Today's Trivia Questions

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The two male actors who won Academy Awards as Best Actor in 1970 and 1972 both refused the awards. Who were they, and for which films?

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She was born in 1938 in San Francisco. She played in the Christmas film, "Miracle on 34th St." at the age of nine. She went on to play a love scene opposite James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause" and the role of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee in "Gypsy" in 1962.

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What 2008 sci-fi action film stars Jim Caviezel as a human-like alien warrior crash-landing on Earth in Viking-age Norway, bringing with him a monstrous creature?

11

In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail towards the west, looking for India, (or Asia), but didn't find it. However, five years later this Portuguese navigator set sail towards the East, and reached India in 1498. Who was he?

23

Tom Hardy stars as investigative journalist Eddie Brock, who, after his career is ruined, becomes the unwilling host to an alien symbiote that grants him extraordinary abilities but also a monstrous alter-ego. What is the name of this titular alien that forms a unique, co-dependent relationship with Brock?

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A perfect number is one whose proper factors add up to the number. For example, 6 = 1+2+3. What's the next "perfect number"?

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This marial art has existed for 2,000 years, but was never an olympic medal event until the Sydney Olympics, in the year 2000. Generally speaking, Korean athletes excel at this sport. What is it?

13

What word can refer to an English breed of edible fowl, as well as an extinct language of southwestern England?

11

What countries make up the Benelux nations?

11

The TV show which has, over the years, amassed the largest number of Emmy Award nominations, ran on TV from 1982-1993. Which comedy show was it?

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According to the U.S. government statistics, there are approximately 170 billion of these in existence today, and everybody in this room has owned thousands of these in your lifetime. What are they?

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This 1972 criminal/comedy film starred Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn as bank thieves in Germany, and the title of the film was represented not by a word, but by a symbol. What was the title?

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Which long-running Japanese anime series, based on the manga by Momoko Sakura, follows the everyday adventures and observations of a cheerful, mischievous third-grade girl named Maruko?

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Which 2026 Japanese travel drama features Nekogami Mamoru, a writer with the unique ability to communicate with felines, as he explores various towns and helps those he encounters, all guided by his furry friends?

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Name the person who starred in the title role in each of these films from the 1970's: a. 1972 - Lady Sings the Blues b. 1973 - The Exorcist c. 1978 - The Buddy Holly Story