Trivia questions and answers from Sevens No. 103
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✓ABBA, who launched their international career by winning Eurovision 1974 with “Waterloo”
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Michelangelo’s famous 17-foot marble statue in Florence depicts which biblical figure?
- David
- Moses
- Adam
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✓David, carved from a block of marble other sculptors had abandoned.
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Which gas do plants absorb from the air to make their food by photosynthesis?
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✓Carbon dioxide, which plants build into sugar, while the oxygen they release comes from splitting water.
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Which boy pharaoh’s nearly intact tomb did Howard Carter discover in 1922?
- Tutankhamun
- Ramses II
- Khufu
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✓Tutankhamun, a minor king made famous because his tomb, though robbed in antiquity, survived nearly intact.
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Which 1939 epic ends with Scarlett O’Hara declaring “Tomorrow is another day”?
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✓Gone with the Wind, still the top-grossing film ever once adjusted for inflation.
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Which constellation, a hunter, has a “belt” of three bright stars in a row?
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✓Orion, whose belt points one way to Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.
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In Swahili, what does the word “safari” literally mean?
- Journey
- Wild animal
- Open grassland
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✓Journey, from an Arabic root meaning to travel.
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