Small Book Group Trivia Festival!

Most Dangerous is about events surrounding the Vietnam war, which started in what year

Which New England town is now all about swordfishing (like Nantucket was all about whaling)?

What was the main intention of the explorers in the ship Endurance?

What units are used to measure barometric pressure?

The international distress call, "Mayday," comes from what language?

TD it WC talks about serial killer Jack the Ripper (as an aside). How many people did JTR kill?

How long was the crew of The Endurance stranded for in Antarctica?

In what decade was the death penalty reinstated?

A family in In Cold Blood once drove 7 hours from Kansas to Colorado. About how far is that?

Rogue waves are large, suddenly-appearing, unexpected, dangerous. Guess the biggest measured!

Where is this "white city" that's talked about in The Devil in the White City?

In Endurance, what was the biggest problem the men faced after being stranded on the ice?

What's the "government" term for when someone exposes something?

Two suspected murderers in In Cold Blood rode on a boat called "La Estrellita." Translation?

In a 2011 poll of Republicans in Mississippi, what % thought intermarriage should be illegal?

Shakleton's group traveled 900 miles after a shipwreck! What was their main form of transport?

The Perfect Storm focuses on a swordfish boat. Guess the length of this modern deepwater boat.

What was the average age of an American soldier in the Vietnam War.

According to the author of Just Mercy, what is the opposite of POVERTY?

Where was the first ever world's fair?