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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Round 1
During which dynasty were the pyramids at Giza built?
hard
The Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza_pyramid_complex?oldid=1365733545
What was discovered in Egypt in 1922 by Howard Carter?
medium
The tomb of Tutankhamun
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_the_tomb_of_Tutankhamun?oldid=1363813832
Name the two Japanese cities hit by atomic bombs in 1945.
easy
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki?oldid=1365553557
What is the name of the cowboy toy in Toy Story?
easy
Woody
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_(Toy_Story)?oldid=1365518273
Gotham City, the Bat-Signal, and Wayne Manor are all associated with which superhero?
easy
Batman
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman?oldid=1363928756#Technology
Which Alfred Hitchcock film is famous for its shower scene?
easy
Psycho
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)?oldid=1365501601
Round 2
Which brass instruments use a slide instead of valves?
medium
Trombones
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombone?oldid=1360776099
Which composer wrote The Four Seasons?
medium
Antonio Vivaldi
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_(Vivaldi)?oldid=1364836830
What is a leitmotif in film or opera music?
hard
Short, recurring musical phrase
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitmotif?oldid=1365638282
How many points is a free throw worth in basketball?
easy
One
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_throw?oldid=1365039427
How is a three-goal performance by one player in a single game described?
easy
Hat-trick
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat-trick?oldid=1365875953#Association_football_(soccer)
What is the highest possible snooker break in normal circumstances?
medium
147
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_break?oldid=1365953450
Round 3
What is tofu primarily made from?
easy
Soybeans
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu?oldid=1365068098#Elsewhere
What is polenta made from?
medium
Boiled cornmeal
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polenta?oldid=1362858594
How many legs does a spider have?
easy
Eight
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider?oldid=1364088427#Locomotion
What type of animal is a Komodo dragon?
easy
A large reptile of the monitor lizard family Varanidae
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon?oldid=1362735935
How can wood frogs survive partial freezing in winter?
hard
Urea and glucose act as cryoprotectants
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_frog?oldid=1351167031#Cold_tolerance
What nickname is Mars known by?
easy
Red Planet
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars?oldid=1365946194
Round 4
Which space telescope launched in 1990 and transformed astronomy from low Earth orbit?
easy
The Hubble Space Telescope
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope?oldid=1366001248
At which Lagrange point is the James Webb Space Telescope located?
hard
L 2
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrange_point?oldid=1364225588
What kind of dictionary sorts words alphabetically from their last letter toward their first?
hard
A rhyming dictionary
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabetical_order?oldid=1361673699#Similar_orderings
How does an oxymoron combine ideas?
medium
Concepts with opposite meanings
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymoron?oldid=1341701285
What did Alexander Graham Bell receive the first U.S. patent for in 1876?
easy
The telephone
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell?oldid=1366001031
How did penicillin first reveal itself to Alexander Fleming?
medium
The mould killed the bacteria
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_penicillin?oldid=1364421317#Background
Round 5
What principle allows a hydraulic press to multiply force?
hard
Pascal's principle
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal's_law?oldid=1363145553#Applications
Which artist painted The Starry Night?
easy
Vincent van Gogh
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starry_Night?oldid=1364457162
Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?
medium
Johannes Vermeer
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_with_a_Pearl_Earring?oldid=1361287529
Which Roman god is equivalent to the Greek Zeus?
medium
Jupiter
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(god)?oldid=1365304013#Jovian_theology
Which goddess searched for her daughter Persephone?
medium
Demeter
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter?oldid=1364839837#Abduction_of_Persephone
Which Egyptian god guides the weighing of a heart against a feather?
hard
Anubis
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighing_of_souls?oldid=1356649228#Ancient_Egyptian_religion
Round 6
Which UK meridian served as a country-specific prime meridian in the 18th century?
medium
The Greenwich meridian
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_meridian?oldid=1361215580#History
What geographic point does Antarctica contain?
easy
The geographic South Pole
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica?oldid=1365279816
How many sides does a triangle have?
easy
Three
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle?oldid=1365649475
Which game has a remix featuring Park Place and Boardwalk?
medium
Monopoly
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)?oldid=1365029127#Television_game_show
Which natural number follows 5 and precedes 7?
easy
Six
Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6?oldid=1356173128
What does an atomic nucleus consist of?
easy
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
These are adjustable house rules. Pause whenever the group needs more time.
Team 1: 0
Team 2: 0