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

"365 Days of Amazing Trivia - 2021 Calendar"

Every Tuesday is a Trivia Tuesday on AmericaJR… Look for five new trivia questions and answers from the “365 Amazing Trivia Facts for 2021” calendar…

This Week’s Questions:

  1. According to the Guinness World Records, who holds the record for spinning a plate on a finger for the longest amount of time?
  2. In San Francisco’s Mission District, there is an unusual movie theater created by Laurie O’Brien in 2013. What is unique about the theater?
  3. Betty White is one of four actors to star in the hit sitcom Golden Girls. Who are the other three actors?
  4. In DC Comics, what is the name of Superman‘s father from the planet Krypton?
  5. Greek mathematician Pythagoras discovered a geometrical property that has since become known as the Pythagorean Theorem. What was his discovery?

This Week’s Answers:

  1. Himanshu Gupta, who spun a plate on his finger for 1 hour, 10 minutes, and 39 seconds on December 18, 2016, in Bangalore, India.
  2. Known as the Peephole Cinema, the “theater” is a small hole in an exterior wall in the Mission District.
  3. Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, and Bea Arthur. The show aired from 1985 to 1992.
  4. Jor-El. Superman was given the name of Kal-El at birth but became Clark Kent when he was raised on Earth.
  5. The sum of the squares of the lengths of each of a right triangle’s legs is equal to the square of the length of that triangle’s hypotenuse (longest side).

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


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