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Trivia Challenge

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  1. On Jan. 19, 1809, what author of the poem “The Raven” was born in Boston?
  2. What 1912 presidential candidate had the slogan “A Square Deal All Around”?
  3. What is an ace worth in blackjack?
  4. On Jan. 20, 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt had the first U.S. presidential inauguration taking place in January; which of his four presidential inaugurations was it?
  5. In 1845 in Boston, Macon Bolling Allen argued before a jury – in what is believed to be the first time for an African American lawyer to do so; in what populous county was he a JP?
  6. On Jan. 21, 1908, NYC passed the “Sullivan Ordinance,” making it illegal for whom to smoke in public?
  7. In 1860 what presidential candidate had the slogan “Vote yourself a farm and horses”?
  8. What country has won the most medals at the Winter Olympics: Norway, Switzerland or USA?
  9. On Jan. 22, 2003, the U.S. Census Bureau stated that who are the largest U.S. minority group?
  10. What has a denominator and a numerator?
  11. In January 2018, 12 camels at Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz Camel Beauty Contest were disqualified because their owners used what on the camels’ lips?
  12. In what year did Alaska and Hawaii join the USA: 1940, 1959 or 1961?
  13. What is light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation more commonly known as?
  14. On Jan. 23, 1989, what Spanish painter of “Melting Watch” and “The Persistence of Memory” died?
  15. What weighs the least: animal cells, atoms or neutrinos?
  16. Who had the presidential campaign slogan “Not Just Peanuts”?
  17. January 24 is Beer Can Appreciation Day; on Jan. 24 in what year did Krueger Brewing Co. sell the first canned beer: 1915, 1929 or 1935?
  18. What Asian city is nicknamed “Monte Carlo of the Orient”?
  19. In what country is Bushmills, the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery?
  20. On Jan. 25, 1961, what animated film with a dog breed in its title was released?

 

  1. Edgar Allan Poe
  2. Theodore Roosevelt
  3. 1 or 11
  4. The second
  5. Middlesex
  6. Women
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Norway
  9. Hispanics
  10. A fraction
  11. Botox
  12. 1959
  13. Laser
  14. Salvador Dali
  15. Neutrinos
  16. Jimmy Carter
  17. 1935
  18. Macau
  19. Ireland
  20. “101 Dalmatians”

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