⁉️ August's TRIVIA

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Yesterday's Answer:

Theta is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet. The Greek letter theta is commonly used to denote an angle. Unknown angles are referred to as angle theta and may be calculated in various ways, based on known sides and angles.

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Today's Question:

Which of the actors that played James Bond once competed in the Mr. Universe contest?

Sean Connery

Roger Moore

Pierce Brosnan

Daniel Craig


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Previous Answer:

Sir Sean Connery is best known for portraying the character James Bond, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. However, Sean Connery was a bodybuilder before he was an actor. Connery began bodybuilding at the age of 18, and from 1951 trained heavily with Ellington, a former gym instructor in the British army. While his official website claims he was third in the 1950 Mr. Universe contest, most sources place him in the 1953 competition, third in the Junior class. Connery stated that he was soon deterred from bodybuilding when he found that the Americans frequently beat him in competitions because of sheer muscle size and, unlike Connery, refused to participate in athletic activity which could make them lose muscle mass.

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Which university has the team nickname "the Orange" and the mascot "Otto the Orange"?

Syracuse University

Cornell University

Boston University

Arizona State University


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Previous Answer:

Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse University's sports teams have "the Orange" nickname since 2004, although the former names of Orangemen and Orangewomen are still used. The school's mascot is Otto the Orange. SU fields intercollegiate teams in eight men's sports and 12 women's sports. The institution's roots can be traced to the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in Lima, New York, in 1831.


Today's Question:

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What famous magician was born with the name Ehrich Weiss?

Harry Houdini

David Copperfield

Teller

David Blaine


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[JoGee]

Yesterday's Answer:

Harry Houdini was born with the name Ehrich Weisz on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary. Ehrich ’s idol was the great French magician Robert-Houdin. When Ehrich started performing magic before small groups, he added an “i” to the end of his hero’s name and called himself “Houdini.” "Harry" is simply an Americanized version of his nickname, Ehrie. At 17, Ehrich, now known as Harry Houdini, left his family to pursue his magic career.

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Today's Question:

What is an angle measuring below 90 degrees called?

Obtuse

Acute

Tangent

Right


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Previous Answer:
An acute angle is an angle that measures less than ninety degrees but more than zero degrees. (Compare obtuse angle and right angle.)
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Chubby Checker inspired which dance craze in the late 1950s?

The Mashed Potato

The Chicken Dance

The Hand Jive

The Twist


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Yesterday's Answer:

The twist is a dance that was inspired by rock and roll music. It became the first worldwide dance craze in the late 1950s, enjoying immense popularity among all people and drawing fire from critics who felt it was too provocative. The dance was inspired by "The Twist", Chubby Checker's cover of the B-side of Hank Ballard and The Midnighters' single, "Teardrops on Your Letter". A world record was set in DeLand, Florida, on October 11, 2012, when Chubby Checker sang the song live and the crowd danced. An estimated 4,000 people twisted along with Checker.


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Which of these is the lowest range of the male singing voice?

Tenor

Bass

Baritone

Alto


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A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types. According to The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, a bass is typically classified as having a vocal range extending from around the second E below middle C to the E above middle C. Basses are often divided into different subcategories based on range, vocal color or timbre, the weight of the voice, and dexterity of the voice. Basses are often broken down into six subcategories: basso profondo, basso buffo, bel canto bass, basso cantante, dramatic bass, and bass-baritone.

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Next Question:
Woody Harrelson's father was a hitman who served a life sentence in prison.

True

False


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Yesterday's Answer:
True! Woody Harrelson's father, was a hitman and was arrested in 1979 for killing Federal Judge John H. Wood, Jr. in San Antonio, Texas. His father, Charles Harrelson, was convicted and received two life sentences. He eventually died during his life sentence in the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility. Harrelson mentioned in an early confession to the Wood murder that he shot President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963. He then later repeatedly denied his role in the shooting of the President, for which no connection was ever found.

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Which city is served by Dulles International Airport?

Houston

Charlotte

Seattle

Washington, D.C.


