More Flakes for Your Trivia Bowl

 

            Set up a trivia challenge, with a timer and prizes. Print out these Q&A's and have a moderator read them to the contestants. Answers below. Good luck!

 

1. Peanut butter will spoil, even in the container with the lid on, in this amount of time:

 

1. One week
2. Six months
3. Several years

 

2. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness:

 

1. 28%
2. 38%
3. 48%

3. The percentage of North America that is wilderness:

 

1. 28%
2. 38%
3. 48%

 

4. The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:

 

1. New York
2. Florida
3. Alaska  

5. Which is correct:

 

1. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
2. Women can read smaller print than men can; men can hear better.

6. The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of 11:

 

1. $640
2. $6,400
3. $64,000

7. The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour:

 

1. 4,700
2. 39,000
3. 61,000

8. Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was called "GOLF" as an acronym for this expression:

 

1. Go Often, Love Fun
2. Good Outside, Lose Frowns
3. Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden
   
   
   

9. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were:

 

1. Ward and June Cleaver
2. Fred and Wilma Flintstone
3. Rhett and Scarlett Butler
    

10. In the 1400s we developed the expression "rule of thumb." This came from:

 

1. Measurement of grain in a trough
2. Village projects approved or disapproved by a majority rule, thumbs up or thumbs down
3. Maximum size of a stick with which a man could hit his wife

 

ANSWERS:

 

   1. C

   2. A

   3. B

   4. C

   5. A

   6. B

   7. C

   8. C

   9. B

10. C

 

By Susan Darst Williams • www.GoBigEd.com • After School Treats 023 • © 2006