Trivia Quiz?

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Which "indigenous religion" is practiced almost exclusively in Japan?

Taosim, Confuianism, Buddhism, or Shinto

My guess Shinto

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Which film won Steven Spielberg his first Academy Award as Best Director?

Jaws Saving Private Ryan Jurassic Park Schindler's List

Schindler's List

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21 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which "indigenous religion" is practiced almost exclusively in Japan?

Taosim, Confuianism, Buddhism, or Shinto

My guess Shinto

Which "indigenous religion" is practiced almost exclusively in Japan?

Your Answer: Shinto

Correct Answer: Shinto

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19 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which film won Steven Spielberg his first Academy Award as Best Director?

Jaws Saving Private Ryan Jurassic Park Schindler's List

Schindler's List

Answer: On this day in 1993, the film Schindler's List opened in theaters. The film tells the true story of a German businessman Oskar Schindler, who saves the lives of more than a thousand Polish Jews during the Holocaust. The film took home seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. It was the first Best Director win for Steven Spielberg, who had been nominated in the category for three of his earlier films: 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark and 1982’s E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.

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What company single-handedly jump-started the video game industry with its release of "Pong" in 1972?

Atari, Sega, Nintendo, or Apple

My guess "Atari"

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In Windows, the classic key combination to quit a malfunctioning program was Control, Alt, and what?

Tab Delete Shift Return

Delete

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20 hours ago, phkrause said:

What company single-handedly jump-started the video game industry with its release of "Pong" in 1972?

Atari, Sega, Nintendo, or Apple

My guess "Atari"

What company single-handedly jump-started the video game industry with its release of "Pong" in 1972?

Your Answer: Atari

Correct Answer: Atari

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17 hours ago, phkrause said:

In Windows, the classic key combination to quit a malfunctioning program was Control, Alt, and what?

Tab Delete Shift Return

Delete

Answer: In a personal computer with the Windows operating system, Control-Alt-Delete (often abbreviated to Ctrl+Alt+Del), is the combination of keyboard keys that the computer user can press at the same time to terminate an application task or interrupt a function. In 2013, Bill Gates admitted that forcing users to press the Control-Alt-Delete key combination was a mistake, saying he would have preferred a single button to trigger the same actions, but could not get IBM to add the extra button into the keyboard layout.

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Who did TIME Magazine select as "Person of the Year" for 2019?

Donald Trump “The Whistleblower” Greta Thunberg The Hong Kong Protesters

Greta Thunberg

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Zorbing is a sport in which one rolls down a hill encased inside a giant inflatable pvc ball. From what country did this sport originate?

Australia, New Zealand, India, or United Kingdom

New Zealand

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19 hours ago, phkrause said:

Who did TIME Magazine select as "Person of the Year" for 2019?

Donald Trump “The Whistleblower” Greta Thunberg The Hong Kong Protesters

Greta Thunberg

Answer: 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has been named Time's Person of the Year for 2019. Thunberg gained international attention for excoriating world leaders for their inaction in the climate crisis in a viral speech she made at the UN Climate Action Summit in September. Thunberg is the magazine's youngest choice ever to be named Person of the Year. Time's other four final candidates for person of the year were Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, President Donald Trump, the whistleblower that revealed Trump's dealings with Ukraine, and the Hong Kong protesters.

ps:Gary Sinesse(sp) should've got this award!!

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18 hours ago, phkrause said:

Zorbing is a sport in which one rolls down a hill encased inside a giant inflatable pvc ball. From what country did this sport originate?

Australia, New Zealand, India, or United Kingdom

New Zealand

Zorbing is a sport in which one rolls down a hill encased inside a giant inflatable pvc ball. From what country did this sport originate?

Your Answer: New Zealand

Correct Answer: New Zealand

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The Gateway Arch is a tourist attraction in what U.S. city?

Memphis Chicago St. Louis Indianapolis

If I'm not mistaken its St. Louis

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21 hours ago, phkrause said:

The Gateway Arch is a tourist attraction in what U.S. city?

