January 2015 - Trivia Questions and Answers - TriviaQA

English Usage Trivia

(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):If your teacher uses the following symbol on your term paper, it indicates this: (backward “P” combined with a “H”)

Answer: Begin a new paragraph

English Usage Trivia

The phrase “To take arms against a sea of troubles” is a “mixed” one of these figures of speech

Answer: Metaphor

English Usage Trivia

Latin for “thus”, this 3-letter word is put in brackets to indicate an error in a quote

Answer: sic

Time's Man Of The Year Trivia

Time called this 1963 choice the symbol of the Negro revolution

Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Time's Man Of The Year Trivia

This Soviet leader was Time’s Man of the Year for 1987 & of the Decade in 1989

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev

Time's Man Of The Year Trivia

The article on this Iranian, 1979’s choice, was subtitled “The Mystic Who Lit The Fires of Hatred”

Answer: Ayatollah Khomeini

Time's Man Of The Year Trivia

6 foot 2, eyes of blue, this pilot was Time’s Man of the Year for 1927

Answer: Charles Lindbergh

Time's Man Of The Year Trivia

Time chose this Chinese leader for 1978 & 1985 & spelled his name differently each time

Answer: Deng Xiao-Ping/Teng Hsiao-Ping

Time's Man Of The Year Trivia

Issues flew off the newsstand when this pilot was Man of the Year for 1927

Answer: Charles Lindbergh

Time's Man Of The Year Trivia

Da! This Soviet leader made the cover for 1957

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev

Time's Man Of The Year Trivia

It was a dream come true for this minister in 1963

Answer: Martin Luther King Jr.

Time's Man Of The Year Trivia

Egyptian leader who graced the cover for 1977

Answer: Anwar Sadat

Time's Man Of The Year Trivia

Time wasn’t “lion” when it named this emperor for 1935

Answer: Haile Selassie

Ends In "ick" Trivia

It’s used to measure 3 feet

Answer: Yardstick

Ends In "ick" Trivia

Computer or video game cursor mover

Answer: Joystick