Today's Trivia Questions

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a. Before they moved to Oakland, the baseball Athletics were located in which two cities? b. Before they moved to Atlanta, the baseball Braves were located in which two cities?

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NM: This killer first appeared in 1976 in Sudan and Zaire. It reemerged in 1987 in a group of monkeys in a test lab near Washington D.C. What is it?

4

Which British actor and director of the National Theatre of Great Britain, knighted in 1947, is well known for his Shakespearean interpretations?

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What Hindu deity is known as the Destroyer?

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Which controversial television celebrity, mostly popular in the 60's and 70's, was described as a "brash, arrogant inquisitor with a staccato delivery and unparalleled penchant for verbal arabesques"?

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What are two common references to students named after parts of our head:

2

The Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of what war?

1

What do we call the Jewish dish of finely chopped whitefish, pike, or carp, mixed with crumbs, eggs, and seasonings, cooked in a broth in the form of an oval?

1

If a cone has a circular base of diameter 10 cm. and a slant height of 10 cm. then the volume is what?

7

The shortest French word with all five vowels is the word meaning bird. What is it?

12

Which European adversaries signed a 1998 treaty to end a long-standing bloody conflict?

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In 1978 Richard Adams' best-selling fantasy about a family of rabbits seeking a safe place to live was turned into one of the best animated feature films ever made. What's the title?

8

The Caribbean coast of Central America, as well as the native people inhabiting the region, have the same name as an insect. What are they called?

2

What was the name of the controversial herbicide used by the United States during the Vietnam War to defoliate jungles?

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In 1891 Mr. W.L. Judson invented a small metalic object that most people make use of, men a bit more than women. What was it?