Random Trivia Questions

11

As a result of its1866 victory over Austria, Italy first gained control of an important city that had formerly belonged to Austria but today is very much a part of Italy. Which city?

9

In the 1960's the William H. Rorer pharmaceutical company released a product whose commercial name came from the words Maalox (the company's best-known product) and the phrase "quiet interlude." What was the name of this product?

35

Which anime series features high school student Wakana Gojo, who dreams of becoming a Hina doll craftsman, as he forms an unexpected friendship with the popular gyaru Marin Kitagawa, who asks him to create cosplay costumes for her?

10

Who wrote the words to the U.S. national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, during which war?

14

What was the name of the 1955 comedy film starring Tom Ewell and Marilyn Monroe, in which Marilyn stood over a subway grating and the wind caused her skirt to blow up to her face?

11

In which year did the US Congress pass a law banning the importation of slaves from Africa into the United States? Was it 1807, 1837, or 1857?

9

It's an eight letter word: Good students have it and nice banks give it. What is it?

3

What two oceans meet at the Cape of Good Hope?

14

In January 2026, the World Economic Forum held its 56th Annual Meeting in what Swiss town?

17

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

34

What were the two major Los Angeles-area wildfires in January 2025 named after the neighborhoods where they started?

15

Which president signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law in 1970?

11

Can you give the decibel levels of each of the following sounds: within 10 a. Normal conversation b. Jet plane takeoff c. Live loud rock music

10

This word refers to a type of sofa, a type of overcoat, a brand of cigarettes, and a city in England. What is it?

3

In which 1983 film did Meryl Streep play the role of a worker at a nuclear factory who risks her life to protect workers from safety hazards?