Mar
9th

Mind Quest Trivia #26

  1. What team does David Beckham play for in Major League Soccer?
  2. What state is the Grand Canyon located?
  3. Name the villains in the 1997 film Batman & Robin.
  4. Who was the longest serving Prime Minister of Canada?
  5. Who wrote The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man and The Island of Dr Moreau?
  6. This set of quintuplets was born on May 28, 1934 and their controversy guardianship made them sensations. Name the quintuplets.
  7. This bank uses the slogan “The World’s Local Bank”. Name the bank.
  8. “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” is part of what Isaac Newton’s law?
  9. The Canadian, Arthur Sicard, devised this machine for winter. Name what Sicard developed.
  10. This famous tower in Italy is tilted southeast a few degrees. Name the tower.
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Mar
9th

Barbie Doll

March 9, 1959

The toymaker Mattel Inc. unveils its Barbie doll.

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Mar
2nd

Mind Quest Trivia #41

  1. Name the only NHL player who wore the letter C as caption and won Stanley Cups on two different teams.
  2. The Amazon River runs through what continent?
  3. Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win this award. What award did she win?
  4. What is Gordon Sumner’s stage name?
  5. A.A. Milne is famous for creating what children’s fictional character?
  6. On July 2, 2005, this event brought awareness to poverty and people around the world tuned into this event. Name the event.
  7. RCA stands for what?
  8. On the periodic table of elements, what is the symbol Sn?
  9. In July 1997, NASA landed its robot on the planet Mars. What was the name of the robot?
  10. This national landmark in South Dakota has statues of heads of former United States presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. Name the attraction.

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Mar
2nd

Real Madrid

March 6, 1903

Real Madrid, the Spanish soccer organization, is founded.

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