Random Trivia Questions

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Which U.S. city has these three nicknames: air crossroads of the world, Chicago of the north, largest city in the largest state?

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What is the highest mountain peak in North America?

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What digital mode, developed by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Joe Taylor, allows amateur radio operators to make contacts with extremely weak signals?

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What term describes a lawsuit brought by one person on behalf of a larger group?

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Which game is played on a marked board divided into two halves, each side containing 12 alternately colored points?

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In 1894 this French Jewish army officer was convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment, but ultimately acquitted when the evidence against him was shown to have been falsified by anti-Semites. Who was he?

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What new Marvel film, part of the Avengers series, is scheduled for release in December 2026?

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This 17th century French clergyman and political leader was the chief of government under King Louis XIII who establishied absolute monarchy in France and broke the political power of the Huguenots (French Protestants). Who was he?

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What German law, enacted in 1516, restricted beer ingredients to only water, barley, and hops?

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What does the acronym RAM stand for?

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BONUS 3: Which U.S. capital city lies at the highest altitude above sea level?

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In this 2006 mystery thriller film, based on a novel by Dan Brown, symbologist Robert Langdon is called to the Louvre Museum after a murder, uncovering a conspiracy that leads him to decipher hidden messages in famous artworks and religious texts.

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The Allegheny and Monongehela rivers meet to form the Ohio river in which city?

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In its basic form, this substance is a kind of soap, but when mixed with gasoline, it forms a deadly material used in flame throwers and incendiary bombs. What is it?

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Which color flame burns hottest? Red, white, or blue?