Daily Trivia Questions Archives
The name of which elite military units can also mean to go around without underwear?
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Commando.
What is the southernmost capital city in mainland Europe?
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Athens, Greece.
Ethelbert is the middle name of which cartoon character?
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Wile E. Coyote.
What kind of cheese is in a Caprese salad?
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Mozzarella cheese.
Which bird is on the New Zealand Air Force insignia?
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The kiwi.
Telly Savalas was godfather to which star of the TV show Friends?
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Jennifer Aniston.
What is the highest woodwind instrument in an orchestra?
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The piccolo.
God created humans on which day according to the first chapter of Genesis?
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The sixth day.
What is the only one word anagram of the word Monday?
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Dynamo.
How many landlocked countries are there in Africa?
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16 countries: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, South Sudan, eSwatini, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
What is the capital city of Cyprus?
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Nicosia.
Which American sprinter won the men’s 100m and 200m gold medals at the 1984 Olympics?
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Carl Lewis.
Which creature produces gossamer?
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Spider. The silk that is spun by spiders is known as gossamer.
How many different soccer clubs have won the English Premier League since it started in 1992?
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Seven – Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City and Liverpool.
Mallard is a breed of which animal?
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Duck.
How many reindeer traditionally pull Santa’s sleigh, excluding Rudolph?
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Eight – Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen.
What color is the second belt in the Kyu Grade system in Judo?
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Blue.
How many states in the U.S. begin with the letter O?
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Three – Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon.
How many languages are written from right to left?
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There are 12 languages that are written from the right to the left: Arabic, Aramaic, Azeri, Divehi, Fula, Hebrew, Kurdish, N’ko, Persian, Rohingya, Syriac and Urdu.
For which film did Steven Spielberg win his first Academy Award for Best Director?
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Schindler’s List.
Who is the only U.S. president to hold a PhD degree?
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Woodrow Wilson.
The pen name of which American writer means “two fathoms deep”?
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Mark Twain.
The Penhold and the Shakehand are types of grip used in which sport?
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Table tennis.
Who starred opposite Cybill Shepherd in the TV show Moonlighting?
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Bruce Willis.
Which 1959 religious epic movie won 11 Oscars?
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Ben-Hur.
In which U.S. state is Washington Monument State Park?
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Maryland.
What color is the sun in space?
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White. The sun only appears yellow due to the Earth’s atmosphere.
Who was the first person to play Dracula on the big screen?
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Bela Lugosi in 1931.
What color is the star on the Ghana flag?
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Black.
Mycology is the study of what?
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Fungi.
Which element is Co the chemical symbol for?
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Cobalt.
The Ptolemaic dynasty ruled which ancient land?
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Ancient Egypt.
In which sport would you compete for the Swaythling Cup?
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Table tennis.
What is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
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Sardinia.
Who wrote the novel Treasure Island?
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Robert Louis Stevenson.
Which part of the body is affected by conjunctivitis?
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The eyes.
In what year was golf reintroduced to the Summer Olympic Games?
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2016.
Which baseball team’s home stadium is Chase Field?
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Arizona Diamondbacks.
Which T.V. sitcom featured the character Fonzie?
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Happy Days.
What kind of dog is Snowy from the comic series Tintin?
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A wire fox terrier.
How many states are there in Australia?
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Six – New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania.
Which body part gets its name from the Latin for little mouse?
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Muscle.
Which scientist discovered the proton?
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Ernest Rutherford.
Who was the original drummer for the Beatles?
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Pete Best.
Who played Michael Corleone in The Godfather movies?
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Al Pacino.
Which is the only country that has 3 capital cities?
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South Africa.
Which U.S. state has only one syllable in its name?
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Maine.
Which is the only country in the NATO phonetic alphabet?
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India.
Which member of the Addams Family is named after a day of the week?
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Wednesday Addams.