Test your knowledge

1. Famous Quotations: Who once said, “My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world.”

2. Movies: Which award-winning actress starred in “Auntie Mame”?

3. Television: In which television sitcom did the character Reverend Jim appear?

4. General Knowledge: What is the common birthstone associated with the month of February?

5. History: Which two early American cities were linked by the Natchez Trace route?

6. Mythology: What were the Hesperides?

7. Geography: What body of water lies to the east of North Korea and South Korea?

8. Games: What equipment is used in the game of curling?

9. Ad slogans: What product is advertised with the slogan, “The quicker picker-upper.”

10. Phobias: What kind of fear is represented by syngenesophobia

Answers

1. George Bernard Shaw

2. Rosalind Russell

3. “Taxi”

4. Amethyst

5. Nashville, Tenn. and Natchez, Miss.

6. Greek nymphs of the evening

7. Sea of Japan

8. Special stones, handles and brooms

9. Bounty paper towels

10. A fear of relatives