November Random Trivia (10/15/24)

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100

Soprano, tenor, alto, baritone, and more, are all examples of what instrument, which is technically both a brass and a woodwind?

Saxophone

200

Phnom Penh was the capital of what Southeast Asian country?

Cambodia

300

Fill in the blank, they're all the same:

Sun ___

Sloth ___

Polar ___

Grizzly ___

Bear

400

Name three fast food restaurants.

There's a lot

500

Though they have ancient origins, the first modern example of what international games were held in 1896 in Athens?

Olympics

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100

What US territory should probably be our 51st state, and has its capital at San Juan?

Puerto Rico

200

Baton Rouge is the capital of what southern US state?

Louisiana

300

Indianapolis is the capital of what state?

Indiana

400

George Washington Carver is a historical scientist who is often remembered not for what he did, but what he did NOT do: supposedly inventing what food paste you might spread on a sandwich or crackers?

Peanut butter

500

You can score a free throw, three pointer, or a lay-up in what sport?

Basketball

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100

An enormous wave caused by earthquakes, landslides, or volcanic eruptions, capable of causing mass destruction wherever it lands, is called what?

Tsunami

200

What grain, common in Asian, Latin American, and African dishes, is the fourth most commonly consumed grain in the world? (after sugarcane, maize, and wheat)

Rice

300

Asia is the largest continent, both in size and population. What's the second largest continent for both?

Africa

400

Fill in the blanks, they're all the same:

Box ____

Snapping _____

Painted ____

Turtle

500

Leis are traditional flower necklaces created across Polynesia, but their most famous association is with what island state, formerly a kingdom?

Hawaii

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100

11am on November 11, 1918, marked the end to what war, up to that point the deadliest in history?

World War I

200

Corbicula fluminea is a non-native, freshwater type of what bivalve?

Clam

300

JK Rowling, Stephen King, Emily Dickinson, Jane Austen, and JRR Tolkien, they're all what?

Authors

400

Bison bison bison is the scientific name for a subspecies of what large mammal?

American bison

500

What instrument has 88 black and white keys?

Piano

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100

Curiosity and Perseverance are the only active rovers roaming around what planet?

Mars

200

Cider is normally made from what fruit?

Apples

300

The F-22 Raptor, Boeing 737, the Supermarine Spitfire, Junkers Ju-87 Stuka, and A-10 Thunderbolt are all types of what?

Airplanes/aircraft

400

Name four types of trees.

There's a lot

500

Lion's mane, moon, sea nettle, giant phantom, and upside-down; they're all examples of what stinging invertebrates?

Jellyfish