Lucky Number Seven? Trivia Quiz

Answer: NCIS

Snow White, of course, had her seven dwarfs; James Bond was 007. The relation to the show "Seventh Heaven" is obvious, but "NCIS" has no link to the number seven.

Answer: Idolatry

The seven deadly sins, according to the Catholic catechism are pride, avarice, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, and sloth/acedia. The church also recognizes seven virtues to counter the sins; they are humility, charity, kindness, patience, chastity, temperance, and diligence.

Answer: Sylvester McCoy

"Doctor Who" is a BBC drama, centered on a humanoid alien, the Doctor, and his many adventures through time and space. The Doctor was first portrayed by William Hartnell in 1963. All of the actors listed have, at some point, played the Doctor - Colin Baker was the sixth, Paul McGann was the eighth, John Hurt was the War Doctor, and Sylvester McCoy was the seventh.

Answer: Michelle Kwan

Michelle Kwan is the lucky athlete in question - she was born July 7th (7/7), 1980. She is an American figure skater, born in California to parents who were immigrants form Hong Kong. Kwan won a medal in both the 1998 and 2002 Olympics. As for the incorrect answers: Joe Theismann is a retired NFL (American football) player, born September 9th, 1949; Vijay Sol is an Indian cricketer who was born November 23, 1994; Louis van Gaal is a Dutch football (soccer/futbol) player and coach, born August 8th, 1951.

Answer: True

Seven is, mathematically speaking, a very interesting number - not only is it a prime number (can only be divided by 1 and itself), it is also the smallest double Mersenne prime, a 'happy number', as well as several other distinctions.

Answer: Solon

First listed in Plato's "Protagoras", the Seven Sages of Greece were, according to him: Thales of Miletus, Pittacus of Mytilene, Bias of Priene, "our own" Solon (of Athens), Cleobulus of Lindos (or Lindus), Myson of Chenae, and Chilon of Sparta.

Answer: Atom

The seven SI Base Units - and their corresponding physical quantities - are: meter/metre for length; kilogram/kilogramme for mass; second for time; ampere for electrical current; kelvin for temperature; candela for luminous intensity; mole for amount of substance. The atom is the smallest scientifically recognized division of any chemical substance.

Answer: Arda

The seven Lords of the Valar were Manwe, king of Arda and lord of wind, air and clouds; Ulmo, lord of the waters; Aule, lord of crafting/creating; Orome, lord of the trees and a great hunter; Mandos, judge of the dead and the master of dooms; Lorien, master of dreams and visions; Tulkas the strong, and champion of Valinor. Oh, and Arda is the Quenya word for good ol' earth.

Answer: Seven deadly sins

The movie (sometimes stylized as "Se7en") stars Brad Pitt as homicide detective David Mills, and Morgan Freeman as his partner, William Somerset. Together, they must try to stop the serial killer (Kevin Spacey) before he finishes 'punishing' people - sometimes in a literal sense, sometimes symbolically - for their having taken part in one of the seven deadly sins.

Answer: True

This is true, and has been used by some magicians and/or charlatans in the past to convince people of their supposed mind-reading powers.