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  • Day 111

    See #2. Lunar Module.
    Image Wikipedia

    All of these are questions based on today’s date, 21 April.

    1. Commemorated annually on the 21 April by the festival of the Parilia, where was traditionally founded on this day in 753 BCE?
      • Athens
      • Paris
      • Rome
    2. The Lunar Lander Orion landed on the Moon’s surface today in 1972. This, the tenth crewed US Apollo mission, was which of these?
      • Apollo 14
      • Apollo 15
      • Apollo 16
    3. The original Broadway production of Annie opened on this day in 1977. What is the musical based on?
      • Comic strip
      • Novel
      • German folk tale
    4. What planned capital city, designed by a team including Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, was inaugurated today in 1960?
      • Abuja, Nigeria
      • Brasilia, Brazil
      • Canberra, Australia
    5. The Surgeon’s Photograph, published in the UK’s Daily Mail on 21 April 1934, is the most famous photo allegedly showing the…
      • Bigfoot
      • Loch Ness monster
      • Yeti

    Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

  • An A to Z Cornucopia of Trivia. Part V

    Some trivia related to the letters V to Z.

    1. V) In which state is Naulakha, the home built for Rudyard Kipling in 1892-93?
      • Veracruz, Mexico
      • Vermont, US
      • Virginia, US
    2. (W) What are Caol Ila, Laphroaig and Rosebank?
      • Water (spring water )—
      • Wine
      • Whisky
    3. (X) Which of these words is omitted from this poem’s opening lines?
      • Xagacía
      • Xai-xai
      • Xanadu

        In ___ did Kubla Khan
        A stately pleasure-dome decree:
        Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
        Through caverns measureless to man
        Down to a sunless sea.

    4. (Y) Which former Soviet republic capital is located on the Hrazdan River?
      • Yaounde
      • Yaren
      • Yerevan
    5. (Z) What activity consisting of rolling downhill inside an orb, typically made of transparent plastic, pictured, is taking place here?
      • Zooming
      • Zorbing
      • Zowing

    Zorbing Wikipedia

  • An A to Z Cornucopia of Trivia. Part III | Answers

    Flag of Kazakhstan. Wikipedia
    1. (K) Kazakhstan—The flag of Kazakhstan was adopted on 4 June 1992, replacing the Soviet-era flag. The flag was designed by Shaken Niyazbekov.
    2. (L) Lake Huron—Manitoulin Island, the largest lake island in the world, is located in Lake Huron, Ontario. With an area of 2,766 sq km, it contains over 100 lakes, including Lake Manitou, Lake Kagawong and Lake Mindemoya.
      Lady Macbeth, Sleepwalking scene, Macbeth. Wikipedia
    3. (M) Macbeth—In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Lady Macbeth sleepwalks, rubbing her hands and recalling the deaths of King Duncan, Lady Macduff and Banquo. The Doctor, observing her guilt-ridden state, believes she needs divine help rather than medical treatment.
    4. (N) Naughtiest—Enid Blyton’s Naughtiest Girl series, set at a progressive boarding school, was written in the 1940s and 1950s. Anne Digby later added to the series.
      Poster for Hyde Park of Hudson Wikipedia
    5. (O) Olivia Colman—is an English actress, is known for her roles in television series like Peep Show, Broadchurch and The Crown, as well as films like The Favourite, The Father and The Lost Daughter. She has received numerous awards, including an Academy Award, four BAFTAs, two Emmys and three Golden Globes. As well as playing Elizabeth II in The Crown she played her mother, Queen Elizabeth, who was King George VI’s consort and the future Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, in Hyde Park on Hudson.
    6. (P) Putney Bridge—The Boat Race is an annual rowing competition between Cambridge and Oxford universities, held on the River Thames in London. The men’s race began in 1829 and the women’s race in 1927. Cambridge leads in both the men’s and women’s races, with 87 and 47 wins respectively.
    Putney Bridge at Dusk as viewed from the south-west at the boat sheds along the Thames. Wikipedia

  • An A to Z Cornucopia of Trivia. Part III

    Some trivia related to the letters K to P.

    See question 1. Image Wikipedia
    1. (K) The flag pictured above is the flag of…
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kuwait
      • Kyrgyzstan
    2. (L) Manitoulin Island, the world’s largest island within a freshwater lake, is in…
      • Lake Huron
      • Lake Superior
      • Lake Winnipeg
    3. (M) The quote, “Out, damned spot! Out, I say!” is from Shakespeare’s…
      • Hamlet
      • Macbeth
      • Othello
    4. (N) The _ Girl in the School was the first in a series by Enid Blyton, the word missing from this title is …
      • Nastiest
      • Naughtiest
      • Nicest
    5. (O) This actress has played both Queen Elizabeth II and her mother, Queen Elizabeth. She is…
      • Olivia Colman
      • Olivia de Havilland
      • Olivia Hussey
    6. (P) The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, which is held in London annually, starts on the River Thames just downstream of…
      • Ponders End
      • Pratt’s Bottom
      • Putney Bridge

