Random Trivia Questions

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The Declaration of Independence was written primarily by which person?

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The name of which South African city was derived from the phrase South West Township?

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Which creatures can reveal, but only to someone clever enough to catch them — the location of buried treasure or gold hidden at the end of the rainbow?

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"It" has been consumed since the 1500's B.C.. Warriors drank it to gather courage, and common people took it as a medicine. It was so revered that wars were fought over its trade routes, and its seeds were used as money. Today it can be eaten or drunk. Wh

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What are the three main commercial uses for wax (whether animal, vegitable, or mineral)?

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Born in Texas in 1934, this popular American television and film comedienne and singer became, in 1981, the first person to win a libel suit against the sleazy tabloid National Enquirer?

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The writing styles of the Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians all evolved from the oldest type of writing known to mankind, dating from about 3000 BC. What was it?

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What is the holiest city in Islam?

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What was the first song played on MTV's radio counterpart when it launched?

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What is the name of the feared Columbian cocaine king and head of the Medellin drug cartel?

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In what children's game do players toss a small object into numbered squares then skip through the spaces to retrieve the object?

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What do we call the black circular opening in the center of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina?

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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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Can you give the mythological name for the mountain in Greece where no woman, female animal, child, eunuch, or person with a beardless face is allowed to set foot.

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Name the capital cities of each of these islands: a. Cyprus b. Dominican Republic c. Falkland Islands