Popular Trivia Questions

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What type of radio transmission is used by amateur radio operators and is also known as 'ham radio'?

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Which of the world's oceans is named after a country?

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Who is credited with saying 'Eureka' after making a scientific discovery in his bathtub?

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What 1455 book was the first ever printed using movable, reusable type?

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In the center of Australia, in mostly flat desert land, lies a huge rock, which towers over 1000 feet above the flat land, and measures six miles around. Nobody knows how it got there. People come from all over the world to see it. What is the name?

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March is the third month of what calendar?

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What is the legal term for intentionally making a false statement under oath?

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What form of radio broadcasting uses the internet to deliver audio content on demand?

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What was the name of the Christopher Columbus' flagship - the ship on which Columbus travelled in his 1492 voyage to the new world?

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Drivers in the Indianapolis 500 motor race cover 200 laps of the course. If a race car driver maintained a speed of 200 miles per hour for an entire lap, how long would it take him to negotiate that lap?

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Born in Paris in 1694 with the name Francois Marie Arouet, he was a philosopher, poet, essayist, and author of Candide. Who was he?

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What inventor demonstrated the first practical radio communication system in 1895?

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The writing styles of the Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians all evolved from the oldest type of writing known to mankind, dating from about 3000 BC. What was it?

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The numbers game: if I said, 24 = h. in a d., you would say "hours in a day." See if you can figure out this one: 206 = b. in the h.b.

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The person who served in the position as Governor of California the longest, from 1943 to 1953, went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Who was he?