Other Trivia

16

It was first used in New York City in 1857, and the price was 50¢ for 500 sheets. What was it?

9

What high church official has the same name as a bird?

1

How many of these are cities of Japan: Hitachi, Nikko, Sanyo, Toyota?

13

This country is one of the largest wine-producing countries of the world, where wine is grown in every region of the country. Which country is this?

13

Around what year was coffee first consumed as a beverage? Was it around 1000 B.C., 1000 A.D., or the 16th century?

19

Just about every day in the summertime, thousands of people join their voices together to sing a song which includes the name of a snack food. What song, what food?

1

What quotation is inscribed on the tombstone of Martin Luther King?

1

According to the United Nations and international law, the territorial waters of most countries extend how many miles out to sea from their shorelines?

14

In Japan, do the cars drive down the left side of the road, as in Britain, or the right side, as in the USA?

14

The writing styles of the Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians all evolved from the oldest type of writing known to mankind, dating from about 3000 BC. What was it?

10

Besides United States of America, what words are found on every U.S. coin?

4

When this Ohio college was founded in 1833, it became the first co-ed college in the US, and in 1841, first to award degrees to women. Which school?

13

In autumn, 1991, music promoter Bill Graham was killed in a helicopter crash after leaving Concord Pavilion, and a concert by which musical group?

13

Which country's flag contains a red and blue ying-yang symbol in the center of a white field?

9

This unit of currency is used in many countries of the world, including Argentina, Cuba, and the Phillipines. What is it?