Saturday, October 25, 2008

State Abbreviation Words - Random Trivia Questions

Like the random quiz from a couple of weeks ago, the following twelve answers are all built from a set of building blocks. Instead of just seven letters though, you have fifty U.S. state postal abbreviations to work from. Concatenate the two-letter pairs to form each of the required four-, six-, or eight-letter words. Can you survive this OR+DE+AL?

State Abbreviation Words Questions

  • Q1) What type of jet crashed for the first time in its history on July 25, 2000?
  • Q2) What is the primary northern dialect and the official dialect of China?
  • Q3) What domesticated member of the camel family lives high up in the Andes like the llama but is a foot or two shorter?
  • Q4) What computer language did Niklaus Wirth develop from ALGOL in the late 1960's?
  • Q5) What is the pink, odorless powder of zinc oxide and ferric oxide dissolved in mineral oils that is used in skin ointments?
  • Q6) What Robin Cook novel was a best seller in 1977 and was named thriller of the year by the New York Times?
  • Q7) What is the commonly used nickname of the light blue ghost named Bashful?
  • Q8) What athlete was named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated magazine in 2006 despite finishing only ninth in the NBA MVP vote?
  • Q9) What is Jupiter's largest moon?
  • Q10) What bird's two main species have the scientific names Vultur gryphus and Gymnogyps californianus?
  • Q11) What villain did Jeremy Irons lend his voice to in a popular 1994 movie?
  • Q12) What type of nut is now used to make real nougat such as the Spanish turron and the Italian torrone?

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