A FunTrivia Mixed Quiz!

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#1. General Mixture. Player goodreporter asks:

Monday Night Football--American football, that is--has a huge audience in the US. But, on Monday night December 8, 1980 around 11:15 pm, the focus of the show suddenly turned away from the game after cantankerous sportscaster Howard Cosell announced news of international import. What happened? President Carter announced he was declaring war on Iran Pope John Paul II had been shot at the Vatican John Lennon had been shot and killed Iran announced American hostages were being released

#2. General Mixture. Player Triviaballer asks:

What word describes both a noun for a color between brown and red and a verb meaning to leave someone trapped in an inaccessible place? Fallow Maroon Taupe Chestnut

#3. General Mixture. Player daver852 asks:

If the stock market is going down, or expected to go down, what animal is used to describe it? Bull Horse Dog Bear

#4. General Mixture. Player ramonesrule asks:

What is the common bond between a flowering plant, a beach in South Carolina, USA and a ghost who haunts a toilet in the "Harry Potter" novels? Myrtle Therese Rosa Molly

#5. General Mixture. Player andymuenz asks:

What is the common bond between the US Civil War, a group of workers, and a Philadelphia soccer team? Confederacy Union Eagles Grant

#6. General Mixture. Player Upstart3 asks:

What would you do with a bain-marie? wash your feet cook a cheesecake exercise your turtle develop some photographs

#7. General Mixture. Player Billkozy asks:

Which of these uses a derailleur mechanism? a food processor a locomotive multi-speed bicycle an electric cuckoo clock

#8. General Mixture. Player tiye asks:

Which city connects such diverse personalities as Howard Hughes, Michael Dell, Beyonce Knowles and Red Adair? Houston Honolulu New Orleans Seattle

#9. General Mixture. Player Joepetz asks:

The small German town of Lauscha is the birthplace of what common object? Glass Christmas ornament Paperback book Spoon Umbrella

#10. General Mixture. Player Upstart3 asks:

An 18th century Colombian monstrance is nicknamed La Lechuga (the lettuce) because it is covered in more than a thousand of what gemstone? Garnet Spinel Peridot Emerald