November 2017 - Trivia Questions and Answers - TriviaQA

Word Origins Trivia

From a Greek word meaning “to speak ill of”, it’s irreverent talk of God

Answer: Blasphemy

The Earth Trivia

The modified Mercalli scale ranks these 1-12: 1 – not felt except by few, 12 – total destruction

Answer: Earthquakes

Poet-pourri Trivia

In 1650 Anne Bradstreet’s poems appeared as “The Tenth” of these goddesses “lately sprung up in America”

Answer: Muses

Word Origins Trivia

The name of this Russian urn used to heat water for tea is Russian for “self-boiler”

Answer: Samovar

The Earth Trivia

We’re in the holocene epoch of the quaternary period of the Cenozoic one of these

Answer: Era

Poet-pourri Trivia

A stamp issued in 2002, for the 100th anniversary of his birth, included the full texts of 6 of his whimsical poems

Answer: Ogden Nash

Word Origins Trivia

The name of this skirt isn’t Scottish in origin; it may come from the Danish for “to tuck up”

Answer: Kilt

The Earth Trivia

Basalt is an igneous rock & rock salt is this type

Answer: Sedimentary

"ultra", Man Trivia

It’s also known as sonography, baby

Answer: ultrasound

Word Origins Trivia

This term for a broad street is French, but it goes back to bolwerc, a Middle Dutch word for bulwark

Answer: Boulevard

The Earth Trivia

William Smith was the 1st to date rocks using these found within them

Answer: Fossils (that he found inside the rocks)

"ultra", Man Trivia

(Sofia of the Clue Crew on a ski slope in Colorado) On the slopes, protect yourself from the A & B types of these; snow reflects about 80% of them

Answer: ultraviolet rays

Word Origins Trivia

The adjective vespertilian means resembling this winged mammal, whose Latin name is vespertilio

Answer: Bat

The Earth Trivia

The stratosphere includes this layer of the atmosphere that absorbs ultraviolet light

Answer: Ozone

"ultra", Man Trivia

Used for TV transmissions between 300 & 3,000 megahertz, it’s abbreviated UHF

Answer: ultra high frequency