Hello, Here is the Letter "T" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tagus

The main cities bathed by the River Tagus are Aranjuez, Toledo and Talavera de la Reina in Spain and Santarem, Almada and Lisbon in Portugal. The River Tagus is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. Its source is in the Sierra de Albarracín of eastern Spain; it flows 716km in Spain, of which 47km as the border between Spain and Portugal and then another 275km in Portugal, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean, near Lisbon.

The Tagus River plays an important role in the supply of drinking water to the population in the region and hosts numerous hydroelectric plants.

Answer: Rome

The Fontana di Trevi dates back to 19 BC and was the end of the aqueduct that brought water to Rome from a spring about 30km away, a project by Consul Marcus Agrippa that fed three springs. The current fountain was designed by Nicola Salvi, who won a competition initiated by Pope Clement XII.

The current fountain was inaugurated in 1762 and is one of the most visited places in Rome. The fountain is part of Palazzo Poli and is 49m wide and 26m high. Legend says that the person who throws a coin into the fountain will certainly return to Rome.

Answer: False

False. Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) was a Danish astronomer who was known for the development and improvement of instruments that allowed celestial measurements with high precision and corrections to existing tables, in a period when the telescope did not exist yet.

The planetary information he accumulated paved the way for new discoveries, allowing Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), with whom Tycho Brahe worked at the end of his life, to arrive at the laws that describe the motion of planets around the Sun.

Answer: The Japanese signed their surrender aboard the USS Missouri

On September 2, 1945 in a ceremony attended by representatives of the nine Allied nations, the Japanese General Yoshijiro Umezu, Chief of the Army General Staff, signed the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Imperial General Headquarters. Commanding the ceremony were Lt. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland and Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

The ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri, a 45,000 ton battleship, which was moored in the bay.

Answer: South Africa

Table Mountain is one of the most iconic tourist spot in Cape Town, South Africa. Table Mountain has vertical cliffs and a flat top peak, 1,086 meters above sea level. By using a cable car, a visitor at the top has a magnificent view of the city of Cape Town, located on the shore of Table Bay on the Atlantic Ocean, known for its harbor, its Cape Floristic Region and the Cape Point.

Answer: Tarsier

Tang, tuna and tarpon are animals of the Actinopterygii class and are aquatic animals. The "tarsier", whose scientific name is "tarsius", is a mammal of the order of primates. It is a small primate that lives in forests in Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. Tarsiers have their bodies covered in fur and long hind legs that allow jumps between branches of up to five meters. Tarsiers' heads can turn 180 degrees in both directions and each of their eyes weighs more than their brain.

They live 12 to 20 years and are carnivores.

Answer: Zachary Taylor

Among these four American presidents, Zachary Taylor was the one who stayed the shortest period of time in the function. Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was a general in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War and the 1812 War. He was the 12th American president serving from March 4, 1849 to July 9, 1850, totaling 492 days into term. On July 4, 1850, President Taylor allegedly ate excessive amounts of raw fruits and iced milk, developed intestinal problems and died five days later. He was 65 years old.

John Tyler and William Howard Taft held the office of president for one full term, 1,430 days (1841-1845) and 1,461 days (1909-1913) respectively. Harry S. Truman, the 33rd American president, held 2,840 days; he was in office after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was elected for the period 1949-1953.

Answer: Taxi Driver

Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro, is one of the central characters in the American film released in 1976, "Taxi Driver", directed by Martin Scorsese. Besides Travis Bickle, another important character is the young prostitute Iris Steensma whose nickname is Easy, played by Jodie Foster, who was 13 at the time.

Travis Bickle is a mentally unstable ex-Marine who works during the night as a taxi driver in New York City and who tries to take Easy away from prostitution. Roberto De Niro starred in numerous other films directed by Martin Scorsese, including "Cape Fear" (1991) and "Raging Bull" (1980).

Answer: Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country located in East Africa, on the shores of the Indian Ocean. The country is the result of the joining of "Tanganyika", which was British territory until 1961 and became a republic in 1962, with "Zanzibar" which was a sultanate and English protectorate until 1963. On April 26, 1964 the two nations joined and formed Tanzania.

"Tanzania" is a clipped compound word; it consists of the first three letters of the word Tanganyika - "tan", the first three letters of the word Zanzibar - "zan" and the suffix "ia" to form Tanzania.

Answer: James Horner

"Titanic", 1997, is an American film based on true and fictional events about the sinking of the RMS Titanic, which took place on April 14-15, 1912. The film was directed, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron, starring among others Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The film was a critical and box office success and received numerous awards. It was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won 11.

James Cameron invited the American composer, conductor and orchestrator James Roy Horner (1953-2015) to compose the film's score. Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø performed the wordless vocals on the soundtrack and Céline Dion sang the lyrics of "My Heart Will Go On", the main song from the movie, written by James Horner and Will Jennings. The movie's album was one of the best-selling albums in the world. Horner's music topped the world charts and won the 1997 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Now that you've finished playing this quiz you can relax listening to some songs from the movie "Titanic".