The Number 22 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift released the song "22" in March 2013, taken from her album "Red" (2012). The song is about the singer's own joyful experience of being 22 years old.

Lily Allen also released a song called "22" in 2009 from her album, "It's Not Me, It's You", which reached number 14 in her native UK Singles Chart.

Paul Weller's song "22 Dreams" is taken from his album of the same name, released in 2008, which went straight to number one in the UK Albums Chart on its release.

Bob Dylan is an American singer songwriter. The song "2x2" features on his 1990 album, "Under the Red Sky".

Answer: Two Little Ducks

"Two Little Ducks" comes from the shape of the number 22 resembling two ducks.
"Two Fat Ladies" refers to the number 88.
"Clickety Click" refers to the number 66.
"Unlucky For Some" refers to the number 13.

Bingo names vary from region to region and can be adapted to local areas. They broadly fall into two categories - rhyming names (e.g. 2 - Me and You, 55 - Snakes Alive, 4 - Knock at the Door), and names associated with the number (e.g. 13 - Unlucky for Some, 21 - Key at the Door, 57 - Heinz Varieties).

Answer: Master Numbers

Master Numbers are said to hold more power and potential than other numbers. The Number 22 is known as the 'Master Builder', as it holds the common sense values of the 4 with the spiritual insight of the 11, which gives it the ability to bring high-flying ideas to fruition in a down to Earth way.

Answer: Capt. Yossarian

John Yossarian is a 28 year old Captain in the 256th squadron of the Army Air Forces. Throughout the book, his aim is to avoid the conflicts of World War II by whatever means possible, including invented physical and mental illnesses. The character is said to be based on the author's own experiences of being in the Army Air Corps, stationed in Italy in World War II.

Answer: Cincinnati, Ohio and Newark, New Jersey

Route 22 connects Cincinnati, Ohio and Newark, New Jersey, via West Virginia and Pennsylvania. It is one of the original US Numbered Highways of 1926 although its course has altered since its original conception. It is 647.45 miles long.

Route 11 connects Rouses Point, New York and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Route 33 connects Elkhart, Indiana to Richmond, Virginia.
Route 44 connects Hudson Valley, New York and Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Answer: Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) was both the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Grover Cleveland is the only president to have served two terms in office non-consecutively. (Interestingly, it is the 22nd Amendment which states "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice".)

Chester A Arthur (1829-1886) was the 21st President of the United States, serving immediately before Grover Cleveland's first term in office.

Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) was the 23rd President of the United States, serving between Grover Cleveland's two terms in office.

William McKinley (1843-1901) was the 25th President of the United States, serving immediately after Grover Cleveland's second term in office.

Answer: The Reader's Digest

"The Reader's Digest" was founded in 1922 by DeWitt and Lila Bell Wallace. The magazine condenses articles of interest from other sources and presents them in one place.

"National Geographic" was founded in 1888 and is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society, focusing predominantly on geography, culture and current world events, and is famous for its high standard of photography.

"TIME" is a weekly news magazine founded in 1923. Since 1999, the magazine has published an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

"MAD" is a satirical magazine, founded in 1952. It originally began as a comic book, converting to magazine format on it's 24th issue (1955).

Answer: All The King's Men

"All The King's Men" (1949) is the film version of the novel by Robert Penn Warren, set in 1930s American South, although the storyline differs somewhat from the novel. The film also won the Oscar for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress in 1949.

"The Heiress", "A Letter to Three Wives" and "Twelve O'Clock High" were also nominees in the Best Picture category that year.

Answer: True

A standard tarot deck is made up of two types of cards called the Major Arcana and Minor Arcana.

The Major Arcana is made up of 22 cards depicting symbolic scenes. These are commonly numbered from 1-21, with the remaining card (The Fool) either being counted as 0 or 22.

The Minor Arcana is made up of 56 cards divided into four suits (usually Wands, Cups, Spears & Pentacles), each of which contains ten numbered cards and four face cards (King, Queen, Knight & Page).

Answer: Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes has worn the numbers 24, 18 and 22 for Manchester United. Other players to wear the 22 shirt for the team are John O'Shea, Ronnie Wallwork, Erik Nevland, Simon Davies and Craig Lawton.

Ryan Giggs has always worn the number 11 shirt for Manchester United.

David Beckham has worn the numbers 24, 28, 10 and 7 for Manchester United.

Andy Cole has worn number 17 and number 9 for Manchester United.