Forum Trivia Contest: October 6, 2025

Tom Davis and Ellyn Bush

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  1. Forum: Which native american tribe lived in the area that The Forum occupies?

  2. Linguistics: The metric system prefixes can be divided into two groups: {tera, giga, mega, kilo, hecto, deca} that increase the size and {pico, nano, micro, milli, centi, deci} that decrease it. What is the linguistic difference between the groups?
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  3. Magazines: What is the oldest continuously-published magazine in the United States?
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  4. Furlongs: What was the original definition of a furlong? (Today a furlong is defined to be 1/8 of a mile.)
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  5. Singulars: What is the singular form of each of the following plural nouns? Data, Feces, Tamales, Oxen. To score a point you need at least 3 correct.

  6. Movies: During the filming of the movie Troy, Brad Pitt was seriously injured. What part did he play and what was his injury?
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  7. Chemistry: Name any one of the 17 rare-earth elements.
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  8. Long Movies: Arrange the following three movies in order of their running times with the longest listed first. Ben Hur (1959), Gone with the Wind (1939), and The Ten Commandments (1956).

  9. Disease: Which of the following is NOT transmitted via mosquito: Malaria, Zika, Lyme, Chikungunya?
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  10. Nuclear Power: The biggest danger to nuclear power plants is from earthquakes. What is the second biggest?
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  11. Movies: In which movie, celebrating its debut 50 years ago, does Roy Scheider say, “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”?
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  12. Presidents: Name two women who were both the wife of a US President and the mother of one.

  13. North: What is the northernmost city in the world with at least 1 million people?

  14. Movies: In which movie did we meet Robby the Robot?
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  15. Cities: Which US City has the largest land area?
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  16. Floaters: What type of rock floats on water?
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  17. Firing: What was the name of the Surgeon General fired by Clinton when she suggested that perhaps masturbation should be taught to school children?
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  18. Camels: Bactrian camels have two humps, what are the camels with one hump called?
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  19. Baseball: What were the first two major league baseball teams established west of Kansas City, MO?

  20. Chess: Name any non-(Russian/Soviet Union) world chess champion.


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