Today's Trivia Questions

9

The classes in a school run from 8:15 a.m. until 3:06 P.M. . There are 8 class periods with 5 minutes passing time between classes. How long is each class period?

2

What is the highest possible score you could get in a game of bowling without throwing even one strike?

7

Which word, meaning fanatic, comes from the name of the first century Jewish group that fought against Roman rule in Palestine?

4

Founded in 1909, what is the oldest civil rights organization in the United States?

17

The country that lies closest to Cuba, lies about 50 miles east of Cuba. Which country is it?

9

In 1775 the Spanish named this island in the San Francisco Bay Alcatraz, which meant what?

10

According to the principle of German biologist Karl Bergmann, warm-blooded animals living in cold climates tend to be ... bigger? or smaller?... than animals of the same species living in warm climates.

12

Which 1993 Bill Murray film had an animal name in the title?

17

Which food chain lost more than $29 million in the 1st quarter of 1993 after their hamburgers were linked to deadly bacterial outbreaks?

4

Although this person had been already dead for over 25 years, he shared the Grammy Award for best record in 1991. Who was he?

10

Can you identify two National Hockey League teams from the Canadian province of Alberta?

5

Can you name any three chemical elements named for locations on the earth?

7

The scientific name for this kind of wild herb is known as mentha piperita. Its leaves contain a pungent oil used for flavoring. How is it commonly known?

17

What do we call a person or animal that lacks normal pigmentation, so that the skin and hair are unusually white?

18

Which crew members of Apollo 11 were the first two human beings to walk on the moon (July 20, 1969)?