Today's Trivia Questions

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This person made his fortune by supplying meat to the Union soldiers during the Civil War. In 1870 he built his first meat-packing plant in Chicago, which soon made that city the meat-packing center of the U.S.A. What was his name?

38

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?

56

Which city in France transforms into a 'glowing masterpiece' every December around the 8th during its Fête des Lumières?

46

What comet reached its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun, on January 8, 2026, brightening to about magnitude 7.7?

40

This Bravo late-night talk show, hosted by Andy Cohen, is known for its live interviews with celebrities, often featuring games, cocktails, and candid discussions about pop culture and reality television.

60

Executive produced by Ridley Scott, which HBO Max science fiction drama series depicts two androids, Mother and Father, attempting to establish an atheistic colony and raise human children on the enigmatic planet Kepler-22b?

2

The Canary Islands were named after what kind of animal?

81

This Netflix horror series, inspired by a podcast, follows an archivist who is hired to restore a collection of damaged videotapes from 1994 and becomes entangled in the mystery surrounding a documentary filmmaker and a dangerous cult. What is the show called?

62

What AI and technology transformation solutions provider acquired Tailwind Business Ventures in January 2026?

15

Around the time of the first World War, all the countries along the Mediterranean coast of Northern Africa were controlled by France or Great Britain, except for Libya, which was controlled by which other European nation?

63

Elle Fanning stars as a young Catherine the Great in this satirical historical black comedy series, which loosely chronicles her rise to power in 18th-century Russia. What is the show called?

6

What are the names of the wild dogs, nocturnal hunters, native to Australia?

11

What tabletop role-playing game, created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, was first published in 1974?

11

The 31st state of the United States was the first state bordering the Pacific Ocean. Which state was this?

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What European Space Agency (ESA) mission is expected to arrive at the double asteroid Didymos in November 2026 to study the impact left by NASA's DART mission?