June 2001
Merry
felt that many of you would like a straight trivia quiz, so here is one. No cryptic clues, no anagrams, just
straightforward questions about some well-known, and some not so well-known,
facts. Well, except for the last
question – oops, that’s not an anagram,
is it? No, it’s more of a kind of
kick-self so beloved of trivia quiz masters.
Answers at the end of the month.
The Arts
1. Who looked back in anger in 1956? 2. Who was ‘eyeless in 3. Which prize is awarded annually for the
greatest contribution to art in
4. Whose ring starts with gold and ends in
twilight? |
Science
and Technology
5. What is the most abundant metal in
the earth’s crust? 6. Which computer company is known as ‘Big
Blue’? 7. Which mathematician invented the first
system of logarithms?
8. Who, in the 50s, invented a revolutionary
new engine, first used in a production car in the 60s? |
Geography
9. Which famous iron structure is 300m high? 10. Who led the first circumnavigation of the
globe, but died before it returned home?
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History
11. What cost $7.2 million in 1868? 12. Where did a little boy fall down in 1945? 13. What name is given to the two wars between |
Religion
14. Who founded an orderly society in 1534?
15. What is the shortest book of the Old
Testament?
|
Sport
16. Who was just four short of averaging 100?
17. In what sport could you find a goal-line, a crease and a face-off? |
Words and
Languages
18. What is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet? 19. What French phrase describes a policy of
non-intervention?
20. What name could describe a match or the
devil? 21. What kind of puzzle uses pictures or
symbols to stand for the words of the solution? |
Miscellaneous
22. Who took a small step in 1969? 23. What acronym describes the largest stock
exchange in the United States, though it has no premises of its own? 24. Whose refusal to salute a hat is said to
have led to the birth of a nation?
25. The initial letters of the other 24 answers (ignoring any articles, honorifics or first names) can be arranged to make a well-known question. What is it? |
Created 10 June 2001