Popular Trivia Questions

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There are two US states each of which borders 8 other states. Can you name either one?

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The winner of the first Miss America pageant, Margaret Gorman, was crowned in 1921, but she did not live in, nor represent, any U.S. state. Which place did she represent?

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What is "Magic" Johnson's first name?

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This country is one of the largest wine-producing countries of the world, where wine is grown in every region of the country. Which country is this?

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The unit of currency in modern-day Israel has the same name as the unit of currency used in Israel in ancient time. What is it?

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In the list of Oscar nominees for Best Actor in 1993, two of them played biographical roles. The films were Chaplin and Malcolm X. Name the nominated actors.

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Which singing group backed up Elvis Presley?

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This mountain, 11,000 feet above sea level, is snow-capped most of the year, and is the highest active volcano in Europe. What is its name?

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In 1980, the United Nations definited a word in the following manner: anyone who has been persecuted or who had a well-founded fear of persecution if he returned to his homeland. What was this word being defined?

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This word relates to art, architecture, painting, sculpture, and fiction: it can describe elaborate 13th-15th century architecture or grotesque, medieval fiction. What is this adjective?

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In autumn, 1991, music promoter Bill Graham was killed in a helicopter crash after leaving Concord Pavilion, and a concert by which musical group?

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In 1936 Adolf Hitler's theory of Aryan supremacy was upset when a certain black American athlete defeated his German stars, winning four gold medals in running and long jump at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Who was he?

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He was born in 1948 with the name Vincent Furnier, but in his entertainment career this bizarre person took a female stage name. What was it?

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A "joey" is the baby of what animal?

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In 1520, when Magellan passed around the southern coast of South America, he sighted, along the shore, large fires which the local Indians used to warm themselves - so Magellan gave what name to the region?