Today's Trivia Questions

11

The year was 1973. What was the first state in the U.S. to decriminalize marijuana?

18

The first Nobel Prize for physics was awarded in 1901 to the German physicist who discovered a short-wave ray called the x-ray. People in many parts of the world refer to x-rays by his name. Who was he?

20

In what part of speech does a verb end in "ing" to operate as a noun, such as "eating breakfast" or "answering the phone" or "walking on the moon"?

14

Who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during most of World War II?

4

In a non-leap year, what month and date can be called the exact "middle day" of the year?

4

Which African country was settled from 1822 to the 1860's mostly by freed American slaves?

10

Mark Twain once said, "If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are ... " what?

6

What Finnish software engineer created the Linux operating system kernel in 1991?

7

In the 1994 no-brainer comedy Ace Ventura, Pet Dectective , Jim Carrey's character was hired to find what?

2

She was the outstanding female tennis player of the 1970s and early 1980s. She was ranked number one in the world seven times. In 1974 won a record 56 consecutive matches. Who was she?

8

What legal term refers to compensation awarded to a plaintiff beyond actual damages, meant to punish the defendant?

17

These two words differ in spelling by one letter: one means to influence, the other means to cause. What are the two words?

18

This artist has been called vile, violent, decrepit, insensitive, moronic, homophobic, offensive, and repugnant, but his music work made him one of the stars of the year 2000. Who is he?

2

Which flower's name, when translated from French into English, would be "lion's tooth?"

15

Which U.S. President negotiated the Camp David accords that lead to a signed peace treaty between Egypt and Israel?