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Trivia Challenge

  1. September 29 is National Coffee Day; what programming language was named after a coffee?
  2. Who takes the Hippocratic Oath?
  3. On Sept. 30, 1868, the first volume of what serialized novel – which has a character named Marmee – was published?
  4. In what book in a poem do the Walrus and the Carpenter eat oysters?
  5. What is the world’s tallest grass?
  6. On Oct. 1, 1903, what American League baseball team played in the first World Series?
  7. What is cetology, which is the title of a chapter in “Moby Dick”?
  8. How are “Hello. My name’s Forrest,” “I believe in America. America has made my fortune” and “Rosebud” similar?
  9. On Oct. 2, 1959, what science fiction TV series created by Rod Serling debuted?
  10. What planet has the same name as the Roman messenger god and a chemical element?
  11. On Oct. 3, 1902, what president met with coalfield operators and miners to settle a strike?
  12. In an 1835 fairy tale, what was put under dozens of mattresses?
  13. What word means a person who antagonizes others online by posting disruptive content?
  14. On Oct. 4, 2002, what Boston bridge was dedicated?
  15. Do other planets have rain?
  16. In what year did Facebook debut: 1999, 2004 or 2008?
  17. On Oct. 5, 1902, Larry Fine was born; he was a member of what trio that appeared in “Disorder in the Court”?
  18. Why do males have nipples?
  19. What is unagi?
  20. October 6 is World Smile Day; Harvey Ball of Worcester, Mass., created what color smiley face symbol to increase morale at an insurance company?
  1. Java
  2. Doctors
  3. “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott
  4. “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
  5. Bamboo
  6. Boston Americans (soon to be Red Sox)
  7. The study of whales
  8. They are first lines of movies (“Forrest Gump,” “The Godfather” and “Citizen Kane,” respectively).
  9. “The Twilight Zone”
  10. Mercury
  11. Theodore Roosevelt (the first president to be personally involved in a labor dispute)
  12. A pea (in “The Princess and the Pea”)
  13. Troll
  14. The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge
  15. Some have rain but it is not water.
  16. 2004
  17. The Three Stooges
  18. In the womb all babies grow as females during the first weeks.
  19. Eel (in Japanese)
  20. Yellow (His smiley face became popular worldwide.)

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