Trivia Trivia questions, answers, and discussions Random Trivia by Eryn Clark, ADPC This activity includes 30 questions on a variety of topics. The questions are accompanied by the answers and additional information for discussion. There are several activity possibilities: • For a group activity, read and discuss the trivia questions and answers. Also print the picture page to pass around during the activity. • For independent activities, print and distribute fill-in-the-blank copies of the questions without the answers. Also available are the questions with the answers. • Post one or more of the trivia questions on your bulletin board every day or so throughout the month using this special sign. Trivia Questions and Answers 1. What “celestial” song was written for the 1932 Broadway show The Great Magoo and was originally named “If You Believed in Me”? Answer: “It’s Only a Paper Moon.” Jazz musicians like Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and Benny Goodman all recorded their own version of the song. 2. What is the name of the fortune-telling sphere that answers your questions, unless it doesn’t know, in which case it tells you to “ask again later”? Answer: The Magic 8-ball. Originally called the “Syco-Seer,” the toy was thought up by Albert Carter in the 1940s. It just so happens that his mother was a professional psychic. 3. How many major organ systems are found in the human body: 9, 11, or 20? Answer: 11 Bonus question: Can you name them all? Answer: The circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, nervous, endocrine, immune, integumentary (skin), skeletal, muscular, and reproductive systems. ©ActivityConnection.com – Random Trivia – Page of 1 4
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Trivia Trivia questions, answers, and discussions
Random Trivia by Eryn Clark, ADPC
This activity includes 30 questions on a variety of topics. The questions are accompanied by the answers and additional information for discussion.
There are several activity possibilities:
• For a group activity, read and discuss the trivia questions and answers. Also print the picture page to pass around during the activity.
• For independent activities, print and distribute fill-in-the-blank copies of the questions without the answers. Also available are the questions with the answers.
• Post one or more of the trivia questions on your bulletin board every day or so throughout the month using this special sign.
Trivia Questions and Answers 1. What “celestial” song was written for the 1932 Broadway show The Great Magoo and was
originally named “If You Believed in Me”?
Answer: “It’s Only a Paper Moon.” Jazz musicians like Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and Benny Goodman all recorded their own version of the song.
2. What is the name of the fortune-telling sphere that answers your questions, unless it doesn’t know, in which case it tells you to “ask again later”?
Answer: The Magic 8-ball. Originally called the “Syco-Seer,” the toy was thought up by Albert Carter in the 1940s. It just so happens that his mother was a professional psychic.
3. How many major organ systems are found in the human body: 9, 11, or 20?
Answer: 11
Bonus question: Can you name them all?
Answer: The circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, nervous, endocrine, immune, integumentary (skin), skeletal, muscular, and reproductive systems.
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4. What famous tennis champion has won 23 single grand slam titles, 15 doubles titles, four Olympic gold medals, and has a sister named Venus?
Answer: Serena Williams. On September 1, 2017, Serena became a new mom to a daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. Williams won the Australian Open in January 2017, when she was eight weeks pregnant.
5. What is the process called during which leaves use sunlight to create food (sugar) from carbon dioxide and water?
Answer: Photosynthesis. It was an English clergyman and scientist, Joseph Priestley, who began the study of photosynthesis in 1771. He observed that a plant (mint) placed in a sealed container with a candle could create enough oxygen for the candle to remain lit.
6. What Canadian-born personality famously hosted the radio-turned-television shows People Are Funny and House Party?
Answer: Art Linkletter. He later was given his own show in 1963 called The Art Linkletter Show. He also wrote a very popular book titled Kids Say the Darndest Things!
7. What city is over 1,400 years old, was once known for being the “kitchen of its nation,” and is located on the main island of Honshu?
Answer: Osaka. It is one of the oldest cities in Japan and has over 800 bridges.
8. What is the name of the icicle-shaped formation found hanging from the ceiling of a cave?
Answer: A stalactite. When these drip, they can also form the icicle-shaped formations that rise up from a cave floor as well. These are called stalagmites.
9. What world famous supermodel of the 1960s was known for her thin frame, wide eyes, and the London “mod” scene?
Answer: Twiggy. She was born in London in 1949, and her given name was Lesley Hornby. Along with her modeling career, she made television and movie appearances, like in the 1981 movie The Blues Brothers.
10. What does it mean if something is a “no-brainer”?
Answer: An obvious answer/decision. The term was first used by cartoonist Carl Grubert in the 1959 cartoon The Berrys.
11. What product used the slogan “A little dab’ll do ya”?
Answer: Brylcreem. Brylcreem has been around since 1928, but it was originally only sold to barbers. By the 1950s, it was one of the most popular hairstyling products for men.
