Test your trivial skills

1. GEOGRAPHY: In terms of land area, what is Scandinavia’s largest country?

2. LANGUAGE: What do the British call eggplants?

3. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which U.S. president put down the Whisky Rebellion?

4. TELEVISION: What was the top-rated TV show for the 1970s?

5. NATURAL WORLD: In a plant, what is the name of the vessels that carry food from the leaves to the rest of the plant?

6. LITERATURE: Which Shakespearean play contains the line, “The quality of mercy is not strained”?

7. MUSIC: Singer Lionel Richie once was a member of which popular music group?

8. EXPLORERS: Which explorer constantly searched in vain for the “seven gold cities of Cibola”?

9. MOVIES: For what movie did Yul Brynner win an Oscar in 1956 for best actor?

10. MYTHOLOGY: According to Greek mythology, who resides in the Elysian Fields?

Answers

1. Sweden

2. Aubergines

3. George Washington

4. “All in the Family”

5. Phloem

6. “The Merchant of Venice”

7. The Commodores

8. Coronado

9. “The King and I”

10. The blessed dead