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Trivia: What was the first video game in the Batman "Arkham" series? Answer: Arkham Asylum
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Trivia: In the Team Fortress 2 canon, what did Shakespearicles NOT invent? Answer: Stairs
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Trivia: What is the plane of existence in MicroProse's 1997 "Magic the Gathering"? Answer: Shandalar
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Trivia: Which of these weapons is NOT available to the Terrorist team in the game, "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive"? Answer: SCAR-20
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Trivia: In Minecraft, what types of sound files are required for custom SFX to work in resource packs? Answer: .ogg
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Trivia: Which of these stages is not playable in "Super Smash Bros. for Wii U"? Answer: Fountain of Dreams
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Trivia: Ellen McLain, the voice of GLaDOS in the Portal game series, is married to the voice actor for which Team Fortress 2 character? Answer: Sniper
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Trivia: Which PokΓ©mon can learn the move "Secret Power" by leveling up? Answer: Audino
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Trivia: In World of Warcraft, What was the name of the spell that caused a plague that famously killed millions of players in 2005? Answer: Corrupted Blood
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Trivia: Who is the creator of the free, open-source rhythm game 'osu!'? Answer: Dean 'Peppy' Herbert
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Trivia: In "Call Of Duty: Zombies", which map's opening cutscene shows "Richtofen" killing another version of himself? Answer: The Giant
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Trivia: Who published the 1998 video game Half-Life? Answer: Sierra On-Line
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Trivia: Which company developed the free battle royale game Fortnite? Answer: Epic Games
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Trivia: In "World of Warcraft," which of the following can be found outside of every instanced dungeon? Answer: A Meeting Stone
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Trivia: In "Overwatch", Coalescence is the name for the ultimate of which hero? Answer: Moira
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Trivia: In the game Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Siege, what organization is Valkyrie from? Answer: Navy Seals
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Trivia: Which of the following Elite Four members from the 6th Generation of PokΓ©mon was a member of Team Flare? Answer: Malva
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Trivia: Which of these is NOT a name of a city in the main island of PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS? Answer: Belushya Guba
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Trivia: What is the subtitle for Gran Turismo 3? Answer: A-Spec
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Trivia: Which company is the one responsible for creating the strategy videogame Stellaris? Answer: Paradox Development Studio
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Trivia: In the Lego Island trilogy, who taught Pepper Roni how to read? Answer: Officer Laura Brick
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Trivia: What is the name of the first boss the player encounters in the 2017 game, "Little Nightmares"? Answer: The Janitor
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Trivia: Who created the 2011 Video Game "Minecraft"? Answer: Markus Persson
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Trivia: What was the first .hack game? Answer: .hack//Infection
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Trivia: Which soccer player is featured on the cover of EA Sport's FIFA 18? Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo
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Trivia: What animal is featured in "Bloons TD Battles"? Answer: Monkeys
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Trivia: In the PokΓ©mon series, what is Palkia's hidden ability? Answer: Telepathy
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Trivia: Which Animal Crossing game was for the Nintendo Wii? Answer: Animal Crossing: City Folk
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Trivia: Who is the leader of Team Instinct in PokΓ©mon Go? Answer: Spark
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Trivia: In "Earthbound", how does one enter "Master Belch's" factory? Answer: Wait 3 Minutes
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Trivia: Which of these characters was NOT planned to be playable for Super Smash Bros. 64? Answer: Peach
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Trivia: In Kingdom Hearts, how many members does Organization XIII have in total? Answer: 14
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Trivia: Who voiced the character Joel in "The Last of Us"? Answer: Troy Baker
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Trivia: What Touhou Project character's first ever appearance was as a midboss in the eighth game, Imperishable Night? Answer: Tewi Inaba
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Trivia: What is the title of song on the main menu in Halo? Answer: Halo
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Trivia: In Sid Meier's Civilization V, which World Wonder can only be built in cities on or next to a desert? Answer: Petra
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Trivia: What is the name of the alien species introduced in Shadow the Hedgehog (2005)? Answer: Black Arms
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Trivia: Who is the main character in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance? Answer: Raiden
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Trivia: In "World of Warcraft," what dragon appears in the human guise of Lord Victor Nefarius? Answer: Nefarian
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Trivia: Lanky, Funky, and Chunky are all characters featured in which series owned by Nintendo? Answer: Donkey Kong
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Trivia: In "Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit", what is the name of the fictional car? Answer: El NiΓ±o
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Trivia: Which of these symbols can be seen on the shirt of the 1993 video game character, Bubsy T. Bobcat? Answer: An exclamation point
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Trivia: What numbers did Sayaka Maizono write on the wall in Dangan Ronpa Trigger Happy Havoc? Answer: 11037
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Trivia: In the game "Undertale", who was Mettaton's creator? Answer: Alphys
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Trivia: Which one of these characters was first introduced in Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric? Answer: Sticks the Badger
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Trivia: What Sims console game featured the Black Eyed Peas in the game? Answer: The Urbz: Sims In The City
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Trivia: In Divinity: Original Sin II, what is the name of the skeletal origin character? Answer: Fane
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Trivia: Which Super Mario video game when they introduce Bowser Jr. for the first time? Answer: Super Mario Sunshine
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Trivia: What CoD "Deathstreak" is only featured in Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2? Answer: Copycat
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Trivia: Which of these characters wasn't a villian in Club Penguin? Answer: The Director
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Trivia: In Grand Theft Auto V, what was Michael De Santa's former surname? Answer: Townley
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Trivia: Which of the four empires in Eve Online was the first to achieve faster than light travel? Answer: Amarr Empire
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Trivia: Given that all party members are maxed, who is the fastest party member in Super Mario RPG: Legend of The Seven Stars? Answer: Geno
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Trivia: In the 2014 Pokemon VGC Finals, which Pokemon was famous for bringing the winner to victory? Answer: Pachirisu
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Trivia: In "Call Of Duty: Zombies", what is the name of Samantha Maxis' dog? Answer: Fluffy
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Trivia: In the game Call of Duty, what is the last level where you play as an American soldier? Answer: Festung Recogne
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Trivia: Who is the protagonist in Dead Rising 3? Answer: Nick Ramos
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Trivia: Which drive form was added into Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix? Answer: Limit Form
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Trivia: Which of these characters does not appear in "Nier: Automata"? Answer: A1
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Trivia: Which of the following is NOT a Nintendo game console? Answer: Dreamcast
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Trivia: In the lore of the PAYDAY series, which criminal was arrested and then latered rescued by the PAYDAY gang? Answer: Hoxton
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Trivia: "Exile" and "Revelations" were the third and fourth installments of which PC game series? Answer: Myst
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Trivia: Which character does the player play as in the video game "Bastion"? Answer: The Kid
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Trivia: What programming language does the Source Engine use? Answer: C++
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Trivia: According to Overwatch's lore, who was once a member of the Deadlock Gang? Answer: McCree
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Trivia: In the Nintendo Game Splatoon 2, what is Marina's screen name? Answer: DJ_Hyperfresh
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Trivia: Which of these is NOT a possible drink to be made in the game "VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action"? Answer: Sour Appletini
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Trivia: The first version of Blockland came out in which year? Answer: 2004
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Trivia: In the 2015 RPG "Undertale", which character do you first encounter after falling down into the underground? Answer: Flowey
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Trivia: What is the name the location-based augmented reality game developed by Niantic before PokΓ©mon GO? Answer: Ingress
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Trivia: In "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" for the Sega Genesis, what is the color of the second Chaos Emerald you can get from Special Stages? Answer: Orange
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Trivia: In the first Left 4 Dead, you can play as either of these four characters. Answer: Francis, Bill, Zoey, and Louis
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Trivia: In Final Fantasy XIV, what is the name of the Deep Dungeon that was introduced in the expansion pack, Heavensward? Answer: Palace of the Dead
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Trivia: Which water-type PokΓ©mon starter was introduced in the 4th generation of the series? Answer: Piplup
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Trivia: What war is Call Of Duty: Black Ops based on? Answer: Cold War
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Trivia: What was the first weapon pack for "PAYDAY 2"? Answer: The Gage Weapon Pack #1
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Trivia: What song is played during the ending credits of Guitar Hero: World Tour? Answer: Dream Theater - Pull Me Under
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Trivia: What was the name of the cancelled sequel of Team Fortress? Answer: Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms
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Trivia: In the video game, Half-life, what event started the Half-life universe as we know today? Answer: The Resonance Cascade
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Trivia: What year was the video game streaming platform TwitchTV founded? Answer: 2011
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Trivia: What is not a playable race in "Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn"? Answer: Hume
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Trivia: How many times do you fight Gilgamesh in "Final Fantasy 5"? Answer: 6
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Trivia: Before it's redesign of the company logo in the year 2000, which 3D shape is NOT represented in the Electronic Arts logo? Answer: Cylinder
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Trivia: In Diablo lore, this lesser evil spawned from one of the seven heads of Tathamet, and was known as the Maiden of Anguish. Answer: Andariel
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Trivia: Which "Call Of Duty: Zombies" map introduced the "Staffs Of The Ancients"? Answer: Origins
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Trivia: What was the character Kirby originally going to be named? Answer: Popopo
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Trivia: In the game PokΓ©mon Conquest, which warlord is able to bond with Zekrom and a shiny Rayquazza? Answer: Nobunaga
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Trivia: What is the name of the child performing the Black Sacrament, in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim? Answer: Aventus Aretino
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Trivia: In "Call Of Duty: Zombies", what is the name of the machine that upgrades weapons? Answer: Pack-A-Punch
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Trivia: In Pokemon, the ability Wonder Guard is exclusive to which Pokemon? Answer: Shedinja
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Trivia: Which game did NOT get financed via Crowdfunding? Answer: Enter the Gungeon
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Trivia: How many controllers could a Nintendo GameCube have plugged in at one time? Answer: 4
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Trivia: What is the real name of "Warhead" in the Sega Genesis game "Vectorman"? Answer: Raster
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Trivia: In "Magicka", which two elements are combined to cast the spell, "Nullify"? Answer: Arcane + Shield
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Trivia: League of Legends, DOTA 2, Smite and Heroes of the Storm are all part of which game genre? Answer: Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA)
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Trivia: According to Toby Fox, what was the method to creating the initial tune for Megalovania? Answer: Singing into a Microphone
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Trivia: What ingredient is NOT used to craft a cake in Minecraft? Answer: Bread
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Trivia: Which operation in "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege" introduced the "Skyscraper" map? Answer: Red Crow
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Trivia: When was "Luigi's Mansion 3" released? Answer: October 31st, 2019
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Trivia: In World of Warcraft Lore, four Old Gods created a giant and powerful creature. What was it called? Answer: The Ancient One
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Trivia: What is the canonical name of the Persona 4 protagonist? Answer: Yu Narukami
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Trivia: How many copies of the notorious E.T. game for the Atari 2600 did Atari end up selling? Answer: 1.5 Million
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Trivia: In "Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island", which of these colors is NOT represented by a Yoshi? Answer: White
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Trivia: Which one of these characters appeared in Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite? Answer: Firebrand
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Trivia: Who is the half-demon character in Divinity: Original Sin 2 who you talk to to transition between acts? Answer: Malady
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Trivia: In the "Ace Attorney" series, who was the truly responsible of the forging of the autopsy report of the pivotal IS-7 incident? Answer: Bansai Ichiyanagi
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Trivia: What was the original name of Crash Bandicoot? Answer: Willie Wombat
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Trivia: What is the name of your team in Star Wars: Republic Commando? Answer: Delta Squad
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Trivia: Which one of these was not a member of the Fiendish Five in the game Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus? Answer: Dimitri Lousteau
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Trivia: Who stars in Brutal Legend? Answer: Jack Black
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Trivia: Which of the following games was not a launch title for the Nintendo Gamecube? Answer: Super Mario Sunshine
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Trivia: Who created Agent 47 in the game series "Hitman"? Answer: Dr. Otto Wolfgang Ort-Meyer
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Trivia: In Stardew Valley, what is the reward for completing all of the Bulletin Board bundles? Answer: Additional Friendship points
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Trivia: Which musical artist was NOT featured as playable avatars in the game "DJ Hero"? Answer: Dr. Dre
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Trivia: From the Meme Culture, which Mario game immerged "Weegee"? Answer: Mario is Missing! MS-DOS Version
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Trivia: Which Sonic the Hedgehog game was originally supposed to be packaged with Sonic 3, but was cut in half due to time constraints? Answer: Sonic & Knuckles
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Trivia: What is the name of the protagonist's first Persona in "Persona 5"? Answer: Arsene
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Trivia: How many Star Spirits do you rescue in the Nintendo 64 video game "Paper Mario"? Answer: 7
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Trivia: In Need for Speed: Underground, what car does Eddie drive? Answer: Nissan Skyline GT-R (R34)
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Trivia: What was the FIRST Valve game to have VR? Answer: The Lab
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Trivia: From where does the Nintendo video game character Mario derive his name? Answer: The landlord of the American headquarters
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Trivia: Which of these songs does NOT play during the Ruins segments of the 2015 game "Undertale"? Answer: Another Medium
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Trivia: What are tiny Thwomps called in Super Mario World? Answer: Thwimps
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Trivia: Which genre is the Touhou Project associated with? Answer: Shoot 'em up (bullet-hell) & Fighting
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Trivia: The Khajiit are a race of cat-like creatures from which epic series of role-playing games, set across the land of Tamriel? Answer: The Elder Scrolls
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Trivia: In what year was PokΓ©mon Diamond & Pearl released in Japan? Answer: 2006
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Trivia: In what year was "Super Mario Sunshine" released? Answer: 2002
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Trivia: How many voice channels does the Nintendo Entertainment System support natively? Answer: 5
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Trivia: In the game series "The Legend of Zelda", what was the first 3D game? Answer: Ocarina of Time
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Trivia: In "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney" which character is the District Chief of Police? Answer: Damon Gant
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Trivia: In the "Pikmin" games, which of the following pikmin colors lacks it's own "Onion" nest? Answer: Purple
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Trivia: Rocket League is a game which features.. Answer: Cars
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Trivia: How many total monsters appear in Monster Hunter Generations? Answer: 105
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Trivia: What is the final game of the "Zero Escape" series called? Answer: Zero Escape Zero Time Dilemma
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Trivia: In the "Call Of Duty: Zombies" map "Der Riese", what is the name of the "Pack-A-Punched PPSH-41"? Answer: The Reaper
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Trivia: In what year was the game "FTL: Faster Than Light" released? Answer: 2012
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Trivia: One of the Nintendo Entertainment System voice channels supports playback of sound samples. Which one? Answer: DMC
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Trivia: How many times do you fight the Imprisoned in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword? Answer: 3
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Trivia: In Overwatch, which ape species is the hero Winston? Answer: Gorilla
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Trivia: Mirror's Edge Catalyst takes place in the City of...? Answer: Glass
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Trivia: In WarioWare: Smooth Moves, which one of these is NOT a Form? Answer: The Hotshot
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Trivia: Which game was the first time Mario was voiced by Charles Martinet? Answer: Mario's Game Gallery
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Trivia: In the video game franchise "Halo", what is the UNSC's main opposing faction called? Answer: The Covenant
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Trivia: In the game "Cave Story," what is the character Balrog's catchphrase? Answer: Huzzah!
