Trivia Test

Questions

1. GEOGRAPHY: The ancient city-state of Tenochtitlan once existed at the same site as what major world city?

2. ANATOMY: In humans, which gland regulates metabolism?

3. HISTORY: Which astronaut stayed aboard the Apollo 11 command service module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969?

4. LITERATURE: What was the working title of “The Secret Garden”?

5. FAMOUS QUOTES: What modern novelist once wrote, “It is our choices ... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities”?

6. ANIMAL KINGDOM: The wombat is a native of what country?

7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which major U.S. cities did Route 66 connect?

8. LANGUAGE: What is a plage?

9. TELEVISION: Who played the Enterprise captain in the TV series “Star Trek: The Next Generation”?

10. ART: In what city is the Van Gogh Museum located?

Answers

1. Mexico City

2. Thyroid

3. Michael Collins

4. “Mistress Mary”

5. J.K. Rowling, in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”

6. Australia

7. Chicago and Los Angeles

8. A beach

9. Patrick Stewart

10. Amsterdam