Popular Trivia Questions

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If, the first number of an arithmetic sequence is 200, and the 100th number is 2, what is the 40th number of this sequence?

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Which African-American writer was the author of these three novels: 1961 - "Nobody Knows My Name" / 1962 -"Another Country" / 1963 - "The Fire Next Time" -

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Which early 20th century Turkish leader abolished the use of the Arabic alphabet, Islamic traditions, Islamic legal system, Muslim schools and the wearing of the veil by women in Turkey?

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This Pittsburgh radio station is considered to be the first to broadcast in the U.S. Do you know its call letters?

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One of the great comebacks of the 1990's belongs to a tennis star who returned to the sport two years after being stabbed by a tennis fan. Who is she?

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In 1976 at what Olympic city did Nadia Comaneci score a perfect 10 in gymnastics?

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From February 24 to March 6, 1836, 180 people, including Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, were killed at which chapel?

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Which author wrote Terms of Endearment, The Last Picture Show and Lonesome Dove ?

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To give thanks for the end of the Black Death in 1632, inhabitants of this town in the Bavarian Alps of southern Germany vowed to enact a Passion play every ten years, which they have done faithfully, ever since. Which town is this?

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What is the nautical term for the side of a ship sheltered from the wind?

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Which country of the world has 5 million inhabitants and almost two million saunas?

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Which race of humans is named after a mountain range?

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Can you name three Nicholas Cage films whose titles include the names of southwestern U.S. locations?

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BONUS: When California became a state in 1850, what was the closest neighboring state?

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Today she's a well-known movie star, but as a child in New Mexico in the 1960's she needed an operation to repair her cross-eyes. One of her earliest roles was a coke addict in the 1985 film, St. Elmo's Fire. What's her name?