Every Tuesday is a Trivia Tuesday on AmericaJR… Look for five new trivia questions and answers from the “365 Amazing Trivia Facts for 2021” calendar…
This Week’s Questions:
- In Viking societies, what was the difference between a jarl and a karl?
- Which U.S. president once asked a Secret Service agent to send out a radio-broadcast message to help find his missing cat?
- The movie The Princess Bride, starring Robin Wright, is based on a novel of the same name. Who wrote the novel?
- What was the full name given to pop superstar Cher at birth?
- What planet is home to Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in our solar system? (Hint: It’s not Earth!)
This Week’s Answers:
- Jarls were the wealthy nobles, while Karls were the everyday farmers, craftsmen, sailors, and warriors. Slaves were known as thralls.
- Calvin Coolidge. The message worked–a listener found Coolidge’s cat, Tiger, and returned him to the White House.
- William Goldman. Goldman also wrote the screenplay for the film.
- Cherilyn Sarkisian. She later shortened her first name to Cher as she began to pursue a musical career alongside Salvatore “Sonny” Bono.
- Mars. Towering 16 miles high, Olympus Mons is almost three times higher than Earth’s Mount Everest.
Source: Workman Publishing / “Page-A-Day”