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 2017” calendar.

This Week’s Questions:

1. What historical figure called England a “nation of shopkeepers”?
2. The US government recommends that what pet be at least four inches long, to decrease the risk of salmonella?
3. When he married then-Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip joined the British royal family. What royal families was he already a part of?
4. What four groups are the instruments in an orchestra divided into?
5. What part of the human body releases melatonin?

 

 

 

 

 

This Week’s Answers:

1. Napoleon, who used the phrase to imply that the country was not prepared to go to war.
2. Turtles. Reptiles carry the bacteria, and it can easily spread to people.
3. The Greek and Danish royal families, though Philip’s family was banished from Greece when he was young.
4. Brass, woodwind, percussion, and strings.
5. The pineal gland. This hormone lets the body know when it needs to sleep.

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