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Trivia Test: November 14, 2019

1. GEOGRAPHY: In which two U.S. states is the Gila River located?

2. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin suffix –arium mean?

3. LITERATURE: Which 19th-century novel begins with the line, "For many days we had been tempest-tossed."

4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: In what year did President Richard Nixon resign from office?

5. MUSIC: Who had the 1970s hit "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"?

6. MEASUREMENTS: How long is a span, as mentioned in the Bible?

7. HISTORY: What was the code name of the Allies' invasion of North Africa in World War II?

8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which organization did Juliette Low found in 1912?

9. PSYCHOLOGY: What abnormal fear is represented in the condition called atychiphobia?

10. TELEVISION: What was the number of the mobile hospital unit in the TV drama "M*A*S*H"?

Answers

1. Arizona and New Mexico

2. A place associated with a specific thing, such as planetarium.

3. "The Swiss Family Robinson"

4. 1974

5. Meat Loaf

6. About 9 inches

7. Operation Torch

8. Girl Scouts

9. Fear of failure

10. 4077th

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