Hard and Useless Trivia

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1. In what part of the body would you find the Organ of Corti? Small intestine Inner ear Kidney Brainstem

2. Which painter is usually associated with Tenebrism? Picasso Raphael Monet Caravaggio

3. Who wrote the famous scientific work 'Almagest'? Archimedes Newton Ptolemy Erasmus

4. In Europe, it was called the War of the League of Augsburg. What was it called in North America? King William's War French and Indian War Queen Anne's War Seven Years' War

5. What's the world's largest flower? Silversword Sego lily Saguaro cactus blossom Rafflesia

6. Which of these buildings was NOT designed by Frank Lloyd Wright? Guggenheim Museum Wainwright Building Fallingwater Tokyo's Imperial Hotel

7. What term describes a localized conglomerate of the gaseous and finely divided dust particles that are spread through interstellar space? Nova Nebula Black hole Galaxy

8. Wilhelm Steinitz, Paul Morphy, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Emanuel Lasker were all famous _______. Poker players Chess players Dramatists Bank Robbers

9. Which country has the most hot springs? Iceland Thailand Sweden United States

10. What's the only sea in the world bordered by ocean currents rather than by land? South China Sea Sargasso Sea Ross Sea Ionian Sea