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Trivial Pursuit Questions No. 11

Posted: 17 Mar 2022 21:06
by Carl
  • 1. What is the term for the attraction between any two objects that have mass ?
  • 2. Which Australian desert is farthest north ?
  • 3. What name is given to the change of state from liquid to gas ?
  • 4. Which country is the most densely populated in Africa ?
  • 5. What is the Latin word for 'elsewhere' which we use to mean that the person under suspicion was somewhere else when the crime was committed ?
  • 6. The ancients knew a dozen elements: carbon, sulfur, iron, copper, arsenic, silver, tin, antimony, gold, mercury, lead, and bismuth. What was the next element discovered ?
  • 7. Which country lies between Finland and Norway ?
  • 8. In the original game of Yahtzee, how many dice are used ?
  • 9. "… A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is said by which character ?
  • 10. Which creature tricked Eve into eating of the forbidden fruit ?
  • 11. Because of its large size, what breed of dog is called "king of the terriers" ?
  • 12. The nearest star to the earth is ... ?
  • 13. Astronauts go into space, cosmonauts go to the moon. True or False ?
  • 14. Who painted "The Creation of Adam" on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel ?
  • 15. Which country is the second largest in the world, in area ?

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

Re: Trivial Pursuit Questions No. 11

Posted: 18 Mar 2022 00:15
by elcarretero
3 Vapourisation
5 Alibi

Re: Trivial Pursuit Questions No. 11

Posted: 18 Mar 2022 11:37
by LucindaC
10 Snake
15 Canada

Re: Trivial Pursuit Questions No. 11

Posted: 18 Mar 2022 13:04
by elcarretero
8 Five
9 Romeo in Romeo and Juliet

Re: Trivial Pursuit Questions No. 11

Posted: 19 Mar 2022 11:27
by LucindaC
12 Sun

Re: Trivial Pursuit Questions No. 11

Posted: 24 Mar 2022 21:02
by Carl
ANSWERS
  • 1. What is the term for the attraction between any two objects that have mass ? Gravity
  • 2. Which Australian desert is farthest north ? Great Sandy
  • 3. What name is given to the change of state from liquid to gas ? Evaporation
  • 4. Which country is the most densely populated in Africa ? Rwanda
  • 5. What is the Latin word for 'elsewhere' which we use to mean that the person under suspicion was somewhere else when the crime was committed ? Alibi
  • 6. The ancients knew a dozen elements: carbon, sulfur, iron, copper, arsenic, silver, tin, antimony, gold, mercury, lead, and bismuth. What was the next element discovered ? Phosphorus
  • 7. Which country lies between Finland and Norway ? Sweden
  • 8. In the original game of Yahtzee, how many dice are used ? 5
  • 9. "… A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is said by which character ? Juliet
  • 10. Which creature tricked Eve into eating of the forbidden fruit ? Serpent
  • 11. Because of its large size, what breed of dog is called "king of the terriers" ? Airedale
  • 12. The nearest star to the earth is ... ? The Sun
  • 13. Astronauts go into space, cosmonauts go to the moon. True or False ? False
  • 14. Who painted "The Creation of Adam" on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel ? Michelangelo
  • 15. Which country is the second largest in the world, in area ? Canada