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Trivia Challenge

  1. On Oct. 20, 1973, what opera house opened that includes sail-like structures in its design?
  2. What namesake of a Massachusetts university said of the press, “It ought to serve as a forum for the people, through which the people may know freely what is going on. To misstate or suppress the news is a breach of trust”?
  3. What non-state residents can vote in presidential elections?
  4. Medford-borne abolitionist Lydia Maria Child in 1845 published “The New-England Boy’s Song about Thanksgiving Day,” which is better known as what?
  5. On Oct. 21, 1960, the fourth debate between what senator and VP was broadcast?
  6. What Salem-borne author stated, in an 1842 “Notebook,” “I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house”?
  7. A Japanese bullet train has a theme of what popular fictional cat?
  8. On Oct. 22, 1964, what northern country had a new flag design approved?
  9. What U.S. state gave African Americans and single women the right to vote from the late 1700s to early 1800s: New Jersey, New York or Vermont?
  10. Why do some animals cry?
  11. On Oct. 23, 1941, what Disney animated musical film about an elephant premiered?
  12. Who created a fictional scarecrow and witches in a 1900 novel?
  13. What country has a village named Westward Ho! after an 1855 historical novel of the same name: Australia, England or USA?
  14. On Oct. 24, 1861, Western Union completed the first transcontinental telegraph system; two days later what transport company ended?
  15. Which president ran unopposed during the “era of good feelings” and got 80% of the popular vote?
  16. How many legs does a spider have?
  17. On Oct. 25, 1780, what “John” became the first Massachusetts elected governor?
  18. In what unincorporated U.S. territory is the capital city Pago Pago?
  19. In what New England state is the town of Grover’s Corners in Edward Albee’s 1938 play “Our Town”?
  20. October 26 is National Pumpkin Day; Guinness World Records’ largest pumpkin pie (in 2010 in New Bremen, Ohio) had a diameter of how many feet: 5, 10 or 20?
  1. Sydney Opera House
  2. Louis Brandeis
  3. District of Columbia
  4. “Over the River and Through the Wood”
  5. John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon
  6. Nathaniel Hawthorne
  7. Hello Kitty
  8. Canada (the maple leaf design)
  9. New Jersey (there were residency and property requirements)
  10. To clear debris from their eyes.
  11. “Dumbo”
  12. Frank Baum (“The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”)
  13. England
  14. Pony Express
  15. James Munroe
  16. Eight
  17. John Hancock
  18. American Samoa
  19. New Hampshire
  20. 20

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