Random Trivia Questions

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Who was the first black manager of a Major League baseball team?

3

This African-American botanist and agricultural chemist developed hundreds of uses for peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes. Who was he?

13

When founded in 1703, it was the first Russian city modeled after western European cities. Identify it by its name in 1703.

11

About 80% of all leather is used to make what product?

17

In the lingo of the American West, by what name is a motherless calf known?

16

When this New York undercover policeman exposed police curruption, fears for his safety caused him to quit the police force and leave the U.S. for Europe. In 1973 a film about his life was made. What was his name, and which actor pleyd him in the film?

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Which Apollo 13 mission commander, whose story was made into a famous 1995 film, died on August 7, 2025, at age 97?

6

"Manhattan Project" was the code name for what effort?

2

It was imported to Europe for the first time by Dutch traders around 1610. It was sold for the first time in Britain around 1660. What was it?

7

What puzzle video game was created by Russian designer Alexey Pajitnov in 1985?

15

It existed as a toy in Grecian times. It was also a 16th century Filipino jungle fighting weapon. It became once again a toy in 1926. The largest one ever constructed weighed 256 pounds and was launched from a 150 foot high crane. What was it?

4

What was the name of the 1987 film which starred Danny Devito and Richard Dreyfuss, playing aluminum-siding salesmen in Baltimore?

11

What phrase containing a fruit refers to someone who is your source of pride, the object of your love and affection.

9

What is the busiest sea port in Southeast Asia?

4

Which actor starred in the films Brian's Song, Funny Lady, The Godfather, and For the Boys ?