Trivia Test: Nov. 30, 2017

TRIVIA TEST

1. LITERATURE: What 20th-century author wrote a short story titled “Gimpel the Fool”?

2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Sometimes called “the second most visited home in America,” what Memphis, Tennessee, estate was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006?

3. GEOGRAPHY: What is the only mountain in North America that exceeds 20,000 feet?

4. FIRSTS: Who became the first woman in the British Parliament in 1919?

5. HISTORY: The International Committee of the Red Cross won what prize in 1944?

6. SCIENCE: In forensic science, what is dermatoglyphics?

7. MOVIES: In one of the movie’s classic songs, how much sugar does Mary Poppins say is necessary to make the medicine go down?

8. MUSIC: What is the classification for an album that sells 10 million copies?

9. EXPLORERS: What European explorer was the first to reach the Mississippi River in 1541?

10. MEDICAL TERMS: What is a more common name for the malady called pityriasis capitis?

Answers

1. Isaac Bashevis Singer

2. Graceland

3. Denali (Mount McKinley)

4. Lady Nancy Astor

5. The Nobel Peace Prize

6. The study of fingerprints

7. A spoonful

8. Diamond

9. Hernando de Soto

10. Dandruff