  • An A to Z Cornucopia of Trivia. Part II | Answers

    Freesia. Wikipedia
    1. (F) Freesia—Freesia is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants native to eastern southern Africa. Cultivated hybrids of Freesia species are commonly known as “freesias” and grown as ornamental plants.
    2. (G) Golden Cap—Golden Cap, a hill and cliff in Dorset, England, is the highest point near the south coast of Great Britain. It is owned by the National Trust and part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site.
      H.G. Wells by George Charles Beresford, 1920. Wikipedia
    3. (H) H.G. Wells—Half a Sixpence is a 1963 musical comedy based on H.G. Wells’s novel Kipps. The show, tailored for Tommy Steele, follows Arthur Kipps, an orphan who inherits a fortune and learns that money can’t buy happiness.
    4. (I) Ireland—In May 1915, the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner, was sunk by the German submarine U-20, 11 miles (18 km) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. This tragic event resulted in the loss of 1,197 lives, including passengers, crew, and stowaways. The sinking significantly boosted American support for entering World War I.
    5. (J) J. Alfred Prufrock—The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is T. S. Eliot’s first published poem, reflecting the title character’s thoughts in stream-of-consciousness style. Initially considered outlandish, it is now seen as a landmark in the shift from Romanticism to Modernism in poetry.
      Regarding the wrong alternative answers: J. Bruce Ismay was the chairman of the White Star Line, the owners of the Titanic. He faced criticism and was branded a coward after surviving the sinking. J. Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the FBI. He served in that role in the predecessor organisation, the BOI, and the FBI for a total of 48 years.
    RMS Lusitania. See #4 above. Wikipedia

  • An A to Z Cornucopia of Trivia. Part II

    Some trivia related to the letters F to J.

    See question 2. Image Wikipedia
    1. (F) Named after a German botanist, what is a flowering plant of the iris family?
      • Foxglove
      • Freesia
      • Fuchsia
    2. (G) Which hill, on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast, is the highest point on England’s south coast?
      • Golden Cap
      • Golden Law
      • Golden Tor
    3. (H) Half a Sixpence, the musical, was adapted from the 1905 novel Kipps. Who wrote this novel?(I)
      • H.E. Bates
      • H. Rider Haggard
      • H.G. Wells
    4. (I) In 1915, the RMS Lusitania was torpedoed 11 miles (18 km) off the coast of which country?
      • Iceland
      • Ireland
      • Ivory Coast
    5. (J) What T.S. Eliot character says, “I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;”?
      • J. Alfred Prufrock
      • J. Bruce Ismay
      • J. Edgar Hoover
    T.S. Eliot. Wikipedia

    Good luck! I will post the answers later today.

  • Odd One Out | Answers

    The answers to my earlier post are shown in bold below.

    Moon. Wikipedia
    1. Moon—The Moon, Earth’s satellite, is different from planets like Mercury and Mars. While the Moon orbits the Earth, Mercury and Mars, like Earth, orbit the Sun.
      Lotus Cars logo. Wikipedia
    2. Emira—it has a petrol engine and is not electric, unlike the Eletre and Emeya. Lotus Group is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and electric vehicles. It comprises Lotus Cars, Lotus Tech and Lotus Engineering. Currently majority-owned by Geely, Lotus has a history of Formula One racing and producing iconic cars like the Lotus Seven and Elise.
      Sargasso Sea.
      1891 Krummel Petermanns lores/Wikipedia
    3. Sargasso—aka Sargasso Sea is a marine ecosystem whereas the others are both land-based. The Sargasso Sea, a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents, is distinguished by its brown Sargassum seaweed and calm blue water. The Gobi Desert, the sixth largest desert globally, is a vast cold desert and grassland area located in northern China and southern Mongolia. In contrast, the Atacama Desert in Chile is renowned as the driest nonpolar desert, characterised by its extreme aridity due to a temperature inversion, the rain shadow effect created by two mountain ranges, and the influence of the Humboldt ocean current.
      Poster for the 1935 film A Night at the Opera. Wikipedia
    4. A Kind of Magic—A Day at the Races, like Queen’s previous album, A Night at the Opera, takes its name from Marx Brothers films. On the other hand, although A Kind of Magic has a film connection, it is not to a film title; it takes its name from a Connor MacLeod quote from the film Highlander: “Hey, it’s a kind of magic!”
      The Devil’s Alternative by Frederick Forsyth Wikipedia
      Deception Point by Dan Brown Wikipedia
      Digital Fortress by Dan Brown Wikipedia
    5. The Devil’s Alternative—was written by British novelist Frederick Forsyth. Deception Point and Digital Fortress are two stand-alone novels by Dan Brown which, unlike The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons etc, do not feature Robert Langdon.
    6. Botswana—Botswana is in Southern Africa while the others are in Asia—Brunei is in Southeast Asia and Bhutan in South Asia. They are all small countries and both Botswana and Bhutan are landlocked while Brunei has a coastline.
    Sub-regional map of the World.
    The UN geoscheme/Wikipedia

