Trivial Pursuit Questions No. 1

[Carl]

• 1. On which river is Vienna situated ?

• 2. Who was the author of the book Pride and Prejudice ?

• 3. What is the difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of the Earth ?

• 4. According to the title of a 1972 song by The Temptations, "Papa Was a" what ?

• 5. Which scientists study about insects ?

• 6. AIDS is a deadly disease caused by virus named HIV. What does the abbreviation HIV stands for ?

• 7. What was the first printed book ?

• 8. What was the name of the war between England and France in which Joan of Arc was related with ?

• 9. According to Greek mythology who was the God of the Seas ?

• 10. James the First and Charles the Second belonged to the House of Stewart. What was the dynasty to which George the first and William the fourth belonged ?

• 11. Which of these three Greeks styles is the oldest ? a) Ionic, b) Corinthian or c) Doric ?

• 12. Which planet has all the circumstances for the existence of life ?

• 13. What dolls designed by artist Xavier Roberts were shoppers scrambling to buy in the 1983 Christmas season ?

• 14. Which is the chief city of Wales ?

• 15. Beethoven, Al Capone, and Louis XIV are all thought to have suffered from what disease ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

1 Danube
5 Entomologists

[stowie39]

4. Rolling Stone

[LucindaC]

9 poseidon
12 Earth

[freddo]

3 about 26 miles as the planet earth is oval not round

8 the hundred years war

[elcarretero]

14 cardiff

[elcarretero]

2 Jane Austin

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. On which river is Vienna situated ? Danube

• 2. Who was the author of the book Pride and Prejudice ? Jane Austen

• 3. What is the difference between the equatorial and polar diameters of the Earth ? 26.7 miles/43kms

• 4. According to the title of a 1972 song by The Temptations, "Papa Was a" what ? Rollin' Stone

• 5. Which scientists study about insects ? Entomologist

• 6. AIDS is a deadly disease caused by virus named HIV. What does the abbreviation HIV stands for ? Human Immunodeficiency Virus

• 7. What was the first printed book ? The Gutenberg Bible

• 8. What was the name of the war between England and France in which Joan of Arc was related with ? The Hundred Years War

• 9. According to Greek mythology who was the God of the Seas ? Poseidon

• 10. James the First and Charles the Second belonged to the House of Stewart. What was the dynasty to which George the first and William the fourth belonged ? House of Hanover

• 11. Which of these three Greeks styles is the oldest ? a) Ionic, b) Corinthian or c) Doric ? c) Doric

• 12. Which planet has all the circumstances for the existence of life ? The Earth

• 13. What dolls designed by artist Xavier Roberts were shoppers scrambling to buy in the 1983 Christmas season ? Cabbage Patch Kids

• 14. Which is the chief city of Wales ? Cardiff

• 15. Beethoven, Al Capone, and Louis XIV are all thought to have suffered from what disease ? Syphilis