Daily Trivia (August 4, 2021) Barney Miller and General Knowledge Quiz

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Hello everyone and welcome to your Daily Trivia for August 4, 2021!
We have all kinds of excellent questions for you today, including one about the show "Barney Miller", the state of Michigan, and McDonald's founder Ray Croc. Good luck!

Daily Trivia 8/4/2021 Quiz Questions

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Question 1

Which of the following actors played the titular role on the television series "Barney Miller"?

  • A
    Abe Vigoda
  • B
    Don Knotts
  • C
    Hal Linden
  • D
    Jack Lemmon

Question 2

Which of the following is the largest city by population in the state of Michigan?

  • A
    Detroit
  • B
    Flint
  • C
    Omer
  • D
    Ann Arbor

Question 3

Who of the following was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

  • A
    Brezhnev
  • B
    Yeltsin
  • C
    Khrushchev
  • D
    Stalin

Question 4

Which of the following was invented by Melville R. Bissell?

  • A
    Indoor carpeting
  • B
    Integrated circuit
  • C
    Carpet sweeper
  • D
    Motorized tie rack

Question 5

Which river makes up the eastern border of the state of Iowa?

  • A
    Missouri River
  • B
    Big Sioux River
  • C
    Mississippi River
  • D
    Tennessee River

Question 6

Which of the following actors played 'Doc Hostetler' in the John Wayne movie "The Shootist"?

  • A
    James Stewart
  • B
    William Cannon
  • C
    Bing Crosby
  • D
    Ed Asner

Question 7

Which First Lady of the United States started the first White House library?

  • A
    Martha Washington
  • B
    Abigail Fillmore
  • C
    Mary Lincoln
  • D
    Lady Bird Johnson

Question 8

Who of the following invented the glass armonica, a musical instrument made up of a series of tuned spinning bowls?

  • A
    Sir Edward Elgar
  • B
    Benjamin Franklin
  • C
    Dean Shostak
  • D
    Thomas Edison

Question 9

Which of the following Madonna songs is on her third studio album "True Blue"?

  • A
    Borderline
  • B
    Like a Prayer
  • C
    Holiday
  • D
    La Isla Bonita

Question 10

Which American track and field star was the first to win four gold medals in a single Olympics games?

  • A
    Carl Lewis
  • B
    Alvin Kraenzlein
  • C
    James Lightbody
  • D
    Jesse Owens

Question 11

Which of the following actors played Ray Croc, the founder of McDonald's, in the 2016 film "The Founder"?

  • A
    Kevin Kline
  • B
    Aaron Paul
  • C
    John Cusack
  • D
    Michael Keaton

Question 12

Which team did the New England Patriots play against in their second Super Bowl appearance?

  • A
    Detroit Lions
  • B
    San Francisco 49ers
  • C
    Dallas Cowboys
  • D
    Green Bay Packers

Question 13

Which of the following bridges is the longest bridge in Europe?

  • A
    Vizcaya Bridge
  • B
    Guadiana International Bridge
  • C
    Vasco da Gama Bridge
  • D
    Merida Bridge

Question 14

Mars takes approximately how many Earth days to travel once around the Sun?

  • A
    243
  • B
    687
  • C
    466
  • D
    890

Question 15

How many toes does an ostrich have on each foot?

  • A
    Six
  • B
    Three
  • C
    Four
  • D
    Two

Comments (3)

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I answered a few of them correctly but it said I was incorrect!

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8 in a row! Then 1 out of 7! WOOHOO!!

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#11 - How did Owens set/equal 9 Olympic records in only winning 4 events? Even if he equaled an existing Olympic record in losing other events, that would only be a statistical footnote since the winners would now have the Olympic record, not him.

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