A Question Quandary Trivia Quiz

Answer: ...first pitted two naval forces that included aircraft carriers against each other?

I may not have remembered the question, but I remember all of the answers. The answer to this question is the Battle of the Coral Sea, fought northeast of Australia between American and Japanese forces.

None of the other possible questions have an answer.

-The tank was introduced in World War I.
-Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria, which was an Axis nation in the war.
-The last German offensive was the Battle of the Bulge, fought in Belgium.

Answer: ...to find the area of a triangle?

The answer to this question is the sine function. The formula for finding the area of a triangle is 1/2ab(Sin c). (A and B are the lengths of the sides of the triangle and C is the angle of the third angle.)

-To find the limit of 2x+3 as x approaches 3, just "plug" 3 into the equation: 2(3)+3=9.

-To find the 5th term in the arithmatic series of 3,8,13, you could use this equation: 18thTerm = FirstTerm + (NumberOfTermYouWantToFind - 1)DifferenceBetweenNumbersInSeries

Filling this in, we get 18thTerm = 3+(18-1)5 or 18thTerm = 88.

-Lastly, to find the value of [4.3], just take the integer that is nearest the number in brackets but does not exceed it. The answer here would be 4.

Answer: ...his acquisition of a lion skin?

The answer to this question is the labor of the Nemean Lion. On this labor, Heracles' first, Heracles gets swallowed by a lion whose hide cannot be pierced by armor or burnt by flame. He then cuts apart the lion's insides with his sword!

The others couldn't have happened:
== Heracles had no brothers by way of Alcmene, his mother. He did have quite a few by way of his father Zeus, but none died as result of any of his labors.
== Heracles married three times. He first killed Megara in a drunken, confused state. He then won a contest after his labors and married Deinara. Lastly, after Heracles died and went to Mt. Olympus, he married Hebe, a very beautiful Goddess. No labor resulted in a marriage, though.
== Hera didn't accept Heracles as a God by way of one of his labors; instead, she was forced into doing so after Heracles died and went to Mt. Olympus as a full-fledged God under the authority of Zeus.

Answer: ...is home to three or more countries?

The answer to this question is Borneo; it houses parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. Actually, two other islands also share land between Indonesia and other countries. New Guinea shares land with Papua New Guinea and Timor shares land with East Timor.

-The largest island in the world is Greenland (if you exclude Australia).

-The dodo bird used to live on the island of Mauritius, a now island country off the east coast of Madagascar. In 1598, Portugese explorers discovered Mauritius and the dodo, so named because of its "stupidity-" its lack of fear of humans. Unfortunately, humans and other introduced predators (such as dogs and pigs) had killed the last dodo on the island, and consequently, the world, by the year 1681.

-The New Madrid fault is a fault that runs down the central United States, past New Madrid, Missouri.

Answer: ...invent the first vaccine for polio?

This question's answer is 1955. Until then, polio had spread quickly across the United States in a national epidemic. Even Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States from 1933 to 1945, had polio; it confined him to a wheelchair.

-Salvador Dali painted "Persistence of Memory" in 1931.
-Roger Williams founded the colony of Rhode Island in 1639.
-Charles Lindberg was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic, from New York to Paris, in 1927.

Answer: ...Arthur Miller play?

These are all characters in "Death of a Salesman."

Some famous works by the other playwrights include:

Shakespeare: "Romeo and Juliet," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and "Julius Caesar."
Thornton Wilder: "Our Town," "The Skin of Our Teeth," and "The Matchmaker."
Oscar Wilde: "A Florentine Tragedy," "The Importance of Being Earnest," and "An Ideal Husband."

Answer: ...contains the Lanthanide series?

The 6th period includes the Lanthanide series. (The 7th contains the Actinoids.)

The other questions would all be true of periodic groups. (Periods run horizontally while groups run vertically.)

-The 1st group, or the Alkali metals (Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Cesium, and Francium) react violently with water.

-The Halogens are a more popular name for the 17th group. (Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, and Astatine)

-Finally, the Noble Gases (Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, and Radon) are members of the 18th group. They're famous for having full valence shells and therefore being very unreactive.

Answer: ...is a member of OPEC?

Venezuela is a member of OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

-French Guiana holds Devil's Island. While it is part of South America, it's not an independent nation. France governs it (as it name might imply).

-Today, the United Kingdom governs the Falkland Islands. In 1982, Argentina invaded the islands, claiming territorial rights to them. A war ensued. However, the UN soon stepped in and demanded the withdrawal of Argentine troops from the islands.

-The Tropic of Cancer is located at 22 degrees, 26 minutes, and 22 seconds north of the equator. "North" is the key word here. The Tropic of Capricorn runs at the same coordinates, only south of the equator. This line of latitude indeed runs through several South American countries such as Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil.

Answer: ...begins the name of only one independent nation?

Actually, there are three letters that begin the names of solely one nation. Oman is the only "O" country, Qatar is the only "Q" country, and Yemen is the only "Y" country.
(Also, the letter "X" doesn't begin any country's name!)

-Were you thinking that "q" had to be followed by "u" in all cases? "Qat" is one such word that in which the rule doesn't apply. A qat is, according to dictionary.com, is "a shrub cultivated in the Middle East and Africa for its leaves and buds that are the source of an habituating stimulant when chewed or used as a tea."

-No letter is ever used in triplets, and all letters exist in three letter words. (Did you forget about "axe," perhaps?)

Answer: ...said "Nuts!"?

The one who said "Nuts!" was General Anthony McAuliffe. This was his reply to the German commander's request for a surrender of his troops at the Battle of the Bulge.

The other quotes were said by the "Big Three" of World War II: the leaders of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union.

Franklin D. Roosevelt said "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Winston Churchill said "History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it."
Lastly, Joseph Stalin said "A single death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic."

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