Trivia: What NYC building does King Kong climb in a 1933 film?
The Plaza
Trinity Church
Empire State Building
Radio City Music Hall
Correct Answer: Empire State Building
So why is this answer correct? : The 1933 film “King Kong” ends with a climactic scene where the titular ape climbs the Empire State Building before falling to his death. The structure was relatively new at the time of the film’s release, opening two years prior.
What was the sole U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to be deployed in support of the U.S. invasion of Grenada, which began on Oct. 25, 1983?
USS Saratoga
USS Independence
USS Forrestal
USS Ranger
USS Kitty Hawk
Correct Answer: USS Independence
The Battle of Agincourt — a watershed victory for the English against a far larger French force — occurred on Oct. 5th of what year?
1066
1262
1311
1415
1529
Correct Answer: 1415
On Oct. 25, 1940, who became the first Black person to be promoted to the rank of general in the U.S. Army?
Charles Young
Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
Samuel Gravely
Robert Gould Shaw
Daniel “Chappie” James Jr.
Correct Answer: Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
Stonewall Jackson’s cousin William Lowther Jackson — who also fought on the Confederate side during the U.S. Civil War — had what similar nickname?
Brickwall
Rockwall
Wirewall
Plasterwall
Mudwall
Correct Answer: Mudwall
What Union general — who played an important role at the Battle of Gettysburg — was known as “Old Snapping Turtle”?
George Meade
George McClellan
Ambrose Burnside
Philip Sheridan
Abner Doubleday
Correct Answer: George Meade
General Henry Halleck — a military scholar who commanded the Union forces in the Western Theater during 1861-62 — had which one of the following nicknames?
Crafty Halleck
Clever Henry
Old Brains
Whip-Smart Hank
The Astute Coot
Correct Answer: Old Brains
What ill-fated British colonial general was played by Charlton Heston in the 1966 Film “Khartoum”?
David Livingstone
Charles Gordon
James Brooke
John Chard
Jay Bartels
Correct Answer: Charles Gordon
In the 1975 Film “The Man Who Would be King,” the natives in the city of Sikandergul believe that Daniel Dravot — played by Sean Connery — is an incarnation of what conqueror?
Genghis Kahn
Julius Caesar
Hannibal
Alexander the Great
Attila the Hun
Correct Answer: Alexander the Great
Who played Sgt. Archibald Cutter in the 1939 Movie “Gunga Din,” the story of three brawling British soldiers in colonial India?
Charles Laughton
George Sanders
Laurence Olivier
Cary Grant
Gary Cooper
Correct Answer: Cary Grant