Trivia Tidbits

[Isolde]

I started getting an ezine that has trivia questions. Lets see who can guess them right. I will post the answers tomorrow.



1. In Greek mythology, we learn that the queen of Crete mated with a sacred bull. She gave birth to a monster that was half man, half bull. What was this "monster" called?


2. What is thermochromic ink?


3. Who said, "It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes"?


4. What Spanish conquistador overthrew Montezuma?


5. What are the three rivers surrounding the island of Manhattan?


6. In 1975, Pele came out of retirement and played in the North American Soccer League. For which team did he play?


7. In one of his first films, Sidney Poitier was part of a black family that tried to move into a white neighborhood in the 1950's. What was the film?

 

[bluntforcemama]

Isolde, I LOVE your avatar!



Minotaur?

Heat Sensitive Ink?

Did you know bees and dogs can smell fear? (from Jerry MacGuire)

 

[Isolde]

ahhh didnt expect anyone to answer so quickly.


And thanks Myst...again it is thanks to the talented Imoen and the site

http://www.imagenetion.com/


I added a couple more questions btw.

 

[pabloback]

number 6 new york cosmos

 

[Isolde]

Answers:

1. A minotaur.

2. In which changes color when it is heated.

3. Thomas Aquinas, Italian theologian and philosopher

4. Cortez

5. The Hudson River, the East River, and the Harlem River.

6. The New York Cosmos.

7. "A Raisin in the Sun."