Today's Trivia Questions

1

For creating the best-kept movie secret of 1992, writer-director Neil Jordan won the Oscar for Best Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Achievement in Directing, while his film was also nominated for Best Picture of the Year. For which film?

2

According to the U.S. flag code, no flag may fly higher than a U.S. flag. What is the one place in this country where another flag is legally permitted to fly higher than the U.S. flag?

6

Which country had banned the sale of the original "Grand Theft Auto"?

13

What art technique creates images by assembling different materials such as photographs and fabric?

17

The word "aspirin" is a generic term today, but in the 19th century it was a brand name for a new wonder drug developed by what company?

9

The car known as a jeep got its name during World War II by soldiers who referred to it in what manner?

6

This glamorous, mysterious German movie star, first popular in the 1920's, refused an offer to return to Nazi Germany, and instead became an anti-Nazi propagandist during WWII. Who is she?

8

What type of headgear has the same name as a city in Morocco?

14

Which planet has the shortest day of any planet in our solar system - only 9 hours and 55 minutes?

10

In his work Metamorphoses, the Roman poet of love, Ovid, created a god of dreams, after whom a drug is named. Who was this god?

3

One of the ingredients of LSD is lysergic acid, which is found in the seeds of what common flower?

16

This town in Switzerland is a famous winter sports center and year-round resort town. The Winter Olympics were held there in 1928 and 1948. What is the town's name?

4

The Republican Party first appeared on the U.S. Presidential ballot in which of these years: 1826, 1856, or 1860?

9

In Bay Area there is an organization called "Lovers of the Stinking Rose," dedicated to what miracle bulb?

10

What is the International Labour Organization commonly abbreviated as?