dow Jones Industrial Avg is a stock mkt index that measures the performance of how many large publicly-traded companies?
50
100
20
30
31
In microbiology, what is the "powerhouse of the cell"?
Ribosome
Nucleus
Lysosome
Mitochondria/Mitochondrion
32
Who's the best DCM?
D. Burger
All of the Above
Mr. Burger
David Burger
33
Which actress played Carole Bradshaw, Goose's wife, in
Top Gun
?
Linda Rae Jurgens
Kelly McGillis
Meg Ryan
34
In the 1986 classic
Top Gun
, what was the real name of Tom Cruise's character, "Maverick"?
Pete Mitchell
Mike Metcalf
Nick Bradshaw
Tom Kazansky
35
What is the name of the country known as the "Aotearoa" or "long white cloud"?
New Zealand
The Philipines
Trinidad and Tobago
Singapore
36
What was the catchphrase of Jimmie Walker's character J.J. from the 1970's series "Good Times"?
Psyche!
Far Out!
Dynomite
Can you dig it?
37
Who sang "Danger Zone" from the soundtrack of
Top Gun
?
Teena Marie
Loverboy
Cheap Trick
Kenny Loggins
38
Which volcano erupted in Guatemala in 2019?
Santa Maria
Popocate
Pacaya
Fuego
39
The deadliest aviation accident occurred when 2 Boeing 747s collided on the runway in 1977, at what airport?
Cairo International Airport
Los Rodeos Airport, Tenerife, Spain
La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City
Schipol Airport, Amsterdam
40
What is the colorful name for the largest storm in the solar system, 22 degrees south of Jupiter's equator?
The Great Red Spot
The Great Storm
The Red Storm
The Great Red Dot
41
In what 1948 film did someone say to Humphrey Bogart's character "I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!"?
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Dark Passage
Sabrina
Key Largo
42
Who defeated Trevor Berbick on November 22, 1986, to become the youngest heavyweight world champ ever?
Evander Holyfield
Lennox Lewis
Mike Tyson
43
What 3 actors starred as the main characters in the 1987 comedy
Three Men and a Baby
?
Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg & Ted Danson
John Stamos, Bob Saget & Dave Coulier
Tom Selleck, Ted Danson & John Stamos
44
Rick Perry was former Secretary of Energy & Governor of Texas. Who replaced him as TX Governor in 2013?
Ted Cruz
Greg Abbott
Mike Morath
Ken Paxton
45
The 24th Amendment to the Constitution, said that voting rights shouldn't be denied on the basis of what?
Basis of age
Failure to pay poll tax or any tax
Gender
46
The U.S.-Taliban peace deal stipulates that talks between the Taliban and Ghani's government must begin by what date?
February 10
May 20
March 10
April 15
47
Claire Danes & Leonardo DiCaprio were the title characters in what 1996 Baz Luhrmann romantic crime tragedy film?
The Great Gatsby
Romeo and Juliet
Titanic
Brokedown Palace
48
Two Swiss skaters, Werner Groebli and Hansruedi Mauch, known for their comedy ice routine from 1936-53 were known as?
Flip and Flop
Frick and Frack
Silly and Slippery
49
Who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her role as Tina Turner in the 1993 film,
What's Love Got to Do With It
?
Lena Horne
Whitney Houston
Angela Bassett
Halle Berry
50
The colorful nickname of the Minnesota Vikings' defensive line in the 70's was?
Minnesota Men
Purple People Eaters
Viking Destroyers
Purple Vikings
51
The Real Housewives (of Atlanta, New Jersey...) reality TV series all appear on what network?
Bravo
The CW
USA Network
TLC