Total General Knowledge Trivia Quiz

Answer: Monty Python's Spamalot

The show has become a hit and tickets are still extremely hard-to-find, to this day. The show's first run included Tim Curry (the snobby owner of the Plaza Hotel from "Home Alone 2") and David Hyde-Pierce (Niles from the TV show "Frasier.")

Answer: $15 Million

The French would not have sold Louisiana to the United States had a 12-year revolt of slaves and free blacks in the French colony of Saint-Domingue failed. The failure forced French troops to return defeated to France and prevented them from reaching their ultimate destination--Louisiana--and from being able to defend it.

As Napoleon's New World empire disintegrated, the loss of Haiti made Louisiana unnecessary to the French.

Answer: Revenge of the Sith

Revenge of the Sith is the only movie of the six "Star Wars" films to receive a PG-13 rating, for scenes of intense violence.

Answer: J.D. Salinger

Fitzgerald is most known for "The Great Gatsby", a book that details the life of the rich and the poor in 1920s' New York City. Joseph Heller wrote the war novel "Catch-22". Margaret Atwood is best known for the drama novel "The Handmaid's Tale".

Answer: Garage Kids

This is a well-done cartoon incorporating 2D and 3D in one; traditional pen-and-ink drawings and computer generated models. The series is currently in its second season both in the United States and France.

Answer: The letter V

The letter U, a parabola, is an x-squared graph. The basic equation is y=x-squared. A straight line is an equation in the form of y=mx+b. The basic equation is y=x A half circle is a difference of two squares under a radical (example: the square root of [x-squared minus 100]).

Answer: Dance Dance Revolution

Dance Dance Revolution (or DDR as it is affectionately called) provides players with the ability to exercise and even lose weight while doing something they enjoy. The game can count the number of kCals burned while playing, number of miles run etc., without leaving your home.

The game also goes by other names and types such as "In the Groove", "Stepmania", and "Dancing Stage" in Europe, with games offering a stage of 4, 5, 6, 8 or even 9 arrows to step on.

Answer: Devastating retaliation

During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a nuclear arms race, striving to achieve a balance of power based on the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). This was based on the perceived need for one side to have enough nuclear weapons to inflict three times the damage of an enemy's potential attack. This concept was based on the idea that even if one side launched a surprise attack and destroyed a significant portion of the other side's nuclear arsenal, the remaining weapons would still be sufficient to cause unacceptable levels of destruction in retaliation.

In essence, both countries aimed to deter the other from launching a nuclear attack by maintaining a credible threat of devastating retaliation. This strategy was intended to ensure that neither side could gain a significant advantage through a first strike, thus hopefully preventing the outbreak of nuclear war. This balance of power, although precarious, helped maintain stability during the Cold War period.

Answer: Prism

Besides a basic prism, glass, diamonds, and even water can act as a prism. After a rainstorm, light passes through the water in the air, forming a rainbow.

Answer: There is a party at your house!

Spanish is one of the best languages to learn. The Hispanics are currently the fastest-growing minority in the United States, and being fluent in both English and Spanish could potentially enable one to travel almost anywhere in both North and South America.