Popular Trivia Questions

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In 1978 Richard Adams' best-selling fantasy about a family of rabbits seeking a safe place to live was turned into one of the best animated feature films ever made. What's the title?

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Can you name a former California ghost town, now a revived tourist town, named after another state?

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Which actress played the role of Forrest Gump's mother?

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What's the difference between a turtle and a tortoise?

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Of the three political Kennedy brothers, John, Robert, and Edward (Teddie), which was the youngest?

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Which deaf person won the Oscar as Best Actress in 1986 and for which film?

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This small town in Missouri draws millions of visitors each year to its dozens of theaters, many featuring country music. What town is this, known as the Nashville of the Ozarks?

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What is the name for the form of government controlled by a privileged, hereditary ruling class, generally resented by the middle and lower class.

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Which romantic British poet, about 200 years ago, wrote, "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink..." ? Browning, Byron, or Coleridge?

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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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In the 17-18th centuries he was employed by the British government to help stop piracy on the high seas, but he turned to piracy himself, was caught and executed in England. Who was he?

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It has served as a fortress, royal court, prison, torture chamber, place of execution, and museum since it was built by William the Conqueror over 900 years ago. What is it?

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He was a Persian mathematician, astrologer, and poet who lived about 900 years ago. He wrote a major treatise on algebra, he was appointed by the Shah of Persia to reform the calendar, but most famously he wrote a number of poems celebrating the pleasures of life. Who was he?

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In the 1980 film Raging Bull, Robert DeNiro played the role of which boxer?

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November, 1997, which 19-year old British girl was set free by a judge in Cambridge Massachusetts, overturning her conviction for murdering a baby?