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Trivia challenge 4/16/20
Trivia challenge 4/16/20
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1
How far can a skunk spray?
5 feet
10 feet
15 feet
20 feet
2
In Scrabble, which of these letters is worth 10 points?
K
J
X
Z
3
Where is the Arizona Memorial located?
Pearl Harbor
Lake Superior
Gulf of Mexico
San Francisco Bay
4
Who wrote Moby Dick?
Herman Melville
Edgar Allan Poe
H.G. Wells
Mary Shelley
5
What do you call a word that spells the same forward and backward?
Dipthone
Onomatopoeia
Palindrome
Hippophone
6
SASE stands for what?
Stay away - speak Englishy
Stop and stand easy
Soon and soon enough
Self addressed stamped envelope
7
What year did two players break Roger Maris's record for home runs in a season?
1996
1997
1995
1999
8
Who starred in Forrest Gump?
Tom Arnold
Tom Brady
Tom Cruise
Tom Hanks
9
Frances Ethel Gumm, born in Grand Rapids, MN is best known by what name?
Sarah Jessica Parker
Annie Oakley
Judy Garland
Jessica Lang
10
What was the home of King Arthur's Court?
Shangri-la
Camelot
Valhalla
Lancelot
11
Vice versa is Latin for what?
Rewind
Upside down
The other way around
Inside out
12
Name this Peanuts character.
Pig Pen
Schroeder
Linus
Franklin
13
When Delilah cut his hair, what did Samson lose?
Good looks
Wisdom
Strength
Courage
14
MN has provided more Olympic and professional athletes than any other state in which sport?
Women's Basketball
Baseball
Hockey
Curling
15
Where is the Kennedy Space Center located?
Nevada
California
Florida
Arizona
16
Which is the largest ocean in the world?
Indian
Pacific
Arctic
Atlantic
17
What is the MN state muffin?
Blueberry muffin
Carrot muffin
Chokecherry muffin
Rhubarb muffin
18
What does 3M stand for?
MN Metals & Mines
MN Mining & Metals
MN Mining & Manufacturing
MN Manufacturing & Minerals
19
Aphrodite is known as the goddess of what?
Prosperity
Love
Fertility
Beauty
20
What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
Ypsilon
Iota
Omega
Gamma
21
What board game is this?
Cribbage
Sorry!
Trivial Pursuit
Scrabble
22
Which of these is not an oxymoron?
Almost perfect
Definite maybe
Drop in the bucket
Instant classic
23
Who composed
The William Tell Overture
?
Mozart
Rossini
Bernstein
Bach
24
According to Poison, "Every ____________"
Night has it's dawn
All of the above
Rose has its thorn
Cowboy sings his sad, sad song
25
Which famous novel begins, “There was no possibility of taking a walk that day”?
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Old Man and the Sea
Jane Eyre
Treasure Island
26
In 1348 which epidemic ravaged Europe?
Malaria
Black Death
Typhoid Fever
Smallpox
27
Which newspaper employed Bernstein & Woodward when they uncovered the Watergate break-in?
New York Times
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
Chicago Sun Times
28
Define Eureka!
I found it!
I smell something bad!
It's time to go!
I lost it!
29
What does melanin control in the body?
Cholesterol levels
Color of the skin
Blood pressure
Release of progesterone
30
What is the Roman numeral for 1,000?
M
C
L
D
31
Which US holiday is celebrated the second Sunday in May?
Easter
Father's Day
Mother's Day
Memorial Day
32
On which US TV show did the Beatles first appear?
Mike Douglas Show
Steve Miller Show
Tonight Show
Ed Sullivan Show
33
_________ is the mother of invention.
A grandmother
Necessity
Creativity
Desperation
34
Which of these was written by Hans Christian Andersen?
The Ugly Duckling
Red Riding Hood
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Ali Baba
35
In
The Emperor's New Clothes
, the emperor is __________.
constipated
drunk
naked
dead
36
Who painted
The Last Supper
?
Michelangelo
Bellini
Raphael
Da Vinci
37
How fast can dragonflies fly?
25 mph
15 mph
20 mph
30 mph
38
Who was the leader of the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Beecher-Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
Frederick Douglass
39
Which of these is not one of The Three Tenors?
Carrera
Pavarotti
Domingo
Caruso
40
Who invented the bifocal lens?
Thomas Edison
Thomas Jefferson
Eli Whitney
Benjamin Franklin
41
From where it starts in Lake Itasca, the Mississippi River stretches how long?
2500 miles
2000 miles
3000 miles
1500 miles
42
Which of these has the greatest noise level in decibels?
Jackhammer
Diesel horn
Jet engine
Dog barking
43
Who was the first woman justice on the US Supreme Court?
Pauline Masters
Sandra Day O'Connor
Ruth Ginsberg
Betty Ford
44
What former MN Viking went on to become a MN Supreme Court Justice?
Scott Studwell
Jim Marshall
Alan Page
Carl Eller
45
Where is the Little Big Horn Battlefield National Park?
North Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
South Dakota
46
Which of these rivers does not start in Minnesota?
Red River
Columbia River
Mississippi River
St. Lawrence River
47
Who was the first Vice President of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
James Madison
John Adams
48
Which of these is a famous Minnesota author?
William Kent Krueger
Lorna Landvik
All of the above
John Sanford
49
Minnesota's own Kensington Runestone can be found in the Runestone Museum in what town?
Kensington
Fertile
Elbow Lake
Alexandria
50
A group of rhinoceroses is called a what?
Horde
Herd
Group
Crash