Hard Trivia Questions VIII

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On the south wall of the 14-story Hesburgh Library is a giant mural, called "The Word of Life", depicting Jesus with his hands raised. Since it happens to overlook the north end zone of the football stadium, it's called Touchdown Jesus. Where is it?

       a. Notre Dame
       b. Georgetown
       c. Fordham
       d. Boston College


James Thomas Brudnell liked to wear sweaters that opened down the front. You can probably guess his title. What was it?

       a. 7th Earl of Jumper
       b. 7th Earl of Cardigan
       c. 7th Earl of Raglan
       d. 7th Earl of Aran


What Biblical story may have been inspired by a Babylonian ziggurat named Etemenanki?

       a. The Tower of Babel
       b. Daniel in the lion's den
       c. Noah's ark
       d. Job and the giant fish


Located in Ithaca, New York, what was the only Ivy League school founded after the American Revolution?

       a. Dartmouth
       b. Princeton
       c. Cornell
       d. Brown


As suggested by Lester Pearson, Canada sent its first UN peacekeepers to what country?

       a. Cyprus
       b. Germany
       c. Egypt
       d. Vietnam


Andrew Carnegie endowed 2,811 of these worldwide, starting with the one in Braddock, Pennsylvania in 1889. What are they?

       a. Museums
       b. Libraries
       c. High schools
       d. Hospitals


An airport named for Galileo Galilei is in Pisa. Which of these is not a real Italian airport?

       a. Marco Polo in Venice
       b. Michelangelo in Milan
       c. Leonardo da Vinci in Rome
       d. Cristoforo Colombo in Genoa


In addition to founding Nebraska's first newspaper, J Sterling Morton also led the first celebration of what holiday, on April 10, 1872?

       a. Columbus Day
       b. Flag Day
       c. Arbor Day
       d. Presidents' Day


What WB show shares a name with a song U2 wrote for Maori music promoter Greg Carroll, who once showed the band an Auckland landmark of the same name?

       a. Everwood
       b. One Tree Hill
       c. 7th Heaven
       d. Smallville


Cindy Klassen displaced Marc Gagnon as Canada's most decorated Winter Olympian, and both competed in what sport?

       a. Speed skating
       b. Figure skating
       c. Downhill skiing
       d. Cross-country skiing


The Chicago Transit Authority runs the Purple Line out to what university, associated with purple?

       a. Northwestern
       b. Cornell
       c. Notre Dame
       d. Purdue


Gematria is an ancient Hebrew version of what pseudo-science?

       a. Numerology
       b. Palmistry
       c. Astrology
       d. Telepathy


What country was supposed to reunite, but didn't when, in 1956, the southern half reneged on a promise to hold national elections?

       a. Korea
       b. Vietnam
       c. Yemen
       d. Congo


What city's two main papers are the Globe and the Herald?

       a. Detroit
       b. Boston
       c. Atlanta
       d. Chicago


As defined by LBJ economic advisor Arthur Okun, what was the misery index?

       a. Inflation plus unemployment
       b. Joblessness plus homelessness
       c. Murder rate plus marginal tax rate
       d. Deaths by cancer plus deaths from heart attack




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