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36 trivia night kit: rounds, answers and score sheets

Print the rounds with the host key, then print team answer sheets and a score sheet. Each factual answer links to its source.

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36 questions · Trivia night kit: rounds, answers and score sheets · answers included

Trivia night kit: rounds, answers and score sheets

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Round 1

  1. During which dynasty were the pyramids at Giza built?

    hard

    Answer

    The Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza_pyramid_complex?oldid=1365733545

  2. What was discovered in Egypt in 1922 by Howard Carter?

    medium

    Answer

    The tomb of Tutankhamun

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_the_tomb_of_Tutankhamun?oldid=1363813832

  3. Name the two Japanese cities hit by atomic bombs in 1945.

    easy

    Answer

    Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki?oldid=1365553557

  4. What is the name of the cowboy toy in Toy Story?

    easy

    Answer

    Woody

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_(Toy_Story)?oldid=1365518273

  5. Gotham City, the Bat-Signal, and Wayne Manor are all associated with which superhero?

    easy

    Answer

    Batman

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman?oldid=1363928756#Technology

  6. Which Alfred Hitchcock film is famous for its shower scene?

    easy

    Answer

    Psycho

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)?oldid=1365501601

Round 2

  1. Which brass instruments use a slide instead of valves?

    medium

    Answer

    Trombones

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombone?oldid=1360776099

  2. Which composer wrote The Four Seasons?

    medium

    Answer

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_(Vivaldi)?oldid=1364836830

  3. What is a leitmotif in film or opera music?

    hard

    Answer

    Short, recurring musical phrase

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitmotif?oldid=1365638282

  4. How many points is a free throw worth in basketball?

    easy

    Answer

    One

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_throw?oldid=1365039427

  5. How is a three-goal performance by one player in a single game described?

    easy

    Answer

    Hat-trick

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat-trick?oldid=1365875953#Association_football_(soccer)

  6. What is the highest possible snooker break in normal circumstances?

    medium

    Answer

    147

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_break?oldid=1365953450

Round 3

  1. What is tofu primarily made from?

    easy

    Answer

    Soybeans

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu?oldid=1365068098#Elsewhere

  2. What is polenta made from?

    medium

    Answer

    Boiled cornmeal

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polenta?oldid=1362858594

  3. How many legs does a spider have?

    easy

    Answer

    Eight

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider?oldid=1364088427#Locomotion

  4. What type of animal is a Komodo dragon?

    easy

    Answer

    A large reptile of the monitor lizard family Varanidae

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon?oldid=1362735935

  5. How can wood frogs survive partial freezing in winter?

    hard

    Answer

    Urea and glucose act as cryoprotectants

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_frog?oldid=1351167031#Cold_tolerance

  6. What nickname is Mars known by?

    easy

    Answer

    Red Planet

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars?oldid=1365946194

Round 4

  1. Which space telescope launched in 1990 and transformed astronomy from low Earth orbit?

    easy

    Answer

    The Hubble Space Telescope

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope?oldid=1366001248

  2. At which Lagrange point is the James Webb Space Telescope located?

    hard

    Answer

    L 2

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrange_point?oldid=1364225588

  3. What kind of dictionary sorts words alphabetically from their last letter toward their first?

    hard

    Answer

    A rhyming dictionary

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabetical_order?oldid=1361673699#Similar_orderings

  4. How does an oxymoron combine ideas?

    medium

    Answer

    Concepts with opposite meanings

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymoron?oldid=1341701285

  5. What did Alexander Graham Bell receive the first U.S. patent for in 1876?

    easy

    Answer

    The telephone

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell?oldid=1366001031

  6. How did penicillin first reveal itself to Alexander Fleming?

    medium

    Answer

    The mould killed the bacteria

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_penicillin?oldid=1364421317#Background

Round 5

  1. What principle allows a hydraulic press to multiply force?

    hard

    Answer

    Pascal's principle

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal's_law?oldid=1363145553#Applications

  2. Which artist painted The Starry Night?

    easy

    Answer

    Vincent van Gogh

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starry_Night?oldid=1364457162

  3. Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?

    medium

    Answer

    Johannes Vermeer

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_with_a_Pearl_Earring?oldid=1361287529

  4. Which Roman god is equivalent to the Greek Zeus?

    medium

    Answer

    Jupiter

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(god)?oldid=1365304013#Jovian_theology

  5. Which goddess searched for her daughter Persephone?

    medium

    Answer

    Demeter

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter?oldid=1364839837#Abduction_of_Persephone

  6. Which Egyptian god guides the weighing of a heart against a feather?

    hard

    Answer

    Anubis

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighing_of_souls?oldid=1356649228#Ancient_Egyptian_religion

Round 6

  1. Which UK meridian served as a country-specific prime meridian in the 18th century?

    medium

    Answer

    The Greenwich meridian

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_meridian?oldid=1361215580#History

  2. What geographic point does Antarctica contain?

    easy

    Answer

    The geographic South Pole

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica?oldid=1365279816

  3. How many sides does a triangle have?

    easy

    Answer

    Three

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle?oldid=1365649475

  4. Which game has a remix featuring Park Place and Boardwalk?

    medium

    Answer

    Monopoly

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)?oldid=1365029127#Television_game_show

  5. Which natural number follows 5 and precedes 7?

    easy

    Answer

    Six

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6?oldid=1356173128

  6. What does an atomic nucleus consist of?

    easy

    Answer

    Protons and neutrons

    Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_nucleus?oldid=1358772000

How to play

House rules: six rounds of six questions, one point for each correct answer. Suggested thinking time: one minute per question. The question time is 36 minutes; allow extra time for reading, checking and breaks. Tie-break: what is 19 × 23? The answer is 437; the closest answer wins.

Plan the round and team scores

8 turns × 60 seconds = 8 minutes of play, plus instructions and breaks.

60

Pause whenever the group needs more time.

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