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Trivia Test: February 20, 2020

1. SCIENCE: What is dendrochronology?

2. FOOD & DRINK: What are the ingredients in a Tom Collins drink?

3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Who is considered to be the father of nuclear Navy submarines?

4. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel "Anne of Green Gables"?

5. AD SLOGANS: Which product is advertised as "the quicker picker-upper"?

6. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the shortest president in U.S. history?

7. HISTORY: Who was the oldest signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence?

8. GEOGRAPHY: Which country lies on the eastern border of Ukraine?

9. MOVIES: Which 1980s movie featured the Top Ten hit song "Danger Zone" (Kenny Loggins)?

10. MEDICAL: Who is the drug morphine named for?

Answers

1. The scientific method

of dating tree rings

2. Gin, lemon juice, sim-

ple syrup and club soda

3. Admiral Hyman

Rickover

4. Lucy Maud

Montgomery

5. Bounty paper towels

6. James Madison, 5-

foot-4

7. Benjamin Franklin

(70)

8. Russia

9. "Top Gun"

10. Morpheus (Greek god

of sleep and dreams)

 

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