Word Game – Multiple Choice Trivia
27/06/2009Here is a selection of trivia questions with multiple choice answers.
- In which modern-day country is the ancient city of Babylon?
- Iran
- Iraq
- Egypt
- In bullfighting, what name is given to horse-riders carrying long lances?
- Picadors
- Toreadors
- Matadors
- How many straight lines are on a football (soccer) pitch?
- 13
- 15
- 17
- In which country is the McKenzie River?
- Scotland
- Canada
- Australia
- ‘Nice one Cyril’ was the slogan advertising which product?
- Bread
- Beer
- Crisps
- In which county is Windsor Castle?
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Which of the Channel Islands does not allow cars?
- Alderney
- Herm
- Sark
- What is a young beaver called?
- Kitten
- Pup
- Cub
- In heraldry, if a creature is ‘volant’, how is it depicted?
- Flying
- Standing
- Laying down
- Who wrote the poems ‘Jabberwocky’ and ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’?
- Edward Lear
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Lewis Carroll
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The solutions are:
1. Babylon is in Iraq
2. The lance-carrying horse-riders are Picadors
3. 17 straight lines on a football pitch
4. McKenzie River is in Canada
5. ‘Nice one Cyril’ advertised Bread (Wonderloaf)
6. Windsor Castle is in Berkshire
7. Sark does not allow cars
8. A Kitten is a young beaver
9. ‘Volant’ depicts a bird in flight
10. Lewis Carroll wrote ‘Jabberwocky’ and ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’