November 18th Trivia Quiz

Answer: Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood was born in Ottawa, Canada. She writes novels and poetry. She was given the Order of Canada in 1981. Some of her other work includes "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Alias Grace".

Answer: Vatican City

Construction of St. Peter's Basilica began on April 18, 1506. It was designed by Michelangelo, Donato Bramante, Carlo Maderno, and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is 452 feet high and 730 feet long. It is the location of Saint Peter's tomb. The period between the start and completion of the basilica had seen the Reformation and the end of religious unity in Western Europe.

Answer: Mickey Mouse

"Steamboat Willie" was directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. It is seven minutes and twenty-three seconds long. It was the first cartoon with sound.

Answer: Chester A. Arthur

Chester A. Arthur was born on October 5, 1829 in Fairfield, Vermont. He was the 21st President of the United States from September 19, 1881 to March 4, 1885, after the assassination of James Garfield. He died at the age of 57.

Answer: Guyana

The People's Temple was a religious cult led by Jim Jones. Members died after drinking poison. Among the dead were 276 children. Some non-members and people leaving the place, including U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan, were shot while trying to leave the country earlier the same day.

Guyana is a small, English-speaking country in South America.

Answer: Haiti

The Battle of Vertières was the last major battle in the Haitian Revolution, which took place from 1791 to 1804. The battle was between the French and the Haitian rebels and ended with a Haitian victory. Haiti became an independent country on January 1, 1804. It was the first successful slave revolt and the first country in the Americas to be ruled by Blacks.

Answer: earthquake

The 1929 Grand Banks earthquake happened off the coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean. It had a 7.2 magnitude. The resulting tsunami killed more than twenty people and left over 10,000 people homeless.

Answer: Australia

John "Chris" Watson was born on April 9, 1867 in Valparaíso, Chile. He was the Prime Minister of Australia from April 27, 1904 to August 18, 1904. He died at the age of 74.

Answer: fire

The fire took place at 7:30 in the evening. It was caused by a lit match being dropped on a wooden escalator. Thirty-one people died due to the fire and many others were injured.

It began as what appeared to be a manageable fire, but suddenly and unexpectedly the fire 'flashed over', sending jets of flames into much higher parts of the station. The last corpse was not identified till 2004.

Answer: Avenged Sevenfold

Johnny Christ, born Jonathan Lewis Seward, was born in Huntington Beach, California. He joined Avenged Sevenfold in 2003.

Avenged Sevenfold is a rock band formed in 1999. Its first album, "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet", was released in 2001.