Bits and Pieces —Answers

Here are the answers to my earlier post.

Poker Night.
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One

Thomas Hart Benton’s 1948 painting Poker Night depicts a scene from which Tennessee Williams play?

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Two

What skill can be called funambulism?

Answer: Tightrope walking


Three

A ribauldequin was a type of musical instrument. Is this true or false?

Answer: False

It was a type of multiple barrelled gun


Four

The Taj Mahal is located on the south bank of what river?

Answer: Yamuna

The Taj Mahal, an ivory-white marble mausoleum in Agra, India, was commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 1631 to house the tomb of his wife Mumtaz Mahal.


Five

Who is the world’s best-selling fiction writer?

Answer: Agatha Christie

The world’s best-selling fiction writer is the late Dame Agatha Christie (née Miller, later Lady Mallowan, 1890–1976), whose 78 crime novels have sold an estimated 2 billion copies in 44 languages. Agatha Christie (UK) also wrote 19 plays and, under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, six romantic novels. Royalty earnings are estimated to be worth millions per year.

Guinness World Records 05/10/2025.

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Author: Scott F

As a retired trivia writer, editor and quiz compiler, I wholeheartedly agree with Bertrand Russell’s quote: “There’s much pleasure to be gained in useless knowledge.” Trivia of all sorts has always fascinated me, and for many years, I’ve written and compiled trivia for various media, including traditional TV and radio quiz shows, newspapers and magazines, apps, and other digital platforms.

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