Today's Trivia Questions

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BONUS: In 399 BC, at the age of 70, Socrates was convicted and sentenced to death by drinking poison, for what crime?

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In 1996 the US Treasury Dept. introduced new counterfeit-proof paper money. What denomination of paper money was the first minted?

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The phrase, "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen" was spoken at the funeral of what person?

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The late Groucho Marx quipped that ...what?... was the chief cause of divorce?

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A devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck which country on March 28, 2025, killing thousands?

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Which hero of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel was stranded and survived on a small tropical island for 24 years?

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Which university built NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission for about one-tenth the cost of previous interplanetary missions?

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Which brand introduced the first electric razor in 1931?

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Which Jeff Bezos-founded company's New Glenn rocket became the first non-SpaceX orbital-class booster to land propulsively?

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Which person was sentenced to death in 1964 as a result of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?

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What was the title of the first album released by The Grateful Dead, in 1967?

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What is the name for the form of government controlled by a privileged, hereditary ruling class, generally resented by the middle and lower class.

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This one time Ivory Soap box model starred in the X-rated film, Behind the Green Door. Who is it?

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On June 28, 1914, a young man named Gavril Princip darted out of a crowd in a Bosnian city and fired two bullets into a car, killing two passengers. Who were they?

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This actor played an inspirational teacher helping his poor east-Los Angeles students pass the Advanced Placement Test in Calculus. Name the 1988 film, actor, and teacher.