A Random General Trivia Quiz – 20 Trivia Questions

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.

George Smiley is a fictional character created by John le Carré.

Stayin' Alive is written, produced, and recorded by the Bee Gees (Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb). It is part of the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack.

Hades is the God of the underworld and the dead. His consort is Persephone.

Jack Gyllenhaal began acting as a child with a screen debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998).

Mad Men is an American period drama series created by Matthew Weiner and produced by Lionsgate Television. The series ran on the cable network AMC from 2007 to 2015, lasting for seven seasons and 92 episodes. The series' main characters are the womanizing advertising executive Don Draper and his secretary Peggy Olson, played by Elisabeth Moss.

The Black Russian is a cocktail of vodka and coffee liqueur. It is ascribed to Gustave Tops, a Belgian barman, who created it at the Hotel Metropole in Brussels.

Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the Peace Prize in 1906, Jimmy Carter in 2002, and Barack Obama in 2009.

Dancer in the Dark is a 2000 Danish film directed by Lars von Trier and starring Icelandic singer Björk.

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

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

Another Brick in the Wall is the title of three songs set to variations of the same basic theme on Pink Floyd's 1979 rock opera, The Wall.

A myriad is a very large number.

Greg Norman is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur. He was ranked the world's Number 1 for several years in the 1980s and 1990s.

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.

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.

August got its name from Augustus, the first Roman emperor.

The Sign was a 1993 hit recording by Ace of Base. It reached No. 1 in many European countries and the United States (Billboard Hot 100).

Arbitrage is a 2012 American drama film directed by Nicholas Jarecki. Richard Gere plays the role of Robert Miller, a sixty-year-old magnate about to sell a hedge fund for a handsome profit. Gere was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor at the 70th Golden Globe Awards for his performance in Arbitrage.

Nineteen Eighty-Four, sometimes published as 1984, is a novel by George Orwell. It was first published in 1949.