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Trivia Test: Oct. 18, 2018

Questions

1. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which U.S. president was the only one to serve on the Supreme Court after his term as president?

2. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What kind of creature is a fer-de-lance?

3. LANGUAGE: What is the study of the form, meaning and use of words called?

4. TELEVISION: What 1960s sci-fi drama began with the line, “There is nothing wrong with your television set”?

5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: How long is the racetrack where the Kentucky Derby takes place?

6. PSYCHOLOGY: What is a fear of birds called?

7. MUSIC: The song “Waltzing Matilda” originated in which country?

8. MEASUREMENTS: What is the quantity of a gross?

9. MOVIES: In “The Wizard of Oz,” what did the Wizard tell Dorothy to take from the wicked witch?

10. ANCIENT WORLD: In what modern country is the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus located?

Answers

1. William Howard Taft

2. Very venomous snake

3. Lexicology

4. “The Outer Limits”

5. 1 mile

6. Ornithophobia

7. Australia

8. 144

9. Her broomstick

10. Turkey

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