The Phoenix Takes Flight Across Fun Trivia Part 2

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1. LITERATURE: Who is the author of the poem, "The Phoenix and the Turtle"? Lewis Carroll Oscar Wilde William Shakespeare Ben Johnson

2. MOVIES: "Flight of the Phoenix" was originally released in 1965 and told the story of a plane crash in the Sahara desert where the crew rebuilt the plane and it flew again. In which desert did the plane crash in the 2004 remake? Sahara Mojave Atacama Gobi

3. MUSIC: What singer released his sixth album, "Phoenix", in 1980? Kenny Rogers Elton John Dan Fogelberg John Denver

4. PEOPLE: In the Harry Potter series, Dumbledore's Phoenix is named Fawkes. In 1605, Guy Fawkes was part of a plot to blow up what building? Palace of Westminster Buckingham Palace London Bridge St. Paul's Cathedral

5. RELIGION: In which culture is it believed the legend of the phoenix originated? Arabic Greek Egyptian Roman

6. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY: The Phoenix spacecraft was launched by NASA in 2007 to explore Mars with what mission? to analyze subsurface water and soil samples to look for evidence of climate cycles all of these to search for proof of microbial activity

7. SPORTS: Which basketball player was traded to the Phoenix Suns in February 2008? Kobe Bryant Shaquille O'Neal Derek Fisher Wally Szczerbiak

8. TELEVISION: On the soap opera, "Days of Our Lives", who is called the Phoenix for his ability to come back from the ashes? Victor Kiriakis Bo Brady Stefano DiMera John Black

9. VIDEO GAMES: In 1980, the arcade game "Phoenix" was released by Amstar. The game was an outer space-themed fix shooter popular at that time. Which of the following is NOT one of the missions of the game? destroy the alien controlling the mothership destroy a formation of alien birds destroy the bird that is trying to burn your ship destroy hatchling birds from floating eggs

10. WORLD: While visiting Phoenix, Arizona you can visit which of the following attractions? Superstition Farm Land of the Dragons Blackburn Pavilion Tiger Temple