Category: Trivia
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Trivia: How long did the awards ceremony last at the first Academy Awards banquet in 1929?
Question: How long did the awards ceremony last at the first Academy Awards banquet in 1929? Answer: 15 minutes. It is the only Academy Awards ceremony not to be broadcast either on radio or television.
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Question: The marble slab that Michelangelo eventually crafted into the sculpture of David in 1504 was cut 43 years earlier for a different artist. Who was it and what was his intent with the slab? Answer: Artist Agostino di Duccio planned to sculpt the marble slab into a statue of Hercules for installation in a […]
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Question: Which breed has won Best in Show most often in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show’s history? Answer: The Wire Fox Terrier has won 14 times.
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Trivia: In classic Monopoly, how much money does the bank contain?
Question: In classic Monopoly, how much money does the bank contain? Answer: $15,140 in cash
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Sturgeon Bay Breakfast Rotary Club Holds Trivia Night March 17
The Sturgeon Bay Breakfast Rotary Club presents the 15th annual Trivia Night March 17 at the JayCee Clubhouse in Sturgeon Bay. Registration is at 6:30, with trivia play from 7-10 pm. There will be 100 questions in 10 categories. Door prizes and free hot appetizers will be provided. This event is limited to the first […]
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Trivia: The 1980 children’s book “The Twits” was inspired by Roald Dahl’s hatred of what?
Question: The 1980 children’s book The Twits was inspired by Roald Dahl’s hatred of what? Answer: Beards. He once described them as “hairy smoke-screens behind which to hide.”
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Peninsula Preschool Holds its 15th Annual Trivia Night at Alexander’s
Peninsula Preschool’s 15th Annual Peninsula Preschool Trivia Night will be held Feb. 22 at Alexander’s Restaurant in Fish Creek. Doors open at 5:30 pm and trivia begins at 6:30 pm. Twenty-four teams of six compete in 10 rounds of questions. The cost is $30 per person. Food and beer are included with the registration fee. […]
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Trivia: Which NFL team holds the record for most points scored in a Super Bowl?
Question: Which NFL team holds the record for most points scored in a Super Bowl? Answer: San Francisco 49ers, who won 55-10 in Super Bowl XXIV (1990) against the Denver Broncos.
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Question: What is the name of the company that makes and assembles the gold-plated trophies presented to winners at the Grammys? Answer: Billings Artworks of Ridgway, Colorado
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Teams Needed for Peninsula Preschool Trivia Night
The 15th annual Peninsula Preschool Trivia Night is scheduled for Feb. 22 at Alexander’s Restaurant. The doors open 5:30 pm, with trivia beginning at 6:30 pm. Cash prizes will be awarded: $600 for first, $300 for second and $150 for third. The event is limited to 24 teams of six people. The cost is $30 […]
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Trivia: Sitka is the largest city, in area, in Alaska. How many square miles is it?
Question: Sitka is the largest city, in area, in Alaska. How many square miles is it? Answer: 4,811
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Question: What entrepreneur was the first to dress up as Santa in his department store, beginning the tradition of store Santas? Answer: James Edgar, who owned a dry goods store in Brockton, Massachusetts. In 1890, he decided to dress up as Santa Claus and children from miles away traveled to see him.
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Question: Which group of individuals in England are credited with starting the Christmas tradition of kissing under the mistletoe? Answer: Servants
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Question: In the original 1964 NBC broadcast version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, what does prospector Yukon Cornelius discover near Santa’s workshop? (The scene was cut from the film in 1978 and has not aired since). Answer: A peppermint mine
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Question: In 1995, Manitou Springs, Colorado began hosting the Great Fruitcake Toss the first Saturday of January. The all-time record for the toss was set in 2007 by a group of Boeing engineers. How far did they toss their fruitcake? Answer: 1,420 feet. It was launched by the “Omega 380,” a mock artillery piece fueled […]
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Question: At the 1927 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Toy Soldier balloon debuted. How tall and wide was he? Answer: 60 feet tall and 30 feet wide. He was recreated in 2001 as a medium-size balloon.
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Question: The record for snowfall in a 24-hour period in Wisconsin happened in Neillsville from Dec. 27-28, 1904. How many inches fell on the Clark County city? Answer: 26
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Question: In the original version of Hansel and Gretel (called The Lost Children), what took place of the wicked witch? Answer: The devil
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Question: When the National Football League was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, how many teams and states did it represent? Answer: 10 teams in four states
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Question: In 2016, Mathias Willemijns of Germany grew the world’s heaviest pumpkin. How much did it weigh? Answer: 2,624.6 pounds