Today's Trivia Questions

74

Which 1984 British television miniseries, based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's novel, follows the ambitious Emma Harte from her humble beginnings as a housemaid in rural Yorkshire to becoming a powerful and wealthy international businesswoman?

21

Which 2015 Spanish-language drama film, directed by Gonzalo Bellver, centers on a man who returns to his hometown to confront a past debt that still haunts him and his family?

14

What is the name of the Jewish New Year?

9

This entertainment couple remarried in 1975, one year after their first divorce. Who were they?

12

What kind of thin, wispy, feathery looking clouds, located four to twelve miles up, are usually the first sign that a weather front is approaching?

16

At the end of the cold war, many countries of eastern Europe abandoned rigid Communist Party rule. What was the last European country to do so?

24

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, completed in April 2026, is projected to launch in what month?

9

What government agency is responsible for collecting federal taxes in the US?

5

It is one of the world's largest dams, built on the Nile River in southern Egypt. It creates hydroelectric power and helps irrigate Egyptian farmland. Name this dam.

4

In 1963 Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to do what?

19

What was the first state to enter the union after the original thirteen?

18

The continuing conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland began in the early sixteenth century when which English King imposed the Protestant Church of Ireland upon a largely Catholic population?

8

If you buy 100 shares of a stock at $30, 200 shares at $20, and 300 shares at $10, then sell all at $15, did you make a profit or loss? What percent?

9

In the Earth's southern hemisphere, what season begins in March?

45

What 2012 Marvel Cinematic Universe film unites Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and the Hulk to defend Earth from Loki and the Chitauri invasion?