A Random General Trivia Quiz – 20 Trivia Questions

Moai are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in eastern Polynesia between 1250 and 1500 CE.

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.

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.

It's Raining Men is a song by the American duo The Weather Girls from their third studio album, Success (1983). In 2001, Geri Halliwell released a cover version on her album Scream if You Wanna Go Faster. It was also featured as the lead single internationally to the soundtrack of the 2001 film Bridget Jones's Diary. The single became Halliwell's fourth consecutive number-one hit single on the UK Singles Chart.

Irreplaceable is a song recorded by Beyoncé Knowles for her second studio album, B'Day (2006). The record was the best-selling US single of 2007.

The Graduate by Mike Nichols was released in 1967, Midnight Cowboy by John Schlesinger in 1969, Jaws by Steven Spielberg in 1975, and Star Wars by George Lucas in 1977.

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.

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.

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.

Kir is a popular French cocktail. It is named after Felix Kir, mayor of Dijon in Burgundy, France.

The Sazerac is a local New Orleans variation of a Cognac or whiskey cocktail. It is named for the Sazerac de Forge et Fils brand of Cognac brandy that served as its original main ingredient.

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.

In the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, the two children follow a beautiful white bird to a clearing in the woods, where they discover a large cottage built of gingerbread.

Boris Spassky became the 10th World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. He is known as one of the greatest chess players of all time.

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 national flag of Belgium is a tricolor of three bands of black, yellow, and red.

The Rand is the currency of South Africa.

Britain granted independence to India and Pakistan in 1947. The Proclamation of the People's Republic of China happened in 1949. The Republic of South Africa was declared in 1961. Eritrea declared independence from Ethiopia in 1993.

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.