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Trivia: What is the main character's name in "Braid"? Answer: Tim
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Trivia: What company developed the Xbox line of video game consoles? Answer: Microsoft
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Trivia: When Halo 3: ODST was unveiled in 2008, it had a different title. What was the game formally called? Answer: Halo 3: Recon
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Trivia: How many unique items does "Borderlands 2" claim to have? Answer: 87 Bazillion
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Trivia: In The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, the horse that goes by the name Shadowmere is given by what guild? Answer: Dark Brotherhood
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Trivia: What is the mod "Cry of Fear" based off of? Answer: Half-Life
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Trivia: What is the name of the currency in the "Animal Crossing" series? Answer: Bells
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Trivia: In Star Wars: Republic Commando (2005), what is the name of the squad that you play as? Answer: Delta Squad
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Trivia: Which occupation did John Tanner, the main protagonist for Driver and Driver 2, had before turning into an undercover cop? Answer: Racing Driver
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Trivia: Which was the first M-rated video game developed by Squaresoft/Square Enix? Answer: Parasite Eve
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Trivia: Which one of the following actors did not voice a character in "Saints Row: The Third"? Answer: Ron Jeremy
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Trivia: The cake depicted in Valve's "Portal" franchise most closely resembles which real-world type of cake? Answer: Black Forest
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Trivia: Who created the digital distribution platform Steam? Answer: Valve
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Trivia: Which of these is a type of monster found in Minecraft? Answer: Skeleton
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Trivia: What is the fastest speed possible in TrackmaniaΒ²: Stadium? Answer: 1000 km/h
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Trivia: In World of Warcraft lore, who was first to have the title "The Ashbringer"? Answer: Alexandros Mograine
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Trivia: In the "Call Of Duty: Zombies" map "Origins", where is "Stamin-Up" located? Answer: Generator 5
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Trivia: In the game Overwatch, which hero out of the following 4 is from Brazil? Answer: LΓΊcio
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Trivia: In "Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games", characters are split into how many types? Answer: 4
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Trivia: In Kingdom Hearts which of the following people can NOT wield a keyblade? Answer: Larxene
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Trivia: How many different notes is the tune, "Song of Healing", comprised of in "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask"? Answer: 3
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Trivia: In the video game Undertale, what Fun Value is required to obtain the Fake Hallway? Answer: 66
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Trivia: Which company developed the video game "Borderlands"? Answer: Gearbox Software
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Trivia: In "Call Of Duty: Zombies", which map features the "Fly Trap" easter egg? Answer: Der Riese
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Trivia: In Minecraft: Java Edition, which of the following feature/block was added to Survival mode in Beta 1.3? Answer: Beds
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Trivia: The Bracken from Lethal Company is also known as: Answer: The Flower Man
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Trivia: In the game "Brawlhalla", what species is the character BΓΆdvar is? Answer: Half Human / Half Bear
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Trivia: In the Video Game, Half-life, what type of US military force starts clearing out the Black Mesa Research Facility? Answer: The HECU
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Trivia: In Minecraft, which of these ingredients is needed to brew a Potion of Water Breathing? Answer: Pufferfish
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Trivia: Which artist composed the original soundtrack for "Watch Dogs 2"? Answer: Hudson Mohawke
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Trivia: Which of the following games was NOT included in Valve's Orange Box? Answer: Counter-Strike
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Trivia: "Strangereal" is a fictitious Earth-like world for which game series? Answer: Ace Combat
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Trivia: During development of "Super Mario World", Yoshi's hard saddle was originally which of these? Answer: A shell
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Trivia: Which of these characters won the Super Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot in 2015? Answer: Bayonetta
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Trivia: In the video game "Team Fortress 2", which class is able to double jump? Answer: Scout
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Trivia: Who is the main character in the video game "Just Cause 3"? Answer: Rico Rodriguez
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Trivia: Prior to his appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, What was King K. Rool's last appearance in any game? Answer: Mario Super Sluggers
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Trivia: How many stars are there to collect in Super Mario 64? Answer: 120
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Trivia: What year was Super Mario Bros. released? Answer: 1985
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Trivia: In the game Danganronpa: Happy Trigger Havoc, the character Aoi Asahina's ultimate ability is what? Answer: Ultimate Swimmer
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Trivia: Which of these levels does NOT appear in the console/PC versions of the game "Sonic Generations"? Answer: Mushroom Hill
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Trivia: Which Final Fantasy game consisted of a female-only cast of party members? Answer: Final Fantasy X-2
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Trivia: What are the chances of being dealt a Royal Flush within Poker/Video Poker? Answer: 1 in 649,740
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Trivia: What was the name of the first MMORPG to popularize the genre? Answer: Ultima Online
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Trivia: The walls of the Goldenrod City Gym in "PokΓ©mon Gold and Silver" are arranged in the shape of which PokΓ©mon? Answer: Clefairy
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Trivia: In the co-op shooter Payday 2, which contact helps you break out Hoxton? Answer: The Dentist
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Trivia: In the 2002 video game "Kingdom Hearts", how many Keyblades are usable? Answer: 18
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Trivia: Which of these games was NOT a Nintendo Switch launch title in the United States? Answer: Voez
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Trivia: In which mall does "Dead Rising" take place? Answer: Willamette Parkview Mall
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Trivia: In the 2002 video game "Kingdom Hearts", how many playable worlds were there? Answer: 14
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Trivia: In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, what's the rarity of discontinued skins called? Answer: Contraband
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Trivia: In the "Worms" series of video games, which of these weapons is affected by wind? Answer: Bazooka
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Trivia: Marvel vs Capcom 2: New age of Heroes was released in what year? Answer: 2000
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Trivia: Who is the founder of Team Fortress 2's fictional company "Mann Co"? Answer: Zepheniah Mann
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Trivia: What company created and developed the game "Overwatch"? Answer: Blizzard Entertainment
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Trivia: Final Fantasy VI was originally released outside Japan under what name? Answer: Final Fantasy III
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Trivia: Which company developed the MMO Spiral Knights (2011)? Answer: Three Rings Design
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Trivia: Which of the following is not a playable race in the MMORPG Guild Wars 2? Answer: Tengu
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Trivia: In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which of the following pair of characters are NOT considered "Echo Fighters"? Answer: Link & Young Link
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Trivia: In what city in the dystopia alternate future of Half-Life 2 do you first start in? Answer: City 17
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Trivia: PokΓ©mon Go is a location-based augmented reality game developed and published by which company? Answer: Niantic
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Trivia: What is the name of the world that the MMO "RuneScape" takes place in? Answer: Gielinor
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Trivia: In Undertale, how much do Spider Donuts cost in Hotland? Answer: 9999G
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Trivia: Killing Floor started as a mod for which Unreal Engine 2 game? Answer: Unreal Tournament 2004
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Trivia: In "Super Mario Sunshine", how do you unlock the "Corona Mountain" level? Answer: By clearing every 7th episode
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Trivia: In the popular MOBA League of Legends, which of the following champions is nicknamed "the Virtuoso"? Answer: Jhin
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Trivia: Who was the first female protagonist in a video game? Answer: Samus Aran
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Trivia: Which is not a playable character in the 2005 video game Killer7? Answer: Frank Smith
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Trivia: What is the name of the common, gun-toting enemies of the "Oddworld" video game series? Answer: Sligs
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Trivia: What's the name of the main protagonist in the "Legend of Zelda" franchise? Answer: Link
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Trivia: In Super Mario RPG: Legend of The Seven Stars, what is Geno's real name? Answer: β‘βͺ!?
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Trivia: Which of the following was not developed by Bethesda? Answer: Fallout: New Vegas
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Trivia: Which Nintendo 64 game did NOT have Luigi in it? Answer: Super Mario 64
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Trivia: Which of the following is a character in the video game Destiny? Answer: Cayde-6
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Trivia: How many games in the Crash Bandicoot series were released on the original Playstation? Answer: 5
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Trivia: What is the code name of Morgana the cat in Persona 5? Answer: Mona
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Trivia: Which one of these games came out first? Answer: Terraria
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Trivia: What video game engine does the videogame Quake 2 run in? Answer: iD Tech 2
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Trivia: In the Nintendo DS game 'Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective', what is the name of the hitman seen at the start of the game? Answer: Nearsighted Jeego
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Trivia: Phil Fish was the designer of which game? Answer: Fez
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Trivia: On the 6th of June 2006, what was the name of the infamous glitch that occurred in the MMO RuneScape? Answer: The Falador Massacre
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Trivia: In the game Enter the Gungeon, which one of these is not a playable character? Answer: The Wizard
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Trivia: In the Assassin's Creed series,what was the name of Desmond Miles given by Abstergo? Answer: Subject 17
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Trivia: How many regular Sunken Sea Scrolls are there in "Splatoon"? Answer: 27
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Trivia: What video game company developed the 2004 racing game "Burnout 3: Takedown"? Answer: Criterion Games
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Trivia: In "Call Of Duty: Zombies", completing which map's easter egg will reward you with the achievement, "Time Travel Will Tell"? Answer: Shangri-La
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Trivia: What were the first two blocks in "Minecraft"? Answer: Grass and Cobblestone
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Trivia: In the beginning of the game "Sonic Adventure", what color Chaos Emerald does Tails own? Answer: Purple
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Trivia: In which year did the orignal Sims game release? Answer: 2000
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Trivia: Which of the following is not a real PokΓ©mon? Answer: Luminid
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Trivia: Which car is NOT featured in "Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2"? Answer: Toyota MR2
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Trivia: Who's the Captain of the S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team in Resident Evil 1? Answer: Enrico Marini
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Trivia: What character is NOT apart of the Grand Theft Auto series? Answer: Michael Cardenas
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Trivia: In the game Warframe, what Mastery Rank do you need to have to build the Tigris Prime? Answer: 13
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Trivia: What year was the game "Overwatch" revealed? Answer: 2014
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Trivia: Which of these is not a DLC vehicle in "Mario Kart 8"? Answer: Wild Wiggler
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Trivia: In "Starbound", what is the max HP of the monster "Punchy"? Answer: 50,000 HP
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Trivia: Which of these characters was considered, but ultimately not included, for Super Smash Bros. Melee? Answer: James Bond
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Trivia: In the "Portal" series, who was Cave Johnson's personal assistant? Answer: Caroline
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Trivia: Which Overwatch character says the line "Heroes never die!"? Answer: Mercy
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Trivia: In which country's version of Half-Life are the HECU Marines replaced with robots? Answer: Germany
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Trivia: In the "Halo" franchise, in what country is New Mombasa? Answer: Kenya
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Trivia: In the SHMUP series, "Darius", what is the name of the antagonist faction you fight against? Answer: Belsar
History
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Trivia: In what year did the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl melt down? Answer: 1986
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Trivia: The creator of the Enigma Cypher and Machine was of what nationality? Answer: German
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Trivia: Who was the last emperor of Mexico? Answer: Ferdinand Maximilian
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On this day in 533: Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa.
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Trivia: Which countries participated in the Lobster War? Answer: France and Brazil
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Trivia: The Korean War started in what year? Answer: 1950
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Trivia: On which aircraft carrier did the Doolitte Raid launch from on April 18, 1942 during World War II? Answer: USS Hornet
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On this day in 379: Yax Nuun Ahiin I is crowned as 15th Ajaw of Tikal
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Trivia: America's Strategic Defense System during the Cold War was nicknamed after this famous movie. Answer: Star Wars
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On this day in 1470: The Earl of Warwick's rebellion forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.
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Trivia: On which day did the attempted coup d'etat of 1991 in the Soviet Union begin? Answer: August 19
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On this day in 1263: The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
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Vanilla is the second most expensive spice after saffron. It takes 3-4 years for vanilla orchids to mature and produce pods.
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Trivia: Which infamous European traitor was known as "the last person to enter Parliament with honest intentions"? Answer: Guy Fawkes
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The first webcam was created to monitor a coffee pot. Cambridge University researchers wanted to check if coffee was available without walking to the kitchen.
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Trivia: What were the first states to break away from Yugoslavia? Answer: Slovenia, Croatia
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Humans shed about 8 pounds of dead skin cells per year. You're constantly regenerating your outer layer.
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Trivia: Pianist FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin was a composer of which musical era? Answer: Romantic
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Trivia: Which modern day country is the region that was known as Phrygia in ancient times? Answer: Turkey
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On this day in 1437: Battle of Tangier: a Portuguese expeditionary force initiates a failed attempt to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier.
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Trivia: The fraudelent doctor John R. Brinkley acummulated great fame and wealth in the early 1900s offering what service? Answer: Goat testicles transplant
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Trivia: What is the name given to the series of confrontations between the UK and Iceland over North Atlantic fishing rights? Answer: The Cod Wars
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Trivia: Pol Pot was the former dictator of which country? Answer: Cambodia
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Trivia: All of the following are names of the Seven Warring States EXCEPT: Answer: Zhai (ηΏ)
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Trivia: How many sonatas did Ludwig van Beethoven write? Answer: 32
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On this day in 1552: Russo-Kazan Wars: Russian troops enter Kazan.
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Trivia: In which year did the First World War begin? Answer: 1914
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Trivia: According to scholarly estimates, what percentage of the world population at the time died due to Tamerlane's conquests? Answer: 5%
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Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire. Oxford was founded around 1096, while the Aztec Empire began in 1428.
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Trivia: What year was Canada founded in? Answer: 1867
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Trivia: The Hagia Sophia was commissioned by which emperor of the Byzantine Empire? Answer: Justinian I
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Trivia: When was Google founded? Answer: September 4, 1998
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Trivia: In 1547 who became the 1st Tsar of Russia Answer: Ivan the Terrible
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Trivia: Which building was set aflame on August 24th, 1812? Answer: The White House
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Trivia: The Battle of Hastings was fought in which year? Answer: 1066
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Trivia: What year were the Marian Reforms instituted in the Roman Republic? Answer: 107 BCE
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Trivia: How many years did the Hundred Years' War last? Answer: 116
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Trivia: What was the name of the national hero of the Philippines who inspired and lead the Philippine Revolution against colonial Spain? Answer: JosΓ© Rizal
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Trivia: Which Nazi General was known as the "Desert Fox"? Answer: Erwin Rommel
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Trivia: Which of these positions did the astronomer and physicist Isaac Newton not hold? Answer: Surveyor to the City of London
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Trivia: What was the real name of the Albanian national leader Skanderbeg? Answer: Gjergj Kastrioti
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The first computer bug was an actual bug - a moth trapped in a Harvard computer in 1947. Grace Hopper coined the term when she found it.
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Trivia: When did the French Revolution begin? Answer: May 05 1789
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Trivia: Which of the following was not one of Joseph Stalin's ten blows during World War II? Answer: Vistula-Oder Offensive
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Trivia: Which country was Josef Stalin born in? Answer: Georgia
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Trivia: What was the transfer of disease, crops, and people across the Atlantic shortly after the discovery of the Americas called? Answer: The Columbian Exchange
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Trivia: Joseph Stalin had a criminal past doing what? Answer: Robbing Trains
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Trivia: What year is considered to be the year that the British Empire ended? Answer: 1997
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Trivia: Which Louis was known as 'The Sun King of France'? Answer: Louis XIV
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The Great Wall of China contains rice flour as mortar. Ancient Chinese builders used sticky rice as a binding agent, making parts of the wall incredibly durable.
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Trivia: What nationality was sultan Saladin? Answer: Kurdish
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On this day in 829: Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.
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The number zero was invented independently by at least three different civilizations. Babylonians, Mayans, and Indians all developed the concept separately.
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On this day in 1609: Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him - the Hudson River.
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Crows can remember human faces for years and hold grudges. They can even teach their offspring to recognize specific people.
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On this day in 585 BC: Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia.
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Trivia: Which game was the Game of the Year in 2018? Answer: God of War
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The Roman Empire was still active when the University of Oxford was founded. Rome fell in 476 CE, but the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire continued until 1453.
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Trivia: When was the United States National Security Agency established? Answer: November 4, 1952
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On this day in 1229: Γgedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia.
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Trivia: Toussaint Louverture led a successful slave revolt in which country? Answer: Haiti
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On this day in 1645: Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Scottish Royalists are defeated by Covenanters at the Battle of Philiphaugh.
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Trivia: What age was King Henry V when he died? Answer: 35
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Trivia: What was the name of the spy ring that helped the United States win the Revolutionary War? Answer: Culper Ring
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On this day in 509 BC: The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September.
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Trivia: How old was Lyndon B. Johnson when he assumed the role of President of the United States? Answer: 55
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Trivia: The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested, had a yield of 50 megatons but theoretically had a maximum yield of how much? Answer: 100 Megatons
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Trivia: When did Norway get its constitution? Answer: 1814
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Trivia: What was the first sport to have been played on the moon? Answer: Golf
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On this day in 1789: The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
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On this day in 1766: The Nottingham Cheese Riot breaks out at the Goose Fair in Nottingham, UK, in response to the excessive cost of cheese.
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Trivia: In 1720, England was in massive debt and became involved in the South Sea Bubble. Who was the main mastermind behind it? Answer: John Blunt
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Trivia: Which of these facilities was not present on the Titanic? Answer: Fainting room
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Trivia: The Herero genocide was perpetrated in Africa by which of the following colonial nations? Answer: Germany
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The world's oldest known living tree is over 4,850 years old. It's a Great Basin bristlecone pine named Methuselah in California.
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The '@' symbol existed long before email. It was used by merchants in the 15th century to indicate quantity.
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On this day in 1780: American Revolutionary War: John AndrΓ©, a British Army officer, is hanged as a spy by the Continental Army.
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Chocolate was once used as currency by the Aztecs. Cocoa beans were so valuable they were used in trade and taxation.
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Trivia: With which Greek philosopher would you associate the phrase, "I know that I know nothing"? Answer: Socrates
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Trivia: Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand? Answer: Gavrilo Princip
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a storm larger than Earth that's been raging for at least 400 years. It's slowly shrinking but still massive.
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Trivia: After his loss at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to which island? Answer: St. Helena
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Trivia: Who tutored Alexander the Great? Answer: Aristotle
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Vikings discovered America 500 years before Columbus. Leif Erikson reached North America around 1000 CE.
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Trivia: Which day did World War I begin? Answer: July 28
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Trivia: The Ottoman Empire was dissolved after their loss in which war? Answer: World War I
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Trivia: What is the name of the ship which was only a few miles away from the RMS Titanic when it struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912? Answer: Californian
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Trivia: In which year did the Invasion of Kuwait by Iraq occur? Answer: 1990
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On this day in 939: Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and other Frankish dukes.
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Trivia: In what year did the Great Northern War, between Russia and Sweden, end? Answer: 1721
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Trivia: The RMS Titanic sunk during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to which American city? Answer: New York City
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Trivia: What was the last colony the UK ceded marking the end of the British Empire? Answer: Hong Kong
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Trivia: Which of the following African countries was most successful in resisting colonization? Answer: Ethiopia
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Trivia: Which is the hull NO. of the Fletcher class destroyer Fletcher? Answer: DD-445
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The original name for Windows was 'Interface Manager.' Microsoft changed it to Windows just before launch.
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The shortest war in history lasted only 38-45 minutes. The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 ended with Zanzibar's quick surrender.
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Trivia: When was Adolf Hitler appointed as Chancellor of Germany? Answer: January 30, 1933
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Trivia: What Russian automatic gas-operated assault rifle was developed in the Soviet Union in 1947, and is still popularly used today? Answer: AK-47
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Trivia: How many manned moon landings have there been? Answer: 6
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Trivia: Which U.S. President was famously 'attacked' by a swimming rabbit? Answer: Jimmy Carter
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Trivia: The Fallingwater House, located in Pennsylvania, was designed by which architect? Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright
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Sharks have been around longer than trees. Sharks have existed for about 400 million years, while trees appeared around 350 million years ago.
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Trivia: When was the SS or Schutzstaffel established? Answer: April 4th, 1925
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Trivia: What was the capital of South Vietnam before the Vietnam War? Answer: Saigon
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Carrots were originally purple, not orange. The orange variety was developed in the Netherlands in the 17th century.
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Trivia: Who assassinated President James A. Garfield? Answer: Charles Guiteau
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Trivia: In 1845, a series of wars named after which indigenous people began in New Zealand? Answer: MΔori
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Trivia: Which one of these was not a beach landing site in the Invasion of Normandy? Answer: Silver
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Trivia: Which naval battle was considered the turning point of the Pacific Ocean Theater during World War 2? Answer: Battle of Midway
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Trivia: What historical event was Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture referencing? Answer: The Napoleonic Wars
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Trivia: What year did Australia become a federation? Answer: 1901
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Trivia: What year did the Boxing Day earthquake & tsunami occur in the Indian Ocean? Answer: 2004
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Trivia: Which of these countries remained neutral during World War II? Answer: Switzerland
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Trivia: The Panama Canal was finished under the administration of which U.S. president? Answer: Woodrow Wilson
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The last woolly mammoth died just 4,000 years ago on Wrangel Island, long after the pyramids were built.
