Random Trivia Questions

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Around 1790 Spanish explorers, and later Captain George Vancouver, discovered the San Juan Islands, located today in which state?

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Zoe Saldana became the first Dominican American to win an Oscar when she won Best Supporting Actress for which 2025 film?

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What planet reached opposition on January 10, 2026, making it brighter and more visible than at any other time of the year?

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What iconic procedural drama, created by Dick Wolf, is known for its distinctive "dun-dun" sound effect and its two-part structure, focusing first on the police investigation and then on the prosecution in the courtroom?

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What is the Afrikaans word which means "separateness"?

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What major sporting event, featuring rugby union, concluded its annual championship in March 2026?

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Joel Alfonso Vargas directed this 2025 film, which premiered at Sundance, telling the coming-of-age story of Rico, a young man in the Bronx who must confront new responsibilities when his girlfriend, Destiny, becomes pregnant. What is the film's title?

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What ruler was margarine invented for?

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Which U.S. state borders Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey?

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Name the U.S. states with the following nicknames: a. The Wolverine state b. The Volunteer state c. The Gopher state

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Which Labor leader went to dinner at a Detroit restaurant on July 30, 1975, and was never seen again?

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What company, in January 2026, announced plans to deploy a new satellite communications network called TeraWave in LEO and medium Earth orbit?

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Which Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail to India, in 1497?

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What were the names of these two popular films: the remake from 1991 of the original film from 1950, with the same title, which starred Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor as father and daughter. What's the title?

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Which movie, with a title that evokes a sense of repeated departure, currently has no publicly available plot, cast, or production details?