10A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JANUARY 4, 2017
Posting Date January 2, 2017
1. ASTRONOMY: What makes the
planet Mars appear red?
2. INVENTIONS: What is the Latin
meaning of the velocipede, an early type
of bicycle?
3. GEOGRAPHY: What is the largest
freshwater swamp in North America?
4. MEDICINE: What are vasodilators?
5. HISTORY: When did Canada win
its independence?
6. MUSIC: Which 20th-century
bandleader was known as “the king of
swing”?
7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What
type of plant was used to make the first
paper?
8. MOVIES: What was Indiana Jones’
trademark weapon in the movie series?
9. LITERATURE: In Shakespeare’s
play, what is Julius Caesar warned about
just before his death?
10. LANGUAGE: What is the name
for bird eggs that were laid at the same
time?
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Trivia Test Answers
1. Abundance of iron oxide
2. Swift foot
3. Okefenokee
4. Medicines that dilate blood vessels
5. 1867
6. Benny Goodman
7. Papyrus
8. Bullwhip
9. The Ides of March
10. A clutch