Daily Trivia Questions Archives
Cardinal, Barlinka and Napoleon are varieties of what?
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Grapes.
What is the SI base unit of electric current?
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The ampere.
Who was the first Christian emperor of Rome?
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Constantine.
What is the largest country in Central America by area?
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Nicaragua.
Who wrote the murder mystery novel The Name of the Rose?
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Umberto Eco.
Which Liverpool-born 18th century artist is noted for his numerous paintings of horses?
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George Stubbs.
What kind of poisoning is known as plumbism?
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Lead poisoning.
Into what sea does the Volga River flow?
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The Caspian Sea.
What was the name of the ranch in the TV series Bonanza?
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Ponderosa.
What word do we get from the Persian phrase “shāh māt”?
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Checkmate.
What continent is Sierre Leone in?
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Africa.
What kind of animal is a silverback?
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A gorilla.
In which 1996 movie did Helen Hunt play a tornado chaser?
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Twister.
Edward Whymper was the first man to climb which mountain?
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The Matterhorn.
What is the collective noun for a group of geese on the ground?
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A gaggle.
John Jarndyce and Mrs Jellyby are characters from which Charles Dickens novel?
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Bleak House.
“I could have been a contender” is a line from which Marlon Brando movie?
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On the Waterfront.
In which country was the Rosetta Stone found?
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Egypt.
What did the Cyclopes forge for Zeus according to Greek mythology?
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Thunderbolts.
What is the leaf of a fern called?
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A frond.
The chemical element selenium is named after which celestial body?
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The moon.
The Galilean moons are satellites of which planet?
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Jupiter.
Which musical was based on the novel Kipps by H.G. Wells?
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Half a Sixpence.
Saanen, Hongtong and Toggenburg are breeds of which animal?
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Goat.
Which Saint is said to have carried his own head for several miles after his death?
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Saint Denis.
Which two countries primarily occupy the Iberian Peninsula?
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Spain and Portugal.
If a food dish is described as Parmentier what does it contain?
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Potatoes.
Nyctophobia is the fear of what?
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The night / the dark.
The Zagros mountain range is mainly in which Asian country?
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Iran.
What is measured with an ombrometer?
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Rainfall.
Saul Hudson is the real name of which guitarist?
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Slash.
The word rodent comes from the Latin rodere meaning what?
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To gnaw.
The lost island of Naboombu features in which Disney movie?
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
Who became leader of Cuba in 1959?
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Fidel Castro.
Cerebro is the Spanish word for what organ in the human body?
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The brain.
What do contour lines represent on a topographic map?
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Terrain shape and elevation.
Pashmina wool is made from the hair of which animal?
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Goat.
Logophobia is an irrational fear of what?
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Words.
What color is the lowest band of the German flag?
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Gold / yellow.
Which three world leaders attended the Yalta Conference in February, 1945?
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the UK, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin of Russia.
What metal is added to yellow gold to make rose gold?
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Copper.
In which 1984 movie does a cyborg assassin travel back in time to kill a woman called Sarah Connor?
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The Terminator.
The song ‘Send in the Clowns’ originated from which musical?
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A Little Night Music.