Daily Trivia (September 15, 2021) Good Times and General Knowledge Quiz
Written by Daniel Rackley
Last updated · 4 min play time
We have all kinds of excellent questions for you today, including one about the show "Good Times", Harley-Davidson, and Nelson Mandela. Good luck!
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Daniel RackleyDaily Trivia 9/15/2021 Quiz Questions
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Question 1
Nelson Mandela became President of which nation in 1994?
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AKenya
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BSouth Africa
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CChad
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DAlgeria
South Africa
In 1994, Nelson Mandela made history by becoming the President of South Africa. He would serve as President until 1999.
Question 2
Former NBA player Chuck Connors played 'Lucas McCain' on which television show?
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AFather Knows Best
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BGunsmoke
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CBonanza
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DThe Rifleman
The Rifleman
For 168 episodes, Chuck Connors played 'Lucas McCain' on "The Rifleman", which ran for five seasons on ABC.
Question 3
In which American city did Harley-Davidson have its first manufacturing site?
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ABoise
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BLos Angeles
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CTampa
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DMilwaukee
Milwaukee
Harley-Davidson built its very first facility for producing motorcycles in Milwaukee in 1906. The next year, the company produced 15 motorcycles.
Question 4
Which of the following is one of the continents to which the hummingbird is indigenous?
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ANorth America
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BEurope
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CAfrica
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DAsia
North America
Hummingbirds are indigenous to North and South America.
Question 5
Which of the following Asian rivers does NOT flow into the Indian Ocean?
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AZambezi
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BSaigon
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CIndus
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DGanges
Saigon
The Saigon River empties into the South China Sea and is not connected to the Indian Ocean.
Question 6
On the show "Good Times", the character of 'James Evans' was played by which of the following actors?
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ASidney Poitier
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BJohn Amos
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CWally Amos
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DBen Vereen
John Amos
The great John Amos played 'James Evans' on the sitcom "Good Times".
Question 7
Which President of the United States spent time stranded on a deserted island in 1943?
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AJohn F. Kennedy
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BRichard Nixon
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CGerald Ford
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DGeorge H. W. Bush
John F. Kennedy
When John F. Kennedy was in command of Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 during World War II, a Japanese ship rammed the boat and the crew swam to an uninhabited island. Today the small spit of land is known as Kennedy Island.
Question 8
Which of the following was the first ship to respond to the distress calls of the RMS Titanic?
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ARMS Carpathia
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BRMS Olympic
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CUSS Enterprise
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DHMS Rodney
RMS Carpathia
When the fateful Titanic disaster took place in 1912, the first ship that responded to her calls for help was the RMS Carpathia.
Question 9
Which of the following is the largest city by population in Spain?
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ABarcelona
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BValencia
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CRota
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DMadrid
Madrid
Spain's capital city of Madrid is also the largest by population with an estimated 5.2 million people.
Question 10
Which of the following baseball players was known as "Big Train"?
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ARollie Fingers
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BSteve Carlton
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CNolan Ryan
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DWalter Johnson
Walter Johnson
Walter "Big Train" Johnson was a pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1907 until 1927.
Question 11
Which of the following NBA stars was drafted in 1981 by the Detroit Pistons?
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ADennis Rodman
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BGrant Hill
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CLarry Bird
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DIsaiah Thomas
Isaiah Thomas
Isiah Thomas was drafted in 1981 by the Detroit Pistons and spent his entire NBA career with the team.
Question 12
Which of the following actors did NOT lend their voice to one of the first four "Toy Story" movies?
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AChris Rock
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BTom Hanks
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CTim Allen
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DDon Rickles
Chris Rock
Despite lending his vocal talents to other animated projects, Chris Rock did not lend his voice to any of the first four movies in the "Toy Story" series.
Question 13
Edmund Hillary, the first mountaineer to reach the summit of Mount Everest, was from which of the following countries?
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AUnited States
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BGreat Britain
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CNorway
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DNew Zealand
New Zealand
Sir Edmund Hillary was born in Auckland, New Zealand in July of 1919.
Question 14
What is the chemical symbol for Uranium?
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AUa
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BU
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CUr
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DUn
U
U is the chemical symbol for uranium.
Question 15
Which of the following songs was on Madonna's debut studio album?
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ALike A Virgin
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BHoliday
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CMaterial Girl
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DTrue Blue
Holiday
"Holiday" was the fifth track on Madonna's debut studio album, simply titled "Madonna".
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TWO screenjumps today. I really had 13, not 11.