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History › Modern History › Modern History › Modern History
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Modern history, or the modern era, describes the historical timeframe after the Middle Ages. Modern history can be further broken down into the early modern period and the late modern period. |
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| Posted: | October 28, 2009 |
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Music › Celebrities › Singers › Paul McCartney
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Sir James Paul McCartney is a multiple Grammy Award- and Academy Award-winning English singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, painter, and animal rights and peace activist. |
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| Posted: | June 13, 2009 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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Sports › Boxing › Boxers › Mike Tyson
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Mike Tyson was the undisputed heavyweight champion and remains the youngest man ever to win the WBC, WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles. |
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| Posted: | June 13, 2009 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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Music › Celebrities › Singers › Michael Jackson
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Known as the "King of Pop", Michael Jackson's unique contributions to music and dance, along with a highly publicized personal life, made him a prominent figure in popular culture for four decades. |
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| Posted: | June 25, 2009 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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Religion & Spirituality › Faiths & Practices › Christianity › General Bible
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A quick primer about the book that contains the central religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. |
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| Posted: | October 12, 2009 |
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Humanities › Literature › Authors › Mark Twain
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. |
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| Posted: | October 15, 2009 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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History › US History › 20th Century › Howard Hughes
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Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aviator, engineer, industrialist, film producer, film director, philanthropist, and one of the wealthiest people in the world. |
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| Posted: | November 6, 2009 |
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Movies › Celebrities › Actors & Actresses › Mark Wahlberg
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Known as Marky Mark in his earlier years, Mark Wahlberg became famous in his 1991 debut as a rap musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. |
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| Posted: | June 3, 2009 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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Movies › Celebrities › Actors & Actresses › Johnny Depp
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Johnny Depp is best known for his portrayals of offbeat, eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, Raoul Duke in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", and Sam in "Benny & Joon". |
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| Posted: | June 3, 2009 |
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Music › Celebrities › Singers › Ice Cube
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Ice Cube began his career as a member of the rap group N.W.A along with group leader Eazy-E, and later launched a successful solo career in music and cinema. |
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| Posted: | June 12, 2009 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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History › US History › 18th Century › Daniel Boone
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Daniel Boone [October 22 (November 2 new style), 1734 – September 26, 1820] was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. |
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| Posted: | November 7, 2009 |
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Humanities › Philosophy › 17th Century › Blaise Pascal
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Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a civil servant. |
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| Posted: | June 13, 2009 |
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History › US History › 20th Century › Apollo 11
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The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of Project Apollo and the third human voyage to the Moon or Moon orbit. |
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| Posted: | June 14, 2009 |
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| By: | MastersOfTrivia | |
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Music › Classical › Composers › Johann Sebastian Bach
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Bach's sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. |
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| Posted: | June 28, 2009 |
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Society & Culture › Holidays and Observances › Christmas › Christmas Trivia
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Christmas, also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. |
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| Posted: | October 13, 2009 |
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Sports › Football › NFL › NFL Quizzes
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The NFL is the largest professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing its name to the National Football League in 1922. |
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| Posted: | October 20, 2009 |
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Literature › Authors › Literary Fiction › Jules Verne
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Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French author who helped pioneer the science-fiction genre. |
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| Posted: | November 6, 2009 |
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Music › Celebrities › Singers › Nancy Sinatra
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Nancy Sinatra is the daughter of singer/actor Frank Sinatra from his first wife, Nancy Barbato, and remains known for her 1966 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". |
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| Posted: | June 3, 2009 |
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History › World War II › Holocaust › Anne Frank
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Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank gained international fame posthumously following the publication of her diary which documents her experiences hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. |
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| Posted: | June 11, 2009 |
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Movies › Celebrities › Actors & Actresses › Meryl Streep
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Meryl Streep is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era. |
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| Posted: | June 13, 2009 |
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