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What word is shared between some sports uniforms and a band's percussion setup?
Ghosts that are said to appear on roadsides at night, usually in the form of a sad woman that disappears, are oftern said to be wearing clothes of what color?
Which actor won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in A Fish Called Wanda?
What is the term for the processes that result in the structure and properties of Earth's crust and its evolution?
The...

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Hinge, pivot, ball and socket are three types of what skeletal structure?
In Canada, what province is the capital city located?
Stanisław II August ruled from 1764 to 1795 and was the last king of which country, the fifth largest EU country?
What element has the highest melting point?
In 1926 Gertrude Ederle swam what in 14 1/2 hours, breaking the men's record by 2 hours, and the inspiration for the Daisy Ridley film "Young Woman and the Sea"?
Which Aristophanes comedy shares its name with a...

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Which 3 countries are set to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup?
The Brittany peninsula is located in which country?
What is the only rock that floats?
The 1997 comedy Austin Powers has what subtitle?
What type of creature is the highest-ranking creature in the Chinese animal hierarchy?
Which 11-season American series was based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard?
In what part of the body would you find basal ganglia?
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Mn is the chemical symbol for which element?
Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, is the Aunt of what pop star who just released her seventh studio album, "Man's Best Friend"?
Switching from overhead to an isometric view, which 1993 game was released as a sequel to the original SimCity?
Aleppo is the largest city in which country?
What rags to riches story by David Szalay just won the 2025 Booker Prize?
Enjoy a Freshmaker while visiting this 555 foot tall shining white...

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Which sitcom character had catchphrases like "Suit up!" and "Legen-wait for it-dary"?
The word for which form of physical exercise is derived from the Greek words for air and life?
"Farewell, hello" was the greeting of the Tralfamadorians in what Kurt Vonnegut novel?
Which musician had his fourteenth studio album, Mandatory Fun, become his first number-one album during its debut week?
In 1994, the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with which planet?
Which three European countries were united through the 1397 Union of Kalmar, formed...

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Which Great Lake shares its name with a Canadian Province?
In the legend of King Arthur, which of Arthur's knights accepts a challenge from the "Green Knight"?
What is unique physically about Manx cats?
Which state has the shortest coastline?
What is the longest passenger railway train in the world?
Uketsu, the mysterious Japanese author and Youtube Star, has had two popular books released that start with the word "Strange", name both of them, 5 points each.
What Canadian band composed "...

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Jamaican-American DJ Kool Herc, the breakbeat DJ who pioneered using funky drum solos and two-turntable set-up, is credited as the "Father of" what?
What is the largest landlocked country in the world?
From Ancient Greek for 'old' and 'stone', the period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools is known by what P term?
What is the only MLB team to have never made a World Series appearance?
Which infamous TV character was inspired by Ali "...

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Vodka, coffee-flavored liqueur and heavy cream are the ingredients for what cocktail?
What is the term for the redirection of a wave, such as light or sound, as it passes from one medium to another?
The dichromatic game known as draught in many parts of the world is known as what in the US?
In which century did Britain colonize Australia?
Which musical is based on the character "Tevye the Dairyman"?
How many black keys are on a standard piano?
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Including half-siblings, how many U.S. Presidents have been an only child?
What is mixed with chocolate to make a ganache?
Which chemical element, under standard conditions, is the least dense metal and the least dense solid element?
I can hear it now! What song by Stealers Wheel, originally released in 1972, was made ‘infamous’ in Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs?
Our eyes can detect more shades of which color than any other?
The first novel to ever mention a dinosaur was Bleak...

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Bordering Tanzania, which two countries share the last four letters of their names?
What monopoly spaces street names feature large seas? 2 points for each right answer and 2 extra points if you get all 4.
In the National Hockey League, how many minutes is a fighting penalty?
Hikaru is the first name of which crew member in "Star Trek: The Original Series"?
What poison does the yellow-spotted millipede secrete when threatened?
Which Roman Emperor is said to have ruled during the time of...

