Trivia Test/Moments - Aug. 27, 2009

TRIVIA TEST

1. GEOGRAPHY: The island of Jersey is part of which larger group of islands?

2. RELIGION: Who is the patron saint for mountain climbers?

3. PSYCHOLOGY: Someone who has tonitrophobia might be terrified during a storm. What kind of fear would this phobia sufferer have?

4. TOYS: What was the name of the British version of America’s “G.I. Joe”?

5. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “The Quiet American”?

6. MYTHOLOGY: In Greek mythology, who slew the Minotaur?

7. MUSIC: “The Last Waltz” was a documentary of the final concert of which rock group?

8. MOVIES: What is the only animal that Jim Carrey’s “Ace Ventura” character is afraid of?

9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is considered to be the largest library in the world?

10. LITERATURE: What is an onomatopoeia?

Answers

1. Channel Islands

2. St. Bernard

3. Fear of thunder

4. Action Man

5. Graham Greene

6. Theseus

7. The Band

8. Bats

9. The Library of Congress

10. The imitation of natural sounds by words, like “meow” or “roar.”

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MOMENTS IN TIME

The History Channel

• On Sept. 7, 1776, during the Revolutionary War, the American wooden submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe’s flagship, Eagle, in New York Harbor. It was the first use of a submarine in warfare.

• On Sept. 13, 1814, Francis Scott Key pens a poem, which later is set to music and in 1931 becomes America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The poem, originally titled “The Defence of Fort McHenry,” was written after Key witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by the British during the War of 1812.

• On Sept. 12, 1940, near Montignac, France, a collection of prehistoric cave paintings are discovered by four teenagers who stumble upon the ancient artwork in a cavern. The 15,000- to 17,000-year-old paintings consist mostly of animal representations.

• On Sept. 8, 1953, Continental Trailways offered the first transcontinental express bus service in the U.S. The 3,154-mile ride from New York City to San Francisco lasted 88 hours and 50 minutes, of which 77 hours was riding time. The cost was $56.70.

• On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners riot and seize control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y. Later that day, state police retook most of the prison, but 1,281 convicts occupied an exercise field called D Yard, where they held 39 prison guards and employees hostage for four days.

• On Sept. 11, 1985, Cincinnati Reds player/manager Pete Rose gets the 4,192nd hit of his career, breaking Ty Cobb’s major-league record for career hits. Rose retired as a player during the 1986 season, but remained in his position as Reds manager until Aug. 24, 1989, when he was banned from baseball for life for gambling on Reds games.

• On Sept. 10, 1993, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson first team up in the debut of “The X-Files.” Duchovny played FBI agent Fox Mulder — nicknamed “Spooky” because of his belief in aliens and supernatural phenomena — and Anderson played Dana Scully, a skeptical doctor.

(c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.