Popular Trivia Questions

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A restaurant is owned by three partners. Partner "A" owns 3/5 of it, and partner "B" owns twice as much as partner "C". What percentage of the restaurant belongs to partner B?

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The shape of a DNA molecule is usually referred to by a two-word phrase, one of whose words refers to its three-dimensional spiral shape. What is this phrase?

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There are at least six countries in Europe whose name contains the word "Land." Two of them are Finland and Ireland. Can you name three others?

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The custom of fooling friends and relatives on the first of April began in the late 1500's in which country? Was it England, Ireland, France, or the United States?

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Who was the King of France in 1789, at the beginning of the French revolution

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What quotation is inscribed on the tombstone of Martin Luther King?

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In 1947 the Norwegian ethnologist and author Thor Heyerdahl confirmed that ancient Indians could have sailed from Peru to Polynesia, and in 1970, he confirmed that ancient Egyptians could have settled the West Indies. What were the names of the two boats

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Customarily, the primary colors of the visible spectrum were red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. However, around 300 years ago, Sir Isaac Newton found another, situated between blue and violet, and named it what?

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What kind of tree and grasshopper have the same name?

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Many European nations begin with the letter S: Some are Spain, Sweden, and maybe even Scotland. Can you name three more?

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Born May 29,1903 in England with the name Leslie Townes Hope, his friends in school called him Les Hope or Hopeless, so he changed his first name to what?

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The title of this occupation contains three consecutive pairs of double letters in its name. What is it?

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If you travelled directly south from London until you reached a foreign country, which one would it be?

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Born in 1943, he studied at Cambridge University, trained as a lawyer, played football for Real Madrid, won the 1968 Spanish Song Festival, and became one of the most popular singers in the world. Who is he?

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Where did Mother Teresa run a leprosy clinic from 1950 until her death in1997?