Trivia Test: May 23, 2019

Questions

1. HISTORY: Which woman won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with the poor in Calcutta, India?

2. LITERATURE: What was the last known play written by Shakespeare?

3. LANGUAGE: “Cyborg” is a shortened version of which futuristic phrase?

4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What men’s haircut was named after a style adopted by college rowing teams?

5. MOVIES: Who wrote the screenplay for the original “The Heartbreak Kid” movie?

6. GEOGRAPHY: Which three countries mainly make up the Scandinavian Peninsula?

7. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the only president to be awarded a Purple Heart?

8. U.S. STATES: Which state has the most active volcanoes?

9. ANATOMY: What is a more common name for enlargement of the thyroid gland?

10. GAMES: How many letters does each player draw to begin a game of Scrabble?

Answers

1. Mother Teresa

2. “The Two Noble Kinsmen”

3. Cybernetic organism

4. The crew cut

5. Neil Simon

6. Sweden, Norway and Finland

7. John F. Kennedy was wounded in WWII.

8. Alaska

9. Goiter

10. Seven

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