Trivia

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. In Gulliver's Travels, what are the Houyhnhnm?
-2. In the world of mountain biking, what is bacon?
-3. What poison is found in apricot seeds?
-4. What is the "M" in M13, aka "The Great Globular Cluster"?
-5. In which film (a musical documentary) did Elvis Presley make his first appearance?
-6. Where is the original "skid row"?
-7. With which Russian revolutionary leader was artist Frida Kahlo romantically involved?
-8. What are the four parts of an orchestra?
-9. Dick had a dog named Spot but what was the name of Jane's kitten?
-10. What is a Sherman Necktie?

3. cyanide

1. horses

8. Strings, woodwind, percussion and brass

Was a band geek in school. Played the flute so I was woodwind.

9. Puff

Good answers!

I was in band until they realized I couldn't play the flute very well.

5. Love me tender

Nice try, nice song, but nope.

4. Messier

10 - a tactic used in war where they heated railroad tracks and twisted them (looking like neckties)

Both correct!

6. Was it the Bowery district of New York?

Nice try, but wrong coast.

7. Diego Rivera

Diego was her husband and not the man I'm looking for here.

2. road rash

Correct!

OK - third time lucky:

7. Lenin?

Sue, is #5 a trick question? Elvis' first film was
Love Me Tender.

Rog, you're getting closer!

I see that #5 is not worded well, so Love Me Tender is correct. I'll change the question.

6. I think the original Skid Row was in Seattle, Washington

You think right, Sondi.

5. The Pied Piper of Cleveland: A Day in the Life of a Famous Disc Jockey
7. Leon Trotsky

Well done, Koala!