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Pilsner beer originates from which country?
How many total Rings of Power were there collectively in the Lord of the Rings?
What are the two terms for curved lines in sheet music linking notes together in some way?
Where would you find threshold markings, designation markings, aiming point markings, and blast pads?
What color are a reindeer's eyes in summer?
Which city has the largest Significant Urban Area in Australia?
Where were Kevin's family flying to when they left him...

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Soviet cosmonauts traveled with what, in case they landed in Siberia and ran into bears?
What was the job of Charon in Greek mythology?
Lara Lor-Van is the mother of what fictional character?
Which spirit is made primarily flavored with juniper berries?
"The Ballad of Jed Clampett" was the theme song to which American sitcom?
A deficiency in precipitation over an extended period is known by what term?
What writer coined the phrase “ships that pass in the night”?
Who...

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Fuad II was the last king of what country?
There are two Swiss tennis players to have won the French Open men's singles. Name either. 2 bonus pts for both
Which song by Looking Glass, about a barmaid who loves a sailor, was released in 1972 and was featured in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy 2. It helped make the title girl’s name more popular.
With a population of around 1.5 billion, what is the most abundant of all wild birds?
In Southern German, wh...

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We are thrilled for Game 5 of Round 1 of the Patron Tournament! We have the delightful Carissa and Ed as Passive Digression vs David and Paul as Lame Ducks. They will be challenged with tricky questions like:

Whose 2005 funeral did five kings, four queens plus 70 presidents and prime ministrs attend?
What name is given to a ball on a wire that is thrown in an Olympic event?
In the 2017 Wonder Woman film, David Thewlis plays what Greek god antigonist?
One gigabyte is equal to how many kilobytes?
In...

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On which UK gameshow (based on the original American version) did Dale Winton tell contestants to go 'wild in the aisles'?
What what country produces 95% of the world’s opal?
Botticelli's fresco "Temptations of Christ" is on the wall of what chapel?
The Luna 9 Mission by the USSR in 1966 was the first to achieve what?
Think American Sports and Identify the odd one out: Eagles, Bears, Tigers, and Lions.
The title of James Joyce's Ulysses comes from the Latinised name of wh...

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Whose solo albums include Station to Station, Diamond Dogs, and Let's Dance?
In Jack London's The Call of the Wild, what is the name of the dog protagonist?
What term is defined as the force exerted by a fluid opposing the weight of a partially or fully immersed object?
During the chorus of Billy Idol's "Eyes without a Face", there is a woman singing backing vocals. What is she singing?
What American rock band has a fan club that goes by the...

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What do the numbers on the opposite sides of a die add up to?
Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky were collectively known as what on Saturday Mornings from 1968 to 1970?
The 1921 Treaty of Ankara
True encaustic art uses what animal product as a medium? was between France and what other country?
She's into superstitions' are the opening words to what hit song?
The Bay of Biscay borders which 2 countries?
Tardar Sauce was the real name of which famous internet cat?
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News Corp purchased which social networking site for a paltry 580 million?
GoodMe and ChaPanda are both in top twenty largest fast food chains worldwide by number of locations. What type of product do these two specialize in?
In the 2016 film, The Hangover, what kind of pet did Mike Tyson keep?
Who is the only former foreign head of state to have served in the U.S. Congress?
Within 50, approximately how many megapixels does a human eye see if compared to a digital...

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What is the state capital of Wyoming?
Ancient Persians and Greeks encountered the famous “reeds that produce honey without bees”, which we know today as what?
What is the currency of Fiji?
The Brokenwood Mysteries, Haka Life, and Tagata Pasifika are a few television series from which country?
What is the only country to border the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf?
Who wrote the the novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in 1916?
Which ancient Greek was...

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The 1938 edition of Larousse Gastronomique defines what as "the art of preparing various meats, in particular pork, in order to present them in the most diverse ways"?
A mixture in which one substance consisting of microscopically dispersed insoluble particles is suspended throughout another substance is known by what C term?
Intangible creations of human thought is often listed as "IP" in legal systems; what does IP stand for?
In Islamic terminology, what term refers to immutable, intangible divine law?
Which peninsula separates...

