Welcome (me) back to Trivia Road! Keep an
eye out on this space for more quizzes again. Your author here has
finally got a little bit of time on his hands, and writing quizzes is
a good way to learn a lot of trivia, which your author has stunk at
competitively lately. Let's see if this week's
ripped-from-the-headlines categories can sharpen your edge and mine:
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FICTIONAL NATIVE
AMERICANS
1. In Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha, who is the object of
Hiawatha's love?
2. Uncas is the title character of which James Fenimore Cooper novel?
3. What book made into a 1975 movie is narrated by a half-Native
American named Chief Bromden who is pretending to be deaf and mute?
4. What trusted friend has been portrayed on the big screen by Johnny
Depp and Michael Horse, among others?
5. I should have just made this a Michael Horse category. What
character did Michael Horse portray on Twin Peaks?
EMBASSY
NOT-SO-SWEETS
6. Who has Ecuador's embassy to the United Kingdom ordered to clean
his bathroom and take care of his cat?
7. For how many days were Americans held hostage at the United States
embassy in Tehran from 1979-1981?
8. Security guards beat 20 protesters outside the home of what
country's ambassador in Washington, D.C. in 2017?
9. On August 7, 1998, 224 people were killed by Al-Qaeda bombings at
U.S. embassies in what two countries?
10. In 1996, in what country did Tupac Amaru rebels hold 72 hostages
for 126 days at the Japanese embassy?
LOTTERY MADNESS
11. Which team won the first NBA draft lottery (which will always be
believed to have been rigged) in 1985?
12. Who “wins” the lottery in Shirley Jackson's famous short
story The Lottery?
13. Which team won the 2018 NHL draft lottery and used the first pick
to select defenseman Rasmus Dahlin?
14. In 2019, what state will become the 45th to offer a
state lottery, though over Gaming Commission objections that a state
lottery will be a competitive force for gambling dollars spent at its
casinos?
15. What country has the world's oldest continuous lottery, dating
back to 1726?
THAT'S AN
UNUSUAL THING TO STEAL
16. Vincenzo Peruggia became famous for stealing what museum item in
1911?
17. Which MLB player stole home more times in his career: Rickey
Henderson, Lou Brock or Lou Gehrig?
18. Who stole one of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's Super
Bowl rings at a meeting in 2005?
19. In April 2018, what airline had a plane stolen from
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and eventually fatally crashed
into an island in Puget Sound by one of its employees?
20. Thieves in Kansas last week stole a ten-foot model of what
body part that averages 61-65 inches in length in humans?
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