P's A-Plenty Trivia Quiz

Answer: Peregrine falcon

Also known as a duck hawk in North America, the peregrine falcon can reach 200 miles per hour in its high-speed dive. With a recorded high speed of 242 mph, it can claim to be the fastest animal on earth. The Galapagos penguin and Patagonian conure are named for those geographic locations. "Ferruginous" refers to the rust- or reddish-brown-colored breast of that particular species of partridge.

Answer: Puck

Rickles would often refer to audience members as hockey pucks. Pucks are usually made of hard rubber.

Answer: The Pirates of Penzance

"The Pirates of Penzance" is a comic opera in two acts by Gilbert and Sullivan. It was first performed in New York City on the last day of 1879, being the only G&S work to have its premiere in the USA. "The Perils of Pauline" had many big screen incarnations, such as a 1914 silent film serial, a 1933 12-episode film serial, a 1947 Paramount Pictures release starring Betty Hutton, and a 1967 Universal Pictures movie starring Pat Boone and Pamela Austin. "The Prince and the Pauper" was a 1937 movie starring Errol Flynn and based on Mark Twain's book. "Peter Pan" has had many incarnations and adaptations, including a 1904 stage play and movies with the same name in 1924, 1953, and 2003.

Answer: Punjab

Parramatta is in Australia, Lake Pontchartrain is in Louisiana in the USA, and Piedmont was once a kingdom and is now a region of Italy with its capital at Turin.

Answer: Pele

Poli'ahu is a goddess of snow and an enemy of Pele. Parvati is a Hindu goddess of love as well as of divine strength and power. Panacea, along with her four sisters, are Greek goddesses of healing and health. Panacea is the goddess of universal health.

Answer: PyeongChang

PyeongChang is located in the South Korean province of Gangwon. Formed in 1395, before 1953 it was one province along with what is now the North Korean province of Kangwon. Gangwon is South Korea's north-easternmost province and is the second-largest of the nation's 16 provinces, area-wise.

Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea. Panmunjom is an abandoned village just north of the dividing border between the two Koreas. In 1953 it was the site of peace talks and is where the armistice was signed ending the Korean Conflict. Russia's Petrograd has also been named St. Petersburg and Leningrad in its history. Peter the Great established it as his capital, moving the capital to there in 1712 from Moscow.

Answer: Terry Pratchett

Forty-one "Discworld" novels were published, beginning with "The Colour of Magic" in 1983. One of Britain's favorite modern writers, Terry Pratchett left us on March 12, 2015.

American cartoonist Paul Terry was the founder of Terrytoons, featuring such well-known animated characters as Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle. We also lost Paul Terry at the age of 84 in 1971.

Terry Pendleton is an American baseball player who played for five major-league teams in 15 years, beginning with St. Louis Cardinals in 1984. He won three gold gloves and one batting title and was coaching for the Atlanta Braves in 2015.

Terry Poole is an offensive lineman who was drafted in 2015 by the Seattle Seahawks after a collegiate career at San Diego State.

Answer: Potassium

Potassium is very similar to sodium and is very important in its uses in fertilizers. As a nutrient, it is also necessary for human life. Potassium nitrate, or saltpeter, is an important component of gunpowder.

Answer: Pella

The question of the language spoken by the ancient Macedonians was settled by the Pella curse tablet, discovered in 1986. Its analysis convinced linguists that the Macedonians spoke a Doric Greek dialect, as opposed to a Slavic one.

Perugia is the capital of Italy's Umbria region. Paris is France's capital, and Pisa is located in the region of Tuscany in Italy.

Answer: Pfennige

We get Pfennig and penny from the same German root. Pesos and pesetas are Spanish forms which come from Latin roots. Piastre comes through Italian, also of Latin origin.