Other Trivia

9

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

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?

8

One of the world's great rivers rises in the mountains of Tibet and flows southeastward into the South China Sea in Vietnam. What river is it?

2

It has been around for hundreds of years, and is world famous because it leans. Its tilt kept growing for centuries, until engineers stabilized it in 2001. What is it?

Source: en.wikipedia.org

9

What is the most commonly used security feature in paper currency worldwide?

1

The Capitolio Nationale in Havana, Cuba, the nation's capital building constructed in 1929, is an almost exact replica of the capital building in which city of the world?

9

The date was May 18 of which year that Mt. Saint Helens erupted, and in which mountain chain is it located?

6

In addition to English, tens of thousands of inhabitants of Scotland, and some in Nova Scotia, speak what Celtic language?

13

That famous "Hollywood" sign above Los Angeles is one of the world's most recognizable landmarks, but when built in 1923, it had four more letters. What word was originally written there?

19

November, 1997, which 19-year old British girl was set free by a judge in Cambridge Massachusetts, overturning her conviction for murdering a baby?

20

Most people have 20 of these, but in 1921 a boy born in England had 29 of them. What were they?

13

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

1

When students graduate from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, they can join the Navy as officers at which rank?

5

For thousands of years the Chinese have extolled the virtues of this root. It is traditionally believed to rejuvenate and heal the body, and is even considered to be an aphrodisiac. What is it?

1

President George W. Bush's Vice President, Dick Cheney, served in what position on the cabinet of President George H. Bush?