Trivia questions and answers from Sevens No. 106
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Play today’s sevenIsaac Newton said watching which fruit fall set him thinking about gravity?
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✓An apple, and a descendant of his tree still grows at Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Which American city is nicknamed “the Windy City”?
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✓Chicago — a nickname that may have teased its boastful boosters as well as its lake winds.
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Which singer-songwriter is nicknamed the “Piano Man”?
- Billy Joel
- Elton John
- Barry Manilow
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✓Billy Joel, whose 1973 hit drew on his own stint playing a Los Angeles piano bar.
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Which sitcom is set in a Boston bar “where everybody knows your name”?
- Cheers
- Frasier
- Taxi
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✓Cheers, modeled on Boston’s real Bull & Finch Pub.
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In baseball, what is a home run hit with the bases loaded called?
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✓A grand slam, worth four runs with a single swing.
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Which Dutch master painted “The Night Watch”?
- Rembrandt
- Johannes Vermeer
- Vincent van Gogh
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✓Rembrandt, whose “night” scene is really set in daylight under darkened varnish.
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What does the “Ph” in Ph.D. stand for?
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✓Philosophy, from the Latin Philosophiae Doctor, whatever the subject.
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