Fun Trivia | Quizzes | Games | People | Services | Help | Me
Register - Log In
Chessart's Tenth Millionaire Quiz

Crafted by Trivia Architect chessart

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Millionaire Style : Chessart's Tenth Millionaire Quiz

Introduction:
"Questions start easy and get harder as you go along."


1. Bull, hammerhead, whale, and white are all types of:
    otters
    falcons
    sharks
    bears


2. Which actor won the best actor Oscar for 'On the Waterfront' (1954) and 'The Godfather' (1972)?
    Rod Steiger
    Lee J. Cobb
    Marlon Brando
    Kark Malden


3. What does the Latin phrase 'e pluribus unum' mean?
    From many, one.
    It only takes one.
    In God we trust.
    Many are called, but few are chosen.


4. Which body of water lies between Greece and Turkey?
    the Aegean Sea
    the Caspian Sea
    the Adriatic Sea
    the Red Sea


5. Which country so dominated tennis during the 1950's and 1960's that it won 15 of the 20 Davis Cup competitions during those years?
    United States
    Australia
    India
    Sweden


6. What is a compositon for orchestra and a soloist called?
    an aria
    a concerto
    a sonata
    a cantata


7. Marion Tinsley was the long-time world champion in which game or sport?
    checkers
    pente
    darts
    othello


8. Cu is the chemical symbol for which element?
    calcium
    carbon
    copper
    cobalt


9. Name the composer who wrote 'Rhapsody in Blue', considered the best-known orchestral piece by an American.
    George Gershwin
    Irving Berlin
    Duke Ellington
    Cole Porter


10. The Nobel Peace Prize is given out in what city?
    Stockholm
    Oslo
    Helsinki
    Copenhagen


11. Which legendary architect designed Fallingwater, the home in Pennsylvania which has been called 'the most famous residence ever built'?
    Buckminster Fuller
    Frank Lloyd Wright
    I. M. Pei
    Maya Lin


12. Why did People magazine name Andrew Wiles one of the 25 most intriguing people of 1993?
    for his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem
    for his hot-air ballooning exploits
    for his books popularizing history for a mass audience
    for bicycling around the world


13. The Keukenhof, which claims to be the world's largest flower garden, is located in which country?
    Bulgaria
    Germany
    Portugal
    the Netherlands


14. As of 2002, which country has never hosted the Olympic games, either summer or winter?
    Belgium
    The Netherlands
    Spain
    Portugal


15. If I lived in Russia and owned a dacha, what would I have?
    a motorcycle
    a summer house in the country
    a harem
    the right to preferential treatment by the government


report error/typo/spelling mistake (new window)
Copyright, FunTrivia.com. All Rights Reserved.
Legal / Conditions of Use