Trivia questions and answers from Sevens No. 101
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Play today’s sevenIn which 1965 musical does Julie Andrews teach the von Trapp children “Do-Re-Mi”?
- The Sound of Music
- Mary Poppins
- My Fair Lady
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✓The Sound of Music, released a year after she flew in as Mary Poppins.
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Which sitcom’s staff sell paper for Dunder Mifflin in Scranton, Pennsylvania?
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✓The Office, adapted from the British original by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
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Which French queen is famously, if wrongly, credited with saying “Let them eat cake”?
- Marie Antoinette
- Catherine de’ Medici
- Joséphine Bonaparte
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✓Marie Antoinette, though there’s no evidence she ever said it.
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Which language gave us the word “tsunami”, literally meaning “harbor wave”?
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✓Japanese, said to come from fishermen who returned to find their harbors wrecked.
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Which is the only mammal capable of true flapping flight?
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✓The bat, whose wing is really a stretched hand with very long fingers.
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Which blood type is known as the universal red-cell donor?
- O negative
- AB positive
- O positive
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✓O negative, which can be given to almost anyone in an emergency before their type is known.
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Which city is the capital of Australia?
- Canberra
- Sydney
- Melbourne
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✓Canberra, purpose-built as a compromise because Sydney and Melbourne both wanted it.
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