Memphis Chicago St. Louis Indianapolis

If I'm not mistaken its St. Louis

Answer: The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot monument in St. Louis, Missouri. It is the world's tallest arch, the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere, and Missouri's tallest accessible building. Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States, and officially dedicated to "the American people," the Arch, commonly referred to as "The Gateway to the West" is the centerpiece of Gateway Arch National Park and has become an internationally recognized symbol of St. Louis, as well as a popular tourist destination.

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A sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet is called what?

Oxymoron Pangram Simile Palindrome

Pangram

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Dominoes is one of the most popular games in the world. How many dominoes are there in a standard 'double 6' set?

36, 28, 52, or 44

How about 28

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In which sport do competitors use a broom?

Birling Croquet Bocce Ball Curling

Curling

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On 12/20/2019 at 2:22 PM, phkrause said:

A sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet is called what?

Oxymoron Pangram Simile Palindrome

Pangram

Answer: A pangram is a sentence using every letter of the alphabet at least once. Pangrams have been used to display typefaces, test equipment, and develop skills in handwriting, calligraphy, and keyboarding. The best-known English pangram is "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". It has been utilized by Western Union to test data communication equipment for accuracy and reliability, and is now used by a number of computer programs (most notably the font viewer built into Microsoft Windows) to display computer fonts.

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On 12/20/2019 at 2:31 PM, phkrause said:

Dominoes is one of the most popular games in the world. How many dominoes are there in a standard 'double 6' set?

36, 28, 52, or 44

How about 28

Dominoes is one of the most popular games in the world. How many dominoes are there in a standard 'double 6' set?

Your Answer: 28

Correct Answer: 28

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23 hours ago, phkrause said:

In which sport do competitors use a broom?

Birling Croquet Bocce Ball Curling

Curling

Answer: Curling is a sport where players slide a 44 pound granite stone down a sheet of ice toward a target, known as the “house.” Teams score points through positioning their stones closer to the center of the target than the opposing team. The path of the stone may be influenced by two sweepers with brooms, who accompany it as it slides down the sheet, sweeping the ice in front of the stone. "Sweeping a rock" decreases the friction, which makes the stone travel a straighter path and a longer distance. Curling made its Olympic debut at the Winter Olympic Games in 1924.

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Which historical American figure is credited with the saying 'early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise'?

Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Horace Greeley, or Abe Lincoln

Ben Franklin

ps:I'm one of those who always thought that was a saying from Solomon!!

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20 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which historical American figure is credited with the saying 'early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise'?

Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Horace Greeley, or Abe Lincoln

Ben Franklin

ps:I'm one of those who always thought that was a saying from Solomon!!

Which historical American figure is credited with the saying 'early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise'?

Your Answer: Ben Franklin

Correct Answer: Ben Franklin

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Which set of U.S. Presidents have descendants who are married to each other?

Trump & Obama Clinton & Ford Nixon & Eisenhower Kennedy & Bush

Nixon & Eisenhower

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What U.S. city sits where the Ohio River separates into the Allegheny and the Monongahela?

Wheeling, WY, Pittsburgh, PA, Cincinnati, OH, or Cleveland, OH

Pittsburgh??

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18 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which set of U.S. Presidents have descendants who are married to each other?

Trump & Obama Clinton & Ford Nixon & Eisenhower Kennedy & Bush

Nixon & Eisenhower

Answer: On this day in 1968, Julie Nixon married David Eisenhower in New York City. Julie Nixon was the daughter of Richard M. Nixon, who was running for president at the time of the wedding. Her groom was the grandson of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served as America’s 34th president. Julie and David met at the Republican National Convention in 1956 while his grandfather was campaigning for re-election. They were both eight at the time. They started dating in 1966, when they were both college freshmen, and became engaged a year later. The couple are still married, have three children and live in Pennsylvania.