Month: May 2018

Trivia Column for May 6, 2018

(answers are listed after the questions)

QUESTIONS

  1. Who became the oldest man in space in 1998 on his second shuttle mission?
  2. Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963?
  3. What kind of online service is WhatsApp?
  4. Which is the handheld grinding tool, the mortar or the pestle?
  5. What Blue Jays player has the nickname The Train?
  6. Is okra a fruit or vegetable?
  7. Who did Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock win a Stanley Cup with?
  8. What kind of animal is a Portuguese man-of-war?
  9. Where did a serious U.S. nuclear plant accident happen in 1979?
  10. What is the NATO phonetic alphabet word for the letter M?

 

ANSWERS

  1. John Glenn
  2. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
  3. voice, text, video messaging
  4. the pestle
  5. Steve Pearce
  6. botanically, a fruit
  7. Detroit Red Wings, 2008
  8. a jellyfish
  9. Three Mile Island, Penn.
  10. Mike