Random Trivia Questions

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Who won the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival for her role in 'Rose'?

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To the nearest square inch, what is the surface area of a balloon which is 20 inches in diameter?

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Which popular fad of the 1980's included terms like "hand glide" and "back slide"?

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Which Canadian singer/songwriter wrote, among other works, the song "My Way" and the theme to "The Tonight Show"?

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Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a soldier who repeatedly experiences the last eight minutes of a commuter train bombing in an attempt to identify the bomber and prevent a future attack in this 2011 science fiction thriller. What is the name of this mind-bending film?

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What term describes an arrangement where all employees must join the union as a condition of employment?

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What technology allows a drone to maintain a fixed position in the air without pilot input, using GPS and barometric sensors?

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Give the proper names for the two major branches of biology; one deals with plants, the other animals.

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What iconic 90s sitcom, which ran for 10 seasons, follows the lives of six young adults living in Manhattan, often gathering at the Central Perk coffee shop?

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What type of automobile was named for those 19th century covered wagons that carried passengers from the train station to their hotel?

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In 2025, the Missouri Botanical Garden described a new moonlight cactus species from Costa Rica named what?

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Pope Francis passed away in April 2025 at what age?

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When her mother, Queen Juliana, abdicated the throne in 1980, her daughter, Beatrix, became Queen of what European country?

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Name the films with people's names in the title: a. 1980 film in which Goldie Hawn enlists in the army? b. 1976 interpretation of a medieval story starring Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn? c. Bawdy 1963 film about an adventurous 18th Century Englishman

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Which English word can mean all the following: to rain, to cause an event to happen, and to separate a solid from a chemical solution?