Today's Trivia Questions

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Three sisters have a total of $91. The first sister has 20% more than the second and the second sister has 20% more than the third. How much does the first sister have?

20

What is the second largest city in Japan?

10

What is the name of the musical instrument composed of a flat wooden sound box with 30 to 40 strings which are plucked with the fingertips.

18

Which 1996 film starred Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert Redford?

5

What two words are written on the state flag of California?

12

What was the name of the Israeli psychic, popular in the 1970's, who claimed to be able to bend spoons by will?

1

This American actress of the silent film era starred in sensational, highly publicized films such as Cleopatra (1917) and Salome (1918). Who was she?

11

In what country did the Arab Spring begin in December 2010?

4

Which watch brand has been worn by James Bond in films since 1995?

13

Give an acronym for the National Socialist German Workers' Party?

7

The Liberty Bell was cast in which city: Philadelphia, Boston, or London?

8

What does a taxonomist do?

7

between 1839 and 1860 China and the Western world engaged in military clashes over what intoxicant?

15

When she won the Academy Award as best actress, Sally Field announced, "You like me! You really like me!" Name this film in which she played a young widow and cotton farmer in the south.

18

This classic Russian novel features Rodya Raskolnikov, who kills two old women because he believes that he is beyond the bounds of good and evil. What's the title, and who wrote it?