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Trivial Pursuit Questions No. 5
Posted: 03 Feb 2022 21:05
by Carl
- 1. Who was the author of the book 'Fairy Tales and Stories' ?
- 2. Marie Antoinette was married to which French King ?
- 3. What Los Angeles community is noted for celebrities and mansions ?
- 4. What sixties Broadway musical advocated wearing "it down to there" ?
- 5. What does a vulcanologist study ?
- 6. Which two oceans does the Panama Canal connect ?
- 7. Mercury and Venus are known as what type of planets ?
- 8. Who published Handbook of the Birds of Australia in 1865 ?
- 9. According to Greek mythology who was the Queen of the Gods ?
- 10. What kind of flooring is made by cementing small pieces of marble together and then polishing them ?
- 11. In sport, which female German tennis player announced her retirement in 1999 after winning twenty-two Grand Slam titles ?
- 12. In geometry, what is the side of a right triangle this is directly opposite the right angle?
- 13. In television, what '70s cops were played by David Soul and Paul Michael Glazer ?
- 14. What medical term for the digestive tract was the name originally selected for the now-failed energy company Enron ?
- 15. The Arrhenius theory describes the sequence wherein atomic orbitals get filled up with electrons. True or False ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: Trivial Pursuit Questions No. 5
Posted: 03 Feb 2022 21:50
by elcarretero
5 Volcanic activity
6 Pacific and Atlantic
Re: Trivial Pursuit Questions No. 5
Posted: 10 Feb 2022 21:02
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. Who was the author of the book 'Fairy Tales and Stories' ? Hans Christian Andersen
- 2. Marie Antoinette was married to which French King ? King Louis XVI
- 3. What Los Angeles community is noted for celebrities and mansions ? Beverly Hills
- 4. What sixties Broadway musical advocated wearing "it down to there" ? Hair
- 5. What does a vulcanologist study ? Volcanoes
- 6. Which two oceans does the Panama Canal connect ? Atlantic and Pacific
- 7. Mercury and Venus are known as what type of planets ? Inferior planets
- 8. Who published Handbook of the Birds of Australia in 1865 ? John Gould
- 9. According to Greek mythology who was the Queen of the Gods ? Hera
- 10. What kind of flooring is made by cementing small pieces of marble together and then polishing them ? Terrazzo flooring
- 11. In sport, which female German tennis player announced her retirement in 1999 after winning twenty-two Grand Slam titles ? Steffi Graf
- 12. In geometry, what is the side of a right triangle this is directly opposite the right angle? Hypotenuse
- 13. In television, what '70s cops were played by David Soul and Paul Michael Glazer ? Starsky and Hutch
- 14. What medical term for the digestive tract was the name originally selected for the now-failed energy company Enron ? Enteron
- 15. The Arrhenius theory describes the sequence wherein atomic orbitals get filled up with electrons. True or False ? False