Popular Trivia Questions

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In Oakland, California in 1966 Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded what militant organization which called upon blacks to arm themselves for a confrontation against their white oppressors?

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February 2 is known as Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. According to popular legend, an early spring is predicted if, on that day, the groundhog does what?

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Name all the planets in our solar system without a moon.

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What is the only country of Central America which has no contact with the Pacific Ocean?

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In November, 1992, who was elected as America's first black female US Senator?

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In 1961, he was the first man launched into space. He was killed in 1968 while flying a routine aircraft training mission. Today he is buried within the Kremlin walls. Who is he?

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In which 1983 film did Meryl Streep play the role of a worker at a nuclear factory who risks her life to protect workers from safety hazards?

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He is the son of a Philadelphia Phillies pitcher. His wife comes from Star, Mississippi. Together this country music couple sold more than 30 million records and won numerous awards. Who are they?

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Who created the phrase, "Fifteen Minutes of Fame"?

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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.

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What was the name of King Arthur's sword?

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Which pop music star was born Henry John Deutschendorf in Roswell, New Mexico in 1943, and died in the late 1990's near Monterey, California?

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Which Mongol leader lead the attack of Baghdad in 13th century?

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Three kids put up their own money to make a lemonade stand: the first kid puts up $6, second $3, and the last $1. If they take in $100 and share the profits equally, how much of the $100 will go to the first kid?

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