Entertainment: Books
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Trivia: What book series published by Jim Butcher follows a wizard in modern day Chicago? Answer: The Dresden Files
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Trivia: What's Harry Potter's dad's name? Answer: James Potter
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Trivia: What was the pen name of novelist, Mary Ann Evans? Answer: George Eliot
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Trivia: This play is generally considered to be the most adaptable of Shakespeareβs works, and follows two βstar-crossed loversβ. Answer: Romeo and Juliet
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Trivia: What is the name of the gang that Ponyboy is a part of in the book, The Outsiders? Answer: The Greasers
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Trivia: In the novel "Lord of the Rings", how many rings of power were given to the race of man? Answer: 9
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Trivia: What is Hermione Granger's middle name? Answer: Jean
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Trivia: Who wrote "Harry Potter"? Answer: J.K. Rowling
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Trivia: Who wrote the "A Song of Ice And Fire" fantasy novel series? Answer: George R. R. Martin
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Trivia: In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear originally from? Answer: Peru
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Trivia: According to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book, the answer to life, the universe and everything else is... Answer: 42
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Trivia: What is the name of the protagonist of J.D. Salinger's novel Catcher in the Rye? Answer: Holden Caulfield
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Trivia: The novel "Of Mice And Men" was written by what author? Answer: John Steinbeck
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Trivia: Which of these book series is by James Patterson? Answer: Maximum Ride
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Trivia: In Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book", what type of snake was Kaa? Answer: Python
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Trivia: Which of the following is NOT a work done by Shakespeare? Answer: Trial of Temperance
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Trivia: In Alice in Wonderland, what is the name of Alice's kitten? Answer: Dinah
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Trivia: What is Ron Weasley's middle name? Answer: Bilius
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Trivia: "Green Eggs And Ham" is a book by which author? Answer: Dr. Seuss
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Trivia: Mary Shelley is the author of what classic horror story? Answer: Frankenstein
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Trivia: In The Lies Of Locke Lamora, what does "Lamora" mean in Throne Therin? Answer: Shadow
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Trivia: Which novel by John Grisham was conceived on a road trip to Florida while thinking about stolen books with his wife? Answer: Camino Island
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Trivia: By what name was the author Eric Blair better known? Answer: George Orwell
Entertainment: Board Games
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Trivia: In the Board Game, Settlers of Catan, a die roll of what number causes the Robber to attack? Answer: 7
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Trivia: In which year was the pen and paper RPG "Deadlands" released? Answer: 1996
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Trivia: In "Magic: The Gathering", during the design for Planar Chaos, what color did the developers think of adding in as the sixth color? Answer: Purple
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Trivia: When Magic: The Gathering was first solicited, which of the following was it originally titled? Answer: Mana Clash
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Trivia: Which of these board games do NOT utilize standard 6-sided dice? Answer: The Game of Life
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Trivia: In what year was the card game Magic: the Gathering first introduced? Answer: 1993
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Trivia: When was the board game Twister, released to the public? Answer: April 1966
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Trivia: What letter is used to refer to blue mana in the card game Magic The Gathering? Answer: U
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Trivia: In poker, "EV" means what? Answer: Expected Value
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Trivia: In Magic: The Gathering, what card's flavor text is "Catch!"? Answer: Lava Axe
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Trivia: Which of these cities is NOT featured in the Pandemic board game? Answer: Berlin
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Trivia: In Yu-Gi-Oh, how does a player perform an Xyz Summon? Answer: Overlay at least 2 Monsters of the Same Level
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Trivia: In chess, which is a characteristic of the King's Gambit? Answer: Sacrificing a pawn
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Trivia: How many rooms are there, not including the hallways and the set of stairs, in the board game "Clue"? Answer: 9
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Trivia: In board games, an additional or ammended rule that applies to a certain group or place is informally known as a "what" rule? Answer: House
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Trivia: In Magic: The Gathering, what was a tribute card to Jamie Wakefield's late wife Marilyn, who loved horses? Answer: Timbermare
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Trivia: In "Magic: The Gathering", what instant card has the highest converted mana cost? Answer: Blinkmoth Infusion
Entertainment: Television
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Trivia: Who co-founded the YouTube Let's Play channel "Game Grumps" alongside Newgrounds animator Egoraptor? Answer: JonTron
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Trivia: What TV show is about a grandfather dragging his grandson around on adventures? Answer: Rick & Morty
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Trivia: Which of the following actors portrayed the Ninth Doctor in the British television show "Doctor Who"? Answer: Christopher Eccleston
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Trivia: Pat Cashman, the announcer for Super Smash Brothers: Brawl, also featured prominently in what famous TV show? Answer: Bill Nye the Science Guy
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Trivia: Which of the following Autobot names in Michael Bay's movies was NOT a name for a Transformer in the original 1980's cartoon? Answer: Mudflap
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Trivia: In the original Doctor Who series (1963), fourth doctor Tom Baker's scarf was how long? Answer: 7 Meters
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Trivia: In Game of Thrones, what is Littlefinger's real name? Answer: Petyr Baelish
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Trivia: In which British seaside town was the BBC sitcom "Fawlty Towers" set? Answer: Torquay
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Trivia: Who was the winner of "Big Brother" Season 10? Answer: Dan Gheesling
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Trivia: In "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" what was the name of Frank's wrestling persona? Answer: The Trash Man
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Trivia: What is the name of the pirate that sings the intro to "Spongebob Squarepants"? Answer: Painty
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Trivia: Guy's Grocery Games is hosted by which presenter? Answer: Guy Fieri
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Trivia: Who was Firestorm's rival during the original run of UK Robot Wars? Answer: Panic Attack
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Trivia: What was the name of the the first episode of Doctor Who to air in 1963? Answer: An Unearthly Child
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Trivia: What is the name of the planet that the Doctor from television series "Doctor Who" comes from? Answer: Gallifrey
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Trivia: Which of these Nickelodeon game shows aired first? Answer: Double Dare
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Trivia: What is the name of Chris's brother in "Everybody Hates Chris"? Answer: Drew
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Trivia: In the show 'Doctor Who', what is the name of the time-capsule model stolen by 'the Doctor'? Answer: TT Type 40, Mark 3 (TARDIS)
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Trivia: Who composed the theme song for The Simpsons? Answer: Danny Elfman
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Trivia: How many seasons did "Stargate SG-1" have? Answer: 10
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Trivia: Prior to working at Wizards of the Coast, "Mark Rosewater" was a writer for which show? Answer: Roseanne
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Trivia: In Battlestar Galactica (2004), what is the name of the President of the Twelve Colonies? Answer: Laura Roslin
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Trivia: Which of the following figures did NOT have a cameo on "The Drew Carey Show" (1995-2004)? Answer: Bill Cosby
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Trivia: In "Breaking Bad", Walter White is a high school teacher diagnosed with which form of cancer? Answer: Lung Cancer
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Trivia: Which of these Bojack Horseman characters is a human? Answer: Todd Chavez
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Trivia: How many seasons did the Sci-Fi television show "Stargate Atlantis" have? Answer: 5
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Trivia: Which Star Trek race advances itself through assimilation? Answer: Borg
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Trivia: Who won the 10th season of Big Brother in the United States? Answer: Dan Gheesling
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Trivia: Which movie served as the KTMA pilot episode for the show "Mystery Science Theater 3000"? Answer: The Green Slime
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Trivia: On the NBC show Community what was Star Burns' real name? Answer: Alex
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Trivia: The first half-hour CGI cartoon, ReBoot, aired on which year? Answer: 1994
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Trivia: In Naruto: Shippuden, which of the following elements is a "Kekkei TΕta?" Answer: Particle Style
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Trivia: What NBC sitcom once saw two of its characters try to pitch NBC on a sitcom about nothing? Answer: Seinfeld
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Trivia: What is the name of the "Flash" and "Arrow" spinoff featuring a team of characters that have appeared on both shows? Answer: Legends of Tomorrow
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Trivia: In "Star Trek", what is the Klingon death ritual? Answer: Look into sky and yell loudly in mourning.
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Trivia: In the Sci-Fi television show Doctor Who, who plays the Tenth Doctor? Answer: David Tennant
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Trivia: Which character does voice actress Tara Strong NOT voice? Answer: Bubbles (2016)
Mythology
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Trivia: Who was the King of Gods in Ancient Greek mythology? Answer: Zeus
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Trivia: In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos? Answer: Ariadne
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Trivia: Which Greek & Roman god was known as the god of music, truth and prophecy, healing, the sun and light, plague, poetry, and more? Answer: Apollo
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Trivia: Which of these mythological creatures is said to be half-man and half-horse? Answer: Centaur
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Trivia: A minotaur is half human half what? Answer: Bull
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Trivia: How many heads does Cerberus have? Answer: 3
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Trivia: Neptune's greek name was... Answer: Poseidon
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Trivia: Who is the God Loki's son? Answer: Fenrir
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Trivia: The Nike apparel and footwear brand takes it's name from the Greek goddess of what? Answer: Victory
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Trivia: In African mythology, Anansi is a trickster and storyteller who takes the shape of which animal? Answer: Spider
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Trivia: Who is the god of war in Polynesian mythology? Answer: 'Oro
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Trivia: Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife Eurydice to the land of the living? Answer: Orpheus
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Trivia: Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as cheese making and bee keeping. Answer: Aristaeus
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Trivia: Hel was the daughter of which Norse Mythological figure? Answer: Loki
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Trivia: What mythology did the god "Apollo" come from? Answer: Greek and Roman
Geography
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Trivia: On a London Underground map, what colour is the Circle Line? Answer: Yellow
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Trivia: Which country has three capital cities? Answer: South Africa
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Trivia: What is the nickname for the US state Delaware? Answer: The First State
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Trivia: What city is known as the Rose Capital of the World? Answer: Tyler, Texas
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Trivia: Which small country is located between the borders of France and Spain? Answer: Andorra
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Trivia: Which UK country features a dragon on their flag? Answer: Wales
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Trivia: What is the largest country in the world ? Answer: Russian Federation
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Trivia: What is the name of the former country that was succeeded by countries such as Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia? Answer: Yugoslavia
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Trivia: The Pyrenees mountains are located on the border of which two countries? Answer: France and Spain
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Trivia: What is the capital of Wisconsin, USA? Answer: Madison
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Trivia: What is the official German name of the Swiss Federal Railways? Answer: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen
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Trivia: What year is on the flag of the US state Wisconsin? Answer: 1848
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Trivia: The following Spanish provinces are located in the northern area of Spain except: Answer: Murcia
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Trivia: What is the capital of the State of Washington, United States? Answer: Olympia
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Trivia: Which of these island countries is located in the Caribbean? Answer: Barbados
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Trivia: What is the name of the capital of Turkey? Answer: Ankara
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Trivia: What name was historically used for the Turkish city currently known as Istanbul? Answer: Constantinople
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Trivia: Where is the area commonly known as the Bermuda Triangle? Answer: North Atlantic Ocean, between Florida and Puerto Rico
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Trivia: Which of the following is NOT a capital city? Answer: Sydney
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Trivia: Where are the Nazca Lines located? Answer: Peru
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Trivia: What is the capital of Slovakia? Answer: Bratislava
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Trivia: Which of these is the name of the largest city in the US state Tennessee? Answer: Memphis
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Trivia: What is the most populous Muslim-majority nation in 2010? Answer: Indonesia
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Trivia: Which country was NOT part of the Soviet Union? Answer: Romania
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Trivia: What are the four corner states of the US? Answer: Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico
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Trivia: When does Finland celebrate their independence day? Answer: December 6th
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Trivia: Which country was NOT formerly part of Yugoslavia? Answer: Albania
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Trivia: Which of these countries is "doubly landlocked" (surrounded entirely by one or more landlocked countries)? Answer: Uzbekistan
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Trivia: What city is the Terracotta Army located in? Answer: Xi'an
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Trivia: Which of these countries is not written in its native language? Answer: SlovaΕ‘ko
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Trivia: What is the capital of Australia? Answer: Canberra
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Trivia: Which country features a maple leaf on its flag? Answer: Canada
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Trivia: Which is the largest freshwater lake in the world? Answer: Lake Superior
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Trivia: How many countries does Spain have a land border with? Answer: 5
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Trivia: Lake Titicaca is located between which two nations? Answer: Peru and Bolivia
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Trivia: How many countries does the United States share a land border with? Answer: 2
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Trivia: What island in the Canary Islands was the scene of one of the worst air disasters in history with the collision of two jumbo jets? Answer: Tenerife
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Trivia: What is the second-largest city in Lithuania? Answer: Kaunas
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Trivia: In which English county is the city of Portsmouth? Answer: Hampshire
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Trivia: Which German city is located on the River Isar? Answer: Munich
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Trivia: What country is the second largest in the world by area? Answer: Canada
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Trivia: What African country has Portuguese as its official language? Answer: Mozambique
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Trivia: The Hunua Ranges is located in... Answer: New Zealand
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Trivia: In 2012 the German-speaking microstate "Liechtenstein" in Central Europe had a population of how many inhabitants? Answer: 36,600
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Trivia: Which of these is NOT a city in Saudi Arabia? Answer: Dubai
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Trivia: Which of the following Arab countries does NOT have a flag containing only Pan-Arab colours? Answer: Qatar
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Trivia: Which European city has the highest mileage of canals in the world? Answer: Birmingham
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Trivia: What is the only country in the world with a flag that doesn't have four right angles? Answer: Nepal
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Trivia: How many stations does the Central Line have on the London Underground? Answer: 49
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Trivia: What is the land connecting North America and South America? Answer: Isthmus of Panama
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Trivia: What is the area of Vatican City? Answer: 0.44km^2
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Trivia: The prefix Sino- (As in Sino-American) is used to refer to what nationality? Answer: Chinese
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Trivia: What is the official language of Bhutan? Answer: Dzongkha
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Trivia: What is Canada's smallest province? Answer: Prince Edward Island
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Trivia: What is the capital of South Korea? Answer: Seoul
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Trivia: What is the name of the Canadian national anthem? Answer: O Canada
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Trivia: How many independent countries are there within the continent of South America? Answer: 12
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Trivia: What is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka? Answer: Colombo
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Trivia: Which English county will you find the University of East Anglia? Answer: Norfolk
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Trivia: Which of these countries is not a United Nations member state? Answer: Niue
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Trivia: What is the capital of Scotland? Answer: Edinburgh
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Trivia: What is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas? Answer: Austin
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Trivia: The formerly East-Prussian city of KΓΆnigsberg is known as which Russian City today? Answer: Kaliningrad
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Trivia: The derisive acronym "PIIGS" refers to which of the following European countries and their economic statuses? Answer: Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain
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Trivia: What is the capital of the American state of Arizona? Answer: Phoenix
Science: Computers
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Trivia: What is the codename of the eighth generation Intel Core micro-architecture launched in October 2017? Answer: Coffee Lake
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Trivia: .rs is the top-level domain for what country? Answer: Serbia
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Trivia: Which of these programming languages is a low-level language? Answer: Assembly
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Trivia: What is known as "the brain" of the Computer? Answer: Central Processing Unit
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Trivia: The computer OEM manufacturer Clevo, known for its Sager notebook line, is based in which country? Answer: Taiwan
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Trivia: How long is an IPv6 address? Answer: 128 bits
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Trivia: The teapot often seen in many 3D modeling applications is called what? Answer: Utah Teapot
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Trivia: What is the number of keys on a standard Windows Keyboard? Answer: 104
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Trivia: Which of the following is NOT a computer science algorithm? Answer: Float Sort
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Trivia: What port does HTTP run on? Answer: 80
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Trivia: The C programming language was created by this American computer scientist. Answer: Dennis Ritchie
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Trivia: Moore's law originally stated that the number of transistors on a microprocessor chip would double every... Answer: Year
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Trivia: Which coding language was the #1 programming language in terms of usage on GitHub in 2015? Answer: JavaScript
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Trivia: What major programming language does Unreal Engine 4 use? Answer: C++
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Trivia: All of the following programs are classified as raster graphics editors EXCEPT: Answer: Inkscape
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Trivia: What was the first commerically available computer processor? Answer: Intel 4004
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Trivia: Australia, Japan, and Southeast Asia are in which ITU Region? Answer: Region 3
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Trivia: Which of the following is a personal computer made by the Japanese company Fujitsu? Answer: FM-7
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Trivia: In CSS, which of these values CANNOT be used with the "position" property? Answer: center
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Trivia: On a standard American QWERTY keyboard, what symbol will you enter if you hold the shift key and press 1? Answer: Exclamation Mark
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Trivia: .at is the top-level domain for what country? Answer: Austria
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Trivia: Which programming language shares its name with an island in Indonesia? Answer: Java
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Trivia: How many cores does the Intel i7-6950X have? Answer: 10
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Trivia: What is the name of Layer 7 of the OSI model? Answer: Application
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Trivia: Whistler was the codename of this Microsoft Operating System. Answer: Windows XP
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Trivia: Which programming language was developed by Sun Microsystems in 1995? Answer: Java
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Trivia: What does the 'S' in the RSA encryption algorithm stand for? Answer: Shamir
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Trivia: What was the name given to Android 4.3? Answer: Jelly Bean
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Trivia: On which day did the World Wide Web go online? Answer: December 20, 1990
Art
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Trivia: Who sculpted the statue of David? Answer: Michelangelo
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Trivia: Which artist's style was to use small different colored dots to create a picture? Answer: Georges Seurat
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Trivia: What year did Albrecht DΓΌrer create the painting "The Young Hare"? Answer: 1502
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Trivia: What was the major distinction between the English and French Gothic styles of architecture? Answer: Fan vaulting
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Trivia: What color is produced by mixing black and white? Answer: Grey
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Trivia: Which artist painted the late 15th century mural 'The Last Supper'? Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
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Trivia: Painter Piet Mondrian (1872 - 1944) was a part of what movement? Answer: Neoplasticism
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Trivia: Who painted the Sistine Chapel? Answer: Michelangelo
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Trivia: Which painting was not made by Vincent Van Gogh? Answer: The Ninth Wave
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Trivia: What is the world's oldest known piece of fiction? Answer: Epic of Gilgamesh
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Trivia: Which time signature is commonly known as βCut Time?β Answer: 2/2
Entertainment: Comics
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Trivia: What are the names of the two "Canon fan trolls" in "Homestuck"? Answer: Mierfa Durgas and Nektan Whelan
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Trivia: Who created Ultron of Earth-616? Answer: Henry Pym
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Trivia: Who is the creator of the comic series "The Walking Dead"? Answer: Robert Kirkman
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Trivia: What are the Three Virtues of Bionicle? Answer: Unity, Duty, Destiny
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Trivia: Which "Green Arrow" sidekick commonly wears a baseball cap? Answer: Roy Harper
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Trivia: In the Batman comics, by what other name is the villain Dr. Jonathan Crane known? Answer: Scarecrow
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Trivia: The success of DC Comics' Swamp Thing, Sandman, and other books in a similar style, led to the creation of what new imprint in 1993? Answer: Vertigo
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Trivia: In Bionicle, who was formerly a Av-Matoran and is now the Toa of Light? Answer: Takua
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Trivia: Which Doom Patrol member was a later addition, first appearing in 1989? Answer: Crazy Jane
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Trivia: Who wrote the Batman comic series "The Killing Joke"? Answer: Alan Moore
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Trivia: Which planet did Superman come from? Answer: Krypton
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Trivia: In 1978, Superman teamed up with what celebrity, to defeat an alien invasion? Answer: Muhammad Ali
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Trivia: What is the designation given to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Answer: Earth-199999
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Trivia: What is the real hair colour of the mainstream comic book version (Earth-616) of Daredevil? Answer: Blonde
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Trivia: Which of these game-based comics were published in 2011 by DC Comics? Answer: Infamous
Sports
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Trivia: What is βThe Sport of Kingsβ? Answer: Horse Racing
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Trivia: Which NFL team plays for New England? Answer: Patriots
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Trivia: What is the name of Manchester United's home stadium? Answer: Old Trafford
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Trivia: In golf, what name is given to a hole score of two under par? Answer: Eagle
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Trivia: Who won the UEFA Champions League in 2017? Answer: Real Madrid C.F.
