Today's Trivia Question

The theme for the week is Leslie Nielsen.


In 1968, Leslie Nielsen had a major role in the pilot episode of Hawaii Five-O, which, like the rest of the series, was filmed on location in Hawaii. Each of the eight main islands in the Hawaiian Archipelago was formed by the volcanic eruption of magma, or molten rock, which forms what basic kind of rock when it hardens?

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Igneous

 
Thursday's Trivia Question

Early in his acting career, Leslie Nielsen landed the lead role in a Walt Disney television series about American Revolutionary War hero and guerrilla warfare specialist Francis Marion. The TV show's title shared Francis Marion's famous nickname. What was it?

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The Swamp Fox

Wednesday's Question

The 1956 science fiction classic Forbidden Planet, which starred Leslie Nielsen as a starship commander sent to a remote planet to investigate the disappearance of a group of Earth colonists, is loosely based on what William Shakespeare play?

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The Tempest

Tuesday's Question
Leslie Nielsen was born legally deaf, and wore hearing aids for most of his life. From the Latin word for snail, in reference to its coiled shape, what is the anatomical term for the part of the inner ear responsible for transforming sound waves into electrical impulses?

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Cochlea

 
Monday's Question
Leslie Nielsen was born in Regina, the capital of what Canadian province?

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Saskatchewan

Come back Monday for a new trivia question and a new theme!