Today's trivia questions for adults
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- Which Manitoba town is known for polar bears wandering into town?
- A Flin Flon
- B Gimli
- C Thompson
- D Churchill
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D: Churchill Polar bears gather there every fall.
- Which famous email scam promises a share of a huge fortune in exchange for fees?
- A The fake lottery scam
- B The fake utility bill scam
- C The grandparent scam
- D Nigerian prince scam
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D: Nigerian prince scam It's also called a "419" scam, after a section of Nigeria's criminal code.
- Which Roman name for a rural spirit of forests is the origin of "silvan"?
- A Silvanus
- B Faunus
- C Terminus
- D Fauna
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A: Silvanus He watched over woods and boundary groves.
- Which 1979 Francis Ford Coppola film is set in the Vietnam War and based on Heart of Darkness?
- A Apocalypse Now
- B Full Metal Jacket
- C The Deer Hunter
- D Platoon
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A: Apocalypse Now Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando starred.
- Which Dutch movement included Mondrian and the Red and Blue Chair?
- A Cubism
- B Futurism
- C Bauhaus
- D De Stijl
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D: De Stijl Its name means the style.
- Which word begins and ends with "und"?
- A Underground
- B Understand
- C Underhand
- D Undertake
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A: Underground It starts under and ends with und.
- Which Carly Rae Jepsen song went viral in 2012 after Justin Bieber tweeted about it?
- A Good Time
- B Call Me Maybe
- C Boy Problems
- D Run Away with Me
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B: Call Me Maybe Bieber and friends posted a lip-sync video.
- Which animal is the Midgard Serpent said to be?
- A A dragon
- B A sea serpent
- C A wolf
- D A boar
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B: A sea serpent It grew so big it encircled the earth and bit its own tail.
- Which Tonka line of 1984 came with adoption papers for floppy-eared stuffed dogs?
- A Cabbage Patch Kids
- B Pound Puppies
- C Glo Worm
- D Poochie
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B: Pound Puppies The line had a TV cartoon too.
- What was the first car accident fatality in the US in 1899?
- A A cyclist hit by a car on a Chicago road
- B Henry Bliss, struck on a New York street
- C A policeman
- D A child
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B: Henry Bliss, struck on a New York street Henry Bliss was hit while helping a woman off a trolley.