Daily Trivia (June 16, 2020) Major League Baseball and General Knowledge Quiz

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Hello everyone and welcome to your Daily Trivia for June 16, 2020!
We have all kinds of excellent questions for you today, including one about a Major League Baseball record, "The Big Bang Theory", and geese flying in formation. Good luck!

Daily Trivia 6/16/2020 Quiz Questions

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Question 1

Which of the following players became the first Major League Baseball player to hit two grand slams in one game?

  • A
    Tony Lazzeri
  • B
    Babe Ruth
  • C
    Lou Gehrig
  • D
    Bobby Bonds

Question 2

Franklin D. Roosevelt was an immensely popular American political figure. How many presidential elections did he win?

  • A
    Three
  • B
    Two
  • C
    Five
  • D
    Four

Question 3

When you look up and see a group of geese flying together in the sky, it is usually in a V-formation. What is the name that we give to this animal's babies?

  • A
    Tadpole
  • B
    Gosling
  • C
    Pup
  • D
    Chick

Question 4

We're sure you already knew that the two main tributaries of the Nile are the White Nile and the Blue Nile. In which country do they merge?

  • A
    Egypt
  • B
    Ethiopia
  • C
    Central African Republic
  • D
    Sudan

Question 5

Bill Clinton said it "means jobs." What trade agreement was formed between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico in 1993?

  • A
    APEC
  • B
    NAFTA
  • C
    EFTA
  • D
    ACC

Question 6

'Scream' tells the story of high school kids fearing for their lives as the Ghostface killer takes them out one by one. Which Hollywood star plays Casey Becker, the unfortunate high school teen who dies in the film's opening scene?

  • A
    Neve Campbell
  • B
    Drew Barrymore
  • C
    Courteney Cox
  • D
    Skeet Ulrich

Question 7

Who was the first Major League Baseball player from Japan?

  • A
    Hideki Irabu
  • B
    Hideki Nomo
  • C
    Masanori Murakami
  • D
    Yashigawa Tabata

Question 8

What is another name for programmed cell death?

  • A
    Fatality
  • B
    Apoptosis
  • C
    Stasis
  • D
    Paralysis

Question 9

Can you name this actress who started by modeling for British Vogue in the mid-1980s and moved into film roles with "Dangerous Liaisons" and "Pulp Fiction?"

  • A
    Uma Thurman
  • B
    Nastassja Kinski
  • C
    Julie Roberts
  • D
    Mira Sorveno

Question 10

A group of white-tailed deer is called a herd, but what is a baby white-tailed deer called?

  • A
    Fawn
  • B
    Kid
  • C
    Foal
  • D
    Joey

Question 11

This country is the most popular tourist destination and the largest economy in the Caribbean, despite having to share their island with another country.

  • A
    Dominican Republic
  • B
    Haiti
  • C
    Saint Martin
  • D
    Jamaica

Question 12

What was the original working title of "The Big Bang Theory"?

  • A
    Sheldon's Weird Adventures
  • B
    Lenny, Penny, and Kenny
  • C
    Theory of Gravity
  • D
    The Nerds

Question 13

Johannes Gutenberg's printing press started the Printing Revolution in Europe. In which century was it invented?

  • A
    15th
  • B
    16th
  • C
    12th
  • D
    14th

Question 14

This mountainous, landlocked country contains the world's highest metropolitan area over 1 million people, El Alto, at a staggering 13,600 feet average elevation.

  • A
    Paraguay
  • B
    Uruguay
  • C
    Bolivia
  • D
    Chile

Question 15

Which of the following are the typical products of photosynthesis?

  • A
    Carbon dioxide and water
  • B
    Glucose and oxygen
  • C
    Water and glucose
  • D
    Oxygen and carbon dioxide

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Found out how much I don't know. Now just have to remember it.

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