Today's Trivia Questions

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What American Cardinal was elected Pope Leo XIV in May 2025, marking the first time in history a pope was elected from the United States?

6

What are the three types of columns found in Greek architecture?

9

What Japanese strategy game involves two players moving pieces on a 9x9 board?

17

What word can refer to a donkey or a vain stupid person?

11

One of the main characters of John Grisham's novel The Testament travels to Brazil where he catches a mosquito-transmitted virus known by what two-word name?

17

Which woman's acting credits include the following films: The Big Chill (1983), Reversal of Fortune (1990), and The House of the Spirits (1994) ?

13

Who directed and narrated the 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast?

5

Around the year 1851, three different inventors created a machine called the sewing machine. You should be able to name two of these people. One was Walter Hunt. Who were the other two - more well-known - people?

18

In terms of his sports success, his potential as an athlete, and his commercial endorsements, which person did Time Magazine (12/99) call the most ubiquitous (he's everywhere) athlete since Michael Jordan?

10

Can you use some of the letters ABCDEF, but not use any letter more than once, to form a five-letter word?

71

Which tech conglomerate agreed to acquire Intersect for $4.75 billion in December 2025 to expand its data center and energy infrastructure?

18

If the difference between two numbers is 6, and the difference of their squares is 180, what is the sum of the numbers?

20

Can you name the actor, born in South Africa to British parents, who most often portrayed Sherlock Holmes in films, 14 times in the 1940's?

20

Around 1680, when King Charles II repaid a debt owed to his father, this 35-year-old man received a huge parcel of land on the western bank of the Delaware River which eventually became a state bearing his name. What was his name?

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What upcoming Paramount+ series, co-created by Taylor Sheridan, stars Billy Bob Thornton and explores the cutthroat world of oil boomtowns in West Texas?