Random Trivia Questions

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In December 2025, a 500-million-year-old mystery was solved regarding how starfish got their arms, thanks to the discovery of what new species?

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What labor leader co-founded the AFL in 1886 and served as its president for nearly 40 years?

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Based on a novella by Stephen King, which acclaimed 1994 drama film follows the wrongful incarceration of banker Andy Dufresne and his enduring hope and eventual escape from Shawshank State Penitentiary?

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The hallucenogenic drug, LSD, was invented by a pharmaceutical company in which European country?

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In the early 1980's, Disney Studios' Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg created a new division, Touchstone Pictures, to produce more adult-oriented films. Their first effort, in 1984, was a big hit. What was the title of this film with a wet theme?

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He was a lecturer in mathematics at Oxford, and in 1865, produced the children's classic known as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." What was his pen name and his real name?

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The 13th Century Italian poet named Dante Alighieri wrote a poem about an imaginary journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, which is considered perhaps the greatest poem of the Middle Ages. What is the name?

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The number 222, written in base three number system, would be equal to what number in base 10?

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LANGUAGE Almost one million people in the USA speak Tagalog. Which country is this language native to?

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The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after which real person? Identify by name, if possible.

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Which iconic sitcom, famously about nothing, features Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer navigating the absurdities of everyday life in New York City?

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Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in 1770 in which of these cities? Berlin, Bonn, or Berne?

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A rebellious classic film from 1955 is called Rebel Without a Cause. Can you name the three youthful stars of this film - none of whom are living today?

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Which primatologist and conservationist, renowned for groundbreaking chimpanzee research, passed away in 2025?

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Each of these words begins with the letter "G". a. An Italian boatman: b. A member of a college fraternity or sorority: c. The ridiculous name for the number: 10 to the 100th power: