Maroon Minds Weekly Quiz Snow Edition - 2023

Greenland is the World's largest island located between Arctic and Atlantic oceans. What is the currency of Greenland?

• Euro

• Danish Krone

• Dollar

• Franc

What is the capital of Argentina?

• Buenos Aires

• Mendoza

• Rosario

• Salta

What is the tallest statue of world?

• Statue of Liberty

• Guan-Yin

• Spring Temple Buddha

• Statue of Unity

What is the largest iceberg by area ever recorded?

• B-15 Iceberg

• Iceberg A-68

• Iceberg A-38

• Iceberg B-17B

Which country took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the next 6 months from January 2023?

• Sweden

• Finland

• Norway

• Denmark

Two different actors have won Academy Awards for playing what comic-book character?

• Spider-man

• Joker

• Superman

• Batman

Which of these films is one of only three to win all the “big five” categories (best picture, director, screenplay, actor, and actress)?

• Forrest Grump

• Titanic

• The Silence of the Lambs

• Gladiator

“All children, except one, grow up.”

Which of the following Literary work holds those first line?

• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

• Peter Pan

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

• The Call of the Wild

Answer explanation

J.M. Barrie based his 1911 novel Peter and Wendy on his hit 1904 play Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up. In some later printings, the novel is titled Peter Pan.

Which of these writers is often considered the inventor of the historical novel?

• Sir Walter Scott

• H.G. Wells

• Jane Austen

• Honoré de Balzac

Who composed the ballets Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker?

• Frédéric Chopin

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• Antonio Vivaldi

• Johannes Brahms