12. All the gases that gravity holds to Earth make up what?
Answer: The atmosphere. Earth’s atmosphere is only about 60 miles thick and made up of mainly nitrogen and oxygen.
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13. What official animal of Australia is known for being a very good jumper?
Answer: The kangaroo. Kangaroos can see about 300 degrees around at any one time due to the position of their eyes.
14. What does acrylic paint become when it dries?
Answer: Plastic. It was Mexican muralists who first began experimenting with acrylic paints in the 1920s and ’30s. Before this, they were originally created for use in more industrial settings.
15. What outermost layer of the sun also shares its name with a Mexican beer?
Answer: Corona. You can see the corona of the sun during a total solar eclipse.
16. In 1952, one movie received Academy Awards for Best Actress (Vivien Leigh), Best Supporting Actor (Karl Malden), and Best Supporting Actress (Kim Hunter). What was the title of that movie?
Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire. The movie is based on the Tennessee Williams’ play, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize.
17. From which language do the words buffet, gourmet, filet, and chalet originate?
Answer: French
18. What is another name for a normal distribution curve or Gaussian distribution curve?
Answer: A bell curve. It shows data distribution with the mean located at the apex of the curve. Bell curves are always in the shape of a bell.
19. What novel written by George Orwell in 1949 became a best-selling book again in 2017?
Answer: 1984. The book is about a dystopian future where the government known as “Big Brother” is always watching you.
20. Over 70 percent of the global market relies on Canada to produce what product that comes from trees?
Answer: Maple syrup. Of that, 92 percent comes from Québec.
21. Who was famous for introducing Johnny Carson with the phrase “Heeeere’s Johnny!” on The Tonight Show?
Answer: Ed McMahon. Beginning in 1962, he held this job for 30 years. McMahon was also well-known for helping sell a variety of products from Budweiser to Breck Shampoo to Sara Lee. Did you know one of his first jobs was as a bingo caller?
22. What popular candy from Germany (or Italy depending on who you ask) is made from ground almonds and sugar?
Answer: Marzipan. The higher the ratio of almonds in the mixture, the more expensive the marzipan.
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23. Who went on expeditions with Meriwether Lewis to explore the land of the Louisiana Purchase?
Answer: William Clark. Their journey began in May of 1804, lasted two years, and took the men more than 8,000 miles.
24. Who was Time magazine’s Man of the Year for 1958 and France’s president from 1959 to 1969?
Answer: Charles de Gaulle. Charles de Gaulle was a commander in World War II and the first president of the Fifth Republic of France.
25. What book has sold more copies than any other?
Answer: The Bible. As of May 2012, the Bible is believed to have sold over 3,900,000,000 copies. The second-most sold book was on the Chinese Revolution, Works of Mao Tse-tung, which sold roughly 820,000,000 copies.
26. What fashion company still popular today began in Florence, Italy, selling leather goods such as saddles and saddlebags: Versace, Burberry, Gucci, or Armani?
Answer: Gucci. Guccio Gucci founded his company in 1921. When cars became more popular than horses, he switched to selling more fine leather goods and luggage. By the 1930s, he added a shop in Rome, and his selection included even more accessories like belts, shoes, and gloves.
27. What country is famous for the Great Pyramid of Giza and has borders on the Mediterranean and Red Seas?
Answer: Egypt. Cairo is the capital of the Arab Republic of Egypt (official name).
28. What is a group of atoms bonded together called?
Answer: A molecule. A molecule is the smallest piece of a chemical compound that still has all of the compound’s properties.
29. What type of bear lives in the arctic and is a very strong swimmer?
Answer: Polar bear. Polar bears can weigh up to 1,600 pounds and grow to eight feet tall. In 1973, an agreement to help protect them was made by the U.S., Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Russia.
30. What television show ran from 1952 to 1966 and centered around a nice married couple and their sons, Ricky and David Nelson?
Answer: The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. In the show’s 14-year run, they made 435 episodes, and that doesn’t include the radio shows they made before they went on television. They started on the radio in 1944, and in the beginning, different actors played the boys until Ozzie and Harriet’s own children joined the cast in 1949.
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Random Trivia (Questions Only)
1. What “celestial” song was written for the 1932 Broadway show The Great Magoo and was originally named “If You Believed in Me”?
Answer: !
2. What is the name of the fortune-telling sphere that answers your questions, unless it doesn’t know, in which case it tells you to “ask again later”?
Answer: !
3. How many major organ systems are found in the human body: 9, 11, or 20?
Answer: !
Bonus question: Can you name them all?
Answer: !
4. What famous tennis champion has won 23 single grand slam titles, 15 doubles titles, four Olympic gold medals, and has a sister named Venus?
Answer:!
5. What is the process called during which leaves use sunlight to create food (sugar) from carbon dioxide and water?
Answer: !
