Trivia Quiz
1. Charles Laughton plays the role of Capt. Bligh in the classic 1935 movie “Mutiny on the Bounty.”Who has the same role in the 1962 remake of “Mutiny on the Bounty”?
2. To whom is Humpty Dumpty talking just before he closes his eyes and falls off a wall?
3. Identify the most recent Republican to serve as speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives prior to Speaker Newt Gingrich.
4. Napoleon was exiled to what island from 1814-15?
5. The word “function” is a noun. The word “functional” is...
6. What is the monetary unit of the Netherlands?
7. The Liberty Bell was tolling for the death of what person when it cracked, in 1835?
8. “Cosset” means to do what?
9. What 240-mile-long river rises in the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia?
10. A shrimp has how many legs?
ANSWERS
1. Trevor Howard.
2. Alice, in “Through the Looking-Glass.”
3. Joseph W. Martin Jr., of Massachusetts. He was speaker in 1947-49 and 1953-55. After that, the Democratic Party controlled the House until the mid- 1990s when Republican Newt Gingrich became speaker. Gingrich was succeeded by Republican Dennis Hastert who served into 2007.
4. Elba.
5. An adjective.
6. The euro, monetary unit in a number of European countries.
7. Chief Justice John Marshall.
8. To pet or pamper, or pay special attention to.
9. Suwannee River.
10. Ten, which are jointed.
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