Forum Trivia Contest: November 6, 2023

Tom Davis and Ellyn Bush

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  1. Forum: What is the name for gates like the red one in The Forum’s Japanese Garden?
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  2. Forum: On what date (day and year) was Julius Caesar assassinated?

  3. Vocabulary: What is the meaning of "cynophobia"?

  4. Brand: What brand used the slogan "It's not nice to fool mother nature?"

  5. Chemistry: What is the lightest chemical element with no stable isotopes?
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  6. Presidents: Who was the seventh US president?

  7. Scrabble: English editions of Scrabble have one letter that is worth five points. What is it?

  8. Airplanes: What color is an airplane’s "black box"?

  9. Bugs: What is the highest recorded weight of an adult insect? (± 5g)

  10. Names: In Minnesota there are a number of places whose name begins with "Minne," such as Minnehaha, Minnetonka, and Minnetrista. What does "Minne" mean in the Dakota language?

  11. Language: What is the name of the language used to establish thought control in Orwell's 1984?

  12. Quote: Who said, "I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat."

  13. Birth Names: Who is the famous person with the following birth name: Harold Scherer, Jr. ?
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  14. Names: What are the names of the Russian Chauffeurs used by the Tapett Brothers on Car Talk?

  15. English: What is the only number whose name in English has its letters in alphabetical order?

  16. Dogs: What is the name of the three-headed dog who guards the underworld?
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  17. Drag Queens: Whose drag queen name is Kitara?
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  18. In what year (± 2) was the Balfour declaration issued which was a statement of British support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine.

  19. Wordle: The following Wordle puzzle in progress allows only a single 5-letter word as a solution. The word happens to be related to the Forum, but it is not necessary to know that to solve the puzzle.

  20. Google: Google translate produced the following Latin translation: "Quantum lignum posset marmota iacere, si marmota ligna conjicere posset." What was the English version?


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