Results: Trivial Pursuit
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I love learning new things, and have a special fondness for trivia. Odd facts and strange coincidences --I find all of it fascinating. You may not enjoy it quite as much as I do, but hopefully you'll enjoy this survey. First off, this set of trivia is all about the U.S.A. How many of these did you already know?
The designer of the current United States flag was 17 at the time, and created it for a high school project. Robert G Heft received a B-.
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164 votes
John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in 1790. He has a grandson that is alive today. He is 90.
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154 votes
The United States defense budget of $698 billion is more than the next seventeen nations combined.
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266 votes
Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be known as Boston, Oregon
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115 votes
In 1993, San Francisco held a referendum over whether a police officer called Bob Geary was allowed to patrol while carrying a ventriloquist's dummy called Brendan O'Smarty. He was.
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79 votes
It costs the U.S. Mint almost twice as much to mint each penny and nickel as the coins are actually worth. Taxpayers lost over $100 million in 2013 just through the coins being made.
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533 votes
Knew all of them
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73 votes
Knew none
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1418 votes
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On to the next set, this time themed around food. How many of these did you already know? Nutella was invented during WWII, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.
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335 votes
Italy's Credem Bank takes parmesan cheese from local producers in exchange for cheap loans, charging 3-5% interest depending on the cheese quality and a fee ensuring the cheese matures properly in the bank vault. 200 million dollars of parmesan wheels are stored there.
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105 votes
Movie popcorn costs more per ounce than Filet Mignon
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267 votes
Pizza only became popular in the United States after American troops occupying Italy during World War 2 became hooked on it and then popularized it back home
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314 votes
In 2009, Burger King launched a campaign that if you unfriended 10 friends on Facebook, you were entitled to a free Whopper. The person you unfriended would get a message telling them that their friendship is worth less than a Whopper.
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106 votes
Ortharexia Nervosa is an eating disorder where the sufferer is obsessed with eating healthy food.
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116 votes
The tall chef's hat is called a toque.
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256 votes
Grape growing is the largest food industry in the world as there are more than 60 species and 8000 varieties of grapes. The average person eats eight pounds of grapes each year.
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131 votes
Knew all
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72 votes
Knew none
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1349 votes
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Finally, this last set is all about pop culture. How many of these did you already know? The last movie ever rented at a corporate Blockbuster was "This Is The End" at a store in Hawaii.
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68 votes
J.K. Rowling became the first person to become a billionaire by writing books. However, she also lost her billionaire status because she donated so much money to charity!
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390 votes
Christian Bale studied Tom Cruise's mannerisms to prepare for his role as a psychotic killer in American Psycho.
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126 votes
Reed Hasting started Netflix after receiving $40 in late fees when returning Apollo 13.
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91 votes
Agatha Christie said she came up with many of her book plots while sitting in her bathtub while eating apples
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139 votes
Contrary to popular belief, Marilyn Munroe was nowhere near a 'plus' size 12 - 16, she was closer to a US size 0.
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175 votes
George Lazenby wasn't an actual actor. He got himself a suit, a Rolex and a new haircut, then met with the producer and made up movies he had been in. He later landed the role of James Bond.
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105 votes
Google's founders were willing to sell to Excite for less than $1 million in 1999, but Excite turned them down
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90 votes
If you take all the letters from the word "wizard" and swap them with opposite letters (a->z, b->y), it spells wizard backwards.
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51 votes
Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd dusted off their Ghostbusters costumes to visit a terminally ill child who was a fan of the film and wanted to meet them
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259 votes
Knew all
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67 votes
Knew none
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1481 votes
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