Test your trivia smarts

1. TELEVISION: In “Murphy Brown,” what was the name of the TV show that included the title character, played by Candice Bergen?

2. GAMES: What color is the cue ball in the game of pool?

3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the source of the drug digitalis?

4. THEATER: The Tony Awards were named after which director/actress?

5. LANGUAGE: What is the British term for “baloney” or nonsense?

6. COMPUTERS: What does the acronym FORTRAN stand for?

7. OLYMPICS: In what event would the “Fosbury flop” be used?

8. ANATOMY: What is the result of the condition called dysphasia?

9. GEOGRAPHY: The term “pyroclastic flow” would follow what kind of natural geographical occurrence?

Answers

1. “FYI”

2. White

3. The foxglove flower

4. Antoinette Perry

5. Codswallop

6. Computer programming language that stands for FORmula TRANslation

7. High jump

8. Impairment of speech and verbal comprehension

9. Volcanic eruption