Random Trivia Questions

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What's the difference between a turtle and a tortoise?

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In an attempt to control their own work, what film studio did Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks, and Mary Pickford establish in 1919?

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What were the first two Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals that were translated to the movie screen?

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Too cute, too popular, and too rich: Can you name any four of the six stars of the popular TV show, Friends ?

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Her name is Vigdis Finnbogadottir, and in 1980, she became the world's first democratically elected female head of state. Which isolated country did she represent?

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The 1939 film classic, Gone With the Wind, won the Oscar in all these categories except one. Which one did it not win? Best Actress, Actor, Film, Director.

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What is the name for the study of the supernatural influence of numbers on human life?

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Which hard working, hard drinking 18th century Scottish poet wrote the lyrics to the songs as "Coming Through the Rye" and "Auld Lang Syne"?

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In Great Britain on October 5, 1962, the Beatles released their first single record, which reached # 17 on the British charts. What was the title?

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Since it became a city in 1991, this southern California city of 11,000 population has been victim of floods, mudslides, earthquake, and wildfires. What city is it?

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What is the scientific name for the unit of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C?

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At the end of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy clicks her heels together and chants what?

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In 1947 the Norwegian ethnologist and author Thor Heyerdahl confirmed that ancient Indians could have sailed from Peru to Polynesia, and in 1970, he confirmed that ancient Egyptians could have settled the West Indies. What were the names of the two boats

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If, after the Presidential election, no candidate would have a majority of the electoral votes, how would the President be determined?

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BONUS: In 399 BC, at the age of 70, Socrates was convicted and sentenced to death by drinking poison, for what crime?