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General Interesting Trivia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "www" stand for in website addresses?

a)

world would work

b)

world wide work

c)

world wide web

2.

What does "GPS" in cars and cell phones stand for?

a)

Go Park South

b)

Global Positioning System

c)

Global Postion Satellite

3.

The United States is one of only 3 countries in the world that does not use the metric system. These 3 countries use the Imperial System.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Computer scientists Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn are credited with inventing the Internet communication protocols we use today and the system referred to as the Internet.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The Baby boomers are a designated group of people who were born between 1946 and 1964 because there was a statistically significant increase in the number of births that occurred.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Millennials are also referred to as Generation Y and this is the group of people born between 1982-2003.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Generation X were the people born between 1965-1980.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The Founder of FaceBook is Mark Zuckerberg.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

“The genesis of Netflix came in 1997 because of a late fee of about $40, for Apollo 13.”

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The audition to get on The Voice is only 1:30 (90 seconds).

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Welterweight boxing champion, Tim Bradley, is a CCHS alumnus (2001).

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Cathedral City High School was founded in September 1991.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The "home row" for the left hand on the standard typing keyboard is "asdf" and "jkl;" for the right hand.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

A normal adult mouth has 32 teeth, which (except for wisdom teeth) have erupted by about age 13

a)

True

b)

False

15.

32 degrees Fahrenheit is the equivalent of 0 degrees Centigrade.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Mozart is arguably the most-performed composer of all time.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Like American football, soccer also has 11 players per team playing on the field.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

A standard guitar has 6 strings.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The Hawaiian ukulele originated from this country.

a)

Portugal

b)

Spain

c)

Thailand

20.

Arugula, spinach, bok choy, kale, mustard greens, and broccoli, are all dark leafy greens and act as antioxidants in the body.

a)

True

b)

False