Daily Trivia (August 9, 2020) Best Actor and General Knowledge Quiz

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Hello everyone and welcome to your Daily Trivia for August 9, 2020!
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!

Daily Trivia 8/9/2020 Quiz Questions

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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"?

  • A
    Daniel Day-Lewis
  • B
    Jack Lemmon
  • C
    Gene Hackman
  • D
    Kevin Spacey

Question 2

What is the largest city by population in the state of Idaho?

  • A
    McCall
  • B
    Mountain Home
  • C
    Boise
  • D
    Nampa

Question 3

The NBA Championship trophy is named after which of the following men?

  • A
    Jerry West
  • B
    Larry O'Brien
  • C
    Bill Russell
  • D
    David Stern

Question 4

What American town holds the distinction of nearly all of its residents living inside one high-rise building?

  • A
    New York, New York
  • B
    Whittier, Alaska
  • C
    Atlanta, GA
  • D
    Oscoda, Michigan

Question 5

Which Best Picture winner is the only one to receive an X rating?

  • A
    The Lost Weekend
  • B
    Gentleman's Agreement
  • C
    Midnight Cowboy
  • D
    The Hurt Locker

Question 6

Who of the following won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 81st Academy Awards?

  • A
    Mickey Rourke
  • B
    Sean Penn
  • C
    Frank Langella
  • D
    Brad Pitt

Question 7

What is the largest city in Scotland by population?

  • A
    Glasgow
  • B
    Edinburgh
  • C
    Dundee
  • D
    Broxburn

Question 8

How many career strikeouts did Nolan Ryan have?

  • A
    4,562
  • B
    4,758
  • C
    5,714
  • D
    5,321

Question 9

Which of the following is the boiling point of rubbing alcohol?

  • A
    150.5°F
  • B
    135.5°F
  • C
    180.5°F
  • D
    172.5°F

Question 10

Which President of the United States established the Congressional Medal of Honor?

  • A
    Abraham Lincoln
  • B
    Harry Truman
  • C
    George Washington
  • D
    John Adams

Question 11

Which of the following is the name of the architect that designed the White House?

  • A
    Norman Foster
  • B
    Frank Gehry
  • C
    James Hoban
  • D
    Walter Gropius

Question 12

What is the name of the last major motion picture that was released in the Betamax format?

  • A
    Mission Impossible
  • B
    The Terminator
  • C
    Batman
  • D
    The Godfather

Question 13

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were two of the three founders of Apple Computers. Who of the following was the third?

  • A
    Michael Dell
  • B
    Paul Allen
  • C
    Bill Gates
  • D
    Ronald Wayne

Question 14

Apart from jumping, kangaroos are known for fleeing from predators using which tactic?

  • A
    Running backwards
  • B
    Playing dead
  • C
    Climbing
  • D
    Swimming

Question 15

Which "king of con men" invented a fake country for his victims to invest in?

  • A
    Adriaan Nieuwoudt
  • B
    Sean Connery
  • C
    J. David Dominelli
  • D
    Greg McGregor

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Very po' performance.

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