  • Odd One Out

    Solar System. Wikipedia
    1. Which of these is the odd one out when it comes to the solar system?
      • Mercury
      • Mars
      • Moon
    2. These are all models of Lotus cars, but which is the odd one out?
      • Eletre
      • Emeva
      • Emira
    3. Of these three large ecosystems, one is fundamentally different from the others. Which is the odd one out?
      • Atacama
      • Gobi
      • Sargasso
    4. One of these was NOT a Marx Brothers film while two were; which is the odd one out?
      • A Day at the Races
      • A Kind of Magic
      • A Night at the Opera
    5. One of these novels was NOT written by Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci Code, whereas the others were; which one is the odd one out?
      • Deception Point
      • The Devil’s Alternative
      • Digital Fortress
    6. In continental terms, which of these countries is the odd one out?
      • Bhutan
      • Botswana
      • Brunei

    Good Luck! I will post the answers later today.

    Marx Brothers from top to bottom: Chico, Harpo, Groucho and Zeppo. Wikipedia

  • Mysteries and Meanings: A Trivial Journey Through Golf-Lima | Answers

    The answers to my earlier post are shown in bold below.

    Cairn marking the first Open Championship, Prestwick Golf Club.
    1. Prestwick—The first Open Championship, held in 1860 at Prestwick Golf Club, marked the beginning of modern golfing history. Willie Park won the inaugural event, beating Old Tom Morris by two strokes. Prestwick hosted the first 12 Open Championships and a total of 24, second only to St Andrews.
    2. Lily and James—James and Lily Potter, parents of Harry, were members of the Order of the Phoenix. James was an Animagus and co-author of the Marauder’s Map, while Lily was a Muggle-born witch. Both were killed by Voldemort.
      The station pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon. Wikipedia
    3. 23 countries—Astronauts/cosmonauts from the following countries have visited the ISS; the number of visits by each nation is also shown. (Information obtained from NASA at 15:15GMT 30 March 2025). United States (168 visitors), Russia (62), Japan (11), Canada (9), Italy (6), France (4,), Germany (4), Saudi Arabia (2), Sweden (2), United Arab Emirates (2), Belarus (1), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), Denmark (1), Great Britain (1), Israel (1), Kazakhstan (1), Malaysia (1), Netherlands (1), South Africa (1), South Korea (1), Spain (1), Turkey (1).
      Jabberwocky. Wikipedia
    4. Animal—the jabberwock is depicted as a dragon-like monster with various features, including a serpentine neck, rabbit-like teeth, spidery talons and bat-like wings.
      Koala distribution in Australia. Wikipedia
    5. South Australia—The koala’s range spans 1,000,000 km2 across eastern and southeastern Australia, including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
    6. City of Kings—Named Ciudad de los Reyes by the Spanish under Francisco Pizarro, the name was chosen of the feast of the Epiphany, the coming of the Magi—the three
    In 1540, five years after the city of Lima was founded, the first church built by Francisco Pizarro was inaugurated. Wikipedia

  • Mysteries and Meanings: A Trivial Journey Through Golf–Lima

    Willie Park Sr., the first “Champion Golfer of the Year”, wearing the Challenge Belt, the winner’s prize at The Open until 1870. Wikipedia
    1. G is for golf. The first Open Championship played at St Andrews in 1873, was actually the 13th championship in the competition’s history. Where had the first twelve Open Championships taken place?
      • Carnoustie, Angus
      • Musselburgh, East Lothian
      • Prestwick, Ayrshire
    2. H is for Harry. In the books by J.K. Rowling, who were Harry Potter’s parents?
      • Molly and Arthur
      • Lily and James
      • Rose and Hugo
    3. I is for International Space Station (ISS). By March 2025, individuals from how many countries had visited the ISS?
      • 9 countries
      • 16 countries
      • 23 countries
    4. J is for Jabberwocky. Jabberwocky is a nonsense poem included in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, the follow-up to Alice in Wonderland. What word best describes a jabberwock?
    5. K is for koala. In what parts of Australia are koalas native in the 21st century?
      • Northern Territory
      • South Australia
      • Western Australia
    6. L is for Lima. The Spanish founded the city now known as Lima, the capital city of Peru, in 1535 but their chosen name quickly fell into disuse. What, in English, was this chosen name?
      • City of Emeralds
      • City of Kings
      • Çity of the Sun

    Good luck! I will post the answers later today.