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Trivia: Who won the UEFA Champions League in 2016? Answer: Real Madrid C.F.
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Trivia: Which soccer team won the Copa AmΓ©rica 2015 Championship ? Answer: Chile
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Trivia: In Canadian football, scoring a rouge is worth how many points? Answer: 1
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Trivia: Which female player won the gold medal of table tennis singles in 2016 Olympics Games? Answer: DING Ning (China)
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Trivia: Which English football team is nicknamed 'The Tigers'? Answer: Hull City
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Trivia: What cricketing term denotes a batsman being dismissed with a score of zero? Answer: Duck
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Trivia: Who was the British professional wrestler Shirley Crabtree better known as? Answer: Big Daddy
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Trivia: Who won the 2011 Stanley Cup? Answer: Boston Bruins
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Trivia: How many times did Martina Navratilova win the Wimbledon Singles Championship? Answer: Nine
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Trivia: What country hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics? Answer: Russia
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Trivia: Which of these countries' national teams qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia? Answer: Tunisia
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Trivia: How many games did Arsenal FC go unbeaten during the 2003-2004 season of the English Premier League Answer: 38
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Trivia: In baseball, how many fouls are an out? Answer: 0
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Trivia: Which two teams played in Super Bowl XLII? Answer: The New York Giants & The New England Patriots
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Trivia: Which soccer team won the Copa AmΓ©rica Centenario 2016? Answer: Chile
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Trivia: Prior to 2018, which car company is the only Japanese company which won the 24 Hours of Le Mans? Answer: Mazda
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Trivia: At which race was the 2018 F1 Drivers Championship won? Answer: Mexico
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Trivia: Who won the 1998 Daytona 500? Answer: Dale Earnhardt
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Trivia: In Baseball, how many times does the ball have to be pitched outside of the strike zone before the batter is walked? Answer: 4
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Trivia: Who won the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix? Answer: Daniel Ricciardo
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Trivia: The Rio 2016 Summer Olympics held it's closing ceremony on what date? Answer: August 21
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Trivia: What team did England beat in the semi-final stage to win in the 1966 World Cup final? Answer: Portugal
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Trivia: Which German sportswear company's logo is the 'Formstripe'? Answer: Puma
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Trivia: Hockey player Wayne Gretzky was born in what Canadian province? Answer: Ontario
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Trivia: A stimpmeter measures the speed of a ball over what surface? Answer: Golf Putting Green
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Trivia: How many soccer players should be on the field at the same time? Answer: 22
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Trivia: What was the year of estabilishment of the Bari Italian Football Club? Answer: 1908
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Trivia: Which African American is in part responsible for integrating Major League baseball? Answer: Jackie Robinson
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Trivia: What national team won the 2016 edition of UEFA European Championship? Answer: Portugal
General Knowledge
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Trivia: What year was Queen Elizabeth II born? Answer: 1926
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Trivia: Red Vines is a brand of what type of candy? Answer: Licorice
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Trivia: On average, Americans consume 100 pounds of what per second? Answer: Chocolate
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Trivia: Which of the General Mills Corporation's monster cereals was the last to be released in the 1970's? Answer: Fruit Brute
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Trivia: What geometric shape is generally used for stop signs? Answer: Octagon
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Trivia: Which is the second largest native language spoken in Spain by numbers of speakers? Answer: Catalan
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Trivia: Which country developed the AK-47 assault rifle? Answer: Soviet Union
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Trivia: What zodiac sign is represented by a pair of scales? Answer: Libra
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Trivia: Frank Lloyd Wright was the architect behind what famous building? Answer: The Guggenheim
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Trivia: Who is the youngest person to receive a Nobel Prize? Answer: Malala Yousafzai
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Trivia: What is the Swedish word for "window"? Answer: FΓΆnster
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Trivia: The Quran is the holy book of which Abrahamic religion? Answer: Islam
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Trivia: Which country has the most Trappist breweries? Answer: Belgium
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Trivia: Which language is NOT Indo-European? Answer: Hungarian
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Trivia: The term "scientist" was coined in which year? Answer: 1833
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Trivia: In Half-Life, what is the name of the alien that attaches to heads? Answer: Headcrab
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Trivia: What airline was the owner of the plane that crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia in 1998? Answer: Swiss Air
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Trivia: What is real haggis made of? Answer: Sheep's Heart, Liver and Lungs
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Trivia: Sciophobia is the fear of what? Answer: Shadows
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Trivia: What direction does the Statue of Liberty face? Answer: Southeast
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Trivia: Which of the following blood component forms a plug at the site of injuries? Answer: Platelets
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Trivia: What was Bank of America originally established as? Answer: Bank of Italy
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Trivia: What is the weight of a Gold Bar in Fallout: New Vegas? Answer: 35 Pounds
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Trivia: What is the currency of Poland? Answer: ZΕoty
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Trivia: Which famed architect, who died in 2019 aged 102, designed the glass pyramid at the Louvre museum in Paris? Answer: I. M. Pei
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Trivia: What does a funambulist walk on? Answer: A Tight Rope
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Trivia: In a 1994 CBS interview, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates performed what unusual trick on camera? Answer: Jumping over an office chair
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Trivia: When was WhatsApp founded? Answer: 2009
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Trivia: In the MMO RPG "Realm of the Mad God", what dungeon is widely considered to be the most difficult? Answer: The Shatter's
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Trivia: Going by the International Code of Signals, which single flag is interpreted as "I require assistance (not distress)"? Answer: Victor
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Trivia: Which American president appears on a one dollar bill? Answer: George Washington
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Trivia: What was the original name of the search engine "Google"? Answer: BackRub
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Trivia: What was the nickname given to the Hughes H-4 Hercules, a heavy transport flying boat which achieved flight in 1947? Answer: Spruce Goose
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Trivia: Which logical fallacy means to attack the character of your opponent rather than their arguments? Answer: Ad hominem
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Trivia: What is the name of the poker hand containing three of a kind and a pair? Answer: Full House
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Trivia: In "Katamari Damacy", you control a character known as: Answer: The Prince
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Trivia: The word "astasia" means which of the following? Answer: The inability to stand up
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Trivia: What does VR stand for? Answer: Virtual Reality
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Trivia: Which one of these is not a typical European sword design? Answer: Scimitar
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Trivia: Which of the following languages does NOT use gender as a part of its grammar? Answer: Turkish
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Trivia: How long did it take the motorized window washers of the original World Trade Center to clean the entire exterior of the building? Answer: 1 Month
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Trivia: What is the romanized Arabic word for "moon"? Answer: Qamar
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Trivia: Who founded the Khan Academy? Answer: Sal Khan
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Trivia: What do sailors call the front of a boat? Answer: Bow
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Trivia: What do the letters of the fast food chain KFC stand for? Answer: Kentucky Fried Chicken
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Trivia: In "Battle Cats", what is Moneko / MISS Moneko's critical percentage rate? Answer: 15%
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Trivia: A criminal who has βcooked the booksβ has engaged in what kind of illegal behavior? Answer: Accounting Fraud
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Trivia: The βfairyβ type made itβs debut in which generation of the Pokemon core series games? Answer: 6th
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Trivia: A statue of Charles Darwin sits in what London museum? Answer: Natural History Museum
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Trivia: What kind of aircraft was developed by Igor Sikorsky in the United States in 1942? Answer: Helicopter
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Trivia: The Canadian $1 coin is colloquially known as a what? Answer: Loonie
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Trivia: Terry Gilliam was an animator that worked with which British comedy group? Answer: Monty Python
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Trivia: Which item of clothing is usually worn by a Scotsman at a wedding? Answer: Kilt
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Trivia: What is the romanized Korean word for "heart"? Answer: Simjang
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Trivia: Which candy is NOT made by Mars? Answer: Almond Joy
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Trivia: Which film star has his statue in Leicester Square? Answer: Charlie Chaplin
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Trivia: What English word means to "think deeply"? Answer: Contemplate
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Trivia: The Mexican Beer "Corona" is what type of beer? Answer: Pale Lager
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Trivia: Which of the following buildings is example of a structure primarily built in the Art Deco architectural style? Answer: Niagara Mohawk Building
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Trivia: According to the United States' CDC, one in how many Americans die annually due to smoking? Answer: Five
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Trivia: What machine element is located in the center of fidget spinners? Answer: Bearings
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Trivia: Which of these cities does NOT have a United States Minting location? Answer: St. Louis, MO
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Trivia: Who invented Pastafarianism? Answer: Bobby Henderson
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Trivia: How many colors are there in a rainbow? Answer: 7
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Trivia: Which of these words refers to something made, distributed, or sold illegally? Answer: Bootleg
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Trivia: The new One World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City was designed by which architect? Answer: David Childs
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Trivia: What is the name of the Jewish New Year? Answer: Rosh Hashanah
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Trivia: Where is Apple Inc. headquartered? Answer: Cupertino, California
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Trivia: Which company did Valve cooperate with in the creation of the Vive? Answer: HTC
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Trivia: In "Shrek", what comedic actor voices Donkey? Answer: Eddie Murphy
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Trivia: A doctor with a PhD is a doctor of what? Answer: Philosophy
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Trivia: How tall is the Burj Khalifa? Answer: 2,722 ft
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Trivia: The buried remains of which English explorer of Australia were found in London in January 2019? Answer: Matthew Flinders
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Trivia: Linus Pauling, one of the only winners of multiple Nobel Prizes, earned his Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and what? Answer: Peace
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Trivia: What type of dog is 'Handsome Dan', the mascot of Yale University? Answer: Bulldog
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Trivia: Who is depicted on the US hundred dollar bill? Answer: Benjamin Franklin
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Trivia: Located in Chile, El Teniente is the world's largest underground mine for what metal? Answer: Copper
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Trivia: Which iconic Disneyland attraction was closed in 2017 to be remodeled as a "Guardians of the Galaxy" themed ride? Answer: Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
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Trivia: What is the name of the very first video uploaded to YouTube? Answer: Me at the zoo
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Trivia: When someone is inexperienced they are said to be what color? Answer: Green
Science & Nature
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Trivia: What is the study of the cells and tissues of plants and animals? Answer: Histology
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Trivia: On the Beaufort Scale of wind force, what wind name is given to number 8? Answer: Gale
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Trivia: What are human nails made of? Answer: Keratin
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Trivia: Which of the following bones is not in the leg? Answer: Radius
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Trivia: A comet's gaseous envelope (which creates the tail) is called what? Answer: The coma
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Trivia: Where in the human body is the Pineal Gland located? Answer: Brain
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Trivia: The "Tibia" is found in which part of the body? Answer: Leg
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Trivia: Which of the following is a major muscle of the back? Answer: Trapezius
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Trivia: Burning which of these metals will produce a bright white flame? Answer: Magnesium
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Trivia: This element, when overcome with extreme heat and pressure, creates diamonds. Answer: Carbon
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Trivia: The word "science" stems from the word "scire" meaning what? Answer: To know
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Trivia: What is the unit of electrical capacitance? Answer: Farad
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Trivia: In the Scoville scale, what is the hottest chemical? Answer: Resiniferatoxin
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Trivia: Which of the following men does not have a chemical element named after him? Answer: Sir Isaac Newton
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Trivia: Which Apollo mission was the first one to land on the Moon? Answer: Apollo 11
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Trivia: Which moon is the only satellite in our solar system to possess a dense atmosphere? Answer: Titan
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Trivia: Where is the Gluteus Maximus muscle located? Answer: Butt
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Trivia: In quantum physics, which of these theorised sub-atomic particles has yet to be observed? Answer: Graviton
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Trivia: What is the largest planet in the Solar System? Answer: Jupiter
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Trivia: What is the standard SI unit for distance? Answer: Metre
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Trivia: What is the name for the auditory illusion of a note that seems to be rising infinitely? Answer: Shepard Tone
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Trivia: What does the term "isolation" refer to in microbiology? Answer: The separation of a strain from a natural, mixed population of living microbes
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Trivia: What is the unit of electrical resistance? Answer: Ohm
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Trivia: Approximately how long is a year on Uranus? Answer: 84 Earth years
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Trivia: What nucleotide pairs with guanine? Answer: Cytosine
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Trivia: What is the thin, outermost layer of the Earth? Answer: Crust
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Trivia: Which horizon in a soil profile consists of bedrock? Answer: R
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Trivia: What animal takes part in SchrΓΆdinger's most famous thought experiment? Answer: Cat
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Trivia: Which element has the chemical symbol 'Fe'? Answer: Iron
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Trivia: If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur what would grow? Answer: Trees
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Trivia: Which one of these scientists conducted the Gold Foil Experiment which concluded that atoms are mostly made of empty space? Answer: Ernest Rutherford
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Trivia: Alzheimer's disease primarily affects which part of the human body? Answer: Brain
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Trivia: Which noble gas has the lowest atomic number? Answer: Helium
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Trivia: When was the first mammal successfully cloned? Answer: 1996
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Trivia: Which constellation contains the center of the Milky Way? Answer: Sagittarius
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Trivia: Which planet in the Solar System is the closest to the Sun? Answer: Mercury
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Trivia: How many chromosomes are in your body cells? Answer: 23
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Trivia: What are the smallest blood vessels in the human body? Answer: Capillaries
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Trivia: What is radiation measured in? Answer: Gray
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Trivia: Which psychological term refers to the stress of holding contrasting beliefs? Answer: Cognitive Dissonance
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Trivia: How many protons are in an oxygen atom? Answer: Eight
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Trivia: Deuterium is an isotope of which element? Answer: Hydrogen
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Trivia: The Axiom of Preventive Medicine states that people with ___ risk for a disease should be screened and we should treat ___ of those people. Answer: low, all
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Trivia: What is considered the rarest form of color blindness? Answer: Blue
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Trivia: Which is the most abundant element in the universe? Answer: Hydrogen
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Trivia: The medial meniscus forms which part of what joint in the human body? Answer: Knee
Science: Mathematics
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Trivia: What is the correct order of operations for solving equations? Answer: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction
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Trivia: What is the smallest number that can be expressed as the sum of two positive cubes in two different ways? Answer: 1729
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Trivia: The notion of a "set that contains all sets which do not contain themselves" is a paradoxical idea attributed to which English philosopher? Answer: Bertrand Russel
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Trivia: The metric prefix "atto-" makes a measurement how much smaller than the base unit? Answer: One Quintillionth
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Trivia: How many sides does a trapezium have? Answer: 4
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Trivia: Which of these numbers is closest to the total number of possible states for an army standard Enigma Machine? Answer: 1.58 x 10^20
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Trivia: Which of the following famous mathematicians died in a duel at the age of 20? Answer: Galois
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Trivia: What is the plane curve proposed by Descartes to challenge Fermat's extremum-finding techniques called? Answer: Folium of Descartes
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Trivia: What Greek letter is used to signify summation? Answer: Sigma
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Trivia: Integration is the reverse of what mathematical operation? Answer: Derivation
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Trivia: In a normal distribution, 95% of the data lies within how many standard deviations of the mean? Answer: 2
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Trivia: What is the Roman numeral for 500? Answer: D
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Trivia: What numbers are in the 5th row of Pascal's Triangle? Answer: 1 4 6 4 1
Entertainment: Music
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Trivia: Where was Nicki Minaj born? Answer: Trinidad and Tobago
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Trivia: In Kendrick Lamar's 2012 album, "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City", the album's story takes place in which city? Answer: Compton
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Trivia: Which of these songs by Skrillex features Fatman Scoop as a side artist? Answer: Recess
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Trivia: Which popular rock band has a one-armed drummer? Answer: Def Leppard
