Trivia Quiz
1. In the final race of horse racing’s “Triple Crown,” “Afleet Alex” won the Belmont by how many lengths, within two?
2. Identify the four words often printed on matchbook covers.
3. What leading sport originated in Springfield, Mass.?
4. What do most species of the lungfish do during the dry season?
5. The dessert of a cake layer covered with ice cream, topped with sweetened, stiffly beaten egg whites and quickly oven browned is known as . . .
6. La Rochelle is a seaport in the west part of what country on the Bay of Biscay.
7. Lymph is a clear, somewhat yellowish fluid that comes from what part of the body?
8. What very wealthy young lady was called “the poor little rich girl”?
9.Who played the role of Lily Munster on the television show “The Munsters”?
10. Complete the title of this comic strip by Chic Young, creator of the “Blondie” strip: “Colonel Potterby and the ___________.”
ANSWERS
1. Seven lengths. “Afleet Alex” also won the Preakness. The Kentucky Derby was won by “Giacomo.” These horses won in 2005.
2. “Close cover before striking.”
3. Basketball, in 1891.
4. They curl up in a mud cocoon and breathe air.
5. Baked Alaska.
6. France.
7. It is derived from the blood.
8. Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton.
9. Yvonne DeCarlo.
10. “Duchess.” This short Sunday strip often ran along with “Blondie.”
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