Easy (?) Trivia Questions

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:24:00 +0000

(Ah...haven't posted here in a while...here's an interesting question...) Arthur Wellesley was the first person to be given this title, the holder of which also claims the title of Prince of Waterloo.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:25:00 +0000

Add the letter "s" to this kind of tropical tree to get a sacred song or poem.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:54:00 +0000

Also a curling term...

14 pounds.
A mallet, for one.
Something that you fastens, or pushes?
A CD player malfunction.
In TV world, November, February, May and July.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 02:24:00 +0000

Two Shakespearean plays, both comedy, whose titles contain repeated words.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 02:16:00 +0000

He invented the first chemical battery, and lends its name to an SI unit.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 02:14:00 +0000

Rene Descartes' Latin statement cogito, ergo sum is traditionally translated into English as what?

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 02:09:00 +0000

The longest bridge in the world is located in what country: Japan, The United States, Denmark, or Hong Kong?

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 02:02:00 +0000

Complete this pangram: "The quick brown fox jumps over the..." Part two of the question: What is a pangram?

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:45:00 +0000

Con man Victor Lustig is best known for having sold this famous landmark for scrap.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:40:00 +0000

This European country is sometimes known as "The Hexagon."

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:29:00 +0000

Unit of measurement that is the "parallax of one arc second."

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:25:00 +0000

The state flag for this U.S. state contains 8 stars, 7 representing the Big Dipper, 1 for the Polaris.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:21:00 +0000

The name of this region comes from an ancient Greek word for "bear," a reference to the constellations of the Great Bear and Little Bear.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:51:00 +0000

The Cook Islands is one of the associated states of this island nation.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:37:00 +0000

These two composers (who never met each other) were born in the same year 1685, one in Leipzig, the other in Halle, about 50 kilometres apart.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:05:00 +0000

This major American company was established in Two Harbors, later moved to Duluth, and now in Maplewood.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:59:00 +0000

What do NATO, laser, and scuba have in common?

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 12:53:00 +0000

In this Olympic event, it is illegal to have both feet off the ground at the same time.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:42:00 +0000

Each year, the names of these are given in alphabetical order in the chronological order that they are formed, alternating between boy and girl names.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:40:00 +0000

The Republic of San Marino is closest to which of these seas: Adriatic, Balearic, Ionian, or Tyrrhenian?

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:45:00 +0000

The Fujita scale classifies tornados into F0 to F6 according to which of the following: wind speed, width, force of updraft, or damage to structures?

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:09:00 +0000

Among the 30 NHL teams, only 3 whose home stadiums' names do not take on any corporations. (Imaginary bonus for naming all 3 teams.) Among the 3, which team's home stadium is named after an athlete?

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:46:00 +0000

Located in the city of Nuuk, Illisimatusarfik is the only university on this island.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:37:00 +0000

The year in which Lance Armstrong won his first Tour de France.

noreply@blogger.com (martin) — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:47:00 +0000

Cross-country skiing and rifle shooting are two of the sports in what Olympics event: Biathlon, triathlon, (modern) pentathlon, or decathlon?