5 Daily Trivia Questions - five ways to test your knowledge

World Radio Day

Question 1: World Radio Day honors radio’s vital role in information, education, and emergency communication across the globe. On what date is it observed, and which organization proclaimed it a global day of recognition?Question 2: In 1901, Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless signal, a landmark that proved radio could span oceans. Which single Morse code letter did he report receiving on Signal Hill in Newfoundland?Question 3: Radio moved from experimentation to mass media in 1920 when a U.S. station broadcast election returns to the public. Which station is widely credited as the first commercial radio broadcaster?Question 4: Which 1938 radio drama, directed by Orson Welles, used news-bulletin style storytelling to depict a Martian invasion and became legendary for its realism?Question 5: Portable listening exploded in the 1950s with the first mass-market transistor radio. What model, released in 1954, pioneered pocket-size radio for consumers?You may also like ODD ONE OUT. a new podcast with Mark Ellison!  Mark gives you 4 words, you decide which word does not belong.  Three rounds daily, quick and fun,Portions of today's trivia podcast were made with the help of AI.

From Lincoln to Darwin

Question 1: Issued during the American Civil War, which executive order by President Abraham Lincoln declared enslaved people in the rebelling Confederate states free, and on what date did it take effect?Question 2: Charles Darwin’s observations in the Galápagos and beyond were made during a five-year voyage—what was the name of the ship he sailed on, and how did that journey shape his theory of evolution?Question 3: Which 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case unanimously ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, overturning the “separate but equal” doctrine in education?Question 4: After decades of suffrage activism, which U.S. constitutional amendment guaranteed women the right to vote nationwide, and in what year was it ratified?Question 5: In 1858, Darwin’s ideas on natural selection were jointly presented alongside those of another naturalist—who was this co-contributor whose letter spurred Darwin to publish?You may also like ODD ONE OUT. a new podcast with Mark Ellison!  Mark gives you 4 words, you decide which word does not belong.  Three rounds daily, quick and fun,Portions of today's trivia podcast were made with the help of AI.

Women of STEM

Question 1: She broke barriers as the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences and helped isolate new elements from pitchblende at the turn of the 20th century. Which pioneering physicist-chemist achieved this unique Nobel distinction?Question 2: In 1952, a single X-ray image nicknamed “Photo 51” captured the clues needed to decode DNA’s double-helix. What experimental technique did Rosalind Franklin use to produce this image?Question 3: During the 1962 Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, one astronaut famously asked that mathematician Katherine Johnson verify the computer’s orbital calculations before liftoff. Which astronaut made that request?Question 4: Drawing on centuries-old medical texts, which Chinese pharmaceutical chemist discovered the antimalarial compound that revolutionized treatment worldwide and earned a share of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?Question 5: Looking to the future of biotechnology, which gene-editing tool developed by Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna earned them the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for enabling precise cuts to DNA?You may also like ODD ONE OUT. a new podcast with Mark Ellison!  Mark gives you 4 words, you decide which word does not belong.  Three rounds daily, quick and fun,Portions of today's trivia podcast were made with the help of AI.

Laura Dern

Question 1: Laura Dern celebrates her birthday just as awards season hits its stride—on what exact date and year was she born?Question 2: In Jurassic Park (1993), Laura Dern’s Dr. Ellie Sattler isn’t a dinosaur wrangler but a scientist whose expertise shapes key decisions on the island—what is her field of study?Question 3: On HBO’s Big Little Lies, which character did Laura Dern portray to Emmy-winning effect, delivering ferocious, meme-worthy lines and a layered look at power and vulnerability?Question 4: Across a career ranging from Jurassic Park to prestige television, Laura Dern earned her first Oscar for which film, and in which category?Question 5: Before her own Oscar win, Laura Dern and her mother, Diane Ladd, made Academy history: in what 1991 film were they both nominated for Oscars for the same movie, and what were their categories?You may also like ODD ONE OUT. a new podcast with Mark Ellison!  Mark gives you 4 words, you decide which word does not belong.  Three rounds daily, quick and fun,Portions of today's trivia podcast were made with the help of AI.

Joe Pesci

Question 1: Joe Pesci’s birthday is a great excuse to revisit his career—on what date was the New Jersey–born actor actually born?Question 2: For which film did Joe Pesci win his only Academy Award, and in which category, delivering one of the shortest acceptance speeches in Oscar history?Question 3: In Goodfellas, which tense table-side exchange—drawn from a real incident Pesci experienced and largely improvised—has him snap, “Funny how? Funny like I’m a clown?”Question 4: In Home Alone, Joe Pesci plays Harry, one half of a bumbling burglar duo—what nickname do he and Marv adopt that becomes their soggy calling card?Question 5: To keep Home Alone family-friendly, what did Joe Pesci famously use instead of his usual profane tough-guy language during frustration-filled moments?You may also like ODD ONE OUT. a new podcast with Mark Ellison!  Mark gives you 4 words, you decide which word does not belong.  Three rounds daily, quick and fun,Portions of today's trivia podcast were made with the help of AI.