November 2015 - Trivia Questions and Answers - TriviaQA

The Rolling Stones Trivia

This multi-instrumentalist drowned in his own swimming pool in 1969

Answer: Brian Jones

The New York Times Historic Headlines Trivia

A medical milestone December 4, 1967: “Heart transplant keeps man alive in” this country

Answer: South Africa

The Rolling Stones Trivia

He pranced out on his own with the 1985 solo album “She’s the Boss”

Answer: Mick Jagger

The New York Times Historic Headlines Trivia

April 19, 1906: “Over 500 dead, $200,000 lost in” this disaster– “nearly half the city is in ruins”

Answer: the San Francisco earthquake

The Rolling Stones Trivia

After 30 years, this bassist retired from the band in 1992

Answer: Bill Wyman

The New York Times Historic Headlines Trivia

June 29, 1914: “Heir to” this country’s “throne is slain with his wife by a Bosnian youth” (leading to World War I)

Answer: Austria-Hungary

The Rolling Stones Trivia

This multi-instrumentalist drowned in his own swimming pool in 1969

Answer: Brian Jones

The New York Times Historic Headlines Trivia

The tragic headline for April 20, 1995: A deadly “car bomb attack in” this city “wrecks 9-story federal office building”

Answer: Oklahoma City

Paint It "black" Trivia

In casinos it’s another name for the card game twenty-one

Answer: blackjack

The New York Times Historic Headlines Trivia

February 14, 1935: this man “guilty, sentenced to death for the murder of the LIndbergh baby”

Answer: Bruno Richard Hauptmann

Paint It "black" Trivia

It’s a place or method for selling goods illegally

Answer: the black market

The New York Times Historic Headlines Trivia

A medical milestone December 4, 1967: “Heart transplant keeps man alive in” this country

Answer: South Africa

Paint It "black" Trivia

It means to exclude socially, or a vote against a candidate

Answer: blackball

That's "super"! Trivia

In the days following Hurricane Katrina, this venue sheltered nearly 25,000 evacuees

Answer: the Superdome

Paint It "black" Trivia

It’s military slang for coffee, or a thick, dark molasses

Answer: blackstrap