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Trivia Question: In a website browser address bar, what does “www” stand for?
Answer: World Wide Web
Trivia Question: In what year were the first Air Jordan sneakers released?
Answer: 1984
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Trivia Question: In a game of bingo, which number is represented by the phrase “two little
ducks”?
Answer: 22
Trivia Question: According to Greek mythology who was the first woman on earth?
Answer: Pandora
Trivia Question: Samuel Tilden, Grover Cleveland, Al Gore and Hillary Clinton share what
distinction among U.S. presidential candidates?
Answer: They won the popular vote, but lost the electoral-college vote
Trivia Question: Tennis star Serena Williams won which major tournament while pregnant
with her first child?
Answer: The Australian Open
Trivia Question: In which European city would you find Orly airport?
Answer: Paris
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Trivia Question: Which singer’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?
Answer: Lady Gaga
Trivia Question: The only known monotremes in the animal kingdom are the echidna and
which other creature?
Answer: The platypus
Trivia Question: Kingston, Zuma, and Apollo are the sons of which American female pop star?
Answer: Gwen Stefani
Trivia Question: Fissures, vents and plugs are all associated with which geological feature?
Answer: Volcanos
Trivia Question: Which Dutch artist painted “Girl with a Pearl Earring”?
Answer: Vermeer
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Trivia Question: Where were the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill
of Rights stored during World War II?
Answer: Fort Knox
Trivia Question: Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?
Answer: Switzerland
Trivia Question: Which two U.S. states don’t observe Daylight Saving Time?
Answer: Arizona and Hawaii
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Trivia Question: What is the tiny piece at the end of a shoelace called?
Answer: An aglet
Trivia Question: In the United Kingdom, what is the day after Christmas known as?
Answer: Boxing Day
Trivia Question: Outside which New York building was John Lennon killed?
Answer: The Dakota Building
Trivia Question: How many of Snow White’s seven dwarfs have names ending in the letter Y?
Answer: Five: Dopey, Grumpy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Happy
Trivia Question: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ is the autobiography about the early years
of what inspirational African-American writer and poet?
Answer: Maya Angelou
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Trivia Question: Who was the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
Trivia Question: Which Disney film features the song ‘When You Wish Upon a Star’?
Answer: Pinocchio
Trivia Question: When Michael Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls, how many NBA Champi-
onships did he win?
Answer: Six
Trivia Question: What country won the very first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
Answer: Uruguay
Trivia Question: In what year was the first ever Wimbledon Championship held?
Answer: 1877
Trivia Question: Which country produces the most coffee in the world?
Answer: Brazil
Trivia Question: Which two countries share the longest international border?
Answer: Canada and the USA
Trivia Question: Which name is rapper Sean Combs better known by?
Answer: P. Diddy
Trivia Question: Which British girl group had a member by the name of Mel B?
Answer: Spice Girls
Trivia Question: What was the name of the rock band formed by Jimmy Page?
Answer: Led Zeppelin
Trivia Question: Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (1903)?
Answer: Marie Curie
Trivia Question: What type of music has been shown to help plants grow better and faster?
Answer: Classical
Trivia Question: What is the painting ‘La Gioconda’ more usually known as?
Answer: Mona Lisa
Trivia Question: Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in 1770 in which city?
Answer: Berlin
Trivia Question: The Statue of Liberty was given to the US by which country?
Answer: France
Trivia Question: What country has the world’s most ancient forest?
Answer: Australia
Trivia Question: Which kind of bulbs were once exchanged as a form of currency?
Answer: Tulips
Trivia Question: What color jersey is worn by the winners of each stage of the Tour De France?
Answer: Yellow
Trivia Question: Which country was the Caesar salad invented in?
Answer: Mexico
Trivia Question: On which ship did Charles Darwin make his famous expedition, which led to
his theory of evolution?
Answer: HMS Beagle
Trivia Question: In which film did father and son actors Will and Jaden Smith first appear
together?
