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Trivia Question: Promontory Point, where America’s first transcontinental railroad was finished, is found in what state? Answer: Utah Two groups of workers labored from both halves of the nation to build the railroad. They laid down tracks at a back-breaking rate to meet in the middle. It so happened that Promontory Point, Utah was the … Read more

Trivia Question: Members of the yakuza remove what parts of their bodies to make amends for failure? Answer: Pinkies The yakuza is essentially Japan’s version of the mafia. In Japan, people without pinkies are assumed to be failed yakuza. Since many Western cartoon characters have four fingers as an artistic flourish, those characters have to … Read more

Trivia Question: True or False: Pablo Escobar was shot dead by police following a nationwide manhunt? Answer: True Escobar was one of the richest men in the world at the peak of his career. Colombian authorities finally placed him under house arrest. After he escaped, there came a manhunt that ended when Escobar was shot … Read more

Trivia Question: According to legend, Diogenes presented what to Plato claiming it was a man? Answer: A plucked chicken Plato and Diogenes reportedly debated how to define a human being. Plato eventually said a man was a featherless biped. Diogenes proved his sarcastic pettiness by plucking a chicken and yelling to Plato, “Behold! A man!” … Read more

Trivia Question: Which event began first: The Battle of Britain or The Battle of Stalingrad? Answer: The Battle of Britain Germany began to attack the British Isles in the 1940s. Stalingrad, however, was besieged two years later. Click Here To Take Today’s History Quiz   Yesterday’s “Trivia Question of the Day”