Popular Trivia Questions

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Can you name a sport in which the winner is usually, but not always, decided by score, and neither the players nor the fans know what the score is until they are finished playing it?

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What three words beginning with the letter "P" describe the ruling class, the common people, and the poorest class of ancient Rome.

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Can you name three brands of automobiles, named after their creators, beginning with C?

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Which animal has the longest gestation period? Human, Whale, or Elephant?

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In 71 B.C. this escaped gladiator-slave led a revolt, defeating Roman armies along the way, but he was killed and many of his supporters were crucified. Almost 2,000 years later, in 1960, Kirk Douglas played his role on the silver screen. Who was he?

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During World War II, uranium for the atomic bomb was produced in this Tennessee city, which today is home of nuclear research facilities. A country music group named themselves after this city. What is it?

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What country lies closest to Greenland?

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Which best-selling author, who studied medicine at Harvard, created the TV series ER?

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When the main character of this 1983 dance film, played by Jennifer Beals, wore clothing with holes and tears, a new fashion trend began. What film introduced this clothing style?

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Whom did America's most famous widow, Jackie Kennedy, marry in 1968?

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One of the three main acting stars of the 1969 film, Easy Rider also directed the film. Who was it?

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What occupation was portrayed on the television screen by each of these actors: Bill Cosby, Robert Vaughn, Diana Rigg, Don Adams?

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In 1893, inspired by the view from atop Pikes Peak, Katharine Lee Bates, Massachusetts educator and author, wrote a song that begins, "O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain." What's the title of that song?

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Can you give the mythological name for the mountain in Greece where no woman, female animal, child, eunuch, or person with a beardless face is allowed to set foot.

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a. Before they moved to Oakland, the baseball Athletics were located in which two cities? b. Before they moved to Atlanta, the baseball Braves were located in which two cities?