Trivia Questions XV

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What would you do with "Clary"?

       a. Eat it
       b. Wear it
       c. Play it
       d. Use it


What is the birthstone for the month of December?

       a. Emerald
       b. Opal
       c. Turquoise
       d. Ruby


Built at an unimaginable expense on offshore landfill, Kansai International Airport is slowly sinking. Where is it?

       a. Seoul, South Korea
       b. Osaka, Japan
       c. Shanghai, China
       d. Singapore


Who ignored the warnings of both Cassandra and a blind priest named Laocoon regarding a certain wooden horse?

       a. The Spartans
       b. The Trojans
       c. The Athenians
       d. The Romans


What is the last word in King James Bible?

       a. Forever
       b. Amen
       c. God
       d. Begat


There's Mother's Day and Father's Day. Since 1978 in the US, the Sunday after Labor Day has been dedicated to whom?

       a. Best friends
       b. Children
       c. Grandparents
       d. In-Laws


Who was at the helm of the SS Guppy?

       a. Long John Silver
       b. Cap'n Horatio Crunch
       c. Horation Nelson
       d. Fletcher Christian


Who killed Laius and then slept with his wife Jocasta, at which point things got really complex?

       a. Oedipus
       b. Agamemnon
       c. Achilles
       d. Ulysses


Robert Doisneau is famous for an image of two people, doing what on a crowded Paris street in 1950?

       a. Kissing
       b. Drinking
       c. Fighting
       d. Playing soccer


What city's Kemper Arena's roof collapsed, just 24 hours after the American Institute of Architects celebrated it as "one of the finest buildings in the nation"?

       a. Kansas City
       b. Sacramento
       c. Seattle
       d. St. Louis


Armand Hammer was named by his dad, who helped found the American Communist Party. Naturally, he eventually bought the Arm and Hammer brand of what product?

       a. Insecticide
       b. Baking soda
       c. Mouthwash
       d. Laundry detergent


Who won the Tennis US Open 2011 title?

       a. Novak Djokovic
       b. Robin Soderling
       c. Roger Federer
       d. Andy Murray


When prisoners were originally "sent up the river", they were going 30 miles up the Hudson River to Sing Sing in what state?

       a. Virginia
       b. California
       c. New York
       d. Ohio


Brought back to England by James Cook in 1790, a Polynesian named Omai started what fad, still beloved by hipsters everywhere?

       a. Tattoos
       b. Meditation
       c. Soul patches
       d. Skateboarding


Which of the following bands was formed in San Francisco in 1965?

       a. Grateful Dead
       b. The Who
       c. The Bee Gees
       d. Led Zeppelin




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