Today's Trivia Questions

12

Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989?

5

What is the most sacred text in Judaism?

3

In Christianity, what is the period of 40 days before Easter called?

14

What programming language was created by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems in 1995?

19

In February 2026, DHS funding expired, prompting a partial government shutdown affecting which three agencies?

2

Name the three bones of the ear.

5

In 1898, during the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt organized a volunteer cavalry unit composed of cowboys and ranchers. By what name were these people collectively known, and in what country did they primarily do their fighting?

8

What was the name of the nuclear power plant in the USSR which had a deadly accident in 1986?

7

What television show had the year's highest ratings during at least one year in the 1970's, 80's, and 90's?

51

Which TV show's title combines the activity of a 'road trip' with an acronym often used for 'Very Important Persons'?

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This television series' title implies a pivotal event or a mysterious incident that occurs during a single evening, shaping the lives of its characters and unfolding a dramatic narrative. What is this show?

15

Meryl Streep received a 12th Oscar nomination for her role in what 1995 romantic film co-starring Clint Eastwood?

13

What was the title of the 1992 comedy in which a Reno lounge singer accidentally witnesses a murder, and hides out in a convent—where she becomes the choir leader, teaching the sisters to boogie down.

8

This 17th century French clergyman and political leader was the chief of government under King Louis XIII who establishied absolute monarchy in France and broke the political power of the Huguenots (French Protestants). Who was he?

4

Who is responsible for this phrase: "Turn on, tune in, drop out."