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Trivia: What song on ScHoolboy Q's album Black Face LP featured Kanye West? Answer: THat Part
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Trivia: How many members are there in the idol group "Β΅'s"? Answer: 9
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Trivia: Which country is singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu from? Answer: Japan
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Trivia: Which singer was featured in Swedish producer Avicii's song "Wake Me Up"? Answer: Aloe Blacc
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Trivia: Which Queen song was covered by Brittany Murphy in the 2006 film "Happy Feet"? Answer: Somebody to Love
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Trivia: Which Beatles album does NOT feature any of the band members on it's cover? Answer: The Beatles (White Album)
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Trivia: Who won the 1989 Drum Corps International championships? Answer: Santa Clara Vanguard
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Trivia: Cryoshell, known for "Creeping in My Soul" did the advertising music for what Lego Theme? Answer: Bionicle
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Trivia: The key of sharps does the key of G# minor contain? Answer: 5
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Trivia: Which song on Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories" features Pharrell Williams? Answer: Get Lucky
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Trivia: Who is the founder and leader of industrial rock band, 'Nine Inch Nails'? Answer: Trent Reznor
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Trivia: Who wrote the musical composition, "Rhapsody In Blue"? Answer: George Gershwin
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Trivia: According to the RIAA: Which artist has sold the most albums by the million? Answer: The Beatles
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Trivia: Which Iron Maiden album did the song "Dream of Mirrors" feature in? Answer: Brave New World
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Trivia: Who was the previous drummer of blink-182 before Travis Barker? Answer: Scott Raynor
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Trivia: Which year was the album "Floral Shoppe" by Macintosh Plus released? Answer: 2011
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Trivia: Who was the first Jazz Musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music Answer: Wynton Marsalis
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Trivia: From which country does the piano originate? Answer: Italy
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Trivia: Which of the following is NOT a song in BROCKHAMPTON's SATURATION album series? Answer: LAMB
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Trivia: What is the real name of American rapper Pitbull? Answer: Armando Christian PΓ©rez
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Trivia: What 1970's American ballad referred to the 1959 plane crash as the "the day the music died"? Answer: American Pie
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Trivia: Which band released songs such as "Electric Feel", "Kids", and "Time to Pretend"? Answer: MGMT
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Trivia: What was The Velvet Underground's first album called? Answer: The Velvet Underground & Nico
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Trivia: Swedish DJ Tim Bergling, who produced songs such as "Levels" and "Wake Me Up", is better known under what alias? Answer: Avicii
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Trivia: Which of these is NOT considered a woodwind instrument? Answer: Trombone
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Trivia: Which song in rapper Kanye West's album "The Life of Pablo" features Rihanna? Answer: Famous
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Trivia: Which alternative rock band released the critically-acclaimed album "OK Computer"? Answer: Radiohead
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Trivia: Which rock band released the album "The Bends" in March 1995? Answer: Radiohead
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Trivia: Who is the artist of the recent new album the Uncanny Valley? Answer: Perturbator
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Trivia: What French artist/band is known for playing on the midi instrument "Launchpad"? Answer: Madeon
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Trivia: Which of these songs was released in 1996? Answer: The Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"
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Trivia: In 2015, David Hasselhof released a single called... Answer: True Survivor
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Trivia: Who was featured in the song "Words" by Feint? Answer: Laura Brehm
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Trivia: Who is the lead singer of the band Coldplay? Answer: Chris Martin
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Trivia: The Red Hot Chili Pepper song "Give It Away" is from what album? Answer: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
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Trivia: Liam Howlett founded which electronic music group in 1990? Answer: The Prodigy
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Trivia: Which of these is NOT a song featured on the Lockjaw EP released in 2013 by Flume & Chet Faker? Answer: Left Alone
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Trivia: In what year was Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture composed? Answer: 1880
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Trivia: Which album by American rapper Kanye West contained songs such as "Love Lockdown", "Paranoid" and "Heartless"? Answer: 808s & Heartbreak
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Trivia: African-American performer Sammy Davis Jr. was known for losing which part of his body in a car accident? Answer: Left Eye
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Trivia: From which album is the Gorillaz song, "On Melancholy Hill" featured in? Answer: Plastic Beach
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Trivia: What is the name of the second studio album released by American rapper Post Malone in 2018? Answer: Beerbongs & Bentleys
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Trivia: What is the name of the 2016 mixtape released by Venezuelan electronic producer Arca? Answer: EntraΓ±as
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Trivia: Which novelty band was best known for their UK chart hits "Combine Harvester" and "I Am a Cider Drinker" in 1976? Answer: The Wurzels
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Trivia: What was the last Aphex Twin album released before his decade-long hiatus? Answer: Drukqs
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Trivia: Johnny Cash did a cover of this song written by lead singer of Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor. Answer: Hurt
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Trivia: Which of these is not a song on the album Graduation by Kanye West? Answer: Waves
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Trivia: Which of these songs is NOT included in the Suicide Squad OST? Answer: Skies on Fire - AC/DC
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Trivia: Which band had hits in 1972 with the songs "Baby I'm A Want You", "Everything I Own" and "The Guitar Man" Answer: Bread
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Trivia: Which former boy-band star released hit solo single "Angels" in 1997? Answer: Robbie Williams
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Trivia: Which of the following is not a studio album by the band Pink Floyd? Answer: Moving Pictures
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Trivia: Who was the lead singer and frontman of rock band R.E.M? Answer: Michael Stipe
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Trivia: Which artists' version of the song "The Tide is High" came first? Answer: The Paragons
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Trivia: Which 80s band is fronted by singer/guitarist Robert Smith? Answer: The Cure
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Trivia: Who is the lead singer of Silverchair? Answer: Daniel Johns
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Trivia: Madonna's song "Hung Up" includes a piece from which popular 70s song? Answer: Gimmie! Gimmie! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
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Trivia: What album did The Lumineers release in 2016? Answer: Cleopatra
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Trivia: What song originally performed by The Bee Gees in 1978 had a cover version by Steps 20 years later? Answer: Tragedy
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Trivia: What song by Tina Turner is the theme for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome? Answer: We Don't Need Another Hero
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Trivia: Which band released songs suchs as "Rio", "Girls on Film", and "The Reflex"? Answer: Duran Duran
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Trivia: In the Rossini opera, what was the name of 'The Barber of Seville'? Answer: Figaro
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Trivia: May 16th of every year is known as __________ Day, named after a punk band prominent in the 1990s. Answer: Lagwagon
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Trivia: Which of these artists did NOT feature in the fitfh studio album "Humanz" by British virtual band Gorillaz? Answer: Snoop Dogg
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Trivia: Who is the lead singer of the Smashing Pumpkins? Answer: Billy Corgan
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Trivia: Which iconic album cover features the pulsar waves of CP 1919 placed in the center of the cover? Answer: Unknown Pleasures
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Trivia: Which famous 90's rap album is commonly referred to as "The Bible of Hip Hop"? Answer: Illmatic
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Trivia: Which country does the band Rammstein hail from? Answer: Germany
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Trivia: Who is the Pink Floyd song "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" written about? Answer: Syd Barrett
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Trivia: Who had a US and UK number 1 hit in 1962 with the instrumental, 'Telstar'? Answer: The Tornados
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Trivia: Where does the Mac part of the name Fleetwood Mac come from? Answer: John McVie
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Trivia: Which classical composer wrote the "Moonlight Sonata"? Answer: Ludvig Van Beethoven
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Trivia: Which American family band had a 1986 top 10 hit with the song 'Crush On You'? Answer: The Jets
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Trivia: What was the name of the rock band that Nobuo Uematsu formed that played songs from various Final Fantasy games? Answer: The Black Mages
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Trivia: Which of the following stars was not mentioned in the lyrics of Madonna's "Vogue"? Answer: Mae West
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Trivia: Where does "Gasolina" rapper Daddy Yankee originate from? Answer: Puerto Rico
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Trivia: Pamina and Papageno are characters in what Mozart opera? Answer: The Magic Flute
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Trivia: Moby, an American DJ, singer, and musician, achieved worldwide success for the 1999 release of which of the following albums? Answer: Play
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Trivia: EDM record label Monstercat is based in which country? Answer: Canada
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Trivia: Who was walking like an Egyptian in 1981? Answer: The Bangles
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Trivia: Which one of these artists appears in the album Deltron 3030? Answer: Dan the Automater
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Trivia: Which band had hits in 1975 with the songs, 'One Of These Nights' & 'Lyin Eyes'? Answer: The Eagles
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Trivia: Which artist or group did John Lennon consider "son(s) of the Beatles"? Answer: Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra
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Trivia: According to a Beatles song, who kept her face in a jar by the door? Answer: Eleanor Rigby
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Trivia: Where did the British Boy Band "Bros" come from? Answer: Camberley
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Trivia: Which term best describes the connection of two sections of a musical piece through a transitional passage? Answer: Bridge
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Trivia: Korean girl group TWICE is under which Entertainment Label? Answer: JYP
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Trivia: According to the American rapper Nelly, what should you do when its hot in here? Answer: Take off all your clothes
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Trivia: What collaborative album was released by Kanye West and Jay-Z in 2011? Answer: Watch the Throne
Entertainment: Film
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Trivia: In the 1994 movie "Speed", what is the minimum speed the bus must go to prevent to bomb from exploding? Answer: 50 mph
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Trivia: Which town is the setting for the Disney movie The Love Bug (1968)? Answer: San Francisco
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Trivia: What Queen song plays during the final fight scene of the film "Hardcore Henry"? Answer: Don't Stop Me Now
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Trivia: Who was the director of "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)"? Answer: Edgar Wright
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Trivia: Who is the director of the 1991 film "Silence of the Lambs"? Answer: Jonathan Demme
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Trivia: In the movie "Blade Runner", what is the term used for human-like androids ? Answer: Replicants
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Trivia: Which actors made up the trio in "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"? Answer: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, and Lee Van Cleef
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Trivia: "The first rule is: you don't talk about it" is a reference to which movie? Answer: Fight Club
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Trivia: What was the wifi password given to Stephen Strange in Doctor Strange? Answer: Shambala
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Trivia: Which James Bond film had the theme song written and performed by English singer-songwriter Adele? Answer: Skyfall
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Trivia: What breed of dog was Marley in the film "Marley & Me" (2008)? Answer: Labrador Retriever
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Trivia: What was the title of the first Bond movie, released in 1962? Answer: Dr. No
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Trivia: Who plays Jack Burton in the movie "Big Trouble in Little China?" Answer: Kurt Russell
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Trivia: In the 2012 film, "The Lorax", who is the antagonist? Answer: Aloysius O'Hare
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Trivia: In the Friday The 13th series, what is Jason's mother's first name? Answer: Pamela
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Trivia: Which of the following was not one of "The Magnificent Seven"? Answer: Clint Eastwood
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Trivia: The Queen song `A Kind Of Magic` is featured in which 1986 film? Answer: Highlander
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Trivia: Which of the following movies was not based on a book? Answer: Citizen Kane
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Trivia: What was Bruce Campbell's iconic one-liner after getting a chainsaw hand in Evil Dead 2? Answer: Groovy.
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Trivia: What city did the monster attack in the film, "Cloverfield"? Answer: New York, New York
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Trivia: The 1996 film 'Fargo' is primarily set in which US state? Answer: Minnesota
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Trivia: Which director directed the movie "Pan's Labyrinth"? Answer: Guillermo Del Toro
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Trivia: What did Alfred Hitchcock use as blood in the film "Psycho"? Answer: Chocolate syrup
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Trivia: In what year did Clint Eastwood star as Inspector Harry Callahan in the film "Dirty Harry"? Answer: 1971
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Trivia: What year did the James Cameron film "Titanic" come out in theaters? Answer: 1997
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Trivia: Which actor plays Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Episodes I-III? Answer: Ewan McGregor
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Trivia: Which one of these films are shot entirely in one-take? Answer: Russian Ark
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Trivia: The film Mad Max: Fury Road features the Dies Irae from which composer's requiem? Answer: Verdi
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Trivia: Before getting the shotgun, what did the titular hobo in 'Hobo with a Shotgun' want to purchase? Answer: a lawnmower
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Trivia: Which movie sequel had improved box office results compared to its original film? Answer: Toy Story 2
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Trivia: In which 1973 film does Yul Brynner play a robotic cowboy who malfunctions and goes on a killing spree? Answer: Westworld
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Trivia: Ed Koch, the Mayor of New York in 1984, played himself in which Muppets movie? Answer: The Muppets Take Manhattan
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Trivia: Who starred in the film 1973 movie "Enter The Dragon"? Answer: Bruce Lee
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Trivia: What year did the movie "Napoleon Dynamite" come out? Answer: 2004
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Trivia: What is the name of the first "Star Wars" film by release order? Answer: A New Hope
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Trivia: In "Jurassic World", which company purchases InGen and creates Jurassic World? Answer: Masrani Global Corporation
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Trivia: The killer in the 1981 film 'My Bloody Valentine' wears what sort of outfit? Answer: Mining gear
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Trivia: About how much money did it cost for Tommy Wiseau to make his masterpiece "The Room" (2003)? Answer: $6 Million
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Trivia: Which of these Disney classics was released in 1970? Answer: The Aristocats
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Trivia: In which film does Humphrey Bogart say the famous line, "Here's looking at you, kid"? Answer: Casablanca
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Trivia: What is the name of the queen's pet in A Bug's Life? Answer: Aphie
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Trivia: Which DC superhero was NOT included in the 2017 movie "Justice League"? Answer: Green Arrow
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Trivia: In the 2010 Nightmare on Elm Street reboot, who played Freddy Kruger? Answer: Jackie Earle Haley
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Trivia: What was the name of the actor who played Leatherface in the 1974 horror film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Answer: Gunnar Hansen
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Trivia: Which actor played the main character in the 1990 film "Edward Scissorhands"? Answer: Johnny Depp
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Trivia: Which iconic character is featured in movies such as "The Enforcer", "Sudden Impact", and "The Dead Pool"? Answer: Dirty Harry
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Trivia: What superhero has been played in film by actors Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney and Christian Bale? Answer: Batman
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Trivia: In Youtuber Jerma985's 2014 film "Rat Movie: Mystery of the Mayan Treasure," who is the man who tries to steal the Mayan Treasure? Answer: Dick Dastardly Richards
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Trivia: Who plays protagonist Ethan Hunt in the "Mission: Impossible" film-series? Answer: Tom Cruise
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Trivia: What was the name of the planet in "Aliens"? Answer: LV-426
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Trivia: What is the name of the assassin in the first "Hellboy" movie? Answer: Karl Ruprecht Kroenen
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Trivia: What is Lilo's last name from Lilo and Stitch? Answer: Pelekai
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Trivia: Which of these actors have NOT played Spiderman in the movies? Answer: Michael Cera
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Trivia: In the 1999 movie Fight Club, which of these is not a rule of the "fight club"? Answer: Always wear a shirt
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Trivia: What is the birth name of Michael Caine? Answer: Maurice Micklewhite
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Trivia: Which of the following films was NOT directed by Quentin Tarantino? Answer: From Dusk till Dawn
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Trivia: What is the name of James Dean's character in the 1955 movie "Rebel Without a Cause"? Answer: Jim Stark
Entertainment: Japanese Anime & Manga
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Trivia: Who is the armored titan in "Attack On Titan"? Answer: Reiner Braun
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Trivia: What color is RyΕ«ko Matoi's half of the Scissor Blade in the anime Kill la KIll? Answer: Red
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Trivia: Who is the main heroine of the anime, Full Metal Panic! Answer: Kaname Chidori
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Trivia: What is Gatomon's name in the original Japanese version of Digimon Adventure? Answer: Tailmon
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Trivia: Who is One Punch Man voiced by in the Japanese version. Answer: Makoto Furukawa
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Trivia: Which of the following manga have the most tankouban volumes? Answer: Golgo 13
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Trivia: Who was the first Legendary Pokemon to be defeated by Ash Ketchum in the PokΓ©mon anime? Answer: Articuno
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Trivia: Which band name isn't a Stand in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure"? Answer: AC/DC
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Trivia: What was Ash Ketchum's second Pokemon? Answer: Caterpie
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Trivia: Who was given the title "Full Metal" in the anime series "Full Metal Alchemist"? Answer: Edward Elric
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Trivia: Which of the stands from "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" mimics the likeness of a tomato? Answer: Pearl Jam
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Trivia: What is the name of the school in the anime and manga "Gosick"? Answer: St. Marguerite
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Trivia: What song plays in the ending credits of the anime "Ergo Proxy"? Answer: Paranoid Android
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Trivia: In PokΓ©mon Chronicles, why was Misty afraid of Gyarados? Answer: She crawled into it's mouth as a baby.
