TRIVIA TEST - Aug. 19, 2010

1. U.S. STATES: What time zone is the state of Alabama in?

2. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek prefix “crypto” mean?

3. SCIENCE: What does an ichthyologist study?

4. MOVIES: What was the name of the spaceship in the film “Alien”?

5. ABBREVIATIONS: What was the abbreviation D.A.R. stand for?

6. MUSIC: Who wrote the Beatles’ song “Here Comes the Sun”?

7. MEASUREMENTS: The word “octennial” refers to a period of how many years?

8. MATH: What is an improper fraction?

9. GEOGRAPHY: What did the African nation of Burkina Faso used to be called?

10. RELIGION: What was Pope John Paul II’s real name?

Answers

1. Central

2. Hidden

3. Fish

4. Nostromo

5. Daughters of the American Revolution

6. George Harrison

7. Eight years

8. A fraction where the numerator is greater than or equal to its denominator.

9. Upper Volta

10. Karol Wojtyla

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