Trivia Test: Mardi Gras

Trivia & Tidbits

Dec 13

By Fifi Rodriguez

1. LITERATURE: Which Victor Hugo novel was made into an animated Disney movie?

2. MUSIC: In the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” what was the gift on the eighth day?

3. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Kalahari Desert located?

4. HISTORY: Who was the first African-American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court?

5. BIOLOGY: What is the process called in which a nonreproductive cell divides in two?

6. MOVIES: In the movie “Elf,” what is the name of Santa’s sleigh?

7. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the largest mammal on Earth?

8. U.S. STATES: Where did the first organized celebration of Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) take place in the U.S.?

9. ASTRONOMY: Which planet is the smallest in our solar system?

10. TELEVISION: Which 1980s-1990s TV family sitcom had a holiday episode titled “A Very Tanner Christmas”?

1. “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”

2. Eight maids a-milking.

3. Southern Africa.

4. Thurgood Marshall.

5. Mitosis.

6. The Kringle 3000.

7. The blue whale.

8. Mobile, Alabama.

9. Mercury.

10. “Full House.”

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