Fun Facts 17
Another installment in our ongoing general trivia game series featuring crazy fun facts about anything and everything.
15 questions · Published July 17, 2023
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. As of 2023, what is the only horror film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards?
Based on Thomas Harris's 1988 novel, 1991's "The Silence of the Lambs" is the first (and to date, only) horror movie to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
- Multiple Choice
2. Which of these fabrics derives its name from a city in the Middle East?
Textile fabric damask originated in the Syrian city of Damascus, the oldest capital city in the world.
- Multiple Choice
3. What color of clothing did the Netherlands ban its citizens from wearing in 1784?
Every June 16 the Netherlands celebrates "No Orange Clothes Day" to commemorate the day in 1784 when the Estates of Holland banned the wearing of orange clothes.
- Fill In The Blank
4. Because of his unique painting technique, 20th century artist Jackson Pollock was nicknamed "Jack the _____________."
Renowned for his "drip technique" method of splashing and dripping paint onto his canvases, abstract artist Jackson Pollock was known as "Jack the Dripper."
- Drag and Drop Reorder
5. Scale these astrological bodies in order of size, beginning with the smallest.
- 1.Galaxy
- 2.Asteroid
- 3.Solar System
- 4.Universe
Asteroids are rocky and typically quite small in relation to other celestial bodies.
Our Solar System is comprised of the Sun, planets, moons, and more.
A Galaxy is made up of millions of stars and their solar systems.
The Universe is all of space and its contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter.
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