TRIVIA TEST
By Fifi Rodriguez
1. GEOGRAPHY: What U.S. state does the Kennebec River flow through?
2. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: Who once said, “There’s no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you”?
3. MOVIES: In which movie was the following line uttered and by which character? “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”
4. ANATOMY: What human gland produces growth hormones?
5. MUSIC: In musical notation, what does the direction “mezzo” mean?
6. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Of the seven deadly sins, which one is missing from this list — avarice, envy, gluttony, lust, sloth and wrath?
7. ENTERTAINERS: What was comedian Jackie Gleason’s famous parting line?
8. LANGUAGE: How would you describe someone who is “garrulous”?
9. TELEVISION: Cult favorite “Twin Peaks” was set and filmed in which U.S. state?
10. TRANSPORTATION: Where might you ride a “vaporetto”?
Answers
1. Maine
2. Will Rogers
3. “Animal House” (Dean Wormer)
4. Pituitary
5. Middle or moderate
6. Pride
7. “And away we go …”
8. Talkative or chatty
9. Washington
10. Venice, Italy. A vaporetto is a motorboat used for transport in the canals.
© 2008 King Features Synd., Inc.