Oct. 10, 2025

Perfect 10 Trivia

Perfect 10 Trivia
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Today we're celebrating the number 10 with questions about perfect scores, famous amplifiers, bowling pins, late-night comedy lists, and classic symbols that all share this special number.

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Callaroga Shark Media. Greetings, trivia fans. I'm Mark Ellison, and

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today we're celebrating the number ten with questions about tens

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in pop culture, entertainment, and beyond. Question one. In the

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nineteen seventy nine romantic comedy Ten, what actress played the

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perfect ten woman that Dudley Moore's character becomes obsessed with?

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Question two? David Letterman's late night shows were famous for

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their top ten lists? On what network did Letterman first

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introduce this popular comedy segment? Question three. In the nineteen

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eighty four rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, guitarist Nigel

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Tufnell explains why his amplifiers are special because they go

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up to what number? Question four. The bowling term tenpin

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refers to the standard number of pins used in the game.

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In what decade did tenpin bowling become standardized in the

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United States? Question five? In Roman numerals, the number ten

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is represented by what single letter. We'll be right back

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with the answers. Let's reveal today's answers. Question one, Who

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played the perfect ten in the movie ten? Answer? Bo Derek.

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The film made Derek an international star, and her cornrow

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hairstyle became iconic. The movie follows Dudley Moore's character through

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a midlife crisis as he pursues Derek's character while she's

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on her honeymoon. Question two On what network did Letterman

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first introduce top ten lists? Answer? NBC? Letterman started the

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top ten list segment on his NBC show Late Night

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with David Letterman in nineteen eighty five. He continued the

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tradition when he moved to CBS for The Late Show

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in nineteen ninety three. Question three, what number do spinal

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taps amplifiers go up to? Answer eleven? Nigel explains it's

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one louder, isn't it This absurd logic has become one

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of the most quoted lines in comedy history and inspired

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the phrase turn it up to eleven. Question four When

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did tenpin bowling become standardized? Answer the eighteen nineties. The

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American Bowling Congress was formed in eighteen ninety five and

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established the rules and equipment standards we still use today,

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including the regulation that games use exactly ten pins. Question

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five What Roman numeral represents ten? Answer X? The Roman

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numeral system uses seven letters, and X represents ten. It's

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one of the most recognizable symbols, appearing everywhere from clock

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faces to Super Bowl numbering. That concludes today's five Daily

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trivia Questions. I'm Ark Ellison.