Random Trivia Questions

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There are 17 hours difference in time zones between San Francisco and Tokyo. If an airplane leaves Tokyo at 3 p.m. on Friday, and flies 10 hours to San Francisco, what day and time does it arrive in SF? (don't forget to write am or pm and the day)

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On what date did the Israel-Hamas ceasefire take effect in January 2025, with the first hostages and prisoners released?

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BONUS: How many pairs of ribs do human beings have?

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Which American musician assembled the musicians who had played 50 years ago in Havana, and created the film, the "Buena Vista Social Club"?

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The writing styles of the Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians all evolved from the oldest type of writing known to mankind, dating from about 3000 BC. What was it?

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What do we call the Jewish dish of finely chopped whitefish, pike, or carp, mixed with crumbs, eggs, and seasonings, cooked in a broth in the form of an oval?

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literature challenging

In what year was Syrian poet Adonis born: 1909, 1921, 1929 or 1930?

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One was a former Olympic gymnast who won the Gold in the 1984 Olympics, the other a perennial tennis champion. They were the first two women athletes to appear on the box of Wheaties cereal. Who are they?

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Can you give the mythological name for the mountain in Greece where no woman, female animal, child, eunuch, or person with a beardless face is allowed to set foot.

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What country lies directly north of Vietnam?

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In 1988, 160,000 people attended the largest rock music gathering ever held in East Germany. The Communist newpapers hailed the American rock performer as a friend of the working class. Who was he?

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What 1990 made-for-television thriller film stars Stephen Baldwin as a young man who finds himself entangled in a murder investigation after discovering a mysterious message on an answering machine?

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In this satirical superhero series, a group of vigilantes aims to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their powers, led by the charismatic yet ruthless Billy Butcher and Hughie Campbell.

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This German field marshal commanded the African Korps during World War II. After he was implicated in a plot to kill Hitler in 1944, he took his life. He was nicknamed the "desert fox." Who was he?

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James McAvoy portrays a man with 23 distinct personalities who kidnaps three teenage girls in this 2016 M. Night Shyamalan psychological horror film. What is this film called?