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Which animal has the highest blood pressure?
Two tubes of pureed meat and one of chocolate sauce, were part of what historical milestone?
What are Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' character names in the film, Men in Black?
Which country has the most active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes?
At 77 years old, which actress just surpassed Angela Lansbury to become the oldest nominee ever in the lead drama actress category?
Which is the only NFL team to go a whole season...

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What animal symbolizes the World Wide Fund for Nature?
The South Pole-Aitken basin is the largest, oldest, and deepest what on the moon?
Who is credited for renaming the South Sea as the Pacific Ocean in the early 1500s?
In golf, what is another name for a bunker?
What is the only great ape found in Asia and is the world's largest arboreal mammal?
Which monarch was killed in 1057 in the Battle of Lumphanan?
What is the capital of Malaysia?<...

On Today's Patron Trivia Tournament:

We are excited for Game 4 of Round 1 of the Patron Tournament! We have the wonderful Dean and Madeleine as the Slide into our DM vs the incredible Dave (Major Data) and Gemma as Dorsequeque. They will be challenged with tricky questions like:

Pillus, Mafalde, and Rustiche are all types of what?
In Lord of the Rings: The 2 towers, who calls Gandalf "a herald of woe?"
Which branch of the U.S. Military has no official motto?
What is the heaviest gas on the periodic table?
The inspiration...

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Which three word catchphrase was made famous by the character Steve McGarrett in the original Hawaii Five-O television series?
What actor/comedian part of a famous duo plays the caddie Romeo Posar in the movie Tin Cup?
From what is the term honky tonk derived?
In most accounts, to whom was the Greek God Hephaestus married?
What is the densest planet in our Solar System?
Which Ira Glass-hosted podcast became the first news program to win the Pulitzer Prize for Audio...

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What is a single piece of coil DNA called?
What New England state is also a member of the New York Tri-State area?
In which country did the theatrical genre Vaudeville get its start in the middle of the 19th century?
Colonial militas that were ready to fight quickly were known by what timely nickname?
What color is the hottest kind of star?
In Settler of Catan's standard version, a player can win if they accumulate how many victory points?
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A magnifying glass features what kind of lens?
Give any of the 3 types of animals in the titles of surviving plays by ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes.
Tyrian Purple, aka Royal or Imperial Purple, was once a highly valued dye secreted by several species of what kind of animal?
The Second Temple period in Jewish history ended with the Roman siege of which city?
In mechanical terms, what are the toothed disks on a conventional bicycle referred to?
The grape variety known...

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What do the initials QI mean for the British comedy panel game quiz show?
The title track to Queen's final album, Innuendo, contains a flamenco guitar solo from what prog rock guitarist?
Which liqour is the main ingredient of a mojito?
Cole Escola just became the first non-binary performer to win a Tony for Best Actor in a Play, for thier portrayal as which First Lady?
Males of what wacky mammal have a poison-tipped spur on their hind feet?
The Palk...

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In physics, what is defined as the rate at which energy is transferred or work is done, measured as one joule per second?
Featuring the hit songs Come as You Are and Smells Like Teen Spirit, what is the title of Nirvana's 2nd album?
Playing a role in the plot of Home Alone 2, which novelty voice recorder was released in 1992?
What party item comes from the latin for pinecone due to the traditional version looking similar to one?
Where would you find...

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The formula πr² calculates the area of what geometric shape?
What is the tiger's name in "Life of Pi"?
Name either Roman Emperor that agreed to issue the Edict of Milan, making Christianity legal.
Foods that are poached are cooked in what?
The Recording Industry Association of America lists Gold album certification as how many album sales in the U.S.?
What does ESP stand for?
In 1993, Marisa Tomei was the surprise winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress fo...

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Which German politician was just elected Chancellor of Germany on May 6th, 2025?
Flight Simulator, the series of flight simulator programs/video games, is the longest-running software product line of which company?
Which president of the Confederate States of America served as Secretery of War from March 1853-March 1857 prior to the secession of southern states?
The only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States belongs to which state?
What is the singer Halsey’s real first name?
Which gulf is bo...

