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Bulletin Board in a Bag: Trivia!

Spring 2005

Here are some trivia questions for your posting pleasure! With this bulletin board in a bag, you can:

- Create and manage your own floor/section contest

- Post a new question every day or a new set of questions every week

- Determine point values (1, 5, or 10) for each question

- Be creative!

Trivia!

1 point

5 points

10 points

Questions (you may want to cut the numbers off the sides and change the order as you please to)

1. ___ are characterized by jagged, irregular, or blunt breaking and tearing of skin tissue and are usually caused when great force is exerted against the body.

a. Abrasions

b. Incisions

c. Lacerations

d. Avulsions

2. Which state(s) give a $0.10 refund for glass bottles? _______________

3. After several satisfactory experiments with corpses in hospitals, the _______________ appeared with admirable success on April 25, 1792 for the expedious dispatch of a notorious French criminal named Pelletier.

4. The name of this state is rooted in a Native American culture of the same name; it’s literal translation is “about the big hill,” with is derived from the words “wadchu” (hill) and “massa” (big): _______________

5. In 490 B.C., the Athenians miraculously defeated the much stronger force of invading Persians on the plain of _______________. A runner by the name of Pheidippicles then ran the good news twenty-six miles back to Athens, and upon reaching the walls of the Acropolis cried out, “Rejoice, we conquer!” – and promptly dropped dead from strain and exhaustion.

6. In his published collection of maps, the sixteenth century Flemish cartographer Gerhardus Mercator included on his title page an image of one of the Titans, whose rule in an early age was overthrown by Zeus in a mighty battle. This Titan’s name was _______________ and he was believed to be responsible for holding up the sky.

7. In 1990, a group of students from Gustavus Adolphus College had the historical privilege of being the first Western musical ensemble to perform in East Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Which group was it?

a. The Gustavus Band

b. The Gustavus Brass Choir

c. The Gustavus Choir

d. The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra

8. The word _______________ etymologically means “a putrid pot” but the original French dish of the same name was actually a stew made of several varieties of meats and vegetables. The word is now used, in fact, for almost any kind of miscellaneous assortment.

9. A popular fashion in the seventeenth century was to wear a trim, pointed beard. Because this facial feature appears so often in the work of seventeenth century Flemish artist (who resided at the court of Charles I of England), it is known his last name as a _______________.

10. What is the term for a unit of power that is equal to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute in the United States (also equivalent to 745.7 watts)? _______________

11. The only internal part of the human body that cannot develop cancer is ___.

a. The lens of the eye

b. The bladder

c. The spleen

d. None of the above

12. While the common housefly can only survive for one summer, approximately how long are common worker ants and their queens know to live?

a. Six moths and thirteen years, respectively

b. One year and twenty-one years, respectively

c. Three years and twenty-nine years, respectively

d. Four years, and thirty-three years, respectively

13. Henry I (1068-1135), who reigned in England from 100-1135, is believed to have died from eating too much of his favorite dish, ____, which is formed entirely of cartilage and difficult to digest.

a. Lamprey

b. Sea Urchin

c. Shark

d. Shrimp

14. As he lay dying on April 18, 1955, in what language did Albert Einstein utter his last words?

a. English

b. Latin

c. German

d. French

15. Saliva from a healthy person can have as many as ___ bacteria per cubic centimeter.

a. 1,000,000

b. 10,000,000

c. 100,000,000

d. 1,000,000,000

16. Which of the following do not develop cataracts during their lifetime?

a. Birds

b. Cats

c. Elephants

d. Horses

17. What is the only type of cell within the human body that expels its nucleus soon after the cell’s development, causing the particular cell to exist no longer than four months?

a. Brain Cells

b. Red blood cells

c. White blood cells

d. None of the above

18. Although the retina of the human eye contains 100,000,000 light receptors, there is one particular color that is most difficult to see as an individual ages. Which is it?

