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. On what scale is hurricane wind measured?
2. What company almost wound up with the name Dimension 6?
3. While exploring Asia, Marco Polo mistook what animal for a unicorn?
4. Since 1972, Brazil has had a national sport. What is it?
5. What is the name for the smallest type of fox?

This Week’s Answers:

1. The Saffir-Simpson scale, which goes from 1 to 5. Hurricanes Category 3 or above are considered major.
2. Nike.
3. A rhinoceros. At the time, he observed, “They are very ugly brutes to look at. They are not at all such as we describe unicorns.
4. Capoeira, an activity that mixes martial arts and dance.
5. Fennec fox. Their bodies may be small, but they have the ears of much larger animals. They live in the Sahara.

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