COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Posting Date November 27, 2017
1. LITERATURE: What 20th-century
author wrote a short story titled “Gimpel
the Fool”?
2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Some-
times called “the second most visited
home in America,” what Memphis, Ten-
nessee, estate was designated a National
Historic Landmark in 2006?
3. GEOGRAPHY: What is the only
mountain in North America that exceeds
20,000 feet?
4. FIRSTS: Who became the first wom-
an in the British Parliament in 1919?
5. HISTORY: The International Com-
mittee of the Red Cross won what prize
in 1944?
6. SCIENCE: In forensic science, what
is dermatoglyphics?
7. MOVIES: In one of the movie’s
classic songs, how much sugar does
Mary Poppins say is necessary to make
the medicine go down?
8. MUSIC: What is the classification
for an album that sells 10 million copies?
9. EXPLORERS: What European
explorer was the first to reach the Missis-
sippi River in 1541?
10. MEDICAL TERMS: What is a
more common name for the malady
called pityriasis capitis?
Trivia Test Answers
1. Isaac Bashevis Singer
2. Graceland
3. Denali (Mount McKinley)
4. Lady Nancy Astor
5. The Nobel Peace Prize
6. The study of fingerprints
7. A spoonful
8. Diamond
9. Hernando de Soto
10. Dandruff
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