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The Weekend Edition – 10 More Totally Random Trivia Questions

Hello and welcome to another Weekend Edition of 10 totally random trivia questions, where no theme exists at all.

Hello and welcome to another Weekend Edition of 10 totally random trivia questions, where no theme exists at all. Just enjoy the randomness that is the Random Trivia Generator.

  1. What is the birth name of actress Paula Prentiss? – Paula Ragusa
  2. From which state does the US band “The Great Divide” originate? – Oklahoma
  3. What is the name of the album for which Kendrick Lamar won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Music? – “DAMN.”
  4. In which football league does the team Rigas FS compete in? – Latvian League
  5. Falcon State is located in which South American country? – Venezuela
  6. In architecture, what is a “Purlin”? – A horizontal structural member
  7. The “Chuuk Lagoon”, considered one of the best World War II wreck dive sites, is part of which island nation? – Micronesia
  8. The “Arenga Micrantha” species of flowering plants is more commonly known as what? – The Tibetan sugar palm
  9. Popular in the Balkans, what type of beverage is the “Rakia”? – Fruit brandy
  10. What month is the Calgary Stampede held in? – July

Have a great weekend!

2017: The Year in Review

Hello 2018! How much do you remember about 2017? Check out these 3 short rounds.

Good bye 2017 and hello 2018! My holidays were pretty busy the past couple of weeks, but I was able to hide from the festivities for long enough to come up with a few rounds below. Have a great 2018!

Round 1

  1. Which day of the week did January 1, 2017, fall on? – Sunday
  2. How old did Canada turn on July 1, 2017? – 150 years old
  3. What country was host to the “2017 World Expo”? – Kazakhstan
  4. What name was given to the tropical cyclone that destroyed large parts of the Houston metropolitan area in the United States in August of 2017? – Hurricane Harvey
  5. Which popular US actress died on January 25, 2017, at the age of 80? – Mary Tyler Moore
  6. Which campaign was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 for its work to promote the full implementation of the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons? – The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
  7. What iPhone models were announced and released in 2017? – iPhone 8, 8+ and X
  8. What game won the Game of the Year award at The Game Awards 2017? – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  9. Who won his eighteenth men’s singles Grand Slam title at the 2017 Australian Open? – Roger Federer
  10. Approximately how much was the price of a single Bitcoin on January 1, 2017? – $1,000 USD

Round 2

  1. What day did Donald Trump assume office as the 45th President of the United States? – January 20, 2017
  2. What month did North Korea fire a test missile across the Sea of Japan, prompting international condemnation? – February
  3. Which rock and roll pioneer passed away on March 18, 2017, at the age of 90? – Chuck Berry
  4. What critically, and commercially successful indie game released in 2017, borrowed its art style from 1930s cartoons? – Cuphead
  5. What phone did Android co-creator Andy Rubin, design and unveil in May, 2017? – The Essential Phone
  6. What highly awaited Japanese hot hatchback went on sale around the world in 2017? – Honda Civic Type R
  7. What soccer team won the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup? – Real Madrid
  8. What month did the United Kingdom begin Brexit Negotiations? – March
  9. Which Bond actor passed away on May 23, 2017? – Roger Moore
  10. Who directed the highly anticipated film “Blade Runner 2049”? – Denis Villeneuve

Round 3

  1. Which month saw the release of the film “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”? – December
  2. What did the United Nations General Assembly designate 2017 as? – International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
  3. Which US actor, widely known for his portrayal of Batman, passed away on June 9, 2017? – Adam West
  4. Whose concert was the target of a terrorist attack in May, 2017, in Manchester, UK? – Ariana Grande’s
  5. What big budget game was the subject of monetization controversy and government interference in the fall of 2017? – Star Wars Battlefront II
  6. While filming a segment for the show “The Grand Tour”, what car did Richard Hammond crash in June, 2017? – Rimac Concept One
  7. What cartoon character did artist Matt Furie decide to kill in 2017, after it became associated with white nationalism against his will? – Pepe the Frog
  8. Gord Downie, who passed away on October 17, 2017, was the lead singer of which Canadian rock band? – The Tragically Hip
  9. What three gaming consoles did Nintendo release in 2017? – Nintendo Switch, New Nintendo 2DS XL, and Super NES Classic Edition
  10. Which key button did Apple remove in its flagship iPhone X model? – The Home button

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The Fall – The Season, not The Show

It’s pumpkin question time! Do you remember when Starbucks introduced the infamous pumpkin spice latte? What about these other 9 questions?

It is fall. And with fall come pumpkin stuff, Thanskgiving, colder temperatures, changing leaves, new TV programs and a very early Christmas prep. So before we get to the Christmas quiz, enjoy these 10 Fall-related trivia questions.

  1. Appearing in the fall, the harvest moon is one of about how many full moons that occur each year? – 12
  2. Which decade popularized the commercial brewing of pumpkin ales? – 1980s
  3. The word “harvest” is derived from an Old English word that referred to what season? – Autumn
  4. In a classic nursery rhyme, who did Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater keep in a pumpkin shell? – His wife
  5. What name is given to a pumpkin if it has a face carved into it and is illuminated by a candle? – Jack-o’-lantern
  6. In the fairy tale, what is changed into a coach for Cinderella? – A pumpkin
  7. Which poet described autumn as “the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”? – John Keats
  8. Which tree has catkins in the spring and edible nuts in the autumn? – The hazel
  9. What year did Starbucks introduce the Pumpkin Spice Latte? – 2003
  10. What seasons do the equinoxes occur in? – Spring and fall

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Mobile Phones Trivia Round 1

Did you know that wireless telephony has been around for about 100 years now? Check what else you may not know about old mobile telephony with this trivia round.

I am on the market for a new cell phone so I thought it was the perfect time to do a round on mobile phones! For this first round, I dug deep…veeery deep into the history of mobile phones. I will get closer to the present day phones with subsequent rounds. Enjoy!

  1. Which country started testing wireless telephony for their military trains towards the end of World War I? – Germany
  2. What year did Bell Labs introduced a mobile service allowing customers to make calls from their automobiles? – 1946
  3. Which US company commercialized the Mobile Telephone Service standard in 1949? – AT&T
  4. The introduction of the Improved Mobile Telephone Service in 1965 eliminated the need for what component that was vital to many phone services at the time? – Operators
  5. What year was the first handheld mobile phone unveiled, kickstarting a communication revolution? – 1973
  6. What country was the first to deploy an automatic analogue cellular service to its customers in 1979? – Japan
  7. What was the first automatic analogue cellular service system commonly referred to as around the world? – 1G
  8. What year were consumers first able to buy a mobile phone, assuming they had a few thousand dollars to spare? – 1983
  9. Which company was responsible for introducing the first mobile phone and the first commercially available mobile phone? – Motorola
  10. What decade was the first text message sent through a commercially available mobile phone? – 1990s

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