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Throughout history, trivia has always been more than a game.

In ancient Greece, scholars tested each other’s wit in symposiums. In 12th-century Baghdad, thinkers debated questions in bustling libraries. Even in medieval Europe, monarchs used riddles and logic games to assess the sharpness of their advisors.

Today, a new chapter in that centuries-old tradition is being written, one that blends human curiosity with cutting-edge Web3 technology.

We’re proud to announce the launch of the MOT Token on GeckoTerminal, the official utility token of the Masters of Trivia platform. Built on the Solana blockchain and backed by a thriving global community of over 200,000 players, MOT is the first step in transforming trivia into an economic, educational, and social engine for the 21st century.

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Farewell to Charlie Chaplin

👉 Marquee Event

Death of Charlie Chaplin—British comic actor, director, producer, and composer—among the most influential figures in film history.

📌 Why This Matters

Chaplin fused precision mechanics (visual gags built like machines) with emotional realism (hope, poverty, dignity). He proved that a character built from gestures could speak across languages and decades.

Craft & Innovation

• Total authorship: wrote, directed, starred, edited, and composed.

• United Artists co-founder (1919): creative control at industrial scale.

• Mixed modes: silent-era techniques inside sound-era releases; music as narrative glue.

Essential Works (Fast Rewatch Guide)

• The Kid (1921): tenderness and survival.

• The Gold Rush (1925): the dinner roll dance; comic hunger.

• City Lights (1931): blind flower girl; finale that still stuns.

• Modern Times (1936): gears, assembly lines, and the little song.

• The Great Dictator (1940): dual role + famous closing speech.

• Limelight (1952): aging artist, grace notes.

History & Headwinds

• Public controversies and political suspicion in the U.S. culminated in 1952 when his re-entry permit was revoked.

• Settled in Switzerland; 1972 Honorary Oscar signaled an artistic reconciliation.

🎯 Legacy Today

• DNA visible in physical comedy, auteur cinema, and global storytelling.

• Proof that independent production and meticulous iteration can outlast tech cycles.

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