TRIVIA TEST - Jan. 14, 2010

1. U.S. STATES: What is the highest capital city in the United States?

2. SLOGANS: What was Woodsy Owl’s message from the federal government?

3. RELIGION: When is Maundy Thursday in the Christian religion?

4. MUSIC: What entertainer has been called “The Man from Memphis”?

5. DISCOVERIES: Who is credited with discovering streptomycin?

6. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president had a pet badger?

7. MATH: What is the decimal equivalent of the fraction one-third?

8. MOVIES: What film features the theme park “Walley World”?

9. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Lombardy region?

10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What does a sphygmomanometer measure?

Answers

1. Santa Fe, N.M. (7,000 feet above sea level)

2. “Give a hoot, don’t pollute!”

3. Thursday before Easter, marking the Last Supper

4. Elvis Presley

5. Selman A. Waksman

6. Theodore Roosevelt (“Josiah”)

7. .3333

8. “National Lampoon’s Vacation”

9. Northern Italy

10. Blood pressure

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