Random Trivia Questions

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Which country is known as the "Land of Milk and Honey?"

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Women in sports: a. This runner won 3 gold medals at the 1988 Olympics, including setting the world records in the 100 and 200 meter runs? b. This speedskater won the 500 meter gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics. c. This Australian tennis star, aro

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In which year did Persia change its name to Iran - 1535, 1735, or 1935?

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According to the principle of German biologist Karl Bergmann, warm-blooded animals living in cold climates tend to be ... bigger? or smaller?... than animals of the same species living in warm climates.

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Four of the children of which composer of classical music also became noted musicians?

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Can you name the two sisters who have newspaper columns in hundreds of newspapers throughout the English speaking world?

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For her role in the 1939 classic, Gone With the Wind, she became the first African-American winner of an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress). Who was she?

10

What is the smallest number which has both 72 and 80 as factors?

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Near what body of water, not far from what town, did Henry David Thoreau build a cabin in 1845 and live for more thatn two years?

6

Which city is used as the reference point for 0 degrees of longitude?

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Which former tennis champion announced in January, 1996 that he was going to run for mayor of his home town of Bucharest, Romania?

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The world's highest waterfall, 980 m (3,212 ft) high, has what heavenly name, and is located in which country?

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About 100 years ago, this French microbiologist developed the "germ theory" of disease which proposed that diseases are spread by living germs, or bacteria. He also found ways to stop wine and beer from becoming infected. Who was he?

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One of Woody Allen's best films is the 1986 movie, Hannah and Her Sisters. Which three actresses played the roles of Hannah and her sisters?

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In the center of Australia, in mostly flat desert land, lies a huge rock, which towers over 1000 feet above the flat land, and measures six miles around. Nobody knows how it got there. People come from all over the world to see it. What is the name?