Today's Trivia Questions

12

America's first nickel, or five cent piece, was first produced in 1866. It consisted of 25% nickel, and 75% what metal?

19

The largest type of living bird can be 9 feet in height and weigh 350 lbs (160 kgs). What kind of bird is it?

3

What did Newton Minow, the chairman of the federal communications commission, describe in 1961 as "a vast wasteland"?

13

Shortly after the immensely popular TV show, The Cosby Show , terminated in 1993, Bill Cosby was back on TV, hosting a remake of which TV quiz show, originally starring Groucho Marx?

16

During the great depression of the 1930's, encampments of poor and homeless people were often named after the President in office when the depression started. What were these homeless encampments called?

11

What card game's objective is to reach a hand value of 21 without going over?

6

What do we call the white solid hogfat used as a lubricant in cooking?

10

Which entertainer has over 500 fan clubs worldwide, even though he's been dead since 1977?

8

In 1995 the United Nations celebrated which birthday?

25

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?

22

This popular British period drama series, set in the late 1950s and 1960s, follows a group of nurse-midwives working in the impoverished Poplar district of East London. What is the title of this show?

34

If a reality competition series were to feature contestants shackled together, forcing them to cooperate or sabotage each other in a series of challenges, with elimination rounds designed to find the ultimate duo, what dramatic title might such a show carry?

10

Which actors played the following roles in the film, "The Wizard of Oz"? a. Cowardly Lion? b. Scarecrow? c. Tin Man?

18

What was the name of the 1991 film about an Irish soul-music band?

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What South Korean player, known as 'Faker,' is widely regarded as the greatest League of Legends player of all time?