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We are excited for Game 3 of Round 1 of the Patron Tournament! We have the amazing Charla and Robert as the Texas Florida Line vs the fantastic Nolan and Jeff as Garden State Cheesery. They will be challenged with tricky questions like:

Which U.S. state capital was named after an English explorer who was imprisoned in the Tower of London three times?
Greek goddess Hera had the hundred eyes of her dead servant Argus preserved forever in a notable feature of which animal?
Which 1947 film, with sequences filmed live...

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a U.S. federal government agency within which executive department of the government?
The Arctic tern holds the long-distance record for birds for what seasonal movement?
Who was the Roman author, naturalist, and naval and army commander that wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia?
In 1760, what leisure activity was banned in Japan, because too many people preferred to do it instead of work?
What is the English term for a church that serves as the...

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Which actress played Talia al Ghul in the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises?
From 1884-1915, a German colony known as German South West Africa was forcibly developed in what present-day African country?
Don't consider it a weakness if you don't know, but what is the longest word in English containing only one vowel?
Between Volt, Amp (or Ampere), and Watt, which is the unit of electric potential?
In 2011, which football club became the first non-English club to participate in the Premier League?<...

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To Build a Fire, a short story about an unnamed male protagonist who ventures out in the subzero boreal forest of the Yukon Territory, was written by which American author?
Who became the first person to reach the south pole on December 14, 1911?
A sculptural embellishment of an arch or a mark of acknowledgment or honor.
Which second largest city in Egypt is also the largest city on the Mediterranean coast?
Greek biographer Plutarch speculated that Alexander the Great was the son of...

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What is an area of land where all water drains to a common body of water, like a stream, lake, or ocean: a) water table b) esturay or c) watershed
Who preceded Pope John Paul II for only about a month?
Labi Siffre’s 1975 track I Got The… provides the background to whose 1999 song ranked by Q Magazine as the 6th best song of all time?
Considered one of the greatest catchers in baseball history, who was the catcher for the New York Yank...

On Today's Patron Trivia Tournament:

We are excited to be kicking off Round 1 of the Patron Tournament! To get us started, we have Bryson and Sarah playing as Combat Wombats vs Jodie and Angelina as They are Supergeeks. They will be challenged with tricky questions like:

In 2001, which pop-singer couple attended the American Music Awards dressed in all denim?
Which artist's last name was Buonarroti - Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael or Michelangelo?
What was the name of the first human spaceflight program of the United States?
Chromatophores are anatomical features famously found in what...

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The pointed front end of a surfboard takes its name after what part of the human body?
"All That Jazz", "Cell Block Tango", and "Mr. Cellophane" are all songs in what musical?
What powerup in Mario Kart, when used, aims directly at the racer in first place?
Which artist did Matisse and Picasso call "the father of us all"?
What is the official language of Belize?
Tanya McQuoid-Hunt was a main character in Season 1 and 2 of HBO's The White Lotus and...

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Which Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale figure sits by the waterside in Copenhagen, Denmark?
What is Patricia Reichardt better known as in the Peanuts Cartoon Strips?
Pisciculture is the farming of what animal?
British singer Peter Asher 's "look" is the basis for which fictional character?
What are the 2 ingredients in fluffernutter?
After the Civil War ended, the process of bringing the Confederate States back in to the Union was called what?
What 2 countries exist inside the country of Italy?<...

On Today's Patron Trivia Tournament:

We are excited to be kicking off Round 1 of the Patron Tournament! To get us started, we have Jeff and Alix playing as Faustian Bargain vs Richard and Amy as Mayham in Cleveland. They will be challenged with tricky questions like:

Which musical theatre lyricist and composer has never won a competitive Tony despite being nominated for 6 including for his work Pippin and Godspell?
In the card game Bridge, the player whose cards are placed face up on the table after the bidding is called the what?
Which team...