Answer: The Pursuit of Happiness
Trivia Question: Which NFL team holds the record for the most Super Bowl appearances?
Answer: New England Patriots
Trivia Question: Which actress keeps her Oscar in her bathroom so guests can hold it and
make speeches in the mirror shame-free?
Answer: Kate Winslet
Trivia Question: In medieval England, what was used as currency, specifically for rental agree-
ments?
Answer: Eels
Trivia Question: What famous horse won the Triple Crown in 1973?
Answer: Secretariat
Trivia Question: What is the most common letter in the English alphabet?
Answer: E
Trivia Question: Chimpanzees and gorillas have human-like fingerprints and so do what other
non-human animal?
Answer: Koalas
Trivia Question: A tick bite can make you allergic to what food?
Answer: Red meat
Trivia Question: Who is is the youngest person ever to appear on a Billboard chart?
Answer: Blue Ivy Carter
Trivia Question: What is the only state that borders just one other state?
Answer: Maine
Trivia Question: Who was said to “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee”?
Answer: Muhammed Ali
Trivia Question: What is the name for the group of men who elect a Pope?
Answer: College of Cardinals
Trivia Question: What city did Starbucks open its first store in 1971?
Answer: Seattle
Trivia Question: What do you call filo pastry stuffed with chopped nuts and honey, or syrup?
Answer: Baklava
Trivia Question: What book starts with the line “Call me Ishmael.”?
Answer: Moby Dick
Trivia Question: What object did Ben Franklin attach to the end of a kite string to prove that
lightning is electricity?
Answer: A metal key
Trivia Question: What US president put a Twinkie in the country’s millennium time capsule?
Answer: Bill Clinton
Trivia Question: Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs was known for wearing what color turtleneck?
Answer: Black
Trivia Question: How many red stripes are there on the American flag?
Answer: Seven
Trivia Question: What 3 word phrase is written on Martin Luther King’s gravestone?
Answer: Free At Last
Trivia Question: Which fashion designer was shot dead in the summer of 1997?
Answer: Gianni Versace
Trivia Question: As what type of beans are chickpeas also known as?
Answer: Garbanzo
Trivia Question: Who performs the character of Mark Zuckerberg in the movie “The Social
Network”?
Answer: Jesse Eisenberg
Trivia Question: What is the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside?
Answer: Strawberry
Trivia Question: What is the only metal that is a liquid at normal atmospheric pressure and
temperature?
Answer: Mercury
Trivia Question: In ancient Greece, throwing an apple at someone was a declaration of what?
Answer: Love
Trivia Question: What’s the most populous city in the United States?
Answer: New York City
Trivia Question: Which fruit floats because 25% of its volume is air?
Answer: Apple
Trivia Question: The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for what city?
Answer: Barcelona
Trivia Question: What is the name of the prehistoric town in which The Flinstones live?
Answer: Bedrock
Trivia Question: Which US state has the longest cave system in the world?
Answer: Kentucky
Trivia Question: What is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust?
Answer: Aluminium
Trivia Question: Who was Sports Illustrated’s first female sportsperson of the year?
Answer: Billie Jean King
Trivia Question: Robin Williams won a best supporting actor Oscar for what film?
Answer: Good Will Hunting
Trivia Question: What was the first Disney animated film based on the life of a real person?
Answer: Pocahontas
Trivia Question: What character did Michael J. Fox play in ‘Back to the Future’?
Answer: Marty McFly
Trivia Question: The male of what species testicles explode on mating and then dies?
Answer: Honeybee
Trivia Question: Tanks were used in battle for the first time in which conflict?
Answer: World War 1
Trivia Question: Complete the title of a 1979 number one by Blondie – ‘Heart of…’
Answer: Glass
Trivia Question: Which Italian fascist leader was known as ‘Il Duce’?
Answer: Mussolini
Trivia Question: In what American state is it illegal to dress up like a priest or a nun?
Answer: Alabama
Trivia Question: What has a gravitational pull so strong that even light cannot escape it?
