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Trivia

Worldly Knowledge

1)Who became the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations, elected on December 11, 1981?
a)U Thant
b)Kurt Waldheim
c)Dag Hammarskjold
d)Javier Perez de Cuellar
e)Kofi Annan

2)What does Joseph Stalin's last name translate to?
a)Stone Man
b)Commander
c)Man of Stone
d)1 & 3
e)Man of Steel

3)When did Orville and Wilbur Wright make their first successful man-powered airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?
a)December 17, 1885
b)December 17, 1889
c)December 17, 1903
d)December 17, 1908
e)December 17, 1910

4)Who was Israel's first Prime Minister?
a)Albert Einstein
b)David Ben Gurion
c)Golda Meir
d)Chaim Herzog
e)Menacham Begin

5)Translated from the Italian 'bambino', what is it in English?
a)A drink of red wine with with an egg yolk
b)A little child
c)An image of the infant Jesus
d)Italian-style bread with raisins
e)2 and 3

6)Which world structure will be 100 years old in 2031?
a)Empire State Building in NYC
b)United Nations building in NYC
c)Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
d)Suez Canal in Egypt
e)Panama Canal in Panama

7)Where did the Bull Terrier originate, a cross between bulldogs and terriers?
a)In Wales
b)In Scotland
c)In England
d)In France
e)In Portugal

8)What is a 'Kelpie'?
a)A Scottish delicacy
b)A deep-sea organism
c)An Australian sheepdog
d)A tree native to southern Africa
e)A Hawaiian girl

9)If a statue in a park shows a rider on a horse and the horse has all four legs on the ground, what does that statement denote?
a)He was a safe rider
b)He died of natural causes
c)He died in battle
d)He died of wounds suffered in battle
e)He was at least a General

10)What will happen to the red colour of a Goldfish, when kept in a dark room for a longer period of time?
a)It will turn white
b)It will turn blue
c)It will turn green
d)It will get rainbow colors
e)Silly question. It will remain red

11)How many calories are being used to frown for two minutes?
a)12
b)17
c)23
d)49
e)90?

12)According to the title of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous book, what adjective describes Jay Gatsby?
a)Great
b)Intelligent
c)Funny
d)Ominous
e)Awesome

13)Britain's Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson on July 23, 1986 at Westminster Abbey in London. When did the couple divorce?
a)1992
b)1993
c)1994
d)1995
e)1996

14)Mario Puzo, the creator of 'Godfather' died on July 2, 1999 at the age of 78. Where?
a)New City, New York
b)Bayshore, Long Island, New York
c)Corleone, Sicily
d)Santa Barbara, California
e)Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

15)Which French poet was the leader of the symbolist movement?
a)Paul Veraine
b)Picabia
c)Voltaire
d)Victor Hugo
e)Erich Maria Remarque

16)New Yorker Frank A. Gunther, who died on May 24, 1999 at the age of 91 had invented what?
a)The two-way CB radio
b)One-way radio for aircraft
c)Shortwave radio
d)FM radio
e)All of the above

17)Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Thomas P. Stafford and John W. Young blasted into space on May 18, 1969 aboard which spacecraft?
a)Apollo 8
b)Apollo 9
c)Apollo 10
d)Apollo 11
e)Apollo 12

18)Francis Harry Compton Crick of Britain, who turned 82 on June 8, 1998, is best known for what accomplishment?
a)He discovered the structure of DNA
b)He was first to circle the earth in a hot-air balloon
c)He was a champion race car driver for Daimler-Benz
d)He had been awarded the 'Victoria Cross' in WW II
e)He is a famous poet

Answers
1.d, 2.e, 3.c, 4.b, 5.e, 6.a, 7.c, 8.c, 9.b, 10.a, 11.b, 12.a, 13.e, 14.b, 15.a, 16.e, 17.c, 18.a

 

 

 

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