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TRIVIA CHALLENGE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country that does NOT border the U.S. is located closest to the U.S.?

a)

Bahamas

b)

Cuba

c)

Russia

d)

Guatemala

2.

Which of these playing surfaces has hash marks?

a)

A baseball field

b)

A basketball court

c)

A football field

d)

A rugby pitch

3.

Who invented the bicycle tire in 1888?

a)

John Dunlop

b)

Charles Goodyear

c)

John Schwinn

d)

Pierre Michelin

4.

Who said that philosophers should be “kings” in an ideal republic?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Plato

c)

Confucius

d)

Marx

5.

“Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.”

a)

Bill Cosby

b)

T. Berry Brazelton

c)

Dr. Benjamin Spock

d)

C. Everett Koop

6.

What musical icon wanted to know if you could be “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” in a 1994 single?

a)

Sting

b)

Prince

c)

Barry Manilow

d)

Bono

7.

In what city does Madeline, the character created by Ludwig Bemelmans, live?

a)

Berlin

b)

London

c)

Paris

d)

Brussels

8.

92% of plasma is made up of what substance?

a)

White blood cells

b)

Red blood cells

c)

Platelets

d)

Water

9.

Which painter was called “the great alternative” by painter Manet?

a)

El Greco

b)

Goya

c)

Velazquez

d)

Picasso

10.

Which actor appeared in two Nicholas Ray films (Johnny Guitar and Rebel Without a Cause)?

a)

James Dean

b)

Dennis Hopper

c)

Sal Mineo

d)

Nick Adams

11.

What city is New Hampshire’s only seaport and the site of its first settlement?

a)

Concord

b)

Portsmouth

c)

Newport

d)

Waterford

12.

In football, which of these players does NOT start in the offensive backfield?

a)

Cornerback

b)

Fullback

c)

Halfback

d)

Quarterback

13.

Who invented an internal combustion engine in 1892?

a)

Karl Benz

b)

Rudolf Diesel

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Eli Whitney

14.

Who was a founding member of NAACP?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

G. Washington Carver

15.

”The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing, and then they marry him.”

a)

Cher

b)

Quentin Crisp

c)

Gore Vidal

d)

Norman Maller

16.

Name the music festival founded in 1997 by Sara McLachlan that features an all-female line-up.

a)

California Jam

b)

Woodstock III

c)

Lilith Fair

d)

Lollapalooza

17.

Who is Sherlock Holmes’ partner?

a)

Dr. Livingston

b)

Dr. Moriarty

c)

Dr. Watson

d)

Dr. Jekyll

18.

What is the rarest human blood type?

a)

A

b)

O

c)

AB

d)

B

19.

What artist, who painted “Venus of Urbino”, died of the Black Plague in 1576 at the age of 99?

a)

Titian

b)

Giorgione

c)

Van Gogh

d)

Rembrandt

20.

Though Meryl Streep has recently surpassed her with 13 Oscar nominations, this actress still has the most wins?

a)

Joan Crawford

b)

Katherine Hepburn

c)

Lauren Bacall

d)

Bette Davis