Potluck Trivia Quiz Questions
The world was first aware of the Chernobyl disaster after detectors
were triggered at a nuclear plant in which country?
A: Sweden.
Which country was the first to make catalytic converters compulsory?
A: Switzerland.
Christa McAuliffe died in an accident in what type of vehicle in
1986?
A: Space Shuttle.
Who was Benazir Bhutto's Father who was executed in 1988?
A: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
What site has the best pot luck trivia quiz questions with answers?
A: Trivia Country!
Where was John Paul II when an attempt was made on his life in 1981?
A: Rome.
Who signed the INF Treaty in 1987?
A: USA & USSR.
Which form of death penalty was abolished by Francois Mitterrand?
A: Guillotine.
In which country was the first permanent bungee jumping site
situated?
A: New Zealand.
Who succeeded Brezhnev as Soviet premier?
A: Andropov.
Which capital city was the scene of a major summit between Reagan and
Gorbachev in 1986?
A: Reykjavik.
Which drink did the Coca Cola Company launch in 1982?
A: Diet Coke.
Which telescope was launched into space on board a space shuttle in
1990?
A: Hubble.
Jonas Salk developed the Salk vaccine against which disease?
A: Polio.
Which of London's four airports is the only one to be connected to
the city Underground system?
A: Heathrow.
Which two men walked on the Moon on the United States' second
Moonmisson?
A: Charles Conrad & Alan Bean.
In the late 60s Owen Finlay MacLaren pioneered what useful item for
parents of small chldren?
A: Baby Buggy.
Who constructed the world's first laser?
A: Theodore Maiman.
Which Wisconsin salesman developed a safety razor in 1901?
A: King Camp Gillette.
In which country were Daewoo cars originally produced?
A: Korea.
Which toy company did Ruth and Elliot Handler found?
A: Mattel.
Which country was the first in the world to introduce a driving test?
A: France.
Who launched the short-lived Skytrain air service?
A: Freddie Laker.
What did Guinness adopt as its trademark in the 60s?
A: Harp.
Which city was the HQ of the European Space program?
A: Paris.
Which Andre built the first factory to mass-produce rubber tires?
A: Michelin.
Which film actor became mayor of Carmel, California in 1986?
A: Clint Eastwood.
Which pop artist died in New York in1987?
A: Andy Warhol.
How did James F Fixx, promoter of jogging for good health, die in
1984?
A: Heart attack while jogging.
How was Jean Claude Duvalier known before he ws exiled in 1986?
A: Baby Doc.
Where did teenager Matthias Rust land his plane in 1987 much to the
surprise of the country's authorities?
A: Red Square.
From which UK airport did Virgin Atlantic flights first depart for
New York-Newark?
A: London Gatwick.
Great Briton fought which country over the Falkland Islands?
A: Argentina.
In which city's shipyard was Solidarity set up?
A: Gdansk, Poland.
Where did Torvill and Dean win Olympic gold with their Bolero
routine?
A: Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Which oil tanker disastrously ran aground off 'Brittany in 1987?
A: Amoco Cadiz.
Where did the US side of the Band Aid concert take place?
A: Philadelphia.
Natan Sharansky was released from prison in the USSR to begin a new
life where?
A: Israel.
The Center for Disease Control identified a deadly illness called
AIDS; what does the A stand for?
A: Acquired.
Which country celebrated its bicentenary in 1988?
A: Australia.
The mother of which Monkee invented typewriter correction fluid?
A: Mike Nesmith.
Who performed the world's first open-heart operation?
A: J Gibbon.
What type of aircraft is the Hawker Siddley Harrier?
A: Jump Jet.
What does Volkswagen actually mean?
A: People's car.
What does the Transalaska Pipeline System transport?
A: Oil.
Who is credited with introducing the world's first credit card?
A: Ralph Schneider.
What was the name of the world's first nuclear-powered submarine?
A: Nautilus.
In which city are the headquarters if the IMF?
A: Washington.
Which American company pioneered electric ignition in motor cars?
A: Cadillac.
Who invented the world's first photocopier?
A: Chester Carlson.
What was the first spacecraft to land on another planet?
A: Venera 7 (Venus.)
