Monday, April 14, 2008

General Trivia Questions #1,999-2,004

Question 1,999: Entertainment & Food -- Tahini Taste

What is the main ingredient in tahini?

a) Chick peas
b) Pine nuts
c) Sesame seeds
d) Soy beans

Question 2,000: History & Government -- Sandinistas Sack Somozas

In what country did the Sandinista National Liberation Front overthrow the Somoza regime in 1979?

a) El Salvador
b) Guatemala
c) Honduras
d) Nicaragua

Question 2,001: Math & Science -- Organ Operation

What bodily organ manufactures plasma proteins and detoxifies alcohol and barbiturates?

a) Kidney
b) Liver
c) Pancreas
d) Stomach

Question 2,002: Geography & Nature -- Aboriginal Origin?

What Australian animal was supposedly inadvertently named for the aboriginal term for "I don't know"?

a) Kangaroo
b) Koala
c) Kookaburra
d) Platypus

Question 2,003: Literature & Arts -- Monster Maker

Who journeyed to "Where the Wild Things Are" in 1963?

a) Harold Keith
b) Maurice Sendak
c) Robert McCloskey
d) Scott O'Dell

Question 2,004: Sports & Games -- Polgar Prodigies

What game did the Polgar sisters master?

a) Backgammon
b) Bridge
c) Checkers
d) Chess

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