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Trivia: The heroine of "Humanity Has Declined" is a mediator between humans and what? Answer: Fairies
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Trivia: Which animation studio animated "To Love-Ru"? Answer: Xebec
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Trivia: Who is the author of the manga series "Astro Boy"? Answer: Osamu Tezuka
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Trivia: In Digimon, what is the Japanese name for the final evolutionary stage? Answer: Ultimate
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Trivia: Which of the following anime of the mecha genre began airing in 1982? Answer: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
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Trivia: In the anime "My Hero Academia", which character is shown with the ability to manipulate gravity? Answer: Uraraka
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Trivia: Who is the creator of the manga series "One Piece"? Answer: Eiichiro Oda
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Trivia: In "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" series, the SOS Brigade club leader is unknowingly treated as a(n) __ by her peers. Answer: God
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Trivia: What is the name of the protagonist of the 2017 anime "Land of the Lustrous"? Answer: Phosphophyllite
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Trivia: In the Overlord Anime who was Cocytus made by? Answer: Warrior Takemikazuchi
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Trivia: Who voices the character "Reigen" in the English dub of "Mob Psycho 100"? Answer: Chris Niosi
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Trivia: What sport is being played in the Anime Eyeshield 21? Answer: American Football
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Trivia: The two main characters of "No Game No Life", Sora and Shiro, together go by what name? Answer: Blank
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Trivia: Medaka Kurokami from "Medaka Box" has what abnormality? Answer: The End
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Trivia: What was studio Trigger's first original long-form animated series for television? Answer: Kill la Kill
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Trivia: In "Highschool of the Dead", where did Komuro and Saeko establish to meet after the bus explosion? Answer: Eastern Police Station
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Trivia: Who is the horror manga artist who made Uzumaki? Answer: Junji Ito
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Trivia: Which part from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga is about a horse race across America? Answer: Part 7: Steel Ball Run
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Trivia: In "One Piece," what color is Tony Tony Chopper's nose? Answer: Blue
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Trivia: In the anime Seven Deadly Sins what is the name of one of the sins? Answer: Diane
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Trivia: Which of these is not a world in the anime "Buddyfight"? Answer: Ancient Dragon World
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Trivia: What is the name of the infamous pachinko machine from "Kaiji"? Answer: The Bog
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Trivia: In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, which character is able to accelerate time? Answer: Enrico Pucci
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Trivia: Who wrote and directed the animated movie "Spirited Away" (2001)? Answer: Hayao Miyazaki
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Trivia: In "Hunter x Hunter", what are members in Killua's family known for being? Answer: Assassins
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Trivia: In the Naruto manga, what is the last name of Tsunade? Answer: Senju
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Trivia: Who was the Director of the 1988 Anime film "Grave of the Fireflies"? Answer: Isao Takahata
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Trivia: In the anime "Mr. Osomatsu", how many brothers does Osomatsu-san have? Answer: 5
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Trivia: Which animation studio animated "Hidamari Sketch"? Answer: Shaft
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Trivia: Which anime did Seiji Kishi NOT direct? Answer: Another
Entertainment: Cartoon & Animations
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Trivia: What ability does Princess Sofia the First have from her amulet that allows her to breathe underwater? Answer: Mermaid Transformation
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Trivia: Which of the following is not a Flintstones character? Answer: Lord Rockingham IX
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Trivia: In My Little Pony, what is the name of Applejack's younger sister? Answer: Apple Bloom
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Trivia: In the animated series RWBY, what is the name of the weapon used by Weiss Schnee? Answer: Myrtenaster
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Trivia: In "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic", which of these ponies represents the quality of honesty? Answer: Applejack
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Trivia: Which of these characters live in a pineapple under the sea in the cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants". Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants
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Trivia: In the web-comic Homestuck, what is the name of the game the 4 kids play? Answer: Sburb
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Trivia: Who is the only voice actor to have a speaking part in all of the Disney Pixar feature films? Answer: John Ratzenberger
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Trivia: What is Dipper's real name from "Gravity Falls"? Answer: Mason Pines
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Trivia: Who voiced the Genie in Disney's "Aladdin"? Answer: Robin Williams
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Trivia: The song 'Little April Shower' features in which Disney cartoon film? Answer: Bambi
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Trivia: Which of these characters from "SpongeBob SquarePants" is not a squid? Answer: Gary
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Trivia: Who voiced Finn in Adventure Time? Answer: Jeremy Shada
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Trivia: Which "Toy Story" character was voiced by Don Rickles? Answer: Mr. Potato Head
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Trivia: What is Scooby-Doo's real name? Answer: Scoobert
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Trivia: What was the name of Jonny's pet dog in The Adventures of Jonny Quest? Answer: Bandit
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Trivia: Townsend Coleman provided the voice for which turtle in the original 1987 series of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"? Answer: Michelangelo
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Trivia: Who created "RWBY"? Answer: Monty Oum
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Trivia: In The Simpsons, which war did Seymour Skinner serve in the USA Army as a Green Beret? Answer: Vietnam War
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Trivia: In "The Simpsons", where did Homer and Marge first meet? Answer: At Summer Camp
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Trivia: Wendy O. Koopa appeared in the Super Mario DIC Cartoons, but what was she known as? Answer: Kootie Pie
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Trivia: Bugs Bunny, Tony the Tiger, and other bipedal animal characters are known as what type of character? Answer: Anthropomorphic
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Trivia: What was the release date of the first episode of "The Powerpuff Girls"? Answer: November 18, 1998
General
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Giraffes have no vocal cords.
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10,000 Dutch cows pass through the Amsterdam airport each year.
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60% of electrocutions occur while talking on the telephone during a thunderstorm.
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A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel.
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A full-loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes at least 20 minutes to stop.
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On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1"encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
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A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
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The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
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The average person will accidentally eat just under a pound of insects every year.
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A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
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400-quarter pounders can be made from 1 cow.
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There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
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The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
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If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19, the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
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"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und"
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Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
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The sweat drops drawn in cartoon comic strips are called pleuts.
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A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
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38% of American men say they love their cars more than women
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1 in every 4 Americans has appeared someway or another on television.
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Donald Duck`s middle name is Fauntleroy. Β
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In the Philippine jungle, the yo-yo was first used as a weapon.
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Firehouses have circular stairways originating from the old days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
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%60 of all people using the Internet, use it for pornography.
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Hershey`s Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it`s kissing the conveyor belt.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."
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Dr. Kellogg introduced Kellogg`s Corn Flakes in hopes that it would reduce masturbation.
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A jellyfish is 95 percent water!
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There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, andΒ hazardous.
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101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and Mulan are the only Disney cartoons where both parents are present and don`t die throughout the movie.
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Odds of being killed by lightening? 1 in 2million/killed in a car crash? 1 in 5,000/killed by falling out of bed? 1 in 2million/killed in a plane crash? 1 in 25 million.
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The site with the highest number of women visitors between the age of 35 and 44 years old: Alka-Seltzer.com
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Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation.
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On average, Americans` favorite smell is banana.
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Koala is Aboriginal for "no drink".
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Over 60% of all those who marry get divorced.
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3.6 cans of Spam are consumed each second.
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Jamaica has the most churches per square mile than any other country in the world.
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In Aspen Colorado, you can have a maximum income of $104,000 and still receive government subsidized housing.
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In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes.
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Tigers not only have striped fur, they have striped skin!
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Mount Olympus Mons on Mars is three times the size of Mount Everest.
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Most collect calls are made on father`s day.
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The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill. Β
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Shakespeare invented the word `assassination` and `bump`.
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To escape the grip of a crocodile`s jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs - it will let you go instantly.
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February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
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Mozart wrote the nursery rhyme `twinkle, twinkle, little star` at the age of 5.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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An ostrich`s eye is bigger than its brain. Β
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Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.
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The crack of a whip is actually a tiny sonic boom, since the tip breaks the sound barrier.
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Daylight Saving Time is not observed in most of the state of Arizona and parts of Indiana.
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William Marston engineered one of the earliest forms of the polygraph in the early 1900`s. Later he went on to create the comic strip Wonder Woman, a story about a displaced Amazon princess who forces anyone caught in her magic lasso to tell the truth
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The Vatican city registered 0 births in 1983
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The catfish has over 27000 taste buds (more than any other animal)
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A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
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In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
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Only 6 people in the whole world have died from moshing.
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In medieval France, unfaithful wives were made to chase a chicken through town naked.
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Until 1994, world maps and globes sold in Albania only had Albania on them.
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Thirty-five percent of people who use personal ads for dating are already married.
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Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
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Pamela Anderson Lee is Canada`s Centennial Baby, being the first baby born on the centennial anniversary of Canada`s independence.
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The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn`t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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There are 269 steps to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
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The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs!
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Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene`s Wild Kingdom."
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Prince Charles is an avid collecter of toilet seats.
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Al Capone`s business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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In the marriage ceremony of the ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.
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In Disney`s Fantasia, the Sorcerer`s name is "Yensid" (Disney backwards.)
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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
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The amount of computer Memory required to run WordPerfect for Win95 is 8 times the amount needed aboard the space shuttle.
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The name of all continents in the world end with the same letter that they start with.
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The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
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Tehran is the most expensive city on earth.
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Golf courses cover 4% of North America.
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The HyperMart outside of Garland Texas has 58 check-outs.
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THE MOST UNUSUAL CANNONBALL: On two occasions, Miss `Rita Thunderbird` remained inside the cannon despite a lot of gunpowder encouragement to do otherwise. She performed in a gold lamΓ© bikini and on one of the two occasions (1977) Miss Thunderbird remained lodged in the cannon, while her bra was shot across the Thames River.
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Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue!
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Studies have shown that children laugh an average of 300 times/day and adults 17 times/day, making the average child more optimistic, curious, and creative than the adult.
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Poland is the "stolen car capital of the world".
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The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army. G.P. for `General Purpose` vehicle.
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Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
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Fictional/horror writer Stephen King sleeps with a nearby light on to calm his fear of the dark.Β
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This common everyday occurrence composed of 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, and 9% dioxide is called a `fart`.
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Some individuals express concern sharing their soap, rightly so, considering 75% of all people wash from top to bottom.
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"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
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A duck`s quack doesn`t echo, and no one knows why.
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Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
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It`s against the law to doze off under a hair dryer in Florida/against the law to slap an old friend on the back in Georgia/against the law to Play hopscotch on a Sunday in Missouri.
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The average American butt is 14.9 inches long.
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`Obsession` is the most popular boat name.
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Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.
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Ants closely resemble human manners:Β When they wake, they stretch & appear to yawn in a human manner before taking up the tasks of the day.
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In 1778, fashionable women of Paris never went out in blustery weather without a lightning rod attached to their hats.
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If Texas were a country, its GNP would be the fifth largest of any country in the world.
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The average lifespan of an eyelash is five months.
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In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.
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"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."
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Worcestershire sauce in essentially an Anchovy Ketchup.
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The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
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Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7
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The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they can be easily confused at a crime scene.
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A rainbow can be seen only in the morning or late afternoon. It can occur only when the sun is 40 degrees or less above the horizon.
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Humans are the only primates that don`t have pigment in the palms of their hands.
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Deborah Winger did the voice of E.T.
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Peanuts actually grow underground, as opposed to nuts like walnuts, almonds, etc. that grow on trees (and are sometimes referred to as "tree nuts"). Peanuts, along with beans and peas, belong to the single plant family, Leguminosae. Legumes are edible seeds enclosed in pods.
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A family of 26 could go to the movies in Mexico city for the price of one in Tokyo.
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Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
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The pop you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually a bubble of gas burning.
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The KGB is headquartered at No. 2 Felix Dzerzhinsky Square, Moscow
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Elephants are the only animals that can`t jump.
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South Dakota is the only U.S state which shares no letters with the name of it`s capital
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Shakespeare is quoted 33,150 times in the Oxford English dictionary.
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Since 1978, 37 people have died by Vending Machine`s falling on them.Β 13 people are killed annually.Β All this while trying to shake merchandise out of them. 113 people have been injured.
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It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
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The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.Β More than 2 billion pencils are manufactured each year in the United States. If these were laid end to end they would circle the world nine times.
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The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra`s "Its A Wonderful Life."
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian first patient has Alzheimer`s disease.
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The average person spends 12 weeks a year `looking for things`.
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Over 1000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!
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In Miconesia, coins are 12 feet across.
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Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
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Thomas Edison, acclaimed inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.
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Barbie`s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
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The sperm of a mouse is actually longer than the sperm of an elephant.
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Nearly 80% of all animals on earth have six legs.
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Laredo, Texas is the U.S.'s farthest inland port.
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In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for betting on when patients would die.
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Shakespeare spelled his OWN name several different ways.
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Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee`s head and 2 larger ones in front.
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The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
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Virginia Woolf wrote all her books standing.
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Who`s that playing the piano on the "Mad About You" theme? Paul Reiser himself.
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Americans travel 1,144,721,000 miles by air every day
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Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesars. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920`s.
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A `jiffy` is a unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
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Two-thirds of the world`s eggplant is grown in New Jersey. Β
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The average talker sprays about 300 microscopic saliva droplets per minute, about 2.5 droplets per word.
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It has NEVER rained in Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile.
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NBA superstar Michael Jordan was originally cut from his high school basketball team.
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If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
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The dot over the letter `i` is called a tittle. Β
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Count the number of cricket chirps in a 15-second period, add 37 to the total, and your result will be very close to the actual outdoor Fahrenheit temperature.
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Only female mosquitoβs` bite and most are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
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All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
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On average, Americans eat 18 acres of pizza everyday.
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Cats urine glows under a black light.
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A person cannot taste food unless it is mixed with saliva. For example, if a strong-tasting substance like salt is placed on a dry tongue, the taste buds will not be able to taste it. As soon as a drop of saliva is added and the salt is dissolved, however, a definite taste sensation results. This is true for all foods.
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Clownfish, wrasses, moray eels, gobies and other fish species are known to change sex, including reproductive functions. A school of clownfish is always built into a hierarchy with a female fish at the top. When she dies, the most dominant male changes sex and takes her place.
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One third of all cancers are sun related.
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On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
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A spider has transparent blood.
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The S in Harry S. Truman did not stand for anything.
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`Stewardesses` is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.
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One-fourth of the world`s population lives on less than $200 a year.Β Ninety million people survive on less than $75 a year.
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The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away. Β
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There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein. Β
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Van Gogh only sold one painting when he was alive.
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The average North American will eat 35,000 cookies during their life span.
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Mike Nesmith`s (the guitarist of The Monkeys) mom invented White Out.
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About 500 movies are made in the US and 800 in India annually.
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A whale`s penis is called a dork.
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A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. Β
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The Human eyes never grow, but nose and ears never stop growing.
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The first song played on Armed Forces Radio during operation Desert Shield was "Rock the Casba" by the Clash.
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The very first song played on MTV was `Video Killed The Radio Star` by the Buggles.
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!
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You can sail all the way around the world at latitude 60 degrees south.
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In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
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Simplistic passwords contribute to over 80% of all computer password break-ins.
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The Black Widow spider eats her mate during or after sex.
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In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals!
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Approximately every seven minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class pulls their hamstring.
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Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
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It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up.Β The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach`s contents and then swallows the stomach back down.
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Length of beard an average man would grow if he never shaved 27.5 feet
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A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
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The average person spends about two years on the phone in a lifetime.
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There were always 56 curls in Shirley Temple`s hair.
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The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.
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One in every 9000 people is an albino.
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The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
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If a rooster can`t fully extend its neck, it can`t crow.
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Ingrown toenails are hereditary. Β
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Ninety percent of all species that have become extinct have been birds.
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Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land.Β Although they are rapid, they are not agile.Β So, if being chased by one, run in a zigzag line to lose him or her.
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Jefferson invented the dumbwaiter, the monetary system, and the folding attic ladder.
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Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.
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The first automobile race ever seen in the United States was held in Chicago in 1895. The track ran from Chicago to Evanston, Illinois. The winner was J. Frank Duryea, whose average speed was 71/2 miles per hour.
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
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Blondes have more hair than dark-haired people do.
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Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
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Most Egyptians died by the time they were 30 about 300 years ago,
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Butterflies taste with their hind feet.
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The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.. Β
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Each month, there is at least one report of UFOs from each province of Canada.
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It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year`s supply of footballs.
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Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Β
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Walt Disney holds the world record for the most Academy Awards won by one person, he has won twenty statuettes, and twelve other plaques and certificates
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The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
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John Lennon`s first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
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The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games--MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL--are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game.
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Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
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The expression `to get fired` comes from long ago Clans that wanted to get rid of unwanted people, so they would burn their houses instead of killing them, creating the term `Got fired`.
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Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."
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A signature is called a John Hancock because he signed the Declaration of Independence. Only 2 people signed the declaration of independence on July 4. The Last person signed 2 years later.
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A pig`s orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.
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Pearls melt in vinegar.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
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Reindeer like to eat bananas.
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All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20, a national pot-smokers hour.
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The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television, a country where "Chachi" translates to "penis". Β
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Kelsey Grammar sings and plays the piano for the theme song of Fraiser.
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Almonds are a member of the peach family.
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The world record for spitting a watermelon seed is 65 feet 4 inches.
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2,000 pounds of space dust and other space debris fall on the Earth every day.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
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The state of Florida is bigger than England!
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Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.
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Daffy Duck`s middle name is "Dumas"
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Former basketball superstar Michael Jordan is the most recognized face in the world, more than the pope himself.
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Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
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The common idea that only 10% of the brain is used it not true as it is impossible to determine the actual percentage because of the complexity of the brain.
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The placement of a donkey`s eyes in its` heads enables it to see all four feet at all times!
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Every year 11,000 Americans injure themselves while trying out bizarre sexual positions.
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Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
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Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
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The scene where Indiana Jones shoots the swordsman in Raiderβs of the Lost Ark was Harrison Ford's idea so that he could take a bathroom break.
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Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.
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When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state`s third largest city.
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Between 2 and 3 jockeys are killed each year in horse racing.
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There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S that there are real ones.
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The first contraceptive was crocodile dung used by the ancient Egyptians.
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It takes about 142.18 licks to reach the center of a Tootsie pop.
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There are 1,792 steps in the Eiffel Tower
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China has more English speakers than the United States.
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In Vermont, the ratio of cows to people is 10:1
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In The Empire Strikes Back there is a potato hidden in the asteroid field
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In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.
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When possums are playing `possum`, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.
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The Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure visible from space.
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Between 25% and 33% of the population sneeze when exposed to light.
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The average American looks at eight houses before buying one.
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There are 1,575 steps from the ground floor to the top of the Empire State building.
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The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn`t end in an "A" is Afghanistan.
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The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary, because when it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
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The Earth experiences 50,000 Earth quakes per year and is hit by Lightning 100 times a second.
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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
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The following sentence: `A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.` Contains the nine different pronunciations of "ough" in the English Language.
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Spain leads the world in cork production
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Barbie`s measurements, if she were life-size, would be 39-29-33.
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Los Angeles` full name `El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula` is reduced to 3.63% of its size in the abbreviation `L.A.`.
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All US Presidents have worn glasses; some just didn`t like being seen wearing them in public.
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166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the US
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Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every 2 weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
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Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand while drawing with the other
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100% of lottery winners do gain weight
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A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
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It has been estimated that humans use only 10% of their brain.
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WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific armed their airplanes while stationed with .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measuring 27 feet before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, he went through "the whole 9 yards", hence the term.
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In eighteenth-century English gambling dens, there was an employee whose only job was to swallow the dice if there was a police raid.
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The average woman consumes 6 lbs of lipstick in her lifetime.
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All polar bears are left-handed.
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Annual growth of WWW traffic is 314,000%
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You were born with 300 bones, but by the time you are an adult you will only have 206.
