Trivia Tuesday: 5 New Trivia Questions from “Page-A-Day”

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:

1. A unit called BED is sometimes used to measure doses of radiation. What does BED stand for?
2. What famous athlete came up with the following famous saying? “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
3. What does the term fipple refer to? (Hint: It has to do with musical instruments.)
4. What ingredients make up the popular cocktail known as the sidecar?
5. What is a netizen?

This Week’s Answers:

1. Banana Equivalent Dose. Bananas contained a radioactive isotope, meaning that a single banana contains a very tiny (and non harmful) dose of radiation.
2. Muhammad Ali.
3. A fipple is the mouthpiece of an end-blown wind instrument like a recorder or a tin whistle.
4. Cognac, Cointreau (an orange liqueur), and lemon juice.
5. Someone who spends a lot of time on the internet.

Source: Workman Publishing / “Page-A-Day”