Sunday Special - Trivial Pursuit
GEOGRAPHY
1. What was Iran known as until 1935 ?
2. Which European Capital city, known as the Venice of the North, is built on 14 islands ?
3. What does John Steinbeck refer to as the “Mother Road” in his novel, “The Grapes of Wrath” ?
ENTERTAINMENT
4. What sort of critter is Shrek’s best buddy ?
5. What band re-wrote their “Shiny Happy People” hit as “Furry Happy Monsters” when they appeared on “Sesame Street” ?
6. In what movie, based on a Steven King story, does Andy Dufresne say, “Hope is a good thing; Maybe the best of things. And a good thing never dies.” ?
HISTORY
7. The first College in America was located in what city ?
8. What year saw the Marine Barracks in Beirut bombed ?
9. What famous Revolutionary War spy was caught by the British after only a few days on the job ?
ARTS & LITERATURE
10. What’s the Ian Fleming novel who’s title is the nickname of bad guy Francisco Scaramanga ?
11. What performance art was the subject of many of Degas’ paintings ?
12. What Rock star wrote the music for the Stage version of “Billy Elliot” ?
SCIENCE & NATURE
13. What type of telescope magnifies the view of distant objects through lenses mounted in a tube and viewed directly through the eyepiece ?
14. What tube connects the larynx to the lungs ?
15. What is crossed with a blackberry and a loganberry to produce a Boysenberry ?
SPORTS & LEISURE
16. What NBA sports icon was nicknamed “The Stilt” ?
17. What sport is featured in the film, “Endless summer” ?
18. What French word for sled is given to a winter Olympics event ?
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1. Persia
2. Stockholm
3. Route 66
4. a Donkey
5. R.E.M.
6. "The Shawshank Redemption"
7. Cambridge, Mass.
8. 1983
9. Nathan Hale
10. "The Man With the Golden gun"
11. Ballet
12. Elton John
13. Refracting Telescope
14. the Trachea
15. the Raspberry
16. Wilt Chamberlain
17. Surfing
18. Luge
GEOGRAPHY
1. What was Iran known as until 1935 ?
2. Which European Capital city, known as the Venice of the North, is built on 14 islands ?
3. What does John Steinbeck refer to as the “Mother Road” in his novel, “The Grapes of Wrath” ?
ENTERTAINMENT
4. What sort of critter is Shrek’s best buddy ?
5. What band re-wrote their “Shiny Happy People” hit as “Furry Happy Monsters” when they appeared on “Sesame Street” ?
6. In what movie, based on a Steven King story, does Andy Dufresne say, “Hope is a good thing; Maybe the best of things. And a good thing never dies.” ?
HISTORY
7. The first College in America was located in what city ?
8. What year saw the Marine Barracks in Beirut bombed ?
9. What famous Revolutionary War spy was caught by the British after only a few days on the job ?
ARTS & LITERATURE
10. What’s the Ian Fleming novel who’s title is the nickname of bad guy Francisco Scaramanga ?
11. What performance art was the subject of many of Degas’ paintings ?
12. What Rock star wrote the music for the Stage version of “Billy Elliot” ?
SCIENCE & NATURE
13. What type of telescope magnifies the view of distant objects through lenses mounted in a tube and viewed directly through the eyepiece ?
14. What tube connects the larynx to the lungs ?
15. What is crossed with a blackberry and a loganberry to produce a Boysenberry ?
SPORTS & LEISURE
16. What NBA sports icon was nicknamed “The Stilt” ?
17. What sport is featured in the film, “Endless summer” ?
18. What French word for sled is given to a winter Olympics event ?
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. Persia
2. Stockholm
3. Route 66
4. a Donkey
5. R.E.M.
6. "The Shawshank Redemption"
7. Cambridge, Mass.
8. 1983
9. Nathan Hale
10. "The Man With the Golden gun"
11. Ballet
12. Elton John
13. Refracting Telescope
14. the Trachea
15. the Raspberry
16. Wilt Chamberlain
17. Surfing
18. Luge
