Trivia questions and answers from Sevens No. 86
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Play today’s seven“I’m the king of the world!” is shouted from the bow of a ship in which 1997 film?
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✓Titanic, which went on to tie the record of 11 Oscars set by Ben-Hur.
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“Bohemian Rhapsody” was a 1975 hit for which band, fronted by Freddie Mercury?
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✓Queen, whose label thought a nearly six-minute single with an opera section could never be a hit.
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Which painter cut off his own ear in Arles in 1888?
- Vincent van Gogh
- Paul Gauguin
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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✓Vincent van Gogh, just after a furious row with his housemate Paul Gauguin.
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Guacamole is made by mashing which fruit, called ‘ahuacatl’ by the Aztecs?
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✓The avocado, and guacamole’s name comes from the Aztec for ‘avocado sauce’
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Which is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing?
- Great Pyramid of Giza
- Colossus of Rhodes
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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✓The Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest of the seven and the tallest man-made structure for 3,800 years.
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Which gas makes up about 78% of the air we breathe?
- Nitrogen
- Oxygen
- Carbon dioxide
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✓Nitrogen, with oxygen a distant second at about 21%.
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Which Greek hero was set twelve labours, from slaying the Nemean lion to fetching Cerberus?
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✓Heracles, whose theft of Geryon’s cattle inspired Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red.
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