Trivia

CONTRIBUTED BY: FIFI RODRIGUEZ

1. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek prefix “chrono” mean?

2. MOVIES: What kind of encounter is experienced in the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”?

3. LITERATURE: Who was the author of “The Optimist’s Daughter”?

4. SCIENCE: Who developed the Uncertainty Principle in quantum mechanics?

5. ASTRONOMY: How many days does it take for the planet Mercury to orbit the Sun?

6. AD SLOGANS: What product’s sales slogan was, “Tastes so good cats ask for it by name”?

7. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the adjective used to describe bees?

8. MAGAZINES: In what year did the magazine National Lampoon launch?

9. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Hungary?

10. ENTERTAINERS: Which silent movie actress was known as “The Vamp”?

Answers 1. Time 2. Contact with an alien or robotic life form 3. Eudora Welty 4. Werner Heisenberg 5. 88 6. Meow Mix 7. Apian 8. 1970 9. Budapest 10. Theda Bara

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