Trivia Tuesday: 5 New Trivia Questions from “Page-A-Day”

Every Tuesday is a Trivia Tuesday on AmericaJR… Look for five new trivia questions and answers from the “365 Amazing Trivia Facts for 2018” calendar.

This Week’s Questions:

1. What movie marked Natalie Portman’s film debut?
2. What are the three layers of the human tooth?
3. On June 15, 2016, this baseball player surpassed Pete Rose’s record of 4,256 professional hits, but he may not appear in the MLB record books for it. Who is it?
4. What is the breed of cat with unusual ears that curl backward?
5. Who plays Ice Cube in Straight Outta Compton, the story of the rise of the rap group NWA?

This Week’s Answers:

1. Leon: The Professional. Portman was 12 when she began shooting the movie.
2. The center of a tooth is the pulp, which blood vessels and nerves run through; then there’s the dentin; and the outer layer is the enamel, the visible part of your teeth.
3. Ichiro Suzuki. He got the first 1,278 of those hits as a player in Japan, which is why Rose’s record will stand in the MLB.
4. American Curl. The ears start to curl back within a week of a kitten’s birth, and they will curl and uncurl over the kitten’s first few months.
5. O’Shea Jackson Jr., who happens to be the rapper’s son.

Source: Workman Publishing / “Page-A-Day”

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