Popular Trivia Questions

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Which Ohio-born inventor held over 1,000 patents, including one for the invention of the motion-picture projector?

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Which of these states extends farthest west? New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, or Virginia?

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In air miles, is San Francisco closer to Honolulu or New York?

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A. If you suffer from arachnophobia, what are you afraid of? b. Neophobia? c. Photophobia?

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Sometimes called the "Napoleon of Crime," who was Sherlock Holmes' arch rival?

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All-in-all, Elvis Presley starred in how many movies? about 15, 25, 35, or 45?

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The first Nobel Prize for physics was awarded in 1901 to the German physicist who discovered a short-wave ray called the x-ray. In Europe, they refer to x-rays by his name. Who was he?

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In 1936, the British King abdicated the throne in order to marry a common American woman. Who were they?

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If a diamond is the hardest known substance , what is used to cut diamonds?

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The first talking picture in Britain was called Blackmail. It was made in 1929, and was directed by which well-known director?

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This person made his fortune by supplying meat to the Union soldiers during the Civil War. In 1870 he built his first meat-packing plant in Chicago, which soon made that city the meat-packing center of the U.S.A. What was his name?

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All these people come from the same state: Henry Ford, Gerald Ford, Madonna, and Diana Ross. Which state is it?

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After an absence of millennia, the first Modern Olympic Games were held in 1896 in which city?

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The witty former Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson once said, "A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open ..." what?

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One of the indicators of the progress of the stock markets is the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The stocks of how many companies makes up the Dow Jones Industrial Average?