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1. The partisan FunTrivia crowd chants the birdcall "teez, teez, teez" as the FunTrivia All-Stars mount the stage to begin the trivia competition. Beaming from their t-shirts, emblazoned on their tote bags and even stamped on their pencils is the smiling face of the (proposed) FunTrivia mascot "Pippy", the tree pipit. But why would I propose this seemingly mundane and obscure bird to be FunTrivia's mascot? Well, which of the following is the scientific name for tree pipits?
2. The FunTrivia all-star team members seat themselves at the competition table. Before beginning, they solemnly recite my proposed FunTrivia motto in unison. This Latin phrase captures the noble purpose to which FunTrivia is so clearly dedicated and expresses the profound joy, pleasure, sweetness and delight that may be found in that which is called commonplace or trivial. Which of the following Latin phrases expresses the notion that to know trivia is to know joy?
3. Before beginning the trivia match, one of the FunTrivia team members, who happens to be a pagan, invokes the name of an ancient goddess who is said to have guarded the "Trivia", the intersection of three roads at the gates to the underworld. What was the Roman name for this somewhat obscure, ancient goddess?
4. During the intermission at the trivia competition, FunTrivia volunteers are selling jars of an official FunTrivia product. According to "Springhouse Magazine Online", a quart of wild Southern dewberries picked from a Rubus trivialis vine, a pinch of salt, 1 tsp. vinegar and 2 cups white sugar combined and properly mashed and boiled will produce a candidate for another FunTrivia designation: FunTrivia's Official _____.
5. Imprinted on the backs of the t-shirts the FunTrivia team is wearing to the trivia competition is my proposed fun trivia coat-of-arms. In one of the quarters of the escutcheon is the official FunTrivia fish, chosen to remind us that not all quests for trivial answers are easy, nor do all efforts succeed. To symbolize this sobering fact, which of the following might be selected as the official FunTrivia fish?
6. A second quarter of the FunTrivia escutcheon would display a plant bearing the easily forgettable scientific name, Myosotis scorpioides, which produces the small, blue flower that is my nominee for official FunTrivia flower. The unforgettable common name of this flower expresses a sentiment dear to trivia lovers. What is the common name of the flower?
7. With the consent of the inhabitants, FunTrivia's trivia team could call a village in Warwickshire, England its home. The village has several qualities that commend its selection as FunTrivia's official village: it's small; it's obscure; it has a name the owner of this site might be disposed to favor. Of which of the following villages am I speaking?
8. Because states in the USA seem invariably to select a number of state symbols, it seems fitting that FunTrivia select an official US state. Yet I am encountering difficulty with my selection. You see, I thought it would be best to have a "questioning" state. Which of the following states contains an implied question within its name?
9. The prowess with which any FunTrivia all-star team would be endowed would owe much to the tireless efforts of FunTrivia editors. My nominee for the official FunTrivia mammal is intended to symbolize exertions of our selfless editors as they "combs our quizes for speling, puntuashun - and grammatrical erroneouses". Which of the following exemplifies the valiant efforts of FunTrivia's editors?
10. Finally, any FunTrivia team should be able to point proudly to its very own official vegetable. My nominee is not, strictly speaking, a vegetable; but this is a state of affairs common with official vegetables. Part of this "vegetable's" name derives from the milky white substance that may exude from its underside. About which of the following am I speaking?
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uglybird
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