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Category Trivia
August 2021
There are six categories with six questions in each category.
The categories are:
• Multiple “A” s
• Homophones
• One-Word Titles
• Cool Beans
• Landmark Addresses
• Light the Way
Multiple “A”s
1.
What organization represents
retired people, is a source of
information on topics of interest
to seniors, and offers many
membership benefits?
AARP
It stands for American Association
of Retired People.
Multiple “A”s
2.
What are the initials of
the 12-step program
for alcoholics?
AA It stands for Alcoholics Anonymous.
Multiple “A”s
3.
What are the letters for a
two-year college degree?
AA It stands for associate of arts. Some undergraduates earn an AA at a community college before completing the final two years of a bachelor’s degree at a four-year university.
Multiple “A”s
4.
What does NAACP
stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People It was founded in 1909, and it’s the largest and oldest civil rights organization in the United States.
Multiple “A”s
5.
What organization oversees
college athletics?NCAA
It stands for National Collegiate
Athletic Association.Multiple “A”s
6.
What is the highest
bond rating?AAA Also known as investment-grade bonds, they are the safest bonds. Bonds rated CCC and below are considered junk bonds, and they pay the highest interest rate due to the possibility that investors may lose their entire investment.
Homophones
7.
What is your mother’s sister
and an insect?Aunt/ant
Homophones
8.
What is an advertisement
and how you arrive at
a sum of numbers?Ad/add
Today, advertisements come in
many forms, from written copy
to interactive videos.Homophones)
9.
What can HIV lead to
and people who help
with caregiving?AIDS/aides
Homophones
10.
What is the roof of the
mouth and an artist’s
board used to mix and
hold paints?Palate/palette
Palette can also be used to describe
a particular range, quality, or use of
color, i.e., color palette.Homophones
11.
What is an elevated
structure in the front of a
church and to make a
change to something?Altar/alter
Homophones
12.
What is another word for
yes, often used in an oral
vote, and a facial body part?Aye/eye
Sailors often say “aye, aye” to
mean they have acknowledged a
command and “aye” to mean they
understand something. Aye-aye is
also a small primate.One-Word Titles
13.
What is Alfred Hitchcock’s
1960 smash horror hit with
the iconic shower scene?Psycho Anthony Perkins plays Norman Bates and Janet Leigh plays Marion Crane in the famous shower scene.
One-Word Titles
14.
What 1950 animated film portrays
a neglected stepdaughter-turned-
princess, thanks to her fairy
godmother and a lost slipper?Cinderella
Ilene Woods voiced and sang
Cinderella and beat 309 other
girls to get the part.One-Word Titles
15.
What 1985 murder mystery film stars
Eileen Brennan as Mrs. Peacock,
Christopher Lloyd as Professor Plum,
and Martin Mull as Colonel Mustard,
and is based on a popular board
game by the same name?Clue The movie was also a stage production. The stage version had three different endings.
One-Word Titles
16.
What 1941 Alfred Hitchcock film stars
Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine as
Johnnie and Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth,
a couple on their honeymoon when
the bride starts to worry her groom
wants her dead?Suspicion
Hitchcock was ordered to remove
any scenes in which Grant appeared
menacing. After the final product
ran only 55 minutes, the scenes
were restored.One-Word Titles
17.
What 1954 film stars Frank
Sinatra as John Baron, a hired
presidential assassin who holds
the Benson family hostage?Suddenly Rumor has it that Lee Harvey Oswald watched the film the day before the John F. Kennedy assassination.
One-Word Titles
18.
What 1954 film stars
Humphrey Bogart as a playboy
and Audrey Hepburn as an
“ugly duckling” who grows
into a swan and falls for him?Sabrina
A romance began on the
set between Hepburn and
another costar, William
Holden, but Hepburn
broke it off when she
learned he couldn’t
have children.Cool Beans
19.
French, bush, and pole
are all types of what?Green beans French green beans, also called haricots verts, are slimmer and a bit longer than ordinary green beans.
Cool Beans
20.
What red bean, shaped like
a human organ, is used to
make beans and rice?Kidney The bean is also used in three-bean salad.
Cool Beans
21.
What bean is spelled the
same as the capital of Peru
but pronounced differently?Lima The beans have been grown in Peru for 7,000 years and are exported around the world.
Cool Beans
22.
What bean-like pea comes in
a flat pod and is frequently
used in Chinese dishes?Snow peas The pod is flat but otherwise looks like a green bean pod. The pod is also edible.
Cool Beans
23.
What beans could be
nicknamed the “aye, aye”
beans and are also called
Boston beans?Navy beans These beans are around the size of peas, and they were once a staple of the U.S. Navy.
Cool Beans
24.
Edamame is another
name for what bean?Soybean
Edamame is a soybean that is
harvested when the bean
is immature.Landmark Addresses
25.
Who resides at 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue in
Washington, D.C.?The president The current occupant is President Joe Biden. John Adams, the second U.S. president, was the first president to live in the White House.
Landmark Addresses
26.
Who occupies the fictional
Southfork Ranch in
Braddock County, Texas,
in the TV drama Dallas?The Ewing family Several generations of Ewings have occupied the house on the show.
Landmark Addresses
27.
What nine-letter word for
the movie industry stands at
4059 Mt. Lee Drive (on Mount
Lee), [missing word],
California, 90068?Hollywood The illuminated sign was built in 1923 as an advertisement for a pricey real estate development named Hollywoodland. After being renovated twice, the sign was rebuilt in 1978. It was refurbished in 2005 and received a significant overhaul in 2009. In 2010, Hugh Hefner set up a trust to maintain the land.
Landmark Addresses
28.
What fictional sleuth lives
at 221B Baker Street,
London, England?Sherlock Holmes He is the only fictional character who has been awarded with an honorary fellowship. In 2002, he was honored by the Royal Society of Chemistry for solving a crime using chemistry.
Landmark Addresses
29.
What “Birthplace of America”
and home of the Liberty Bell will
you find at 520 Chestnut Street
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?Independence Hall
The Declaration of Independence
and Constitution were both signed in
Independence Hall. It was once the
Pennsylvania State House.Landmark Addresses
30.
What church is found in
Manger Square, Bethlehem,
West Bank?Church of the Nativity It is built on the site of Jesus’ birth.
Light the Way
31.
What type of building
shines a light to help boats
navigate the water nearby?A lighthouse The oldest lighthouse in America that was never rebuilt is located in Sandy Hook, New Jersey. It was built in 1764 and is still in operation today.
Light the Way
32.
Can you buy a
decommissioned lighthouse?Yes
Thanks to the National Historic
Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000,
people can buy lighthouses. The U.S.
government also gives away obsolete
lighthouses to nonprofits and other
groups. If no one bites, they put them
up for auction to individuals.Light the Way
33.
On what prison island near
San Francisco was the
first lighthouse on the
West Coast built?Alcatraz
It was constructed in 1854,
long before the prison was
erected in 1933.Light the Way
34.
Have U.S. lighthouses
been automated?Yes
They have been automated for
at least 30 years.Light the Way
35.
The Frying Pan Lighthouse
(or Tower) was a former lighthouse
and drilling rig in South Carolina.
It was converted into what type of
tourist accommodation?A bed and breakfast
The lighthouse is 30 miles off the
coast of North Carolina and guests
arrive by chartered helicopter. Today,
it’s been adopted by a nonprofit
organization that is continuing to
restore and preserve it.Light the Way
36.
For what canal in Egypt
was the Statue of Liberty
originally conceived to
serve as a lighthouse?Suez It was originally conceived as a robe-clad Egyptian woman.
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