A Random General Trivia Quiz – 20 Trivia Questions

Grenoble is in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France.

A ryokan is a traditional Japanese inn that originated in the Edo period (1603 - 1868).

Celine Dion is a Canadian singer born in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada.

Drunk in Love is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé featuring rapper Jay-Z. The song topped the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) and reached #2 on Billboard Hot 100.

Who's That Girl is a song by Madonna from the soundtrack album to the 1987 film Who's That Girl. It was released on June 30, 1987. It reached No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, the British Singles Charts, and Canada's Top Singles.

Abba's Take a Chance on Me starts:
If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey, I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go,
if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey, I'm still free
Take a chance on me.

Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 film directed and co-written by Nora Ephron. It stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Supporting cast features Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rob Reiner, Rosie O'Donnell, Gaby Hoffmann, Victor Garber, and Hanks' wife, Rita Wilson. The film revolves around Sam Baldwin, a Chicago architect, who loses his wife, Maggie, to cancer. He and his eight-year-old son Jonah start anew in Seattle, Washington, but Sam continues to grieve.

Sean Connery played the title role in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983, including the first film, Dr. No.

The Canadian alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies wrote and recorded the Big Bang Theory theme song. The song describes the history and formation of the universe and the Earth.

The first season of Lost begins with the crash of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 and its surviving passengers on what seems to be a deserted tropical island.

Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink. It was initially intended as a patent medicine when John Pemberton invented it in the late 19th century. Pemberton claimed Coca-Cola cured many diseases, including morphine addiction, dyspepsia, neurasthenia, headache, and impotence.

Cathay Pacific is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its central hub located in Hong Kong.

English author H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds. It first appeared in Pearson's Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The book was published a year later, in 1898. Among the most well-known adaptations is the 1938 radio broadcast narrated and directed by Orson Welles.

Peter Pan is a story about a bout who never grows up. He spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the small island of Neverland. Captain Hook is the enemy and the brig Jolly Roger pirate captain. Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie created Peter Pan and Captain Hook characters.

Nicknamed the Red Devils, Manchester United was founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878. It changed its name to Manchester United in 1902.

Baseball was dropped from the Olympic Games in 2005. A new application for baseball was made in 2008, but the sport did not win approval. It was not included in the 2016 Olympics.

The Rand is the currency of South Africa.

New York City metro area has a population of approximately 20 million people. Los Angeles is the second-largest metro area in the United States, with a population of 13 million. The Chicago area contains nearly 10 million people, and San Francisco has 5 million.

They have all been Secretaries-General of the United Nations. U Thant was in office between 1961 and 1971, Kurt Waldheim between 1972 and 1981, and Kofi Annan between 1997 and 2006. Although Kofi Annan and U.N. was awarded the Peace Price in 2001, the others have not.

The weekday name Wednesday derives from Old English Wodnesdæg. It is, in turn, derived from Proto-Germanic Wodensdag, a weekday named after the God Odin.