Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) What was one of the first foreign wars for the U.S.?

2) Virtually all of us have been bothered by the Musca domestica. What is the common term for this creature?

3) What determines the starting date of Chinese New Year?

4) Which U.S. city contains the world's railway bridge?

Answers:

1) The conflict was the Tripolitan or Barbary Wars (1800 - 1815). It was precipitated by piracy.

2) Housefly

3) After the winter solstice, the second new moon decides the starting date.

4) New Orleans' Huey P. Long Bridge is the longest railway bridge.