2022 Annual Trivia!!

What is the most widespread carnivore on earth?

• Grey Wolf

• Red Fox

• Hyena

• Giant Panda

When was the first dinosaur fossil discovered?

• 1879

• 1764

• 1901

• 1824

What was the word that grandma won her 5th grade spelling bee with? (5 bonus points if you can spell it correctly)

In the first year of the civil war all of the student body of Central College enlisted in the union army. How many total were enlisted at that time?

• 74

• 122

• 291

• 210

Where did the term "saved by the bell" derive from?

• Students at the end of class were able to get out of answering difficult questions when the bell rang

• From the popular 1989 sitcom "Saved by the Bell"

• Bells were rigged to coffins and rung by people who were buried alive

• Boxers being saved by the bell at the end of a round

What animal-made product is a natural antiseptic?

Where did the term "piss poor" come from?

• Poor people commonly had to empty urine from wealthy people as a part of their duties as servants

• Poor people had to sell their urine to be able to make a living

• Poor people living on the streets would have chamberpots accidentally emptied on them

• Poor people were often said to be in a "piss" mood

Where did the tradition of "saluting" originate from?

• French knights showing their faces to allies

• Colonial Americans wiping sweat from their eyes while farming

• English peasants shading their eyes from royalty

• Spanish conquistadors showing the same respect to royalty as they did to jesus/god

What inhibits Alaska from using salt to de-ice their roads?

• Temperatures become so low that ice is futile

• Trick question- there are no roads in Alaska because no one lives there

• Road salt is toxic to bears because they are unable to digest it properly

• Moose come to lick the ice and cause car accidents

Finland used to have 4,000 reindeer accidents per year. How were they able to successfully reduce their number of reindeer accidents?

• By lowering the speed limit by 15 km per hour on all major highways

• By installing electric fences on all major highways

• By painting the reindeer's antlers with reflective paint

• By installing GPS trackers on all reindeers