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Apparently I was good enough to be allowed to run trivia here at the resort a second time (and then once more next week!)

Here are the questions I drafted….see how you do.

New History

  1. What international organization condemns all forms of capital punishment?
  2. What Southeast Asian island country gained independence about one year after the end of WW II?  Hint, the answer to who circumnavigated the globe died here.
  3. What vast asian country has been multi-party democracy since the early 1990s. Hint 30% of its population is nomadic or semi nomadic?
  4. Besides the UK, name another  European country that is not part of the EU.

Pretty Old History

  1. In 1500, Pedro Álvares Cabral “discovered” and claimed for Portugal the land that in 1822 would become what independent country?
  2. Who was the first European naval explorer to reach India by Sea?
  3. Who was the first European naval explorer to lead an expedition across the Pacific Ocean, and after his death, his crew continued on to complete the first circumnavigation of the planet?
  4. While this high office is real, the propensity of any of its past holders to seek to cut out the hearts of their enemies with spoons is fabricated.  To what office, by it’s formal name and location, am I referring? 

Old or Ancient History

  1. What Ancient Greek king has a large city in Egypt named after him?
  2. Historic records indicate individuals executed by what, now-considered barbaric method that was beloved by the Romans, usually died of a combination of cardiac rupture, heart failure, hypovolemic shock, acidosis, asphyxia, arrhythmia, and/or pulmonary embolism.  Sometimes sepsis and dehydration were contributing factors as it could take several days for the condemned to die?
  3. The great 4th or 5th century Indian poet and playwright Kalidasa best known for the play Shakuntala also known as The Recognition of Shakuntala also known as The Ring of Recollection, wrote said play in what language?
  4. It is estimated that what well known animal was brought to Australia just 8000 years ago rather than evolving or originating on the continent like much of the other fauna?

Cartoons

  1.   Tom and Jerry are a popular cartoon.  What animal is Jerry?
  2. Jerry is famous for dancing with what star of the golden age of cinema in _Anchors Aweigh_?
  3. What animation studio originated the Tom and Jerry cartoon franchise? 
  4. What director, synonymous with the golden age of Looney Toons produced 34 Tom and Jerry shorts in the mid 1960s? 

Dinosaurs

  1. Which dinosaurs’s genus means tyrant lizard?
  2. What oil company features a silhouette of a dinosaur as its logo?
  3. What  armored dinosaur from the Late Jurassic is infamous for the plates on its back and spikes on its tail?
  4. Current scientific theory is that the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event was caused by what?  (Comet or meteorite impact)

Bonus

  1. What woman, the penultimate ruler of China prior to the Communist Revolution ruled as dowager empress for 47 years, has had her life and legacy re-evaluated over the last quarter century and is no longer seen as a cruel despot but a complicated intelligent and efficient ruler? 
  2. What Manchester band is famous for such hits as “She’s a Star,” “Laid,” “Sit Down,” and “Come Home”.  Hint the band shares its name a popular translation of the Bible.
  3. I drove to Ohio from California and covered 5600 miles round trip. “How many days each way?

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New History

  1. What international organization condemns all forms of capital punishment? (United Nations)
  2. What Southeast Asian island country gained independence about one year after the end of WW II?  Hint, the answer to who circumnavigated the globe died here. (Philippines)
  3. What vast asian country has been multi-party democracy since the early 1990s. Hint 30% of its population is nomadic or semi nomadic? (Mongolia)
  4. Besides the UK, name another  European country that is not part of the EU. ( Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Albania, Switzerland, Turkey, Russia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro). 

Pretty Old History

  1. In 1500, Pedro Álvares Cabral “discovered” and claimed for Portugal the land that in 1822 would become what independent country? (Brazil)
  2. Who was the first European naval explorer to reach India by Sea? (Vasco de Gaia)
  3. Who was the first European naval explorer to lead an expedition across the Pacific Ocean, and after his death, his crew continued on to complete the first circumnavigation of the planet?  (Fernidnand Magellan)
  4. While this high office is real, the propensity of any of its past holders to seek to cut out the hearts of their enemies with spoons is fabricated.  To what office by it’s formal name and location, am I referring?  (Sheriff of Nottingham)

Old or Ancient History

  1. What Ancient Greek king has a large city in Egypt named after him?  (Alexander the Great)
  2. Historic records indicate individuals executed by what, now-considered barbaric method that was beloved by the Romans, usually died of a combination of cardiac rupture, heart failure, hypovolemic shock, acidosis, asphyxia, arrhythmia, and/or pulmonary embolism.  Sometimes sepsis and dehydration were contributing factors as it could take several days for the condemned to die? (Crucifixion) 
  3. The great 4th or 5th century Indian poet and playwright Kalidasa best known for the play Shakuntala also known as The Recognition of Shakuntala also known as The Ring of Recollection, wrote said play in what language? (Sanskrit) 
  4. It is estimated that what well known animal was brought to Australia just 8000 years ago rather than evolving or originating on the continent like much of the other fauna? (Dingo)

Cartoons

  1.   Tom and Jerry are a popular cartoon.  What animal is Jerry? (Mouse)
  2. Jerry is famous for dancing with what star of the golden age of cinema in _Anchors Aweigh_? (Gene Kelly)
  3. What animation studio originated the Tom and Jerry cartoon franchise?  (Hannah-Barbara)
  4. What director, synonymous with the golden age of Looney Toons produced 34 Tom and Jerry shorts in the mid 1960s?  (Chuck Jones)

Dinosaurs

  1. Which dinosaurs’s genus means tyrant lizard? (Tyrannosaurus)
  2. What oil company features a silhouette of a dinosaur as its logo? (Sinclair)
  3. What  armored dinosaur from the Late Jurassic is infamous for the plates on its back and spikes on its tail? (Stegosaurus)
  4. Current scientific theory is that the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event was caused by what?  (Comet or meteorite impact)

Bonus

  1. What woman, the penultimate ruler of China prior to the Communist Revolution ruled as dowager empress for 47 years, has had her life and legacy re-evaluated over the last quarter century and is no longer seen as a cruel despot but a complicated intelligent and efficient ruler?  (Empress Dowager Cixi)
  2. What Manchester band is famous for such hits as “She’s a Star,” “Laid,” “Sit Down,” and “Come Home”.  Hint the band shares its name a popular translation of the Bible. (James)
  3. I drove to Ohio from California and covered 5600 miles round trip. “How many days each way? (Four)