Today's Trivia Questions

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Legend has it that travellers would meet at the intersection of three crossroads to exchange news, gossip, and tiny interesting facts. What English word just might derive from this idea?

7

What US payments giant announced in March 2026 its definitive agreement to acquire stablecoin start-up BVNK for up to $1.8 billion?

7

After his conquest in Asia, Julius Caesar made what three-word Latin announcement to the Roman senate?

19

Can you name the world famous structure built in 1650 by the Emperor Shah Jehan in India as a mausoleum for his wife?

17

When he died in December, 1799, one London newspaper reported, "His fame, bounded by no country, will be confined to no age." In Paris, Napoleon ordered a 10-day requiem, and in Amsterdam funeral music filled the air. Who was he?

13

Prophetically, just a few months before the Three-Mile Island nuclear reactor accident in Pennsylvania, a 1979 film dealt with the subject of a nuclear accident. That film was entitled The China Syndrome. Who were three stars?

19

In the 1976 film, Network, frustrated television viewers were urged to stick their heads out of their windows and yell what angry cry?

6

November 22, 1963: was Jackie Kennedy sitting to the left or right of her husband in the car in Dallas?

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Which major American newspaper laid off about one-third of its staff in February 2026, including its entire sports department?

10

In the 1970's there was a Broadway musical entitled "Minnie's Boys." Her name was Minnie Schoenberg, and her sons' names were Leonard, Adolph, Julius, Milton, and Herbert. By what collective name were her sons bettter known?

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Which acclaimed anime series, a faithful adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa's manga, follows the alchemist brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric as they search for the Philosopher's Stone to restore their bodies?

4

Which word in the English language means all of the following: An institution for the care of people, a shelter, and protection from extradition.

5

Starring Steve Coogan as Mick McCarthy and Éanna Hardwicke as Roy Keane, this 2025 sports drama chronicles the infamous 2002 FIFA World Cup incident where the Republic of Ireland captain had a public falling out with his manager. What is the title of this film?

6

The first vaccine, developed by the English physician Edward Jenner in 1796, protected people against what disease?

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Suspense films: a. Which female starred in Alfred Hitchcock's follow up to Psycho; the 1963 film, The Birds? b. For which 1972 beasty-horror film did Michael Jackson sing the theme song: a love song to a rat?