a. Red

b. Green

c. Yellow

d. Blue

19. Which of these country artists did not release a greatest hits album in 2004?

a. Brooks & Dunn

b. Gary Allan

c. Shania Twain

d. Toby Keith

20. Schizognath: now there’s one you don’t hear every day. What does this term mean?

a. An Indian plant that yields a sweetly-scented ointment

b. Hardened reptile dung

c. A bird with a cleft palate

d. Winding rope around a mast

21. Which architect designed the Sagrada Familila in Barcelona, Spain?

a. William Chambers

b. Antoni Gaudi

c. Tullio Inglese

d. Frank Lloyd Wright

22. With time and usage, a term that was adopted as a less disagreeable substitute may begin to take on the same connotations as the originally more distasteful term. This often leads to the coining of a term; this process may repeat itself resulting in the development of a series of expressions that share similar meanings. Which of the following politically correct terms is most recent?

a. Challenged

b. Crippled

c. Disabled

d. Handicapped

23. Why was the reporting of some October 2001 PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test) scores delayed?

a. Many New York City area students did poorly because of psychological trauma following the events of September 11, 2001

b. Some answer sheets were quarantined in New Jersey post offices for anthrax testing

c. The Educational Testing Service had an administration office in the World Trade Center

d. Widespread cheating was suspected among upper and middle class students in suburban Los Angeles

24. Which of the following is not a playable character in Mario Kart 64?

a. Koopa Troopa

b. Toad

c. Wario

d. Yoshi

25. In the movie Office Space, where does Joanna work when Peter asks her out for the first time?

a. Chili’s

b. Chotchkie’s

c. Flinger’s

d. Friday’s

26. Of all the songs on Lindsay Lohan’s debut album, how many did she actually help write?

a. 0

b. 3

c. 5

d. 11

27. This religious denomination was once the quasi-state church of Virginia. It is the American equivalent to the Church of England:

a. Baptist

b. Episcopalian

c. Lutheran

d. Methodist

28. Who said this: “One murder is a crime; a million murders are a statistic”?

a. Adolf Hitler

b. Josef Stalin

c. Mao Zedong

d. Pol Pot

29. When attempting to identify a skeleton, craniofacial morphology (the structure and form of the skull and face) is the best indicator of race. One group of human beings has a unique, rounded jawbone called a “rocker jaw.” This is a characteristic of which ethnic group?

a. African Americans

b. Australian Aborigines

c. Chinese

d. Hawaiians

30. What is 2 + 4? _____

31. Which of the following colors is not mentioned in the Beatle’s song Yellow Submarine?

a. Blue

b. Green

c. Red

d. Yellow

32. Which of these guns only appears in Halo PC?

a. Flamethrower

b. Fuel Rod Cannon

c. Needler

d. Rocket Launcher

33. What happened to Benedict Arnold, the famous Revolutionary War general turned British spy, after he was caught trying to sell West Point to the British?

a. He was deported to France

b. He was hanged for treason

c. He went to England and lived the rest of his days in obscurity

d. He went to England and was received as a hero

34. What is the source of the phrase “abandon hope all ye who enter here”?

a. Carved in the archway at Folsom prison

b. Inscribed over Harvard’s law library entrance

c. Scratched on the wall at Bedlam (an insane asylum)

d. The inscription at the entrance to Hell in the Divine Comedy

35. Portions of which James Bond film are shown in Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can (Dreamworks, 2002) starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio?

a. Diamonds are Forever

b. Goldfinger

c. Live and Let Die

d. Thunderball

Answers (For Your Eyes Only)

1. C. Lacerations

2. Michigan

3. Guillotine

4. Massachusetts

5. Marathon

6. Atlas

7. A. The Gustavus Band

8. Potpourri

9. VanDyke

10. Horsepower

11. A. The lens of the eye

12. C. Three years and twenty-nine years, respectively

13. A. Lamprey

14. C. German

15. C. 100,000,000

16. A. Birds

17. B. Red Blood Cells

18. D. Blue

19. B. Gary Allan

20. C. A bird with a cleft palate

21. B. Antonio Gaudi

22. A. Challenged

23. B. Some answer sheets were quarantined in New Jersey post offices for anthrax testing

24. A. Koopa Troopa

25. B. Chotchkie’s

26. C. 5

27. B. Episcopalian

28. B. Josef Stalin

29. D. Hawaiians

30. 6

31. D. Yellow

32. B. Fuel rod cannon

33. C. He went to England and lived the rest of his days in obscurity

34. D. The inscription at the entrance to Hell in the Divine Comedy

35. B. Goldfinger

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