Trivia Quiz - Animals and More

Twenty Questions and Answers From a Year-End Quiz

Dec 20, 2007

Fun trivia including a lot of random general knowledge questions and several about animals.

Trivia Quiz for Readers

These are questions 41 through 60 of the big 2006 year-end trivia quiz first published for the readers of Accessible Travel on Suite101.com.

Answers below.

41. How do you say, "Merry Christmas" in German?

42. Name the three major Western religions.

43. What is the name of the sport played on a flying broom, in teams, where one of the playing pieces is called a golden snitch?

44. Is a hippopotamus a dangerous animal?

45. Where might you find a quoll, if you are lucky?

46. Where is the world's oldest surviving train station?

47. Who made a midnight ride with the instructions, "One if by land, two if by sea?"

48. What is the smallest country in the world?

49. How many eggs are in a dozen?

50. Do horses have toenails?

51. What event in the years 1918-1919 killed more people than World War One?

52. Where was the world championship for the sport of badminton held in 2006 (city and country)?

53. How can you tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile by appearance?

54. What country does the polar bear live in?

55. What kind of penguins do polar bears eat?

56. What are the three primary colours?

57. Where can you see the original Mona Lisa painting?

58. Which of these does not belong: dodo bird, snow leopard, passenger pigeon, Tasmanian tiger.

59. Who wrote the book Tom Sawyer – give pen name and real name.

60. If the interest rate is 10 percent per annum compounded annually and you borrow $100,000 for two full years at this rate, how much do you owe in total at the end of the two years?

BONUS QUESTION: There is a picture with this quiz. What country's flag is in the picture?

And, in a moment, the answers. First, here's more trivia:

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Answers to the Trivia Questions

41. How do you say, "Merry Christmas" in German? Fröhliche Weihnachten OR Frohe Weihnachten OR Gesegnete Weihnachten OR Schöne Weihnachten, more or less in order of popularity

42. Name the three major Western religions. In alphabetical order, Christianity, Islam, Judaism

43. What is the name of the sport played on a flying broom, in teams, where one of the playing pieces is called a golden snitch? Quidditch.

44. Is a hippopotamus a dangerous animal? Yes, in the wild they can be quite dangerous particularly to boaters.

45. Where might you find a quoll, if you are lucky? In Australia. Probably your best chance is in Tasmania.

46. Where is the world's oldest surviving train station? In Manchester, England, the Liverpool Road station.

47. Who made a midnight ride with the instructions, "One if by land, two if by sea?" Paul Revere

48. What is the smallest country in the world? Vatican City.

49. How many eggs are in a dozen? Twelve

50. Do horses have toenails? Yes, the hoof is the horse's toenail.

51. What event in the years 1918-1919 killed more people than World War One? The Spanish Influenza pandemic.

52. Where was the world championship for the sport of badminton held in 2006 (city and country)? Madrid, Spain

53. How can you tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile by appearance? The alligator has a wider snout and usually just its upper teeth show when it closes its mouth, whereas the crocodile has a narrow, V-shaped snout and both rows of teeth, upper and lower, show when it closes its mouth.

54. What country does the polar bear live in? Canada, Russia, Denmark (Greenland), Norway, and the USA (Alaska)

55. What kind of penguins do polar bears eat? None! Penguins live in the southern hemisphere, and polar bears live in the northern hemisphere, so they don't live together.

56. What are the three primary colours? Red, blue, yellow

57. Where can you see the original Mona Lisa painting? At the Louvre, in Paris, France

58. Which of these does not belong: dodo bird, snow leopard, passenger pigeon, Tasmanian tiger. Snow leopard. The others are believed to be extinct, though there is some slim hope that the Tasmanian tiger may still live.

59. Who wrote the book Tom Sawyer – give pen name and real name. Pen name: Mark Twain. Real name: Samuel Langhorn Clemens

60. If the interest rate is 10 percent per annum compounded annually and you borrow $100,000 for two full years at this rate, how much do you owe in total at the end of the two years? $100,000 + $10,000 for the first year + $11,000 for the second year = $121,000

BONUS: Canada