Weekly Trivia Hints 9/09 - 9/15
Julianne Moore, Karen Gillan, Lupita Nyong’o, Maria Butina, Mary Celeste, Priyanka Chopra, and Queen Victoria
(09.09) HISTORY
What American merchant ship was famously found adrift in the Atlantic Ocean in 1872 with the captain and crew missing, but their belongings and the ship’s cargo untouched?
Mary Celeste
(09.10) MOVIE LINK
Identify the actor or actress that appears in each of the following films: The Big Lebowski, Children of Men, and The Ladies Man.
Julianne Moore
(09.11) PEOPLE
What is the name of the 29-year-old Russian gun rights activist who has been accused of covertly working as a foreign agent while living in the United States?
Maria Butina
(09.12) PEOPLE
For her role in 12 Years a Slave, who became the first Kenyan and the first Mexican actress to
win an Academy Award?
Lupita Nyong’o
(09.13) PEOPLE
In April 1865, what famous woman wrote to Abraham Lincoln’s wife after his assassination: “[I am] broken-hearted by the loss of my own beloved husband”?
Queen Victoria
(09.14) CELEBRITIES
Playing the main antagonist alongside Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron in Baywatch, what Indian actress and singer won the Miss World pageant in 2000?
Priyanka Chopra
(09.15) CELEBRITIES
What female actor gained recognition for her role as Doctor Who companion Amy Pond before making a big splash in film as Nebula in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Ruby Roundhouse in Jumanji?
Karen Gillan