Trivia questions and answers from Sevens No. 92
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Play today’s sevenWhich scientist gave the world the equation E = mc²?
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✓Albert Einstein, who published it in 1905, his “miracle year”
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Which city’s Colosseum could reportedly be flooded to stage mock sea battles?
- Rome
- Athens
- Naples
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✓Rome, where the Colosseum held around 50,000 spectators.
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Which singer, nicknamed ‘The Boss’, released “Born in the U.S.A.” in 1984?
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✓Bruce Springsteen, whose anthem is actually a bitter song about a Vietnam veteran.
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In which 1980 horror film does Jack Nicholson smash through a door yelling “Here’s Johnny!”?
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✓The Shining, with the line borrowed from Ed McMahon’s intro on The Tonight Show.
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Which city is the capital of Canada?
- Ottawa
- Toronto
- Montreal
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✓Ottawa, chosen by Queen Victoria partly as a compromise between English and French Canada.
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In which sport would you see a ‘Salchow’?
- Figure skating
- Gymnastics
- Diving
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✓Figure skating, the jump named after Swedish skater Ulrich Salchow.
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Which sweet American snack takes its name from the Dutch ‘koekje’, meaning little cake?
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✓The cookie, a word Dutch settlers brought to New Amsterdam.
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