⁉️ TRIVIA ⁉️

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Question: Which President had a 7 seat hot tub installed on the White House Lawn?

John F. Kennedy
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama

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Yesterday's Answer: In 1997, during the Clinton administration, an outdoor spa was installed next to the inground swimming pool. As reported in The New York Times, the above-ground tub, the "Grandee" model by the Watkins Manufacturing Corporation, had seven seats, held 500 gallons of water and had 25 adjustable jets.



Today's question: Which singer was the first contestant to win Season 1 of American Idol?

Carrie Underwood
Kelly Clarkson
Clay Aiken
Ruben Studdard

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Yesterday's Answer:
Kelly Clarkson was the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002. Immediately post-finale, Clarkson released two singles, including the coronation song, "A Moment Like This". "A Moment Like This" went on to break a thirty-eight-year-old record held by The Beatles for a song's biggest leap to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It jumped up from number fifty-two to number one in just one week. Clarkson has enjoyed a successful recording career since winning, with multiple-platinum albums, a number of Top 10 hit singles and three Grammy Awards.


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Today's Trivia Question:

Facebook membership was initially restricted to which college?

* Stanford University
* Harvard University
* Yale University
* Columbia University

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Yesterday's Answer:

The website's membership was initially limited by the founders to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at various other universities before opening to high school students, and eventually to anyone aged 13 and over.


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Today's Trivia Question:

The tradition of the Easter Bunny began in which European country?

Italy
Germany
France
Spain

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Yesterday's Answer:

🐰: The story of the Easter Bunny, which is called der Osterhase in German, originated in Germany in the 16th century. German immigrants were responsible for the Easter bunny gaining popularity around the world. According to some sources, the Easter bunny first arrived in America in the 1700s with German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania and transported their tradition of an egg-laying hare called “Osterhase” or “Oschter Haws.”


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Today's Trivia Question:

What country can be rented for $70,000 per night?
Liechtenstein
Uzbekistan
Malta
Tajikistan

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Yesterday's Answer: The tiny country of Liechtenstein allows itself to be rented from $70,000 a night (for a minimum of two nights), complete with customised street signs and temporary currency. The price tag includes accommodation for 150 people, although the 35,000 inhabitants would remain. Upon arrival in Liechtenstein, visitors would be presented with the symbolic key to the state, followed by wine tasting at the estate of the head of state.

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Today's Question:
Which president named his son George Washington?
George Washington
John Quincy Adams
Abraham Lincoln
Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Yesterday's Answer:
George Washington Adams was the eldest son of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, and his wife Louisa Adams. George (named for the first U.S. president, George Washington) graduated from Harvard and studied law before becoming a member of the house of representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He had a troubled life and drowned in the Long Island Sound from an apparent suicide at the age of 28.

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Today's Question:

The Pope is guarded by soldiers from which country?

Italy
Switzerland
England
Poland

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Yesterday's Answer:
Swiss Guards are responsible for the safety of the pope. Often called “the world’s smallest army,” they serve as personal escorts to the pontiff and as watchmen for Vatican City and the pontifical villa of Castel Gandolfo. The guards, who are independent of the Swiss armed forces, are employed by the Roman Catholic Church under the leadership of the pope. New recruits must be unmarried Roman Catholic males with Swiss citizenship, between 19 and 30 years of age, and at least 5 feet 8 inches tall; they must have a professional diploma or high school degree and must complete basic training with the Swiss military.

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Today's question:
Which gas is typically used to inflate car airbags?

Neon
Helium
Nitrogen
Hydrogen

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Yesterday's Answer: The airbag's inflation system reacts sodium azide (NaN3) with potassium nitrate (KNO3) to produce nitrogen gas. Hot blasts of the nitrogen inflate the airbag. This gas fills a nylon or polyamide bag at a velocity of up to 200 miles per hour. The whole process happens in only one-twenty-fifth of a second. A second later, the gas quickly dissipates through tiny holes in the bag, thus deflating the bag so you can move.

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Today's Question:

Which document ended the American Revolutionary War?

The Magna Charta
The Articles of Confederation
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Ghent

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YESTERDAY'S ANSWER:

Answer: The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. This treaty, along with the separate peace treaties between Great Britain and the nations that supported the American cause: France, Spain and the Dutch Republic, are known collectively as the Peace of Paris.




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TODAYS QUESTION:

When Motorola released its Droid cell phone, it had to get permission from which Hollywood director?

Martin Scorsese
Steven Spielberg
George Lucas
Francis Ford Coppola

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Yesterday's Answer:

George Lucas invented the word "Droid" in 1977’s Star Wars. Lucas used the word droid to refer to C-3P0, R2D2, and other automatons in Star Wars. In September 2008, nearly 31 years after the premier of Star Wars , George Lucas’ parent company, Lucasfilm, trademarked the word “droid.” A few months later, in October of 2009, Verizon released its Droid line of phones (HTC and Motorola). As a result, Verizon paid Lucasfilm Ltd. (and now Disney) an undisclosed sum for the rights to use this word as a brand name.

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Today's Question:

Which fast food chain is closed on Sundays?

Chipotle
Chick-fil-A
Steak 'n Shake
Five Guys

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Yesterday's Answer: Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy, made the decision to close on Sundays in 1946 when he opened his first restaurant in Hapeville, Georgia. He has often shared that his decision was as much practical as spiritual. He believes that all franchised Chick-fil-A Operators and their Restaurant employees should have an opportunity to rest, spend time with family and friends, and worship if they choose to do so. That's why all Chick-fil-A Restaurants are closed on Sundays.


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Today's Question:
Thomas Jefferson! Thomas Jefferson is depicted on the front of what U.S. coin?
Penny
Nickel
Dime
Quarter

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Yesterday's Answer: Thomas Jefferson appears on the front, or obverse, of a nickel. Jefferson took his place on the obverse of the nickel in 1938 with Monticello, his Virginia home, on the reverse. These designs, both by Felix Schlag, were produced until 2003. In 2004, the United States Mint began commemorating the bicentennials of the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition with the Westward Journey Nickel Series™. In 2006, the Mint reverted to using Jefferson nickel designer Felix Schlag's original reverse (or "tails" side), although a new obverse, by Jamie Franki, was substituted.

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Today's Question:

What was the profession of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth?

Lawyer
Teacher
Nightclub owner
Actor

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Yesterday's Answer: John Wilkes Booth was a famous American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. Booth was a member of the prominent 19th century Booth theatrical family from Maryland and, by the 1860s, was a well-known actor. He was also a Confederate sympathizer, vehement in his denunciation of Lincoln, and strongly opposed the abolition of slavery in the United States.

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Today's Question:


Who said, "In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes"?

Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
Benjamin Franklin

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Yesterday's Answer:
One of the most famous quotations by Benjamin Franklin is: “Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing can be certain except death and taxes.” The source of this oft-cited quip is a letter Franklin wrote to French scientist Jean-Baptiste Leroy on November 13, 1789. Jean-Baptiste Leroy was a physicist and member of the Academe des Sciences in Paris. Like Franklin, he was also a pioneer in the study of electricity. In 1789, when he wrote his “death and taxes” letter to Leroy, Franklin was 83 years old. On April 17, 1790, five months after writing that letter, Benjamin Franklin died.

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Today's Question:

In which war did the United States fight Canada?
War of 1812
World War I
Spanish–American War
Mexican–American War