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What year did the Berlin Wall fall?
1989
What New York City bar was the location of a 1969 uprising credited as sparking the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement?
The Stonewall Inn
Who holds the record for the most wins in the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program category?
Rupaul
What are the first names of the four main characters in Golden Girls?
Sophia, Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche
In Greek mythology, who was known as the messenger of the gods?
Hermes
What element does the chemical symbol Au stand for?
Gold
What was the name of the possessed hotel in Steven King’s novel (and movie) The Shining, based on the real-life Stanley Hotel in Colorado?
The Overlook Hotel
Which two countries have the longest shared international border?
Canada and the U.S.
How many bones does a shark have
None, there all tissue
What was Eleanor Roosevelt’s maiden name before marrying FDR?
Roosevelt (she and Franklin were fifth cousins once removed!)
Who wrote the classic American novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God?
Zora Neale Hurston
What is the capital of India?
New Delhi
What city hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics
Sochi, Russia
What is the capital of Singapore?
Singapore
(it’s an island city-state)
What was the birth name of boxing legend Muhammad Ali?
Cassius Clay
The shooting of whom, in 1914, started World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Which two states in the U.S. share the most borders with other states?
Tennessee and Missouri
What is the longest-running Broadway show?
The Phantom of the Opera, which finally closed in April 2023 after a record 13,981 performances
What is the word for the weather event also called a winter hurricane?
A bomb cyclone
In chess, what direction can a bishop move?
Diagonally
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
At a restaurant, you’ll see deer meat on the menu under what name
Venison
What’s the name for a group of crows?
A murder of Crows
What chewy dessert topping is made from tartar and egg whites and often found on pie?
Meringue
BRIGHTVIEW QUESTION OF THE NIGHT!!!!
What brand of BOX wine do we order
Franzia