Trivia - hints added

Try your hand at these brain-busting trivia questions. Remember, please, that you may not google or use any reference sources for the first 24 hours of this thread.

-1. What is the past tense of the verb "wreak"?
-2. What is "West Virginia coleslaw"? (c------ t------)
-3. What was tennis player Jean Rene Lacoste's nickname?
-4. Pierre Boulle, author of "Bridge on the River Kwai," wrote another book that inspired what piece of classic cinema?
-5. Which country experienced the first nuclear power plant meltdown?
-6. Who commissioned the Pentagon Papers? (John M)
-7. What is the name of the bird who goes "Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs"?
-8. Where was the "shot heard round the world" fired?
-9. Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein is credited with creating what film technique? (m------)
-10. What is a soda straw?

Henri??

8. Lexington ( thank you, Schoolhouse Rock )

7. Sonny

jboliver and SQF

Rog, try again!

4. Planet of the Apes

10 - b-i-l says it's a hollow stalactite

1. wreaked

Sondi, b-i-l and michele, good answers!

3. crocodile

Yes!

i had to check the answer this morning for him, and he was all happy with your response - made me laugh out loud !

i love that he shouts out answers when i read these ,since my mom passed away last year - she enjoyed trivia .

5 USA? Three Mile Island?

Good guess, but it wasn't the USA.

niteowl, your b-i-l is always welcome to participate. I'm so sorry about your Mom.

5. Canada

Yes! 1952.

2. chewing tobacco

6. John McNaughton
9. Montage

#'s 2 and 9 are correct! For #6, you got the first name right, Koala.

6 - i thought it was robert mcnamara ? ??

oops

That's the guy!