Daily Trivia (August 9, 2020) Best Actor and General Knowledge Quiz
Written by Daniel Rackley
Last updated · 5 min play time
We have all kinds of excellent questions for you, including one about a winner of the Best Actor Oscar, the last major film released on Betamax, and the legendary Nolan Ryan. Good luck!
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Question 1
Which actor won his first Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying painter and writer Christy Brown in the 1989 movie "My Left Foot"?
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ADaniel Day-Lewis
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BJack Lemmon
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CGene Hackman
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DKevin Spacey
Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis took home the first Oscar of his career for his portrayal of Christy Brown in the movie "My Left Foot".
Question 2
What is the largest city by population in the state of Idaho?
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AMcCall
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BMountain Home
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CBoise
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DNampa
Boise
The Idaho state capital city of Boise is also the largest by population with an estimated 226,000 residents.
Question 3
The NBA Championship trophy is named after which of the following men?
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AJerry West
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BLarry O'Brien
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CBill Russell
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DDavid Stern
Larry O'Brien
O'Brien served as the commissioner of the NBA from 1975-84.
Question 4
What American town holds the distinction of nearly all of its residents living inside one high-rise building?
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ANew York, New York
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BWhittier, Alaska
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CAtlanta, GA
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DOscoda, Michigan
Whittier, Alaska
Whittier is a town in Alaska that sits on the site of a former military facility. With approximately 220 permanent residents, nearly all of them live in one fourteen story building.
Question 5
Which Best Picture winner is the only one to receive an X rating?
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AThe Lost Weekend
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BGentleman's Agreement
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CMidnight Cowboy
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DThe Hurt Locker
Midnight Cowboy
After the X rating became synonymous with the kind of movies you think of when you hear "X-rated," the film, about a wide-eyed hustler who moves to New York City, was given an R rating in 1971 — without anything actually being changed or removed.
Question 6
Who of the following won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 81st Academy Awards?
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AMickey Rourke
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BSean Penn
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CFrank Langella
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DBrad Pitt
Sean Penn
Sean Penn took home the Oscar for Best Actor at the 81st Academy Awards for his role in the movie "Milk".
Question 7
What is the largest city in Scotland by population?
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AGlasgow
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BEdinburgh
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CDundee
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DBroxburn
Glasgow
The largest city by population in the country of Scotland is Glasgow, with an estimated population of 626,000 residents.
Question 8
How many career strikeouts did Nolan Ryan have?
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A4,562
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B4,758
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C5,714
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D5,321
5,714
Nolan Ryan holds the record for the most career strikeouts with 5,714. His record is considered unbreakable, as he leads Randy Johnson, number 2, by 839 strikeouts. He also holds the record for no-hitters with seven and the number of bases on balls with 2,795.
Question 9
Which of the following is the boiling point of rubbing alcohol?
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A150.5°F
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B135.5°F
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C180.5°F
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D172.5°F
180.5°F
If you were to try to boil rubbing alcohol, you would have to get the liquid to 180.5°F.
Question 10
Which President of the United States established the Congressional Medal of Honor?
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AAbraham Lincoln
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BHarry Truman
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CGeorge Washington
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DJohn Adams
Abraham Lincoln
In 1861, President Lincoln signed into law the act that created the Medal of Honor.
Question 11
Which of the following is the name of the architect that designed the White House?
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ANorman Foster
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BFrank Gehry
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CJames Hoban
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DWalter Gropius
James Hoban
Inspired by the Leinster House in Dublin, Ireland, Irish-born architect James Hoban designed the White House.
Question 12
What is the name of the last major motion picture that was released in the Betamax format?
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AMission Impossible
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BThe Terminator
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CBatman
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DThe Godfather
Mission Impossible
Despite having lost the battle for home video supremacy in the 1980s, the last studio release of a major motion picture on Betamax was of the 1996 film "Mission Impossible".
Question 13
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were two of the three founders of Apple Computers. Who of the following was the third?
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AMichael Dell
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BPaul Allen
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CBill Gates
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DRonald Wayne
Ronald Wayne
Ronald Wayne, one of Apple's three co-founders, sold his interests not long after the founding of the company in the 1970s.
Question 14
Apart from jumping, kangaroos are known for fleeing from predators using which tactic?
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ARunning backwards
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BPlaying dead
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CClimbing
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DSwimming
Swimming
Aside from jumping, a kangaroo can be seen swimming away from a predator.
Question 15
Which "king of con men" invented a fake country for his victims to invest in?
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AAdriaan Nieuwoudt
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BSean Connery
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CJ. David Dominelli
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DGreg McGregor
Greg McGregor
We've seen some wild ones so far, but imagine having the gall to invent your own country. That's exactly what Scottish con man, Gregor MacGregor (whose real name even sounds fake), did in the early 1820s. The country was called Poyais, a paradise in the Caribbean, a plot of land you'd be stupid not to invest in. A guidebook at the time called the faux nation “one of the most healthy and beautiful spots in the world.” But little did investors know, that "healthy, beautiful spot" was a complete fairy tale told by the country's so-called "Cazique" (prince), MacGregor.
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Very po' performance.