Celebrities
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Trivia: If he was still alive, in what year would Elvis Presley celebrate his 100th birthday? Answer: 2035
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Trivia: Which celebrity announced his presidency in 2015? Answer: Kanye West
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Trivia: Which school in Surrey, England did Steve Backshall attend? Answer: Collingwood College
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Trivia: What is Doug Walker's YouTube name? Answer: The Nostalgia Critic
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Trivia: Which television show has Dan Gheesling been on? Answer: Big Brother
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Trivia: Neil Hamburger is played by which comedian? Answer: Gregg Turkington
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Trivia: What was the religion of famous singer "Freddie Mercury"? Answer: Zoroastrianism
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Trivia: In 2014, this new top 100 rapper who featured in "Computers" and "Body Dance" was arrested in a NYPD sting for murder. Answer: Bobby Shmurda
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Trivia: Who was Donald Trump's first wife? Answer: Ivana ZelnΓΔkovΓ‘
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Trivia: How much weight did Chris Pratt lose for his role as Star-Lord in "Guardians of the Galaxy"? Answer: 60 lbs
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Trivia: The eccentric natural philosopher Tycho Brahe kept what as a pet? Answer: Moose
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Trivia: Which actress's real name was Frances Ethel Gumm? Answer: Judy Garland
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Trivia: Which radio personality calls himself "The King of All Media"? Answer: Howard Stern
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Trivia: Gabe Newell was born in which year? Answer: 1962
Vehicles
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Trivia: Which of these cars is NOT considered one of the 5 Modern Supercars by Ferrari? Answer: Testarossa
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Trivia: Which country has the international vehicle registration letter 'A'? Answer: Austria
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Trivia: The British Rail Class 700, Class 707 and the Class 717 are part of what train family? Answer: Desiro City
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Trivia: Which Audi does not use Haldex based all wheel drive system? Answer: Audi A8
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Trivia: Which of the following collision avoidance systems helps airplanes avoid colliding with each other? Answer: TCAS
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Trivia: What year did the Chevrolet LUV mini truck make its debut? Answer: 1972
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Trivia: Which car manufacturer created the "Aventador"? Answer: Lamborghini
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Trivia: Which of the following car models has been badge-engineered (rebadged) the most? Answer: Isuzu Trooper
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Trivia: Which animal features on the logo for Abarth, the motorsport division of Fiat? Answer: Scorpion
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Trivia: Which of the following car manufacturers had a war named after it? Answer: Toyota
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Trivia: What country was the Trabant 601 manufactured in? Answer: East Germany
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Trivia: Which one is NOT the function of engine oil in car engines? Answer: Combustion
Animals
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Trivia: What is the scientific name of the Budgerigar? Answer: Melopsittacus undulatus
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Trivia: What is the scientific name for modern day humans? Answer: Homo Sapiens
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Trivia: Which animal was part of an Russian domestication experiment in 1959? Answer: Foxes
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A single cloud can weigh more than a million elephants. Despite floating in the sky, a typical cumulus cloud contains about 1.1 million pounds of water.
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Trivia: What is the name of the copper-rich protein that creates the blue blood in the Antarctic octopus? Answer: Hemocyanin
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A group of pugs is called a 'grumble,' while a group of ravens is called an 'unkindness.' Animal collective nouns can be quite poetic.
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Elephants can 'hear' with their feet through ground vibrations. They can detect other elephants' footsteps from miles away.
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Seahorses are the only species where males get pregnant and give birth. They have a specialized brood pouch for this purpose.
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A group of jellyfish is called a 'smack,' while a group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance.' Animal group names often reflect their characteristics.
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Trivia: How many legs do butterflies have? Answer: 6
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Trivia: What is the collective noun for a group of crows? Answer: Murder
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Octopuses have three hearts, nine brains, and blue blood. Two hearts pump blood to their gills, the third pumps it to the rest of their body, and they have a separate brain for each of their eight arms plus a central brain.
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Trivia: What is the collective noun for vultures? Answer: Wake
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Trivia: Which species is a "mountain chicken"? Answer: Frog
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Trivia: What is the common term for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)? Answer: Mad Cow disease
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Trivia: For what reason would a spotted hyena "laugh"? Answer: Nervousness
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Trivia: Unlike on most salamanders, this part of a newt is flat? Answer: Tail
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Trivia: Which of the following is NOT a venomous snake? Answer: Reticulated python
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Trivia: What is the scientific name of the Common Chimpanzee? Answer: Pan troglodytes
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A shrimp's heart is in its head, and they have 10 pairs of legs. These crustaceans have fascinating anatomy.
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Trivia: Which class of animals are newts members of? Answer: Amphibian
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Trivia: What is the world's longest venomous snake? Answer: King Cobra
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Dolphins have names for each other. They develop signature whistles that function like names and respond when called.
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Trivia: What is the Gray Wolf's scientific name? Answer: Canis Lupus
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Trivia: To which biological phylum do all mammals, birds and reptiles belong? Answer: Chordata
Science: Gadgets
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Trivia: What does GPS stand for? Answer: Global Positioning System
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Trivia: Which of the following is the standard THX subwoofer crossover frequency? Answer: 80 Hz
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Trivia: What are the base station trackers used for the HTC Vive called? Answer: Lighthouse
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Trivia: What is the name of a simple machine that is made up of a stiff arm that can move freely around a fixed point? Answer: Lever
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Trivia: Out of all of the NASA Space Shuttles, which 2 have been destroyed in disasters? Answer: Challenger and Columbia
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Trivia: Mobile hardware and software company "Blackberry Limited" was founded in which country? Answer: Canada
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Trivia: What round is a classic AK-47 chambered in? Answer: 7.62x39mm
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Trivia: In what year was the Oculus Rift revealed to the public through a Kickstarter campaign? Answer: 2012
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Trivia: Who patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion? Answer: James Watt
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Trivia: When did the CD begin to appear on the consumer market? Answer: 1982
Politics
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Trivia: Which major bank's collapse was notable as one of the causes of the Financal Crisis of 2008? Answer: Lehman Brothers
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Trivia: Which of the following United States Presidents served the shortest term in office? Answer: William Henry Harrison
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Trivia: Which Native American tribe/nation requires at least one half blood quantum (equivalent to one parent) to be eligible for membership? Answer: Yomba Shoshone Tribe
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Trivia: According to the United States Constitution, how old must a person be to be elected President of the United States? Answer: 35
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Trivia: Which letter do you need to have on a European driver license in order to ride any motorbikes? Answer: A
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Trivia: Who was the 40th President of the USA? Answer: Ronald Reagan
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Trivia: Whose 2016 presidential campaign slogan was "Make America Great Again"? Answer: Donald Trump
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Trivia: Which former US president was nicknamed "Teddy" after he refused to shoot a defenseless black bear? Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
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Trivia: What is the name of NiccolΓ² Machiavelli's work that argued effective leaders needed to crush their opponents at all costs? Answer: The Prince
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Trivia: Between 1973 to 1990, what country was ruled by dictator Augusto Pinochet? Answer: Chile
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Trivia: Before 2016, in which other year did Donald Trump run for President? Answer: 2000
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Trivia: What is former United States President Bill Clinton's full name? Answer: William Jefferson Clinton
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Trivia: Which president erased the national debt of the United States? Answer: Andrew Jackson
Entertainment: Musicals & Theatres
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Trivia: What is Jean ValJean's first prisoner number? Answer: 24601
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Trivia: Who serves as the speaker of the prologue in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? Answer: Chorus
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Trivia: Which Shakespeare play inspired the musical 'West Side Story'? Answer: Romeo & Juliet
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Trivia: What play is the quote "Hell is other people" from? Answer: No Exit
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Trivia: Who played Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the original Broadway run of Hamilton? Answer: Daveed Diggs
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Trivia: In which Shakespeare play does the character Marcellus say, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"? Answer: Hamlet
Amazing Facts
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Antarctica is the world's largest desert. Despite being covered in ice, it receives very little precipitation, making it technically a desert.
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If you could fold a piece of paper in half 42 times, it would reach the moon. Each fold doubles the thickness, creating exponential growth that quickly becomes astronomical.
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The word 'serendipity' was invented by a writer in 1754. Horace Walpole coined it based on a Persian fairy tale.
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The dot over a lowercase 'i' or 'j' is called a 'tittle.' This tiny detail has its own specific name in typography.
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Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid. She lived around 30 BCE, while the Great Pyramid was built around 2580 BCE.
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosisis the longest word in English. It's a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silicate or quartz dust.
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Your body produces 25 million new cells every second. That's 2.5 trillion new cells per day just to maintain yourself.
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Saturn's moon Titan has lakes and rivers of liquid methane. It's the only other body in our solar system with stable liquid on its surface.
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Peanuts aren't nuts - they're legumes related to beans and peas. They grow underground unlike tree nuts.
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Infinity comes in different sizes. Mathematician Georg Cantor proved that some infinities are larger than others.
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The phrase 'the whole nine yards' likely comes from the length of ammunition belts in WWII fighter planes.
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In Japan, there are more vending machines per capita than anywhere else in the world. There's roughly one for every 23 people.
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Tomatoes are technically fruits, not vegetables. Botanically, they're berries because they develop from a flower's ovary.
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Napoleon was actually average height for his time at 5'7". The myth of his short stature came from the difference between French and English measurements.
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Wombat poop is cube-shaped. Their unique digestive system creates six-sided droppings that don't roll away, helping mark their territory.
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Iceland runs entirely on renewable energy. The country uses geothermal and hydroelectric power for all its electricity needs.
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Cashews grow attached to a fruit called a cashew apple. The nut we eat is actually the seed that hangs from the bottom of the fruit.
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Pi has been calculated to over 31 trillion decimal places. Despite this precision, we still don't know if every possible number sequence appears in pi.
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'Strengths' is the longest word in English with only one vowel. Despite being 9 letters long, it contains only the vowel 'e'.
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Nokia was founded in 1865 as a paper mill. The company evolved through many industries before becoming a phone manufacturer.
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You have the same number of neck vertebrae as a giraffe - seven. Despite their long necks, giraffes have the same number as humans.
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Butterflies taste with their feet and smell with their antennae. They land on flowers to taste if they're suitable for laying eggs.
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Your stomach gets an entirely new lining every 3-5 days. The acidic environment would otherwise digest the stomach itself.
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The chances of shuffling a deck of cards into the exact same order twice are virtually zero. There are 52! (52 factorial) possible arrangements.
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Penguins can jump 6-9 feet out of the water. This behavior, called porpoising, helps them breathe and escape predators.
Space
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Mangaia's Milky Way: From Sagittarius to Carina, the Milky Way Galaxy shines in this dark night sky above planet Earth's lush island paradise of Mangaia. Familiar to denizens of the southern hemisphere, the gorgeous skysc...
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The Cygnus Loop: 15,000 years ago a star in the constellation of Cygnus exploded -- the shockwave from this supernova explosion is still expanding into interstellar space! The collision of this fast moving wall of gas...
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The International Space Station travels at 17,500 mph and completes an orbit every 90 minutes. Astronauts see 16 sunrises and sunsets daily.
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The Great Lacerta Nebula: It is one of the largest nebulas on the sky -- why isn't it better known? Roughly the same angular size as the Andromeda Galaxy, the Great Lacerta Nebula can be found toward the constellation of the L...
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Asteroid Bennu Holds the Building Blocks of Life: What can a space rock tell us about life on Earth? NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made a careful approach to the near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu in October of 2020 to collect surface samples. In Sept...
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NGC 1275: A Galactic Collision: In NGC 1275, one galaxy is slicing through another. The disk of the dusty spiral galaxy near the image center is cutting through a large elliptical galaxy, visible predominantly on the lower left. G...
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Bats And The Barren Moon: This picture, taken as the Apollo 17 astronauts orbited the Moon in 1972, depicts the stark lunar surface around the Eratosthenes and Copernicus craters. Images of a Moon devoid of life are familiar t...
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Pluto from above Cthulhu Regio: New high resolution images of Pluto are starting to arrive from the outer Solar System. The robotic New Horizons spacecraft, which zoomed by Pluto in July, has finished sending back some needed engine...
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M57: The Ring Nebula: cept for the rings of Saturn, the Ring Nebula (M57) is probably the most famous celestial band. Its classic appearance is understood to be due to our own perspective, though. The recent mapping of the...
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Spitzer's Orion: Few cosmic vistas excite the imagination like the Orion Nebula, an immense stellar nursery some 1,500 light-years away. This stunning false-color view spans about 40 light-years across the region, con...
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The Tail of a Wonderful Star: To seventeenth century astronomers, Omicron Ceti or Mira was known as a wonderful star, a star whose brightness could change dramatically in the course of about 11 months. Mira is now seen as the arch...
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Moon-Venus-Mars Skyline: Taken on February 20, five different exposures made in rapid succession were used to created this tantalizing telephoto image. In combination, they reveal a wide range of brightness visible to the eye...
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NGC 4676: When Mice Collide: These two mighty galaxies are pulling each other apart. Known as " The Mice" because they have such long tails, each spiral galaxy has likely already passed through the other. They will probably coll...
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Zodiacal Light and the False Dawn: An unusual triangle of light will be particularly bright near the eastern horizon before sunrise during the next two months for observers in Earth's northern hemisphere. Once considered a false dawn,...
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SIRTF Streak: Streaking skyward, a Boeing Delta 2-Heavy rocket carries NASA's Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (SIRTF) aloft during the early morning hours of August 25th. The dramatic scene was recorded in a time...
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The Seagull and the Duck: Seen as a seagull and a duck, these nebulae are not the only cosmic clouds to evoke images of flight. But both are winging their way across this broad celestial landscape, spanning almost 7 degrees ac...
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Saturn by Three: These three views of Saturn were recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope on March 7th of this year, as the southern hemisphere of the solar system's most gorgeous planet reached its maximum 27 degree t...
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Venus Transit 2012: Occurring in pairs separated by over a hundred years, there have now been only eight transits of Venus since the invention of the telescope in 1608. The next will be in December of 2117. But many mode...
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Reflecting Merope: In the well known Pleiades star cluster, a star's light is slowly destroying this wandering cloud of gas and dust. Above, the star Merope lies just off the upper left edge of this picture from the Hu...
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Orion over El Castillo: Welcome to the December solstice, a day the world does not end ... even according to the Mayan Calendar. To celebrate, consider this dramatic picture of Orion rising over El Castillo, the central pyra...
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Aristarchus Plateau: Anchored in the vast lava flows of the Moon's Oceanus Procellarum lies the Aristarchus Plateau. The bright impact crater at the corner of the plateau is Aristarchus, a young crater 42 kilometers wide ...
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The Largest Impact Crater: What is the largest known impact crater in the Solar System? Over 1300 miles across, the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the farside of Earth's Moon holds that distinction. Circled above in a false ...
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Lunation: Our Moon's appearance changes nightly. This slow-loading time-lapse sequence shows what our Moon looks like during a lunation, a complete lunar cycle. As the Moon orbits the Earth, the half illumina...
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NGC 3603: X-Rays From A Starburst Cluster: A mere 20,000 light-years from the Sun lies the NGC 3603 star cluster, a resident of the nearby Carina spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. Seen here in this recent false-color x-ray image from the Cha...
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Sparkling Star May Indicate Galactic Composition: If a star in this photograph twinkled slightly, would anyone notice? Would anyone care? Astronomers with the MACHO Collaboration noticed one such twinkle just last week, and many members of the astron...
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Apollo 12: Stereo View Near Surveyor Crater: This weekend's stereo picture finds Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad standing on the lunar surface near the southern rim of Surveyor Crater in November of 1969. With red/blue glasses you can gaze beyon...
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There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Scientists estimate about 3 trillion trees exist on Earth, while the Milky Way contains roughly 100-400 billion stars.
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Young Stars of NGC 346: Star cluster NGC 346 is embedded in the largest star forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, some 210,000 light-years distant. The massive stars of NGC 346 are short lived, but very energetic. T...
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Saturn's Serpent Storm: Late last year, a new, remarkably bright storm erupted in Saturn's northern hemisphere. Nicknamed "the Serpent Storm", the northern hemisphere disturbance is still going strong and now circles far aro...
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Mimas: Small Moon with a Big Crater: Mimas is one of the smaller moons of Saturn but shows one of the largest impact craters. In fact, if the impact had been much greater, it would have disrupted the entire satellite. The large crater h...
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STS-115: Stereo Portrait: On September 12, astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper snapped photos of her colleague Joseph Tanner during the STS-115 mission. At the time, the spacesuited pair were working outside the shuttle orb...
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Millions of Stars in Omega Centauri: Pictured above is the largest ball of stars in our Galaxy. About 10 million stars orbit the center of this globular cluster - named Omega Centauri - as this giant globular cluster orbits the center o...
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Comet CG Creates Its Dust Tail: Where do comet tails come from? There are no obvious places on the nuclei of comets from which the jets that create comet tails emanate. One of the best images of emerging jets is shown in the featu...
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Gas and Dust of the Lagoon Nebula: This beautiful cosmic cloud is a popular stop on telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius. Eighteenth century cosmic tourist Charles Messier cataloged the bright nebula as M8, while modern da...
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Expanding Plume from DART's Impact: What happens if you crash a spaceship into an asteroid? In the case of NASA's DART spaceship and the small asteroid Dimorphos, as happened last week, you get quite a plume. The goal of the planned imp...
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Stonehenge: Ancient Monument to the Sun: Stonehenge consists of large carved stones assembled about 4000 years ago. Long before modern England was established, ancient inhabitants somehow moved 25 ton rocks nearly 20 miles to complete it. ...
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Andromeda over Patagonia: How far can you see? The Andromeda Galaxy at 2.5 million light years away is the most distant object easily seen with your unaided eye. Most other apparent denizens of the night sky -- stars, cluste...
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M16: Pillars of Creation: It has become one of the most famous images of modern times. This image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995, shows evaporating gaseous globules (EGGs) emerging from pillars of molecular hyd...
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NGC 6357: The Lobster Nebula: Why is the Lobster Nebula forming some of the most massive stars known? No one is yet sure. Cataloged as NGC 6357, the Lobster Nebula houses the open star cluster Pismis 24 near its center -- a home ...
