The Magician’s Nephew
US Geography
What is the most southerly state capital in the continental United States?
Austin, Texas
History Trivia
Who was the first Republican president?
Abraham Lincoln – under his leadership, slavery was banned in the US in 1865.
Food Trivia
Which nut is used to make dynamite?
Peanut – peanut oil can be processed to produce glycerol, which can then be used to make nitroglycerine – an explosive liquid used in dynamite.
Food Trivia
Which vegetable was considered poisonous in Medieval times but was used by the Romans as an aphrodisiac?
Tomato – being in the Solanaceae family which includes deadly nightshades and other poisonous plants, tomatoes were erroneously thought to be poisonous. According to the folklore, if you would eat a tomato its poison would turn your blood into acid. Instead, the colonists used to grow tomatoes purely for decoration.
Animal Trivia
What is the highest recorded jump by a kangaroo in a single leap?
9 meters (30 feet)
Fun fact: Female kangaroos can decide their offspring’s sex. They will even delay pregnancy when environmental factors are highly probable to decrease the opportunity of survival of the fetus.
Movie Trivia
What is the longest movie ever made?
Logistics – at 51,420 minutes, (857 hours or 35 days and 17 hours), it is the longest movie ever made.
Pop Culture Trivia
What are the two best-selling pop albums of all time?
Michael Jackson – Thriller and Eagles – Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975, both with over 30 million sold albums.
Multiple Choice Trivia
Which country has beaver as the national emblem? Turkey; Peru; Canada
Canada
Interesting fact: the large front teeth of the beaver never stops growing. To keep it from growing too long, the beavers constantly gnaw on wood.
Medical Trivia
Which cells are situated only within the nervous system?
Neurons – humans have around 100 billion neurons in their brain alone.
