General Knowledge Trivia Questions

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What year was the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) founded?

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1996

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As its chemical symbol of Hg indicates, what liquid-at-room-temperature metallic element was once known as "hydrargyrum"?

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Mercury

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A large portion of what 2001 Yann Martel novel features the title character stranded on a lifeboat after a shipwreck with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker?

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Life of Pi

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How long was the Hundred Years' War?

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116 years

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Where was the 1st Disneyland outside of the United States?

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Tokyo

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Rome's Cloaca Maxima was an early example of what infrastructure project that makes cities a whole lot more livable?

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Sewer System

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Which subfield of biology involves studying the structures of cells, tissues, and organs by looking at them with a microscope?

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Histology

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A beaver named Tim serves as the mascot for the sports teams at what East Coast private research university?

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MIT

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Which country was the first to legalize same-sex marriage? Options: Chile, Greece, Netherlands, Thailand

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Netherlands

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What video game was the first ever to be played in space?

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Tetris