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20 Question Trivia - Week of 9/16/2019

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1. Television: Announced on July 16th of this year and set to be awarded at a ceremony on September 22, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, what series received 14 Emmy nominations in major categories, 3 more than any other series?

2. Music: What 1991 album, the second studio album by the act, which has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, and whose cover features Spencer Elden (currently age 29 and living in Los Angeles), is, according to "Rolling Stone", the #1 album of the 1990s?

3. Current Events: On September 9, 2019, President Donald Trump asked for the resignation of John Bolton, a former Fox News Channel commentator and Ambassador to the United Nations under George W. Bush, who held what role in the Trump administration?

4. Economics/Geography: What city, founded circa 600BC by Celtic Insubres, at one time the capital of the Western Roman Empire, is considered one of the "Four Motors for Europe", and has the third largest GDP for a metro area on the continent, trailing only London and Paris?

5. Tennis: At the U.S. Open in 1987, a diamond line bracelet fell off the arm of what winner of eighteen Grand Slam titles, about which she said, "I dropped my tennis bracelet"? This is the origin of the term "tennis bracelet" for line bracelets of diamonds or other gems.

6. Movies: According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, what film series, based on a cartoon series which ran for four seasons from 1984 through 1987, occupies the #1 spot on the list of highest grossing movies based on TV cartoons? It also occupies spots #2, #3, and #4.

7. History: What New York City printer, who published The New York Weekly Journal which voiced opinions critical of the colonial governor, William Cosby, was arrested and accused of libel in 1734, then acquitted, becoming a colonial symbol of freedom of the press?

8. Chemistry/Jewelry: Rose gold, an alloy popular in early nineteenth century Russia, which has regained popularity this century, combines 75% gold, 2.75% silver, and 22.25% of what other element which gives it its color? This element is also in red and pink gold alloys.

9. Business: What brand icon, who first appeared on October 30, 1988 and was a direct parody of a competitor's mascot, has appeared in commercials for "Sitagin Hemorrhoid Remedy", "Nasotine Sinus Relief", and "TresCafe Coffee"?

10. Literature: What 1959 Hugo Award winning short story from Daniel Keyes, which was adapted into a novel released in 1966, and was the basis for the 1968 Oscar winning film "Charly", is a story about a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence?

11. Television: What show, which began airing in 1982, centered on a field agent of the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG), a modern-day crime fighter typically shown assisting average citizens or ethical corporate leaders who were being bullied by criminals?

12. World Politics: The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, an agreement reached in Vienna in 2015 between the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany), along with the EU, concerns what world situation?

13. Movies/Music: What patriotic 1985 film contains songs on its soundtrack featuring the lyrics "Two worlds collide, Rival nations", "Rules and regulations have no meaning anymore", and "You may not be looking for the promised land, But you might find it anyway"?

14. Geography/Travel: What tiny European territory is so small that the runway at its only International Airport intersects its main roads, such that the road must be closed to traffic whenever a plane, often a Monarch Airlines flight, takes off or lands?

15. MLB: What left fielder and first baseman, who played for 23 years, and who took home the MVP the year he also won the Triple Crown, played 3,308 games in total, all for one franchise? His total is more than anyone else has played for a single team in their career.

16. Mythology: In Hesiod's "Theogony", what mythical creatures, which Zeus frees from the dark pit of Tartarus, provides him with his epic thunderbolt, as well as Hades' "helmet of darkness" and Poseidon's trident, which the gods then use to defeat the Titans?

17. Stage/Screen: Mr. Bojangles, an American tap dancer and actor, the best known and most highly paid African-American entertainer in the first half of the twentieth century, was the name given to what entertainer due to his happy-go-lucky energy?

18. History: In England and Normandy, the period between 1135 and 1153, during the succession crisis between Henry I's death and the Treaty of Wallingford in which his grandson ascended to the throne as Henry II, typically goes by what name?

19. Technology: What programming language, developed by John Backus at IBM, which was developed in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications, dominated this area of programming early on and has been in continuous use for over six decades?

20. Writing: A protagonist, from the Ancient Greek meaning 'one who plays the first part, chief actor', is the main character of a story. What name, also derived from Ancient Greek, is given to the next most important character in a story after the protagonist?

 

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