Spring is here! For those of you who have warmer weather, congrats! As we see new life around us, let’s learn something new. Here are some fun trivia facts for you! Feel free to use them at dinner parties, galas, or use these as trivia questions for your own trivia event.
Random Trivia Facts for Spring!
Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer cost $250,000 to build in 1931. That’s about $4.5 million in today’s dollars. Not bad for a 130ft statue.
Grenadine is typically made from pomegranate. Who else thought it was cherries?
Harrison Ford and Spencer Tracy both graduated from Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin.
Disney’s animated film, Alice in Wonderland, was released in 1951. It was the same year that Jack in the Box was founded. Coincidence? I think not.
Bob Marley lived in Delaware for 12 years.
Dr. Oz attended Tower Hill, a college prep school in Delaware.
There are nearly 50 bridges that cross the Delaware River. Not sure why Washington took a boat.
It’s $70 for a Marriage License in Kent County, Delaware and that is plenty of facts about Delaware.
Golden eagles can hit 200mph when diving after prey.
You can find a 49ft statue of Paul Bunyan near Kalamath, California.
Wilt Chamberlain averaged 50.4 points per game in the 1961-62 season, the highest in NBA history. He also has the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th highest averages.
The widest point of the Ohio River is in Louisville, Kentucky.
Guinness was first brewed in 1759. It’s older than the United States.
The University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers haven’t won a Men’s NCAA Basketball Championship. Army, William & Mary, St. Francis Brooklyn, and The Citadel haven’t even made the tournament.
It’s only $5 to tour the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell. Be sure to visit the tinfoil hat making station.
The only operational diamond mine in the US, specifically, in Arkansas.
Tabago is the goat-racing capital of the world. It’s now at the top of my travel plans.
In Arizona you can be fined up to $5,000 for carving your initials into a saguaro cactus. I wonder how it would even be possible with all those spines.
Lisa Kudrow is the oldest of the main “Friends” cast members. She was born in 1983.
Kool-Aid and television were both invented in 1927. That is a winning combo!
Jacob Schick patented the first electric razor. He fled to Canada to avoid being prosecuted for tax evasion after moving all that shaving money to the Bahamas.
The CEO of Netflix used to be on the California State Board of Education. Hmm…
Seagulls drink sea water.
Dido was the founder of Rome. Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, stage name Dido, was responsible for the hits “Here with Me,” “Thank You,” and “White Flag.”
Tetrapods have four feet. So pretty much every animal.
There's a ton of awesome and interesting factoids and you never know when they might become important for a trivia night! You can never know too much.
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