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Sunlight Through Saturn's Rings: Normally, Earth based astronomers view Saturn's spectacular ring system fully illuminated by reflected sunlight. However, this November 1995 Hubble Space Telescope composite image was made to take adv...
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Manicouagan Impact Crater from Space: Orbiting 400 kilometers above Quebec, Canada, planet Earth, the International Space Station Expedition 59 crew captured this snapshot of the broad St. Lawrence River and curiously circular Lake Manico...
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CME, Comet and Planet Earth: After appearing in a popular photo opportunity with a young crescent Moon near sunset, naked-eye Comet PanSTARRS continues to rise in northern hemisphere skies. But this remarkable interplanetary pers...
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Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System: Could you survive a jump off the tallest cliff in the Solar System? Quite possibly. Verona Rupes on Uranus' moon Miranda is estimated to be 20 kilometers deep -- ten times the depth of the Earth's Gr...
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Potentially Habitable Moons: For astrobiologists, these may be the four most tantalizing moons in our Solar System. Shown at the same scale, their exploration by interplanetary spacecraft has launched the idea that moons, not jus...
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Venus Near the Moon: The two brightest objects in the night sky appeared to go right past each other last week. On the night of May 19, Earth's Moon and the planet Venus were visible in the same part of the sky, and at c...
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A Beautiful Trifid: The beautiful Trifid Nebula is a cosmic study in contrasts. Also known as M20, it lies about 5,000 light-years away toward the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. A star forming region in the plane...
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If Earth were the size of a marble, the nearest star would be 4,000 miles away. This demonstrates the vast emptiness of space.
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Jupiter Meets Saturn: A Red Spotted Great Conjunction: It was time for their close-up. Two days ago Jupiter and Saturn passed a tenth of a degree from each other in what is known a Great Conjunction. Although the two planets pass each other on the sky ev...
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Jupiter Portrait: very day is a cloudy day on Jupiter, the Solar System's reigning gas giant. And swirling cloud tops are all you see in this stunningly detailed true color image, a portion of a large digital mosaic po...
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A day on Venus is longer than its year. Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate once but only 225 Earth days to orbit the Sun.
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Gale Crater: This sharp view from the Thermal Emission Imaging System camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter is centered on 154 kilometer (96 mile) wide Gale crater, near the martian equator. Within Gale, an impres...
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IC 2118: The Witch Head Nebula: Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble -- maybe Macbeth should have consulted the Witch Head Nebula. This suggestively shaped reflection nebula is associated with the bright ...
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The Elephant's Trunk in IC 1396: Like an illustration in a galactic Just So Story, the Elephant's Trunk Nebula winds through the emission nebula and young star cluster complex IC 1396, in the high and far off constellation of Cepheus...
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The Climber and the Eclipse: What should you do if your rock climbing picture is photobombed by a total eclipse of the Sun? Rejoice -- because your planning paid off. After months of considering different venues, and a week of s...
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Reflecting the International Space Station: Still bathed in sunlight, the International Space Station arced through the evening sky over lake Wulfsahl-Gusborn in northern Germany, just after sunset on March 25. The familiar constellation of Ori...
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Kepler 22b: An Almost Earth Orbiting an Almost Sun: It's the closest match to Earth that has yet been found. Recently discovered planet Kepler 22b has therefore instantly become the best place to find life outside our Solar System. The planet's host s...
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London at Night: Do you recognize this intriguing globular cluster of stars? It's actually the constellation of city lights surrounding London, England, planet Earth, as recorded with a digital camera from the Interna...
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Sakurajima Volcano with Lightning: Why does a volcanic eruption sometimes create lightning? Pictured above, the Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan was caught erupting in early January. Magma bubbles so hot they glow shoot away as liq...
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IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula: South of Antares, in the tail of the nebula-rich constellation Scorpius, lies emission nebula IC 4628. Nearby hot, massive stars, millions of years young, radiate the nebula with invisible ultraviolet...
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The Spiral North Pole of Mars: Why is there a spiral around the North Pole of Mars? Each winter this pole develops a new outer layer about one meter thick composed of carbon dioxide frozen out of the thin Martian atmosphere. This...
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Geostationary Highway: Put a satellite in a circular orbit about 42,000 kilometers from the center of the Earth (36,000 kilometers or so above the surface) and it will orbit once in 24 hours. Because that matches Earth's ro...
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Behind Betelgeuse: What's behind Betelgeuse? One of the brighter and more unusual stars in the sky, the red supergiant star Betelgeuse can be found in the direction of famous constellation Orion. Betelgeuse, however, is...
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M31: The Andromeda Galaxy: Andromeda is the nearest major galaxy to our own Milky Way Galaxy. Our Galaxy is thought to look much like Andromeda. Together these two galaxies dominate the Local Group of galaxies. The diffuse l...
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The Tarantula Nebula: The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star forming region within nearby satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud. About 180 thousa...
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A Sun Pillar: Have you ever seen a sun pillar? When the air is cold and the Sun is rising or setting, falling ice crystals can reflect sunlight and create an unusual column of light. Ice sometimes forms flat, sto...
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Horsehead Rides Again: Difficult to see in small telescopes, the Horsehead nebula was recently selected by internet voters as a target for the Hubble Space Telescope. Above (top) is Hubble's detailed view of the dark cosmic...
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Asteroid Gaspra's Best Face: Above is the best yet color image of the asteroid Gaspra based on data returned by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Color variations have been added to high resolution images and enhanced to highlight chang...
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Wisps of the Veil Nebula: These wisps of gas are all that remain visible of a Milky Way star. Many thousands of years ago that star exploded in a supernova leaving the Veil Nebula, pictured above. At the time, the expanding c...
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Phobos: Doomed Moon of Mars: This moon is doomed. Mars, the red planet named for the Roman god of war, has two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, whose names are derived from the Greek for Fear and Panic. These martian moons may wel...
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A Happy Sky over Bufa Hill in Mexico: Sometimes, the sky itself seems to smile. A few days ago, visible over much of the world, an unusual superposition of our Moon with the planets Venus and Saturn created just such an iconic facial exp...
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Astro-2 In Orbit: Six years ago, a cluster of three ultraviolet telescopes flew into orbit on the Astro-2 mission aboard the space shuttle Endeavour. Seen here perched in Endeavour's payload bay about 350 kilometers ab...
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Daphnis the Wavemaker: Plunging close to the outer edges of Saturn's rings, on January 16 the Cassini spacecraft captured this closest yet view of Daphnis. About 8 kilometers across and orbiting within the bright ring syste...
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One million Earths could fit inside the Sun. Despite seeming huge to us, Earth is tiny compared to our star.
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Southwest Andromeda: This new image composite of the southwest region of M31 from the Subaru Telescope shows many stars, nebulae, and star clusters never before resolved. An older population of stars near Andromeda's cen...
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Coronet in the Southern Crown: X-rays from young stars and infrared light from stars and cosmic dust are combined in this false color image of a star-forming region in Corona Australis, the Southern Crown. The small star grouping i...
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Giant Cluster Bends, Breaks Galaxy Images: What are those strange blue objects? Many are images of a single, unusual, beaded, blue, ring-like galaxy which just happens to line-up behind a giant cluster of galaxies. Cluster galaxies here appear...
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Fire in Space: What does fire look like in space? In the gravity on Earth, heated air rises and expands, causing flames to be teardrop shaped. In the microgravity of the air-filled International Space Station (ISS),...
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Apollo 14 Heads for Home: When leaving lunar orbit in February 1971, the crew of Apollo 14 watched this Earthrise from their command module Kitty Hawk. With Earth's sunlit crescent just peeking over the lunar horizon, the crat...
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Centaurus A's Warped Magnetic Fields: When galaxies collide -- what happens to their magnetic fields? To help find out, NASA pointed SOFIA, its flying 747, at galactic neighbor Centaurus A to observe the emission of polarized dust -- whic...
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Flare Well AR2673: Almost out of view from our fair planet, rotating around the Sun's western edge giant active region AR2673 lashed out with another intense solar flare followed by a large coronal mass ejection on Sept...
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Titan: Saturn's Smog Moon: The largest moon of Saturn is a rare wonder. Titan is the only one of Saturn's moons with an atmosphere, and one of only two moons in the Solar System with this distinction (Neptune's Triton is the o...
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NGC 4565: Galaxy on Edge: Magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4565 is viewed edge-on from planet Earth. Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile, bright NGC 4565 is a stop on many telescopic tours of the northern sky, ...
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Hypatia of Alexandria: Sixteen hundred years ago, Hypatia became one of the world's leading scholars in mathematics and astronomy. Hypatia's legendary knowledge, modesty, and public speaking ability flourished during the e...
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Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth: Here is what the Earth looks like during a solar eclipse. The shadow of the Moon can be seen darkening part of Earth. This shadow moved across the Earth at nearly 2000 kilometers per hour. Only observ...
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Through the Shadow of the Moon: What would it look like to fly through a total eclipse of the Sun? On a typical place on Earth in the path of the dark shadow of the Moon during a total eclipse, an observer would see the Moon cross t...
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NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster Credit:: Globular clusters once ruled the Milky Way. Back in the old days, back when our Galaxy first formed, perhaps thousands of globular clusters roamed our Galaxy. Today, there are perhaps 200 left. M...
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Compton Observatory In Orbit: Nine years ago the massive Compton Gamma Ray Observatory was deployed in low earth orbit. Sparkling interior reflections and the bright limb of the Earth are visible in this 1991 window view of Compto...
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A Magellanic Starfield: Stars of many types and colors are visible in this Hubble Space Telescope vista of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Over 10,000 stars are visible -- the brightest of which are giant stars. Were our...
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Triton: Neptune's Largest Moon: In October of 1846, William Lassell was observing the newly discovered planet Neptune. He was attempting to confirm his observation, made just the previous week, that Neptune had a ring. But this tim...
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The Space Shuttle Docks with Mir: Hundreds of kilometers above the Earth's surface, the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Space Station Mir. The photograph was taken by Nikolai Budarin from a Russian Soyuz s...
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X-Ray Rings Around a Gamma Ray Burst: Why would x-ray rings appear around a gamma-ray burst? The surprising answer has little to do with the explosion itself but rather with light reflected off areas of dust-laden gas in our own Milky Wa...
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The Night Side of Saturn: July 5, 1995 The Night Side of Saturn Picture Credit: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Voyager Project Explanation: This image of Saturn was made in November 1980 by the Voyager 1 spacecraft as it...
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The View from Everest: What would it be like to stand atop the tallest mountain on Earth? To see a full panoramic vista from there, scroll right. Visible are snow peaked mountains near and far, tremendous cliffs, distant ...
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Castle and Sky: While Comet McNaught ruled southern skies, last week's conjunction of the Moon and Venus could be enjoyed by denizens of both hemispheres of planet Earth. The two more commonly viewed celestial beacon...
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Anticrepuscular Rays over Colorado (II): What's happening over the horizon? Although the scene may appear somehow supernatural, nothing more unusual is occurring than a setting Sun and some well placed clouds. Pictured above are anticrepus...
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Long Tailed Comet SWAN: Blowing in the solar wind the spectacular ion tail of Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) extends far across this 10 degree wide telephoto field of view. Captured on May 2 its greenish coma was about 6 light-minut...
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X-Ray Ring Around SN1987A: This false-color image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals a one light-year diameter ring of hot, ten million degree plasma. It is one of the most detailed X-ray images of the expanding blast w...
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The Most Distant Sun: When is the Sun most distant from Earth? It happened again just this past weekend. A common misconception is that the Sun is most distant during the winter, when it's the coldest. In truth, however...
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An Immersive Visualization of the Galactic Center: What if you could look out from the center of our Galaxy -- what might you see? Two scientifically-determined possibilities are shown in the featured video, an immersive 360-degree view which allows y...
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Shuttle Ferry: How does a space shuttle that landed in California get back to Florida for its next launch? The answer is by ferry. NASA operates two commercial Boeing 747 airplanes modified to carry a space shuttl...
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Jupiter Rotation Movie from Pic du Midi: Observe the graceful twirl of the Solar System's largest planet. Many interesting features of Jupiter's enigmatic atmosphere, including dark bands and light zones, can be followed in detail. A careful...
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Stars Trail over Ragusa: In trying times, stars still trail in the night. Taken on March 14, this night skyscape was made by combining 230 exposures each 15 seconds long to follow the stars' circular paths. The camera was fix...
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3D View Of Jupiter's Clouds: very day is a cloudy day on Jupiter, the Solar System's reigning gas giant. This 3-dimensional visualization presents a simplified model view from between Jovian cloud decks based on imaging and spect...
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NGC 1700: Elliptical Galaxy and Rotating Disk: In spiral galaxies, majestic winding arms of young stars and interstellar gas and dust rotate in a disk around a bulging galactic nucleus. Elliptical galaxies seem to be simpler, randomly swarming wit...
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Building Galaxies in the Early Universe: What was the very early universe like? To help find out, astronomers pointed the Hubble Space Telescope between bright nearby objects to create one of the deepest images ever -- the Hubble Ultra Deep...
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Fifth Moon Discovered Orbiting Pluto: A fifth moon has been discovered orbiting Pluto. The moon was discovered earlier this month in images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in preparation for the New Horizons mission's scheduled flyby ...
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Neutron stars are so dense that a teaspoon would weigh 6 billion tons. They're the collapsed cores of massive stars.
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Comet G3 ATLAS over Uruguay: Comets can be huge. When far from the Sun, a comet's size usually refers to its hard nucleus of ice and rock, which typically spans a few kilometers -- smaller than even a small moon. When nearing the...
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The Great Wall of China isn't visible from space with the naked eye, despite popular belief. This is one of the most persistent myths in history.
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X-Rays From IC 443 Credit:: The life-cycles of stars help drive the ecology of our Galaxy, churning, processing, and redistributing matter. Massive stars reach a spectacular evolutionary endpoint - supernovae explosions which bl...
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Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tail: Why does this galaxy have such a long tail? In this stunning vista, based on image data from the Hubble Legacy Archive, distant galaxies form a dramatic backdrop for disrupted spiral galaxy Arp 188,...
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NICER at Night: A payload on board the International Space Station, the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) twists and turns to track cosmic sources of X-rays as the station orbits planet Earth every 9...
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Stephan's Quintet: The first identified compact galaxy group, Stephan's Quintet is featured in this eye-catching image constructed with data drawn from the extensive Hubble Legacy Archive. About 300 million light-years ...
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Maximum Sun: Tomorrow's picture: Space Doughnut < | Archive | Index | Search | Calendar | Glossary | Education | About APOD | > Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep....
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Twin Proto-Planetary Disks: Sun-like stars are forming - and probably planets too - hidden inside Lynds 1551, an interstellar cloud of molecular gas and dust in the constellation Taurus. Using new receivers, coordinated radio te...
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Earthshine and Venus Over Sierra de Guadarrama: What just above that ridge? The Moon. Specifically, the Earth's Moon was caught just above the horizon in a young crescent phase. The familiar Moon might look a bit odd as the exposure shows significa...
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A Leonid Meteor Over Sweden : This past weekend, small remnant bits of a distant comet lit up the skies over much of planet Earth. Incoming reports, however, have this year's Leonid meteor shower as less active than Leonid meteor...
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The Hunter, the Bull, and Lovejoy: Heading north, Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) is putting on its best show for comet watchers now, with moonlight absent from mid-January's early evening skies. An easy binocular target and just visible to ...
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Shell Galaxies in Pisces: This intergalactic skyscape features a peculiar system of galaxies cataloged as Arp 227 some 100 million light-years distant. Swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces, Arp 227 consis...
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The Eagle Nebula in Infrared: In visible light, the whole thing looks like an eagle. The region was captured recently in unprecedented detail in infrared light by the robotic orbiting Spitzer Space Telescope (SSC). Shown above, t...
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Simulating the Universe: The above cube represents a chunk of our universe as simulated by the Grand Challenge Cosmology Consortium (GC3). The cube is huge - it would take light 500 million years to cross it. Low density gas...
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Love and War by Moonlight: Venus, named for the Roman goddess of love, and Mars, the war god's namesake, came together by moonlight in this lovely skyview, recorded on February 20 from Charleston, South Carolina, USA, planet Ea...
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Eclipsed Moon in Infrared: Last September's total lunar eclipse disappointed many observers in the Eastern and Midwestern US who were cursed with cloudy skies. However, the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) satellite had a spect...
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Erupting Volcano Anak Krakatau: A volcano on Krakatoa is still erupting. Perhaps most famous for the powerfully explosive eruption in 1883 that killed tens of thousands of people, ash from a violent eruption might also have temporar...
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Red Sprites over the Channel: Mysterious and incredibly brief, red sprites are seen to occur high above large thunderstorms on planet Earth. While they have been recorded from low Earth orbit or high flying airplanes, these dancin...
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Perseids from Perseus: Where are all of these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer is the constellation of Perseus. That is why the last week's meteor shower was known as the Perseids ...
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Fractal Interstellar Dust Up-Close: Our universe is a very dusty place. Dust usually shows its presence by blocking out light emitted from stars or nebulae behind it, sometimes creating the illusion of a horse's head or a sombrero hat....
Science
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Honey never spoils because of its unique chemical composition. Archaeologists have found 3,000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that's still perfectly edible.
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Rhubarb is actually a vegetable, despite being used in sweet desserts. It's the leaf stalks we eat, not a fruit.
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Humans are bioluminescent and actually glow in the dark, but the light is too weak for our eyes to see. Special cameras can detect this glow.
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Your brain uses 20% of your body's total energy, despite being only 2% of your body weight. It's the most energy-hungry organ you have.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time - 1/100th of a second. It's not just a colloquial expression for 'quickly'.
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Bananas are radioactive due to their potassium-40 content. The 'Banana Equivalent Dose' is actually used as an informal measurement of radiation exposure.
Human Body
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You're taller in the morning than at night. Gravity compresses your spine during the day, making you up to an inch shorter by evening.
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Your brain has no pain receptors, which is why brain surgery can be performed while awake. The skull and surrounding tissues feel pain, but not the brain itself.