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Trivia questions and answers from Sevens No. 63

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  1. Q1Type the answer

    What is the fastest land animal in the world?

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    ✓The cheetah — capable of bursts up to roughly 110 kilometres per hour.

  2. Q2Multiple choice

    How many colors are on the standard Rubik’s Cube?

    • Six
    • Eight
    • Nine
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    ✓Six — one for each face of the cube.

  3. Q3Type the answer

    In what country did the Olympic Games originate?

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    ✓Greece — the ancient Games were held at Olympia from 776 BCE.

  4. Q4Multiple choice

    Which of these desserts is a French pastry filled with cream?

    • Éclair
    • Cannoli
    • Baklava
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    ✓The éclair — its name means ‘flash of lightning’ in French.

  5. Q5Type the answer

    What is the chemical symbol for sodium?

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    ✓Na — from the Latin ‘natrium’.

  6. Q6Multiple choice

    Which English king had six wives?

    • Henry VIII
    • Richard III
    • Edward VI
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    ✓Henry VIII — remembered by the rhyme ‘divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived’.

  7. Q7Type the answer

    What is the term for a shape or object identical to its own mirror image, like the letter ‘A’?

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    ✓Symmetrical — it has a line of reflective symmetry.

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