Test your talent for trivia

1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which stadium was dubbed “the Eighth Wonder of the World” when it opened?

2. RELIGION: How did the martyr St. Valentine die?

3. GEOGRAPHY: Which nation of Africa reaches the farthest north?

4. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek prefix “geo” mean?

5. ENTERTAINER: Which entertainer’s original name was Reginald Dwight?

6. FIRSTS: Who was the first American woman to win three gold medals at the Olympics?

7. MOVIES: In what classic movie does John Wayne play a character called “the Ringo Kid”?

8. LITERATURE: Who wrote “The Confessions of Nat Turner” and “Sophie’s Choice”?

9. HISTORY: Who was Time magazine’s Man of the Year in 1938?

10. MEASUREMENTS: What does the metric prefix “kilo-” mean?

Answers

1. Houston Astrodome

2. Beheaded

3. Tunisia

4. Earth

5. Elton John

6. Wilma Rudolph

7. “Stagecoach”

8. William Styron

9. Adolf Hitler

10. Thousand