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 2018” calendar.

This Week’s Questions:

1. What reclusive Italian author wrote the Neapolitan Novels?
2. How many desks have been used by presidents in the Oval Office?
3. What gas helps potato chips stay fresh inside of bags?
4. What science-fiction-loving friend of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, reportedly once bragged that he could have started a religion too if he had wanted to?
5. Who was the highest-paid athlete in the world in 2016?

 

 

 

 

 

This Week’s Answers:

1. Elena Ferrante. The name is a pseudonym.
2. Just six: the Resolute desk, the Theodore Roosevelt desk, the Wilson desk, the Johnson desk, the Hoover desk, and the C&O desk.
3. Nitrogen. It keeps them from oxidizing.
4. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek.
5. Cristiano Ronaldo. The soccer star took home $88 million in earnings, according to Forbes.

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