Trivia questions and answers from Sevens No. 88
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Play today’s sevenWhich gemstone is pure carbon and the hardest natural material on Earth?
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✓Diamond, the same element as the graphite in your pencil, just arranged differently.
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Which 1993 Spielberg film brings dinosaurs back using DNA from mosquitoes trapped in amber?
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✓Jurassic Park, adapted from Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel.
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Whose paintings of Campbell’s soup cans made him the face of Pop Art?
- Andy Warhol
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Keith Haring
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✓Andy Warhol, who said he ate Campbell’s soup for lunch for 20 years.
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Which teenage diarist hid from the Nazis for two years in a secret Amsterdam annex?
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✓Anne Frank, whose diary has been translated into more than 70 languages.
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Classic Genoese pesto is built on which herb, pounded with pine nuts and Parmesan?
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✓Basil, traditionally crushed in a marble mortar, which is where ‘pesto’ (pounded) gets its name.
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Which language has the most native speakers in the world?
- Mandarin Chinese
- English
- Spanish
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✓Mandarin Chinese, though English wins once you count second-language speakers.
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Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, stands in which country?
- Tanzania
- Kenya
- Uganda
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✓Tanzania, though the classic postcard view of it is from Kenya.
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