Trivial Pursuit Questions No. 6

[Carl]

• 1. What are the hill and valley of a wave called ?

• 2. Which bird did American founding father Benjamin Franklin prefer for the national bird of the new United States ?

• 3. What is the highest point in North America ?

• 4. Substances with a definite volume and take the shape of their containers are called what ?

• 5. What is the surname of the Hungarian inventor whose multicoloured, rotatable cube became a world cult ?

• 6. What raw material is used for making glass ?

• 7. The name of the galaxy in which our solar system is situated is the ___ ?

• 8. Which World War II battle is officially called The Ardennes Offensive ?

• 9. Which country has the largest capacity reservoir in the world ?

• 10. Which country was once the "breadbasket" of the Soviet Union ?

• 11. Which US state is known as the "Beehive State" ?

• 12. The Antipodes Islands, south of New Zealand, are almost the exact antipode of which city ?

• 13. What is the capital of Liberia ?

• 14. What is the Mexican name for the Rio Grande ?

• 15. In the sentence "The fat sheriff held a smoking gun", which word is a participle ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

4 Liquids
6 Silica

[Brandyboy]

15 Smoking.

[elcarretero]

15 Held

[LucindaC]

5 Rubik
10 ukraine

[elcarretero]

7 Milky Way

[Brandyboy]

8 The Battle of the Bulge.

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What are the hill and valley of a wave called ? Crest and trough

• 2. Which bird did American founding father Benjamin Franklin prefer for the national bird of the new United States ? Turkey

• 3. What is the highest point in North America ? Mount McKinley

• 4. Substances with a definite volume and take the shape of their containers are called what ? Liquids

• 5. What is the surname of the Hungarian inventor whose multicoloured, rotatable cube became a world cult ? Rubik

• 6. What raw material is used for making glass ? Sand

• 7. The name of the galaxy in which our solar system is situated is the ___ ? Milky Way

• 8. Which World War II battle is officially called The Ardennes Offensive ? The Battle of the Bulge

• 9. Which country has the largest capacity reservoir in the world ? Uganda

• 10. Which country was once the "breadbasket" of the Soviet Union ? Ukraine

• 11. Which US state is known as the "Beehive State" ? Utah

• 12. The Antipodes Islands, south of New Zealand, are almost the exact antipode of which city ? London

• 13. What is the capital of Liberia ? Monrovia

• 14. What is the Mexican name for the Rio Grande ? Rio Bravo del Norte

• 15. In the sentence "The fat sheriff held a smoking gun", which word is a participle ? Smoking