Every Tuesday is a Trivia Tuesday on AmericaJR… Look for five new trivia questions and answers from the “365 Amazing Trivia Facts for 2023” calendar…
This Week’s Questions:
- What U.S. president famously said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”?
- The musician Prince once asked Stevie Nicks, of Fleetwood Mac fame, to write one of his songs, but she turned him down and he wrote it himself. What song was it?
- What city in New Mexico is believed to have been the site of a UFO crash landing in 1947?
- How many islands make up the Galapagos?
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. When was the last Year of the Rabbit?
This Week’s Answers:
- Franklin D. Roosevelt. The line was part of his inaugural address in 1933, in which he promised swift action to address the Great Depression.
- “Purple Rain.”
- Roswell. In 1947, a local rancher discovered strange debris in his sheep pasture, which many believed to be the remains of a flying saucer.
- There are 13 main islands, 6 smaller islands, and tons of islets and rocks.
- 2011. There are 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, so each animal recurs every 12 years.
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