Trivia Quiz
01 December 2003
TEAM NAME
Rules:
1. No reference materials or assistance from anyone not on your team.
2. Ask the quizmaster if you need clarification on the questions. The visual clue sheet,
if needed, is attached after the last page.
3. Apparently, you need to drink more beer.
Attention Trivia Fans
Trivia will only be played on the first Monday of the month (unless that
Monday is a holiday).
The schedule for next 2 months is as follows:
February 2
March 1
Now, on to the quiz.....
1. What city boasts the world’s tallest skyscraper?
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2. What modern wonder began construction on this day in 1933?
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3. What former mayor of Palm Springs, congressman and 50% of a defunct pop duo killed himself on
this date in 1998 by hitting a tree while skiing?
Answer:_____________________________________
4. Big Lick, Blowing Rock, Bunlevel, Climax, Horneytown, Meat Camp, Lizard Lick and Whynot are all
located in what State?
Answer:_____________________________________
5. Match the film with its Oscar winning director:
1._____
Midnight Cowboy
a. Milos Forman
2._____
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
b. James Cameron
3._____
Unforgiven
c. Ron Howard
4._____
Titanic
d. John Schlesinger
5._____
A Beautiful Mind
e. David Lean
6._____
On The Waterfront
f. John Huston
7._____
Lawrence of Arabia
g. Clint Eastwood
8._____
The Treasure of Sierra Madre
h. Woody Allen
9._____
Annie Hall
i. Elia Kazan
6. The Baby Ruth candy bar was not named after Babe Ruth. It was named after the first baby, Ruth,
born to a president in the White House. Which president was the proud father?
Answer:_____________________________________
7. Explained as a “joke gone too far”, what pop star got married over the weekend in Vegas to an old
childhood friend? For extra credit, name the state where they were from.
Star:_____________________________________
State:_____________________________________
8. Which Latin deity is commonly depicted with two faces looking opposite directions?
Answer:_____________________________________
9. What is the currency of Cambodia?
a) Bhat
b) Rimba
c) Riel
d) Roti
e) Drachma
10. What is the world’s largest archipelago?
Answer:_____________________________________
11. Identify this amendment to the US Constitution:
Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of
intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United
States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Section. 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article
by appropriate legislation.
Section. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the
Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven
years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Answer:_____________________________________
Extra Credit: Name the only state that rejected this Amendment and did not ratify it
Answer:_____________________________________
12. A Boeing 737 crashed into the Red Sea after departing from Sharm El-sheikh, Egypt on
Saturday, killing 148. What charter airline operated the aircraft in question?
Answer:_____________________________________
13. Oscar Trivia: Two actors are tied for the most nominations in history (7 each) without a single win
in a competitive category. One received an honorary Oscar in 2002, after initially declining the award.
Name the two unlucky actors.
Answer: _____________________________________
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14. What became, on this date in 1944, the world’s first transoceanic newspaper to be published?
a)
b)
c)
d)
The London Daily Mail
The New York Times
The Washington Post
Pravda
15. What University has produced the most Nobel Prize Laureates (80 winners)?
Answer:_____________________________________
16. As of January 5, which club is leading the FA Premier League table with 19 matches played and
46 points?
Answer:_____________________________________
17. Obligatory Shakespeare question: The quote “He jests at scars that never felt a wound” comes
from which play?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Titus Andronicus
Merchant of Venice
18. Which NFL Wildcard Team was the only one to advance to the next round of the playoffs?
Answer:_____________________________________
19. Which is the birthstone of January?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Garnet
Pearl
Bloodstone
Beryl
20. Suspected as a source of SARS virus, what is a Civet?
a)
b)
c)
d)
A member of the beetle family, common in Asian kitchens
A badger-like carnivore, resembling a ferret and called a cat
A reptile native to Asia, known to carry avian respiratory diseases
A dwarf member of the pig family, prized for its intestines and reproductive organs
21. What element on the Periodic Table of Elements is represented by the chemical symbol “S”?
Answer:_____________________________________
22. Crikey! The Crocodile Hunter is in trouble after being filmed feeding a croc with one hand and
holding his month old son in the other on January 2. "He's one-month-old, so it's about time Bob got
out there and did his first croc demo," the Australian celebrity told the crowd at his Australian Zoo.
What is the Crocodile Hunter’s name?
Answer:_____________________________________
23. What is the internet country code for the Holy See (City Vatican State)?
Answer:_____________________________________
24. What comic auteur was born Allen Konigsberg?
Answer:_____________________________________
25. What cricket team is scheduled to tour Pakistan in March, for the first time since 1989?
Answer:_____________________________________
26. Comedian Red Buttons once joked: "Only in America can a poor black boy grow up to be a rich
white woman." To whom was he referring?
Answer:_____________________________________
27. During Christmas week, one of Queen Elizabeth’s beloved Corgis was killed by a terrier with a
violent past. Who owned the terrier?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Princess Margret
That creepy butler whose name you can never remember
28. On this day in 1914, Henry Ford, head of the Ford Motor Company, introduced a minimum wage
of how much per day for all employees?
Answer:_____________________________________
29. Kinks singer/songwriter Ray Davies was shot yesterday while chasing a purse-snatcher. Where
did this occur?
Answer:_____________________________________
30. Who was the only US President to have a Ph. D.?
Answer:_____________________________________
31. What was the best selling album in the US in 2003 (6.5 million copies) and who was the recording
“artist”?
Answer:_____________________________________
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32. “The Cape Malay” refers to a group of people and traditions in what country?
Answer:_____________________________________
33. Who is the only former US president buried in Washington D.C.?
Answer:_____________________________________
34. Five former US presidents are not buried on American soil. Name them:
Answer:_____________________________________
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