6. What Canadian-born personality famously hosted the radio-turned-television shows People Are Funny and House Party?
Answer: !
7. What city is over 1,400 years old, was once known for being the “kitchen of its nation,” and is located on the main island of Honshu?
Answer: !
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8. What is the name of the icicle-shaped formation found hanging from the ceiling of a cave?
Answer: !
9. What world famous supermodel of the 1960s was known for her thin frame, wide eyes, and the London “mod” scene?
Answer:!
10. What does it mean if something is a “no-brainer”?
Answer: !
11. What product used the slogan “A little dab’ll do ya”?
Answer: !
12. All the gases that gravity holds to Earth make up what?
Answer: !
13. What official animal of Australia is known for being a very good jumper?
Answer: !
14. What does acrylic paint become when it dries?
Answer: !
15. What outermost layer of the sun also shares its name with a Mexican beer?
Answer: !
16. In 1952, one movie received Academy Awards for Best Actress (Vivien Leigh), Best Supporting Actor (Karl Malden), and Best Supporting Actress (Kim Hunter). What was the title of that movie?
Answer: !
17. From which language do the words buffet, gourmet, filet, and chalet originate?
Answer: !
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18. What is another name for a normal distribution curve or Gaussian distribution curve?
Answer: !
19. What novel written by George Orwell in 1949 became a best-selling book again in 2017?
Answer: !
20. Over 70 percent of the global market relies on Canada to produce what product that comes from trees?
Answer: !
21. Who was famous for introducing Johnny Carson with the phrase “Heeeere’s Johnny!” on The Tonight Show?
Answer: !
22. What popular candy from Germany (or Italy depending on who you ask) is made from ground almonds and sugar?
Answer: !
23. Who went on expeditions with Meriwether Lewis to explore the land of the Louisiana Purchase?
Answer: !
24. Who was Time magazine’s Man of the Year for 1958 and France’s president from 1959 to 1969?
Answer: !
25. What book has sold more copies than any other?
Answer: !
26. What fashion company still popular today began in Florence, Italy, selling leather goods such as saddles and saddlebags: Versace, Burberry, Gucci, or Armani?
Answer: !
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27. What country is famous for the Great Pyramid of Giza and has borders on the Mediterranean and Red Seas?
Answer: !
28. What is a group of atoms bonded together called?
Answer: !
29. What type of bear lives in the arctic and is a very strong swimmer?
Answer: !
30. What television show ran from 1952 to 1966 and centered around a nice married couple and their sons, Ricky and David Nelson?
Answer: !
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Random Trivia (Questions with Answers)
1. What “celestial” song was written for the 1932 Broadway show The Great Magoo and was originally named “If You Believed in Me”?
Answer: “It’s Only a Paper Moon.” Jazz musicians like Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and Benny Goodman all recorded their own version of the song.
2. What is the name of the fortune-telling sphere that answers your questions, unless it doesn’t know, in which case it tells you to “ask again later”?
Answer: The Magic 8-ball. Originally called the “Syco-Seer,” the toy was thought up by Albert Carter in the 1940s. It just so happens that his mother was a professional psychic.
3. How many major organ systems are found in the human body: 9, 11, or 20?
Answer: 11
Bonus question: Can you name them all?
Answer: The circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, nervous, endocrine, immune, integumentary (skin), skeletal, muscular, and reproductive systems.
4. What famous tennis champion has won 23 single grand slam titles, 15 doubles titles, four Olympic gold medals, and has a sister named Venus?
Answer: Serena Williams. On September 1, 2017, Serena became a new mom to a daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. Williams won the Australian Open in January 2017, when she was eight weeks pregnant.
5. What is the process called during which leaves use sunlight to create food (sugar) from carbon dioxide and water?
Answer: Photosynthesis. It was an English clergyman and scientist, Joseph Priestley, who began the study of photosynthesis in 1771. He observed that a plant (mint) placed in a sealed container with a candle could create enough oxygen for the candle to remain lit.
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6. What Canadian-born personality famously hosted the radio-turned-television shows People Are Funny and House Party?
Answer: Art Linkletter. He later was given his own show in 1963 called The Art Linkletter Show. He also wrote a very popular book titled Kids Say the Darndest Things!
7. What city is over 1,400 years old, was once known for being the “kitchen of its nation,” and is located on the main island of Honshu?
Answer: Osaka. It is one of the oldest cities in Japan and has over 800 bridges.
8. What is the name of the icicle-shaped formation found hanging from the ceiling of a cave?
Answer: A stalactite. When these drip, they can also form the icicle-shaped formations that rise up from a cave floor as well. These are called stalagmites.
