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10B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL Aug. 24, 2016
Posting Date August 22, 2016
1. HISTORY: Which two towns were
destroyed by the eruption of Mount
Vesuvius in 79 AD?
2. GEOGRAPHY: In what country is
the Abel Tasman National Park located?
3. ANATOMY: How many vertebrae
are in the human body?
4. LITERATURE: In 1961, this author
published a selection of mystery stories
for young readers titled “Thirteen for
Luck”?
5. MOVIES: Which Alfred Hitch-
cock movie ends with a scene on Mount
Rushmore?
6. MONEY: How much was the British
farthing worth when it went out of circu-
lation in 1960?
7. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who served as
the 16th president of the United States?
8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which
ancient region’s name means “between
two rivers”?
9. MEDICINE: The drug digitalis is
derived from which flower?
10. ASTRONOMY: How often is Hal-
ley’s Comet visible from Earth?
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Trivia Test Answers
1. Pompeii and Herculaneum
2. New Zealand
3. 33
4. Agatha Christie
5. “North by Northwest”
6. One quarter of a penny
7. Abraham Lincoln
8. Mesopotamia
9. Foxglove
10. Every 75 or 76 years
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