I hosted a local trivia night at a fine local pub and eatery last night. I thought I would post the questions here for fun. See how you do and if you want to be like the folks at the pub last night then don’t look up the answers.
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The Green Bay Packers and Arizona Cardinals played in the highest scoring NFL playoff game of all time last Sunday. How many total points were scored?
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Yellowstone National Park was America’s first National Park. What decade was it created?
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Tom Cruise has been nominated for three acting academy awards. For three points name the movies that Cruise starred in that got him the nominations.
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What Revolutionary War battle is remembered for the phrase, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
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What is the northern most state after Alaska?
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What do the letters URL stand for in relation to a website address?
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In Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, E=mc2, what does the c stand for?
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What is the largest animal to have ever lived on earth?
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Which of these is not a perfect number – 6, 16, 28?
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What novel begins with the line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”?
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What is the name given to diamonds mined and sold in combat zones to finance an insurgency?
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What does the Scoville Scale measure?
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Spell facetious, which means “not meant to be taken seriously or literally”.
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How many total NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL teams are there in California (totalled together, one number)?
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What are the nick names for MTV’s Jersey Shore’s Mike and Nicole?
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Which of these rumors about The Tonight Show Is closest to the truth: A) Conan is carrying Jay Leno’s baby;B) Jay is moving back to 1135 and conan is leaving NBC; C) The Tonight Show will be an iPhone app and the Jay Leno show will become an Xbox game; D) NBC is going to throw Conan and Jay in a pit with sharpened sticks. The one who crawls out alive gets to leave NBC.
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Which bird is the only bird that can fly backwards?
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What is the next number is in this sequence – 6,6,7,9,8,6?
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Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, nominated for 5 Grammy Awards, is better known as?
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Four US Presidents have been assassinated. For four points name them.
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President Obama pledged how many millions of dollars for Haitian earthquake relief yesterday?
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Which University has the most NCAA Basketball Tournament appearances?
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What is the name of the actor who played Juno’s boyfriend in the movie Juno?
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What US City and State can be made with the letters from the phrase “A Disco Minnow Sins”?
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What is the name for the science or study of plants?
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When druggist and chemist John Pemberton invented this beverage in Columbus, Georgia, in 1886, he referred to it as “Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage.” What do we call it today?
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Which Canadian Province shares a border with the largest number of US states?
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This California County is the largest county in the United States. Name it.
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The distinctive red triangle of what beer was the first registered trademark in the United Kingdom?
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What 1985 quarky dark comedy film is the following quote from? “I’ve been going to this high school for seven and a half years. I’m no dummy. I know high school girls.”
Tie Breaker: How many islands make up the county of Indonesia?
