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How many players take part in a traditional game of cribbage?
Two
Less traditional versions of the game are played with three or more players.
What sport uses the terms hook, turkey, and kingpin?
Bowling
A hook is a bowling ball that breaks to the left or right. When a player bowls three strikes in a row, it is called a turkey. The kingpin is the name for the headpin.
In what province is Calgary?
Alberta
Calgary is the largest city in Alberta. The 1988 Winter Olympic Games were held there.
In what city in the Netherlands was Anne Frank’s hiding place?
Amsterdam
Anne and her family hid in a secret annex in her father’s workplace. Following their discovery in 1944, they were transported to the concentration camps. The father was the only survivor.
What is the square root of 100?
10
Numbers like 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, and 100 are called perfect squares because their square roots are whole numbers.
What female tennis player won six Wimbledon singles titles six years in a row?
Martina Navratilova
Navratilova beat Steffi Graf on July 4, 1987, to set the record, which has held up to this day. It was her eighth Wimbledon singles victory.
What professional sport did Pete Rose play?
Baseball
Pete Rose was placed on Major League Baseball’s permanently ineligible list in 1989 after an investigation concluded he had bet on baseball games.
What is the oldest swimming stroke?
The Breaststroke
According to many sources, people have been using the breaststroke since the 16th century.
What types of food are beefsteak, heirloom, and Roma?
Tomatoes
Its use as food originated in Mexico. Following the Spanish colonization of the Americas, tomatoes became popular worldwide.
What was Mary Poppins’ occupation?
Nanny
P.L. Travers authored the Mary Poppins children’s books. The musical was based on the first book of the series.
What television show stars Jerry Mathers as Theodore Cleaver?
Leave It to Beaver
Beaver is the nickname of Theodore Cleaver. Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont play Beaver’s parents in the popular sitcom.
What is the first day of Lent called?
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday always falls 46 days before Easter (40 days of Lent plus six Sundays).
Who wrote Rip Van Winkle?
Washington Irving
It was a short story published in 1819. The story is set in the Catskill Mountains in New York.
According to the George M. Cohan song, what is a “grand old name”?
Mary
The song “Mary’s a Grand Old Name” first appeared in Cohan’s Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway musical in 1906.
In what decade did Man o’ War retire from horse racing: the 1920s or 1930s?
1920s
His final race took place in Windsor, Ontario. The racehorse won 20 out of 21 races during his two-year career.
What is the most common eye color in humans?
Brown
The least common are green, violet, and auburn.
What order of animals are the rhinoceros, elephant, and aardvark?
Pachyderms
A hippopotamus is also a pachyderm. One characteristic of a pachyderm is thick skin.
What world capital city comes first alphabetically? (Hint: It is the capital of the United Arab Emirates.)
Abu Dhabi
Not only is it the capital but it is also the second-largest city in the United Arab Emirates.
What do you call the sovereign’s representative in the provinces?
Lieutenant-governor
They are called commissioners in the territories.
How many lines does a limerick have?
Five
Edward Lear popularized the limerick in the mid-1800s. He wrote more than 200 of them during that time.
What musical instrument did Fats Waller play?
Piano
The jazz pianist laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano in the 1920s and 1930s.
How does the moon affect the ocean?
It affects the tides of the ocean
The moon’s gravity pulls powerfully on both sides of the ocean. The rotation of Earth and the moon’s gravitational pull cause tides to change.
What was the name of Oliver Hardy’s partner?
Stan Laurel
Laurel and Hardy first teamed up in 1927. They made more than 100 films together.
What is the name of the sea that lies between Israel and Jordan?
The Dead Sea
It is the lowest-elevation body of water in the world and one of the saltiest.
By what nickname is T.E. Lawrence known?
Lawrence of Arabia
The film Lawrence of Arabia was based on his role as liaison during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, and the Arab Revolt against Turkish rule during World War I.