Answer: Black Hole
Trivia Question: Which 1998 Disney film was Lindsay Lohan’s film debut?
Answer: Parent Trap
Trivia Question: What type of business did Annie have that failed in “Bridesmaids”?
Answer: Bakery
Trivia Question: What were the two sides in World War II known as?
Answer: Allies and Axis
Trivia Question: What number did Derek Jeter wear on his New York Yankees jersey?
Answer: 2
Trivia Question: What vitamin does the sun’s ultraviolet rays help the skin produce?
Answer: Vitamin D
Trivia Question: Which character becomes Brienne’s squire in season 4 of “Game of Thrones”?
Answer: Podrick Payne
Trivia Question: What candy was used to lure E.T. in the 1982 movie “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestri-
al”?
Answer: Reese’s Pieces
Trivia Question: The tuba is the largest member of which musical family?
Answer: Brass
Trivia Question: The video game “Happy Feet” features what animals?
Answer: Penguins
Trivia Question: What actress won her first Oscar for “Kramer vs. Kramer”?
Answer: Meryl Streep
Trivia Question: What object of Dwight’s did Jim put in Jell-O on the TV show “The Office”?
Answer: Stapler
Trivia Question: Who voices Morty in the series “Rick and Morty”?
Answer: Justin Rolland
Trivia Question: “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” originated in what movie?
Answer: Jaws
Trivia Question: What does the “R” stand for on the rating of a movie?
Answer: Restricted
Trivia Question: The traditional Wimbledon colors are green and what?
Answer: Purple
Trivia Question: On the television show “How I Met Your Mother”, what is Lily’s occupation?
Answer: Kindergarten Teacher
Trivia Question: In what city did Princess Diana suffer her fatal car crash?
Answer: Paris
Trivia Question: What prison film starring Tim Robbins was based on a story by Stephen King?
Answer: The Shawshank Redemption
Trivia Question: Which U.S. state has “Garden State” as its nickname?
Answer: New Jersey
Trivia Question: Which type of fruit juice did Dole sell first?
Answer: Pineapple
Trivia Question: What major movie actor’s first role was in “A Nightmare On Elm Street”?
Answer: Johnny Depp
Trivia Question: What was Toyota’s first popular hybrid car called?
Answer: Prius
Trivia Question: Which Doors song is about Jim Morrison’s relationship with Pamela Courson?
Answer: Queen Of The Highway
Trivia Question: Which President of South Africa ordered Nelson Mandela’s release from pris-
on?
Answer: De Klerk
Trivia Question: Which 2008 comedy had the tagline “Put this in your pipe and smoke it”?
Answer: Pineapple Express
Trivia Question: Which country has a red flag with a star in the middle?
Answer: Morocco
Trivia Question: How many sides does the home plate in baseball have?
Answer: 5
Trivia Question: What color dresses do Chinese women traditionally wear on their wedding
day?
Answer: Red
Trivia Question: Tom Cruise considered pursuing a career in what sport before being injured?
Answer: Wrestling
Trivia Question: What country is bordered by Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the
Ukraine?
Answer: Poland
Trivia Question: The Da Vinci Code opens with a murder in which famous museum?
Answer: Lourve
Trivia Question: What candy ran the promotion for baseball’s one millionth run?
Answer: Tootsie Rolls
Trivia Question: What type of lens has a thin middle and makes objects appear smaller?
Answer: Concave
Trivia Question: What is the Hawaiian name for yellow fin tuna?
Answer: Ahi
Trivia Question: Rihanna banned fans from bringing what items to her U.K. concerts in 2008?
Answer: Umbrellas
Trivia Question: Who created the alien rock superstar Ziggy Stardust?
Answer: David Bowie
Trivia Question: Which young girl helped drive the English from French soil in the 15th centu-
ry?
Answer: Joan of Arc
Trivia Question: What U.S. President coined the phrase “Good to the last drop,” referring to
coffee?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
Trivia Question: Which name are the Sandwich Islands better known as?
Answer: Hawaii