Trivia Quiz
1.Who was host of the 1970s television show “Night Gallery”?
2.How does Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) refer to movie audiences in the picture “Sunset Boulevard” (1950)?
3. Name the butler in James Barrie’s play “The Admirable Crichton.”
4. During what war was George Gordon Meade a prominent general, and on which side was he?
5. In the card game of poker, the odds against drawing two pairs are 20, 30 or 40 to 1?
6. What is the capital of the principality of Monaco?
7. What fish is formally called the Clupea harengus?
8. The founder of the New York Daily News was the cousin of Chicago Tribune publisher Robert R. McCormick. Who founded the News?
9. What is the name of the New Jersey team in the National Hockey League?
10.Who promised “a new deal for the American people” in his campaign for the U. S. presidency?
ANSWERS
1. Rod Serling.
2. She calls audiences “those wonderful people out there in the dark.”
3. The butler is Crichton.
4. He was a Union general during the Civil War.
5. The odds are 20 to 1.
6. The capital is also Monaco.
7. Herring.
8. Joseph Medill Patterson.
9. “Devils.”
10. Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his first campaign for the presidency.
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