Literature Trivia
What kind of hat does the cat wear in the Dr. Seuss book The Cat in the Hat?
A red and white striped top hat
What are the two ingredients needed for a rainbow to form?
Water and sunshine
Fill in the blank. I want a ______ for Christmas!
Hippopotamus
Fill in the blank: The 19th Amendment guarantees ____ the right to vote
Women
What punctuation mark ends an imperative sentence? Imperative: A sentence that gives a command
A period or exclamation point
In the book Curious George, who is the monkey’s companion?
The man in the yellow hat
How many points does a snowflake have?
Six
What is a group of cats called?
A clowder
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
Russia
What is "cynophobia"?
Fear of dogs
Who wrote Charlotte’s Web, The Trumpet of the Swan, and Stuart Little?
E. B. White
What do you call an individual who forecasts the weather?
A meteorologist
Which has the thickest fur of any mammal?
Sea otter
Which two Native American leaders led Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors in the fight against Lieutenant Colonel George Custer’s troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
The first dictionary was written by?
Robert Cawdrey
The author of novels like "Snow" and "My Name is Red," Orhan Pamuk was the first Turkish person to win what prestigious literature award given out by the Swedish Academy? They also give out awards for medicine, chemistry, and peace.
Nobel Prize
What is the name of the famous movie about a tornado?
Twister
What is the smallest mammal in the world?
Bumblebee bat
What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during The Great Depression?
The New Deal
Demolition of the Berlin wall separating East and West Germany began in what year?
1989
What American author, popularly known by a pseudonym, considered Hartford the most beautiful city in the United States and settled there to write what are considered his bildungsroman masterpieces? Coincidentally, this Missouri-born man lived next door to Harriet Beecher Stowe while in Hartford.
Mark Twain
What is the minimum wind speed that a Tropical Strom must have in order to be classified as a hurricane?
74 mph
How do sea otters keep from drifting apart while they sleep?
They hold hands
Finish the line President Franklin D. Roosevelt said during his speech addressing the attack on Pearl Harbor: “Yesterday, December 7, 1941…”
“A date which will live in infamy”
How many languages are written from right to left?
12