Today's Trivia Questions

49

What medical drama series, part of Dick Wolf's "One Chicago" franchise, follows the doctors and nurses of the emergency department at the fictional Gaffney Chicago Medical Center?

9

What legal defense argues the defendant was elsewhere when the crime was committed?

13

There are about 6 sports team names shared by different cities in different sports. For example, Giants - S.F. in baseball and N.Y. in football. Can you think of up to 4 more team names, in baseball, football, basketball, or hockey?

44

Which resourceful secret agent, known for his ingenuity and ability to solve complex problems using ordinary objects instead of firearms, starred in a popular 1980s television series?

5

Can you give the specific names of the 3rd and 4th living people mentioned in the Bible, after Adam and Eve?

85

What European Space Agency (ESA) satellite, set for launch by the end of 2026, is designed to hunt for exoplanets?

28

Which progressive neurological disease had Jesse Jackson been living with for over a decade before his death in 2026?

59

Known for its inverted detective story format, this long-running TV series stars Peter Falk as a seemingly disheveled, but highly astute, homicide detective with the LAPD, famous for his rumpled raincoat, cigar, and the catchphrase, "Just one more thing...". What is the name of this acclaimed crime drama?

7

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

15

From the French term chatepelose, meaning “hairy cat," comes the appropriate name of what insect?

24

Set in the prestigious Auguste Armand Institute, a renowned culinary school in the Camargue, which French television soap opera explores the lives and dramas of its students and faculty?

20

Which plant, common around Christmas time, contains poisonous berries which can cause acute stomach irritation if eaten?

54

Which director won the Best Director Oscar for Oppenheimer at the 2024 Academy Awards?

19

Which American musician assembled the musicians who had played 50 years ago in Havana, and created the film, the "Buena Vista Social Club"?

20

Around 1680, when King Charles II repaid a debt owed to his father, this 35-year-old man received a huge parcel of land on the western bank of the Delaware River which eventually became a state bearing his name. What was his name?