Monday, June 13, 2011

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Which worldwide organization was founded by two friends, Dr. Robert Smith and William G. Wilson, on this date in 1935?

2) The first television debate between vice-presidential candidates was held in 1976. Who were the candidates?

3) Who was the first African-American to win an Oscar?

4) Of commonly used words, which is the longest word typed only using the left hand? With the right hand?

5) Which four words end in "_dous"?

6) Who invented scissors?

7) What common word in the English language ends in "_mt"?

Answers:

1) Alcoholics Anonymous

2) Walter Mondale and Bob Dole

3) Hattie McDaniel won for her role in Gone With the Wind.

4) left hand: stewardesses; right hand: lollipop

5) stupendous, horrendous, tremendous, hazardous

6) Scissors were first devised in ancient Egypt, dating back to 1500, BCE, however, Leonardo da Vinci is credited with inventing scissors as we know them today.

7) dreamt

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