Trivia Night round 1

Shuffleboard

100

• 1. In traditional indoor shuffleboard scoring, what happens if a disk touches the line but does not fully cross it?
  A. Half points are awarded
  B. The disk scores the higher value
  C. The disk scores zero points
  D. The disk is replayed 

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• C. The disk scores zero points

200

• 2. What is the maximum number of points a player can score in a single frame in standard shuffleboard?
  A. 8
  B. 12
  C. 16
  D. 20 

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• C. 16

300

• 3. What is the primary purpose of applying shuffleboard wax (also called sand or powder) to the court?
  A. To slow down disks
  B. To protect the court surface
  C. To reduce disk friction and increase glide
  D. To clean the playing surface

C. To reduce disk friction and increase glide

400

• 4. In tournament play, how many disks does each player or team use per frame?
  A. 2
  B. 4
  C. 6
  D. 8
  
  

• B. 4
  
  
  

500

• 5. Which scoring zone is considered most strategic because it is hardest to defend?
  A. 7-point zone
  B. 10-off zone
  C. 8-point zone
  D. 10-point zone
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• D. 10-point zone

Famous Routes

100

• 1. The Silk Road was not a single road, but a network primarily connecting China to which region?
  A. Northern Europe
  B. Sub-Saharan Africa
  C. The Mediterranean Basin
  D. Southeast Asia

• C. The Mediterranean Basin

200

• 2. Which famous route helped spread Buddhism from India into East Asia?
  A. Amber Road
  B. Silk Road
  C. Royal Road
  D. Via Appia

• B. Silk Road

300

• 3. Route 66 originally connected which two U.S. cities?
  A. New York and Los Angeles
  B. Chicago and Santa Monica
  C. Dallas and San Diego
  D. St. Louis and Phoenix
  
  

• B. Chicago and Santa Monica

400

• 4. The Via Appia, one of the earliest Roman roads, primarily connected Rome to which city?
  A. Florence
  B. Naples
  C. Brindisi
  D. Venice

• C. Brindisi

500

• 5. The Oregon Trail ended primarily in which present-day state?
  A. California
  B. Utah
  C. Washington
  D. Oregon

• D. Oregon

What Came First?

100

• What came first?
  A. The first commercial television broadcast
  B. The first frozen food sold commercially
  C. The first commercial airline flight
  D. The first traffic light
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• D. The first traffic light

200

• What came first?
  A. The zipper on clothing
  B. The electric washing machine
  C. The paper clip
  D. The safety razor

• C. The paper clip

300

6. What came first?
   A. The first subway system
   B. The Eiffel Tower
   C. The first escalator
   D. The first skyscraper 
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A. The first subway system

400

What came first?
A. The telephone
B. The light bulb
C. The phonograph
D. The electric fan

• C. The phonograph

500

19. What came first?
    A. The first Olympic Games of the modern era
    B. The invention of basketball
    C. The invention of the automobile
    D. The first motion picture

• A. The first Olympic Games of the modern era

Space Missions

100

• 1. Which mission first returned samples from an asteroid to Earth?
  A. Stardust
  B. Hayabusa
  C. OSIRIS-REx
  D. Rosetta

• B. Hayabusa

200

• 2. What was the primary objective of the Apollo 8 mission?

  A. Test the Lunar Module
  B. Perform the first spacewalk
  C. Orbit the Moon with a crew
  D. Land on the Moon

  
  

• C. Orbit the Moon with a crew

300

• 3. Which space mission famously experienced an oxygen tank explosion in 1970?

  A. Gemini 8
  B. Apollo 12
  C. Apollo 13
  D. Skylab 4

• C. Apollo 13

400

• 4. What was the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars?

  A. Pathfinder
  B. Viking 1
  C. Mariner 9
  D. Curiosity

• B. Viking 1

500

• 5. Which Soviet mission was the first to land on Venus?

  A. Venera 7
  B. Luna 9
  C. Vostok 6
  D. Zond 5

A. Venera 7

Rare Animals

100

• 1. The saola, sometimes called the “Asian unicorn,” is native to which region?
  A. The Himalayas
  B. The Amazon Basin
  C. Vietnam and Laos
  D. Southern China

• C. Vietnam and Laos

200

• 2. Which rare mammal lays eggs instead of giving live birth?
  A. Echidna
  B. Platypus
  C. Pangolin
  D. Aardvark

• B. Platypus

300

• 3. The kakapo is a rare parrot known for which unusual trait?
  A. It migrates thousands of miles
  B. It is nocturnal and flightless
  C. It mimics human speech perfectly
  D. It lives underwater

• B. It is nocturnal and flightless

400

• 4. The axolotl is famous for which extraordinary ability?
  A. Producing venom
  B. Changing color to blend in
  C. Regenerating lost body parts
  D. Living without oxygen

• C. Regenerating lost body parts

500

5. The vaquita is one of the rarest animals in the world. What type of animal is it?
A. A seal
B. A dolphin
C. A porpoise
D. A whale

• C. A porpoise