9. What world famous supermodel of the 1960s was known for her thin frame, wide eyes, and the London “mod” scene?
Answer: Twiggy. She was born in London in 1949, and her given name was Lesley Hornby. Along with her modeling career, she made television and movie appearances, like in the 1981 movie The Blues Brothers.
10. What does it mean if something is a “no-brainer”?
Answer: An obvious answer/decision. The term was first used by cartoonist Carl Grubert in the 1959 cartoon The Berrys.
11. What product used the slogan “A little dab’ll do ya”?
Answer: Brylcreem. Brylcreem has been around since 1928, but it was originally only sold to barbers. By the 1950s, it was one of the most popular hairstyling products for men.
12. All the gases that gravity holds to Earth make up what?
Answer: The atmosphere. Earth’s atmosphere is only about 60 miles thick and made up of mainly nitrogen and oxygen.
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13. What official animal of Australia is known for being a very good jumper?
Answer: The kangaroo. Kangaroos can see about 300 degrees around at any one time due to the position of their eyes.
14. What does acrylic paint become when it dries?
Answer: Plastic. It was Mexican muralists who first began experimenting with acrylic paints in the 1920s and ’30s. Before this, they were originally created for use in more industrial settings.
15. What outermost layer of the sun also shares its name with a Mexican beer?
Answer: Corona. You can see the corona of the sun during a total solar eclipse.
16. In 1952, one movie received Academy Awards for Best Actress (Vivien Leigh), Best Supporting Actor (Karl Malden), and Best Supporting Actress (Kim Hunter). What was the title of that movie?
Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire. The movie is based on the Tennessee Williams’ play, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize.
17. From which language do the words buffet, gourmet, filet, and chalet originate?
Answer: French
18. What is another name for a normal distribution curve or Gaussian distribution curve?
Answer: A bell curve. It shows data distribution with the mean located at the apex of the curve. Bell curves are always in the shape of a bell.
19. What novel written by George Orwell in 1949 became a best-selling book again in 2017?
Answer: 1984. The book is about a dystopian future where the government known as “Big Brother” is always watching you.
20. Over 70 percent of the global market relies on Canada to produce what product that comes from trees?
Answer: Maple syrup. Of that, 92 percent comes from Québec.
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21. Who was famous for introducing Johnny Carson with the phrase “Heeeere’s Johnny!” on The Tonight Show?
Answer: Ed McMahon. Beginning in 1962, he held this job for 30 years. McMahon was also well-known for helping sell a variety of products from Budweiser to Breck Shampoo to Sara Lee. Did you know one of his first jobs was as a bingo caller?
22. What popular candy from Germany (or Italy depending on who you ask) is made from ground almonds and sugar?
Answer: Marzipan. The higher the ratio of almonds in the mixture, the more expensive the marzipan.
23. Who went on expeditions with Meriwether Lewis to explore the land of the Louisiana Purchase?
Answer: William Clark. Their journey began in May of 1804, lasted two years, and took the men more than 8,000 miles.
24. Who was Time magazine’s Man of the Year for 1958 and France’s president from 1959 to 1969?
Answer: Charles de Gaulle. Charles de Gaulle was a commander in World War II and the first president of the Fifth Republic of France.
25. What book has sold more copies than any other?
Answer: The Bible. As of May 2012, the Bible is believed to have sold over 3,900,000,000 copies. The second-most sold book was on the Chinese Revolution, Works of Mao Tse-tung, which sold roughly 820,000,000 copies.
26. What fashion company still popular today began in Florence, Italy, selling leather goods such as saddles and saddlebags: Versace, Burberry, Gucci, or Armani?
Answer: Gucci. Guccio Gucci founded his company in 1921. When cars became more popular than horses, he switched to selling more fine leather goods and luggage. By the 1930s, he added a shop in Rome, and his selection included even more accessories like belts, shoes, and gloves.
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27. What country is famous for the Great Pyramid of Giza and has borders on the Mediterranean and Red Seas?
Answer: Egypt. Cairo is the capital of the Arab Republic of Egypt (official name).
28. What is a group of atoms bonded together called?
Answer: A molecule. A molecule is the smallest piece of a chemical compound that still has all of the compound’s properties.
29. What type of bear lives in the arctic and is a very strong swimmer?
Answer: Polar bear. Polar bears can weigh up to 1,600 pounds and grow to eight feet tall. In 1973, an agreement to help protect them was made by the U.S., Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Russia.
30. What television show ran from 1952 to 1966 and centered around a nice married couple and their sons, Ricky and David Nelson?
Answer: The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. In the show’s 14-year run, they made 435 episodes, and that doesn’t include the radio shows they made before they went on television. They started on the radio in 1944, and in the beginning, different actors played the boys until Ozzie and Harriet’s own children joined the cast in 1949.
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