Random Trivia Questions

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What substance is processed in a Ginnery?

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Before this young man reached his twentieth birthday in 1960, he had more than fifteen musical hits on the Billboard Top 20 charts. Who was he?

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Can you name the Portuguese navigator and explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the earth, in 1519?

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The capital and largest city of Zaire is which of the following: Harare, Mombasa, or Kinshasa?

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What was the title of the 1990 fantasy directed by Tim Burton about a young man with multi-bladed appendages, and who played the lead role?

5

Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter travelled overseas in 1981 to attend the funeral of what person?

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This vegetable is called, in French, pomme-de-terre, and in German, Erdapfel, both of which mean "earth apple." What is the English name for this vegetable?

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The first one of these was established at Wesleyan College, Georgia, in 1851. Today, then can be found on virtually every college campus. What are they?

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The largest type of living bird can be 9 feet in height and weigh 350 lbs (160 kgs). What kind of bird is it?

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What is the term for the use of light and shadow in painting to create a sense of three-dimensionality?

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Who was the first female Speaker of the US House of Representatives?

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Which comedians made famous each of these phrases: a. "I don't get no respect." b. "Isn't that special?" c. "Well, I'll be a dirty bird."

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Rock music drummer Tommy Lee was married to, and divorced from, which two blonde TV babes?

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In which 1983 film did Meryl Streep play the role of a worker at a nuclear factory who risks her life to protect workers from safety hazards?

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One of the most commonly spoken languages of the world is Bengali, most commonly spoken in what country?