Today's Trivia Questions

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Historically, many main roads have been built by throwing the earth from the side ditches toward the center, thus elevating the road above the surrounding ground. This gives rise to what common word?

12

What building, built around 1640, is generally considered to the the greatest architectural masterpiece to emerge from the Moghul empire?

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This adjective, which can mean sensationally horrible, shocking, and gruesome, comes from the Latin word meaning pale. What is it?

11

Paul Newman won his only Best Actor Oscar for his role in which 1986 film somehow related to a sport?

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This Japanese animated series follows Koyuki Hikawa, an introverted high school student who struggles to connect with others, metaphorically building emotional barriers around herself, until a cheerful classmate endeavors to break through her solitary existence. What is the title of this high school drama?

13

What is the traditional gift for a 50th wedding anniversary?

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This American physician and army surgeon proved in 1901 that yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted by mosquito. A medical center outside Washington, D.C. is named for him. Who is he?

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What 1991 comedy film, starring Sylvester Stallone, centers on a mob boss attempting to go straight, whose day is thrown into chaos by a series of mistaken identities, unexpected arrivals, and his daughter's secret marriage?

7

What was the name of the 1995 high-tech thriller film which starred Sandra Bullock?

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Bridgerton Season 4 is based on which Julia Quinn novel from the Bridgerton series?

10

At the end of World War II, the victorious allies divided Berlin, the German capital, into what four sectors?

13

If you roll three dice at the same time, what's the probability of rolling a sum of 3 or 4?

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Featuring over 13,000 exhibits from all over the world, the world's first World's Fair was held in 1851, and attracted millions of visitors from all over the world. In which city was it held?

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He was a Persian mathematician, astrologer, and poet who lived about 900 years ago. He wrote a major treatise on algebra, he was appointed by the Shah of Persia to reform the calendar, but most famously he wrote a number of poems celebrating the pleasures

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This HBO fantasy drama, a prequel to 'Game of Thrones', chronicles the civil war known as the 'Dance of the Dragons' within House Targaryen. What is it called?