Today's Trivia Questions

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What is the name for the long crisp bread loaf which French people buy and carry home under their arms?

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This 2018 Japanese anime film, the second in a trilogy, is set in Tokyo and focuses on a girl who becomes a military experiment to save the world from destruction at the cost of her own self, battling an enemy known as 'Eureka Seven'. What is the film's shortened title?

14

Which person did the Associated Press writers vote as Athlete of the Year, 1995?

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By 1984, this singer/entertainer had sold around 100 million record albums and given over 2,000 live concerts, yet he was relatively unknown in the United States. Who is he?

10

Can you identify a five-letter synonym for jollity, gladness and gaiety?

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Created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, which Netflix coming-of-age comedy-drama series follows the complicated life of Devi Vishwakumar, an Indian-American teenager navigating high school, friendships, family, and romance?

11

What social characteristic did all these men have in common? Peter Tchaikovsky, Cole Porter, Leonardo Da Vinci, Tennessee Williams, Dag Hammarskjold?

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What is the title of the mystery film where a skeptical detective must confront the possibility of supernatural forces blurring the line between the living and the dead to solve a cold case?

5

What phrase meaning 'with honors' is used for graduating students who achieve high grades?

18

How many planets in our solar system have no moon?

8

What popular American radio show featured ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charlie McCarthy?

15

Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in 1770 in which of these cities? Berlin, Bonn, or Berne?

13

What do these languages have in common? Cornish, Dalmation, Sumerian, and Etruscan?

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

43

This docu-comedy series, a spin-off of a popular hidden-camera show, delves into the intricate planning and surprising moments from an elaborate fake corporate gathering, all designed to prank an unsuspecting participant. What is this series called?