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Previous Answer:

Washington Dulles International Airport is an international airport in Loudoun and Fairfax counties in Virginia, 26 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C. The airport serves the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area, centered on the District of Columbia. The airport is named after John Foster Dulles, the 52nd Secretary of State who served under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Dulles is the busiest airport in the Washington metropolitan area, and second busiest airport in the larger Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area (after BWI Airport) with over 21 million passengers a year.


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Bonus Question:

Which artist painted "Van Gogh painting Sunflowers"?

Vincent van Gogh

Paul Gauguin

Andy Warhol

Paul Cézanne


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Yesterday's Answer:

"Van Gogh painting Sunflowers" is a portrait of Vincent van Gogh by Paul Gauguin in December 1888. Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh had an early friendship, which blossomed into an invitation to Arles, France, where van Gogh wanted Gauguin to stay with him and create an art colony. This painting was completed during Gauguin’s stay in Arles, depicting van Gogh painting his famous work Sunflowers. Unfortunately, Gaugin and Van Gogh were unable to create their art colony, as Gauguin only stayed for two months. A short time after Gauguin finished this picture, Van Gogh threatened him with a razor before cutting off part of his own ear.

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Today's Question:

What was the first casino built on the Las Vegas strip?

El Rancho Vegas

Desert Inn

Golden Nugget

The Mirage


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Previous Answer:

The first casino to be built on what is currently the Las Vegas Strip was the El Rancho Vegas, opening on April 3, 1941, with 63 rooms. That casino stood for almost 20 years before being destroyed by a fire in 1960. Its success spawned a second hotel on what would become the Strip, the Hotel Last Frontier, in 1942. Other resorts followed such as the Flamingo, which opened in 1946, and the Desert Inn, which opened in 1950.

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Bonus Question:

How were Presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt related?

Father and Son

Cousins

Brothers

Uncle and Nephew


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Bonus Answer: The two former presidents who led the country three decades apart were actually fifth cousins. Franklin D. Roosevelt followed his fifth cousin Theodore's example when he entered politics and won election to the New York State Senate in 1910 and later became the 32nd President. Teddy Roosevelt was more closely related to Franklin's wife Eleanor, who was his niece. (She was the daughter of Teddy's brother Elliot.)

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Today's Question:
Which European capital offers tours of catacombs containing six million human skeletons?

Athens

Paris

London

Madrid


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Yesterday's Answer:

The Catacombs of Paris or are underground ossuaries in Paris, France. The ossuaries hold the remains of about six million people and fill a renovated section of caverns and tunnels that are the remains of historical stone mines, giving it its reputation as "The World's Largest Grave". Opened in the late 18th century, the underground cemetery became a tourist attraction on a small scale from the early 19th century, and has been open to the public on a regular basis from 1874. Parisians today often refer to the entire tunnel network as "the catacombs".

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🌀 Today's Question:

Elton John composed the song "Circle of Life" for which Disney movie?

Frozen

Beauty and the Beast

Aladdin

The Lion King


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"Circle of Life" is a song from Disney's 1994 animated film The Lion King. "Circle of Life" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song in 1994, along with two other songs from The Lion King: "Hakuna Matata" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" which won the award. The song reached #11 in the UK and #18 in the United States, and is featured frequently in attractions based on The Lion King, such as Disney theme parks and parades. 🎶🎶🎶

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Today's Question:
Who published Poor Richard's Almanack?

Richard Nixon

Benjamin Franklin

Susan B. Anthony

Ralph Waldo Emerson


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[JoGee]

Yesterday's Answer:

Poor Richard's Almanack was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose. The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. It was a best seller for a pamphlet published in the American colonies; print runs reached 10,000 per year. The Almanack contained the calendar, weather, poems, sayings and astronomical and astrological information that a typical almanac of the period would contain. It is chiefly remembered, however, for being a repository of Franklin's aphorisms and proverbs, many of which live on in American English.

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Today's Question:
Which of these evangelists is a cousin of rocker Jerry Lee Lewis?
Jimmy Swaggart
Jerry Falwell
Oral Roberts
Billy Graham

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