Today's Trivia Questions

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The world's first postage stamp was issued in 1840, in which country?

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James Cameron's epic 1997 disaster film, which famously tied for the most Academy Awards ever won by a single film, tells the fictionalized love story of Jack and Rose aboard the ill-fated liner. What is its title?

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Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, this 2015 BBC nature documentary series meticulously examines the remarkable strategies employed by predators and their prey in various habitats around the world. Name the series.

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The first Nobel Prize for physics was awarded in 1901 to the German physicist who discovered a short-wave ray called the x-ray. In Europe, they refer to x-rays by his name. Who was he?

18

In 1996, Tom Cruise produced and starred in which film?

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Hugh Jackman stars in this 2011 science fiction sports film set in a near future where human boxing has been replaced by robot boxing, and a struggling ex-boxer tries to reconnect with his son through a discarded robot. What is the title of this film?

15

What amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery?

12

Steven Yeun and Ali Wong star in this Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Netflix dark comedy series, which begins with an escalating road rage incident between two strangers.

14

The wife of Nicholas II was the last czarina of Russia (1894-1917). After the Bolshevik revolution, she and her family were imprisoned and executed. Who was she?

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In order to estimate the population of fish in a lake, a biologist catches 75 fish, marks them, releases them. Next month she catches 75 fish and finds that 5 are tagged. Use this to estimate the fish population in the lake.

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BONUS: When California became a state in 1850, what was the closest neighboring state?

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What does CPU stand for in computing?

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Which highly acclaimed 2013 horror film, based on the alleged true story of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, focuses on the terrifying events experienced by the Perron family in their newly occupied farmhouse?

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When Hugh Grant was caught in Los Angeles with a prostitute, it helped publicize his upcoming film with what title?

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Which flower's name, when translated from French into English, would be "lion's tooth?"