Trivia fun

Matthew Chown
Updated January 14 2021 - 12:21pm, first published January 13 2021 - 11:51am

Looking to test yourself? See how many questions you can get right

  1. An 'erg' is a unit of what? Pressure, Mass, Length, Energy
  2. Which is the metric prefix for one hundred? Milli, Deca, Centi, Hecto,
  3. Adam Sandler starred in the movie "The Wedding what?" Singer, Guest, Cake, Crasher
  4. Complete the line from "Gone With The Wind": 'Frankly my dear, what'? I just think whatever, I don't give a damn, Tomorrow's another day, You make me sick
  5. What prehistoric period saw the end of the dinosaurs? Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleolithic
  6. Who was the Austrian-born wife of King Louis XVI of France? Moll Flanders, Marie Antoinette, Joan of Arc, Edith Piaf
  7. Which Jewish festival celebrates the Israelites' liberation from slavery in Egypt? Rosh Hashanah, Hanukkah, Yom Kippur, Passover
  8. Who was the first divorced man to be elected President of the USA? Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Herbert Hoover, John Adams
  9. The American M4 tank was better known by which General's name? Sheridan, Abrams, Sherman, Bradley
  10. What is the only active volcano on mainland Europe? Larderello, Etna, Stromboli, Mount Vesuvius
  11. What creatures were supposed to be the only survivors of a nuclear explosion? Wasps, Cockroaches, Fleas, Termites
  12. Which group got their name from the first initial of each of the members? KISS, INXS, ABBA, AC/DC
  13. Who wrote "Much Ado About Nothing"? Neil Simon, Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens
  14. Dakar is the capital of which African country? Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia

ANSWERS:

1.Energy, 2.Hecto, 3.Singer, 4.I don't give a damn, 5.Cretaceous, 6.Marie Antoinette, 7.Passover, 8.Ronald Reagan, 9.Sherman, 10.Mount Vesuvius, 11.Cockroaches, 12.ABBA, 13.William Shakespeare, 14.Senegal

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Matthew Chown

Matthew Chown

Journalist

Some of my favourite memories growing up are of picking up a newspaper and learning about the world. This inspired me to become a journalist and tell local stories with a passion. Email: matthew.chown@austcommunitymedia.com.au