Sunday, May 11, 2008

General Trivia Questions #2,113-2,118

Question 2,113: Entertainment & Food -- Classic Clock

What Austrian classical composer wrote the Clock Symphony?

a) Franz Joseph Haydn
b) Franz Schubert
c) Johann Strauss
d) Richard Strauss

Question 2,114: History & Government -- State Seal

What animal is on the seal of the state of Maine?

a) Bear
b) Lobster
c) Moose
d) Seal

Question 2,115: Math & Science -- Common Chemical

What is the common name for ethyne?

a) Acetate
b) Acetic acid
c) Acetone
d) Acetylene

Question 2,116: Geography & Nature -- Times Triangle

Which street below is not part of the Times Square intersection in New York City?

a) Broadway
b) 42nd Street
c) Madison Avenue
d) Seventh Avenue

Question 2,117: Literature & Arts -- Rain Drain

What poet acknowledged, "Into each life some rain must fall"?

a) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
b) Ralph Waldo Emerson
c) Robert Frost
d) Walt Whitman

Question 2,118: Sports & Games -- A&W Root, Cheer

In what sport's first intercollegiate game did Amherst beat Williams 66-32 on July 1, 1859?

a) Baseball
b) Basketball
c) Lacrosse
d) Rugby

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