Articles written by Fifi Rodriguez
Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 216
Trivia Test: August 20, 2020
1. LITERATURE: What was the name of Hermione’s pet cat in the “Harry Potter” series? 2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the name of the metal band that attaches a pencil and an eraser? 3. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of giraffes called? 4....
Trivia Test: August 6, 2020
1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Hungary? 2. MOVIES: What is the name of the necklace given to Rose in the movie “Titanic”? 3. TELEVISION: Which TV comedy led to a spinoff series called “The Andy Griffith Show”? 4. HISTORY: The Motion...
Trivia Test: July 23, 2020
1. GEOGRAPHY: Which capital city is located on the Tiber River? 2. LITERATURE: What is the home team of the main character in the baseball poem "Casey at the Bat"? 3. MOVIES: What is the name of the treelike character in "Guardians of the Galaxy"?...
Trivia Test: July 16, 2020
1. TELEVISION: In which 1980s-90s sitcom did a waitress named Carla Tortelli appear? 2. LITERATURE: What are the tree-like beings called in "The Lord of the Rings"? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the rallying cry for the shape-changing Transformers?...
Trivia Test: June 18, 2020
1. U.S. STATES: Bay Staters hail from which U.S. state? 2. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Lebanon? 3. HISTORY: Which major World War II battle was known by the code name "Operation Detachment"? 4. MUSIC: Which rock group had a 1960s hit with the...
Trivia Test: May 28, 2020
1. ANATOMY: What is a more common name for the medical condition called desquamation? 2. TELEVISION: Who uttered the catchphrase "you rang?" in the sitcom "The Addams Family"? 3. GAMES: How many dominoes are in a standard set? 4. GEOGRAPHY: In which...
Trivia Test: May 21, 2020
1. U.S. STATES: Which of the 48 contiguous United States has the largest land area? 2. TELEVISION: What city does SpongeBob SquarePants live in? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What color is cyan? 4. FOOD & DRINK: In beer styles, what does the designation IPA...
Trivia Test: May 14, 2020
1. GEOGRAPHY: The island of Hispaniola is divided into which two countries? 2. U.S. STATES: Which state is known as the Badger State? 3. MEDICAL: Which human organ is involved in the development of dia- betes? 4. AD SLOGANS: Which company advises...
Trivia Test: May 7, 2020
1. GEOGRAPHY: Which is the only country to have three capital cities? 2. MOVIES: What year did the first Academy Awards ceremony take place? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: In police radio code, what does 10-31 mean? 4. U.S. STATES: What state would a Hoosier...
Trivia Test: March 12, 2020
1. ADVERTISING SLOGANS: Which product was advertised as "the champagne of bottled beer"? 2. GEOGRAPHY: Which was the first designated national park in the United States? 3. BIBLE: From which book of the New Testament does the proverb "the blind...
Trivia Test: February 27, 2020
1. HISTORY: When was the United Nations organization formed? 2. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the first president to reside in the White House? 3. ASTRONOMY: Which planet has the largest moon in our solar system? 4. TELEVISION: Which TV series featured a...
Trivia Test: February 20, 2020
1. SCIENCE: What is dendrochronology? 2. FOOD & DRINK: What are the ingredients in a Tom Collins drink? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Who is considered to be the father of nuclear Navy submarines? 4. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel "Anne of Green Gables"?...
Trivia Test: February 13, 2020
1. GEOGRAPHY: Which is the least-populated continent? 2. GEOLOGY: What metal is produced by refining the ore bauxite? 3. EXPLORERS: Where was explorer Marco Polo born? 4. ART: Which popular American artist referred to himself as "Painter of Light"?...
Trivia Test: February 6, 2020
1. LITERATURE: Which novel introduced the character of Lisbeth Salander? 2. MOVIES: What was the name of Bill Murray's character in the 1984 "Ghostbusters" film? 3. HISTORY: Roughly how many people migrated from drought-stricken Dust Bowl states in...
Trivia Test: January 30, 2020
1. MEASUREMENTS: How many inches are in a mile? 2. ASTRONOMY: What does the acronym SETI mean to the scientific community? 3. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin prefix "sub-" mean in English? 4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the only president to serve two...
Trivia Test: January 23, 2020
1. U.S. STATES: Which two states share no borders with any other U.S. state? 2. TELEVISION: What is Richie's last name in the 1970-80s series "Happy Days"? 3. FOOD & DRINK: What is whey? 4. GAMES: What are "bedposts" in bowling? 5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: Wh...
Trivia Test: January 16, 2020
1. LITERATURE: What is the motto of "The Three Musketeers" in the 19th century novel? 2. MUSIC: What were the first names of the Allman brothers? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: New York City is divided into how many boroughs? 4. GEOGRAPHY: What is the...
Trivia Test: January 2, 2020
1. TELEVISION: What were the names of the villainous agents in "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle"? 2. MUSIC: Which rock group produced the album "Shout at the Devil" in the 1980s? 3. LAW: What was the subject of the landmark legal case titled...
Trivia Test: Week 52
1. MOVIES: What was the name of the main character in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"? 2. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which U.S. president was the nation's first known speleologist? 3. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek prefix "tele" mean in English? 4....
Trivia Test: December 19, 2019
1. GOVERNMENT: When was the US Central Intelligence Agency founded? 2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What gift arrives on the 10th day in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? 3. MOVIES: What was the name of Shirley MacLaine's character in "Terms of...
Trivia Test: December 12, 2019
1. THEATER: "West Side Story" was inspired by which earlier play? 2. MUSIC: What is the real name of songwriter/rapper Lizzo? 3. SCIENCE: How many people total have walked on the moon? 4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Under whose administration did Spiro T....
Trivia Test
1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Poland? 2. HISTORY: What was the poison drink that Socrates was given to carry out his death sentence? 3. SCIENCE: What was Margaret Mead's field of study? 4. PSYCHOLOGY: What fear is represented in the condition...
Trivia Test: November 28, 2019
TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. ANATOMY: What is a common name for the "digitus annularis"? 2. MOVIES: Which 1980s movie featured the song "Up Where We Belong"? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: In which year did Harper's print its first magazine? 4. U.S....
Trivia Test: November 21, 2019
1. MUSIC: Who composed the "1812 Overture"? 2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What was the sixth gift in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? 3. SCIENCE: What is the softest mineral? 4. GOVERNMENT: Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?...
Trivia Test: November 14, 2019
1. GEOGRAPHY: In which two U.S. states is the Gila River located? 2. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin suffix –arium mean? 3. LITERATURE: Which 19th-century novel begins with the line, "For many days we had been tempest-tossed." 4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: In...