By Josh Hughes
This upcoming Thursday, October 13, the Underground Coffeehouse is hosting the first trivia night of the quarter from 7 to 9 p.m. One of many special events held at the venue, it gives students a chance to test their knowledge on a broad range of subjects. To get the gist of it, here’s some sample questions you can quiz yourself on to see where you stand on general trivia.
The Questions
- What canal connects the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean?
- What four NFL teams have never made it to the Super Bowl?
- Which animal has the longest tongue relative to its size?
- Edward Teach was a notorious English pirate better known by what nickname?
- What is the name of the scale used to determine spiciness of peppers?
- What is the medical term for bad breath?
- Which is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way?
- Who declined the 1964 Nobel Prize for literature?
- Who was the first astronaut to visit space twice?
- What is a group of owls called?
- Who was the first rap artist to go platinum?
- What day is Thanksgiving celebrated in Canada?
- Kopi luwak is a very expensive type of what?
- What did the famous Hollywood sign in L.A. originally say?
- Saint Patrick’s Day was originally associated with what color?
- What year did The Beatles stop touring?
- What is the Japanese term that means “empty orchestra?”
- When adjusted for inflation, what is the highest grossing film of all time?
- What is a baby swan called?
- Which city has the largest population in the world?
- A koala’s diet consists of mainly what?
- How many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell during his lifetime?
- In the movie ‘Back To The Future”, what speed did the DeLorean need to reach in order to achieve time travel?
- Where did the highest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. occur?
- What is the rap stage name of Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn?
- In what year was the blue M&M first introduced?
- What word is defined as an idea, behavior, or style that spread from person to person within a culture?
- The desire to eat strange things that are non-nutritive is known as what?
- What are the four main ingredients found in beer?
- The writer Eric Blair went by what pen name?
- How many teams are there in the American National Football League?
- Aspirin comes from the bark of what tree?
- What famous animated film is the line “You stay I go” from?
- Chilean sea bass was originally called what?
- What is the only sea on earth with no coastline?
- How many fingers do the “Simpsons” cartoon characters have?
- What phrase, often used in typing practice, includes every letter of the English alphabet?
- In our solar system, which is the only planet to rotate clockwise?
- Joseph Smith was the founder of what religion?
- Which painter started the impressionist movement?
- What is the name of the first pizzeria to open in the United States?
The Answers
- The Panama Canal, a 48 mile man-made waterway.
- The Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars.
- The chameleon, usually measuring 6-7 inches in length, has a tongue several inches longer than its body.
- Blackbeard, who once captured a French vessel and renamed it Queen Anne’s Revenge.
- The Scoville scale, named after its creator, which measures Scoville heat units, or capsaicin concentration.
- Halitosis, which 20% of the general population is reported to have.
- The Andromeda Galaxy, located about 2.5 million light years away.
- Jean-Paul Sartre, claiming he was worried that it would limit the impact of his writing.
- Gus Grissom, going first in 1961 and again in 1965.
- A parliament, rooted in the long-standing idea that owls are wise creatures.
- Run D.M.C. The group’s third album went platinum in 1986.
- The second Monday of October.
- Coffee, selling between $100 and $600 per pound.
- Hollywoodland, though it was changed in 1949 to represent the district instead of a housing development.
- Blue, though green is now the recognized color because it is the national color of Ireland.
- 1966, after completing their U.S. tour.
- Karaoke, developed in the 1960’s.
- Gone With The Wind, accumulating over $390 million from its release in 1939.
- A cygnet, derived from Old French and Latin.
- Tokyo, Japan, with a population of roughly 13.62 million.
- Eucalyptus leaves, which are fibrous and very low in nutrition.
- One, “The Red Vineyard at Arles.”
- 88mph.
- Greenland Ranch, California, which reached 134 degrees Fahrenheit in 1913.
- Future, who once went by the name Meathead before gaining popularity.
- 1995, when they replaced tan M&Ms.
- Meme, a word created by Richard Dawkins in 1976.
- Pica, which is most commonly found in pregnant women and small children.
- Grain, hops, yeast, and water.
- George Orwell, author of 1984 and “Animal Farm.”
- 32, divided into two conferences of 16 teams each.
- White willow tree, which also contains salicin.
- “The Iron Giant,” released in 1999.
- Patagonian Toothfish, until it’s current name was invented by a fish wholesaler in 1977.
- The Sargasso Sea, home to the seaweed of the genus Sargassum.
- Four, consisting of a thumb and three other fingers.
- The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
- Venus, which rotates clockwise in retrograde rotation once every 243 earth days.
- Mormonism, which he founded in Western New York in the 1820’s.
- Claude Monet, who served as a consistent practitioner of the movement’s idea of expressing one’s perceptions over nature.
- Lombardi’s, which first opened in Manhattan in 1905.