As summer continues into the hot, Dog Days of August, families are looking for places to escape the heat. Here are a few trivia questions on things you might find while going on your way to the perfect vacation spot. See how well you do.
1. The Tosa is a dog native to what country? Asia; China; Japan; Sweden.
2. What does the acronym M.A.S.H. stand for?
3. Which virus was Robert Gallo one of the first to identify? Smallpox; HIV; Typhoid Fever; Bubonic Plague.
4. What was the name of Napoleon’s horse? Liberty; Marengo; Trigger; Aristedies.
5. Who was the author of this quote? “Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lines opportunity.” Albert Einstein; William Shakespeare; Plato; Fabrizio in The Godfather.
6. Check out this Zoo trivia - How much food can the average Hippopotamus hold in its belly? 100 pounds; 200 pounds; 400 pounds; 550 pounds.
7. What food(s) do most women crave? What food(s) do most men crave?
8. What is Oregon’s official state fish?
9. In what state was the first potato ever planted on American soil? New Hampshire; New York; Idaho; Rhode Island?
10. What state contains 75 percent of the land area of the continental U.S. with an altitude over 10,000 feet? Wyoming; Utah; Montana; Colorado.
ANSWERS
1. Japan.
2. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.
3. HIV. Robert Charles Gallo, born March 23, 1937, is a U.S. biomedical researcher. He is best known for his co-discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the infectious agent responsible for the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and he has been a major contributor to subsequent HIV research.
4. Marengo.
5. Albert Einstein.
6. 400 pounds.
7. Women: Chocolate; Men: Fats and Salts.
8. The Chinook Salmon.
9. Some claim New Hampshire was the first state to cultivate a potato on American soil, although it is not known for sure. Idaho potato growers would probably dispute that fact. So if you guessed either of the two, count it as correct.
10. Colorado.