8B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL , AUGUST 12, 2015
Posting Date August 10, 2015
1. MEASUREMENTS: A quindecen-
nial refers to what period of time?
2. CARTOONS: Who was the voice of
Nigel in the animated series “The Wild
Thornberrys”?
3. GEOGRAPHY: In what U.S. state
did the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
take place during the Civil War?
4. ASTRONOMY: What shape is the
Milky Way galaxy?
5. LANGUAGE: What is the meaning
of the Latin phrase, “Cogito ergo sum”?
6. MOVIES: What was the name of
Meg Ryan’s bookstore in “You’ve Got
Mail”?
7. LITERATURE: What is the name
of the bookstore in Diagon Alley in the
“Harry Potter” series?
8. EXPLORERS: Which European
explorer discovered a sea route to India?
9. HISTORY: During what war did the
Battle of Trafalgar take place?
10. MATH: What is the decimal equiv-
alent of the fraction 1/5?
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Trivia Test Answers
1. 15 years
2. Actor Tim Curry
3. Georgia
4. Spiral
5. “I think, therefore I am”
6. The Shop Around the Corner
7. Flourish and Blotts
8. Vasco da Gama
9. Napoleonic Wars
10. 0.2
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