Today's Trivia Questions

10

Give the proper names for the two major branches of biology; one deals with plants, the other animals.

3

Which TV series won the Emmy Award as best comedy five consecutive years in the 1990's?

16

What is the earliest letter in the alphabet not found in the spelling of any of the months of the year?

12

What prison in France was stormed by the common people on July 14, 1789?

30

On June 13, 2025, Israel launched airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in an operation called what?

8

What game uses a deck of cards, a board with holes in it, and small wooden pegs?

57

What version of the Starship-Super Heavy system will SpaceX test on its upcoming 12th test flight in early 2026?

18

What was the name of Sir Francis Drake's ship?

14

Which musical instrument, found in most symphony orchestras, is named after a country?

1

In the 1970's at Oakland's Technical High School, he was a 3-sport star: football, basketball, and baseball. He received two dozen college scholarship offers for football. He went on to become a great star in baseball, playing on a local major league team

17

If you draw one card from a normal deck of cards, what is the mathematical probability of drawing a jack, queen, king, or diamond?

6

Most penguins live in the southernmost lands on earth, such as Antarctica, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, and mostly in cold climates, but some penguins can also be found on which islands in the Pacific Ocean near the equator?

17

This river with a short name is the longest river in Italy, flowing 640 km (400 miles) from Torino towards Venice. What is this river?

10

The world's first automobile license plates showed up in 1893, in which country?

14

What inventor demonstrated the first practical radio communication system in 1895?