Forum Trivia Contest: Feb 3, 2025

Tom Davis and Ellyn Bush

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  1. Forum: Which of the following is NOT in the Chinese zodiac: Goat, Cat, Rat, Rabbit? (I hope you paid attention last week!)
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  2. History: What is the nearest town to where the Battle of Hastings was fought?
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  3. Theme Parks: In what year did Disneyland open? (± 2 years)

  4. History: Who killed Lee Harvey Oswald?

  5. Flags: What is the only country in the world whose flag does not contain any red, white, or blue?
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  6. Vocabulary: What is the meaning of kakistocracy?

  7. Math: What is the largest number less than a million whose (English) name has alternating vowels and consonants? Ignore spaces in the name.

  8. State Birds: Seven different US states have the same state bird. What is it?

  9. Author: Which American author coined the term “banana republic?”
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  10. Countries: What country’s name (in English) ends with G?

  11. Authors: Who wrote “The Feminine Mystique”?

  12. Singers: Who is “Ol’ Blue Eyes”?

  13. Actors: Who starred as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho”?

  14. Chemistry: Which of the following is NOT a chemical element: Meitnerium, Einsteinium, Bohrium, Fermium, Lawrencium?

  15. Syllables: Name a country whose name is a single word with five syllables.

  16. Geography: What is the only continent without any active volcanoes?

  17. Tires: What company produces the most rubber tires: more than 300 million per year?

  18. Nobel Prize: What person received two unshared Nobel prizes?

  19. Numismatics: What was unusual about US pennies minted in 1943?

  20. Constitution: What is the actual number of amendments to the US Constitution?


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