Smurf trivia
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100

Who created the Smurfs?

Peyo

100

What were  two brothers (bicyclemakers ) responsible for on a blustery day in 1903 in Kill Devil Hills North Carolina?

The first powered flight. It lasted twelve seconds.

(The first flight is fine for the answer.)

100

In which country was Adolf Hitler born and raised?

Austria

100

Who said "I have been sent by God and his angels, and I shall drive you from our land of France."

Joan of Arc

100

Which muppet is infatuated with chickens?

Gonzo

200

What color is Papa Smurf's hat?

red

200

Which King Edward of England gave up the throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson?

Edward VIII

200

When it was discovered in 1793 that the disease scurvy was caused by a lack of vitamin C, the British admiralty began supplying what to its sailors?

citrus fruits

200

In India, what animals wore armor and were trained to charge, trample, and terrify enemies?

Elephants

200

What musical instrument does Animal play?

drums

300

Who is Jokey Smurf's favorite target?

Brainy Smurf

300

Which feature-length cartoon movie took three years to make and cost over a million dollars back in 1939?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

300

What did the Aboriginal people of Australia use boomerangs for?

Hunting

300

Who was jailed in South Africa in 1964 as he campaigned to overthrow apartheid or racial segregation?

Nelson Mandela

300

Which Muppet wears a brown hat and a neckscarf and is supposed to be Kermit's "identical twin" in one of the Muppet movies?

Fozzie 

400

What kind of hat does Greedy Smurf wear?

A chef's hat

400

Who published the first volume of folk tales, back in 1812?

The Grimm brothers

400

In which country was Ferdinand Magellan killed?

The Philippines

400

Who was arrested for killing JFK, but was later shot and killed while being transferred to jail?

Lee Harvey Oswald

400

Which muppet did Jim Henson most identify with?

Kermit the Frog

500

How old is Papa Smurf? (You can get this right if within 50 years of the correct answer.)

542 years old

500

What was considered one of the first works of science fiction, published back in 1818?

Frankenstein

500

In what year did Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvarez Cabral accidentally "discover" Brazil. (He claimed it for Portugal.)

You get a range of twenty years to win the points.

1500

500

Who, with her book The Feminine Mystique, published in 1963, led to the Women's Lib mvt campaigning for women to do the same jobs and get the same pay as men?

Betty Friedan

500

Which muppet first appeared in ads for Purina?

Rowlf

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