Where and in what year did an audience first pay to see a cinema show?

History Trivia / November 05, 2024

In Paris In 1895. The first pay-to-enter cinema show took place on 28 December, 1895 at the India Salon of the Hotel Scribe in Paris.

Gideon Sundback patented what clothes fastener in 1914?

History Trivia / November 05, 2024

Zipper. Before the zipper, clothes had to be fastened with buttons, laces or hook-and-eye closures.

Who was the chairman of the Judiciary Committee during Clinton's second term?

History Trivia / November 04, 2024

Henry Hyde. Rep. Henry J. Hyde from Illinois.

Who directed his first movie, "The Adventures of Dolly", in 1908?

History Trivia / November 04, 2024

D.W. Griffith. Between 1908 and 1913, D.W. Griffith directed 450 one-reel films.

Which country unified its East and West sides in 1990?

History Trivia / November 03, 2024

Germany. Some refugees from former Yugoslavia fled to Germany.

In the early 1900's, John Larson invented a "polygraph" which is commonly known as what?

History Trivia / November 03, 2024

Lie Detector. A polygraph uses measurable changes in pulse, blood pressure, breathing and perspiration to detect honesty in responses under questioning.