Today's Trivia Questions

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It was imported to Europe for the first time by Dutch traders around 1610. It was sold for the first time in Britain around 1660. What was it?

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The only English word with five consecutive vowels is something the British do while waiting for a bus. What is it?

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What is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States?

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What 2019 folk horror film directed by Ari Aster follows a group of American friends who travel to a remote Swedish commune for a summer festival, only to find themselves entangled in a pagan cult's rituals?

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What does CPU stand for in computing?

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What were the names of the two athletes who raised their fists in the Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympic games, and in which city did this occur?

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What 2017 French post-apocalyptic horror film, directed by Mathieu Turi, follows a lone survivor named Juliette who, after a car crash, must fight for survival against a mysterious creature while trapped in her vehicle and recalling her past relationship with Jack?

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The Hindu Kush mountain range runs for 500 miles, westward from Pakistan to what country?

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Which 1980s action series features a team of ex-special forces soldiers, including the iconic B.A. Baracus who often exclaimed, 'I pity the fool!'?

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What is the ingredient that gives beer its bitter flavor?

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In which city did the Haymarket affair of 1886 take place?

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In which 2011 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movie does Captain Jack Sparrow embark on a quest to find the legendary Fountain of Youth, encountering mermaids, Blackbeard, and a mysterious woman from his past?

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Of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, about two-thirds of these men were lawyers, judges, and merchants, but about ten of them had what down-to-earth vocation?

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In this action-thriller sequel, the titular hitman is declared "excommunicado" and finds himself on the run with a $14 million bounty on his head, forcing him to fight his way through New York City.

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A unit of electromagnetic measurement is named in honor of the Italian physicist who, in 1800, invented the electric battery. Name him.