Brain Busters
Put your best trivia players to the test in our newest general trivia game featuring fifteen harder-than-usual questions.
15 questions · Published May 9, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Of the four primary members, who was the last Beatle to get divorced?
While the other three members of the band had gotten married and divorced by the time the Beatles broke up in 1970, Paul McCartney did not get divorced until 2008, when he split with his second wife, Heather Mills.
Paul's first marriage, to Linda Eastman, ended with her death in 1998.
- Multiple Choice
2. Across the four major North American sports leagues, what is the oldest team that originated in the state of California?
The San Francisco 49ers are the oldest team whose entire history has been in California; the franchise was founded in 1946 and joined the NFL in 1950.
Both the Los Angeles Angels and the Los Angeles Kings joined their respective leagues in the 1960s. And none of the current NBA teams that play in California started there; the only franchise chartered in that state is the Houston Rockets, who began play in San Diego in 1967.
- Multiple Choice
3. In 2021, what actor jokingly threatened legal action against the producers of "Ted Lasso" for lampooning his real-life purchase of a Welsh soccer team?
In an episode of "Ted Lasso" titled "Rainbow," the character of Higgins (Jeremy Swift) remarked on Ryan Reynolds' (and fellow actor Rob McElhenny's) purchase of the Welsh team Wrexham AFC: "Can't tell if them buying the club is a joke or not."
Reynolds sent a letter to the producers of the show "threatening" legal action and demanding two large boxes of Ted's biscuits as compensation.
- Multiple Choice
4. Which of these is NOT used as a rhyme in Carl Douglas' 1974 Billboard #1 hit "Kung Fu Fighting?"
Although the sound effects in the song suggest people being smitten, "smiting" does not appear anywhere in the lyrics to "Kung Fu Fighting."
- Multiple Choice
5. In the "Archie" comics, Betty's mother shares her name with a famous real life ____________.
Betty Cooper's mom in "Archie" comics shares her name with real life rock star Alice Cooper.
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