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Trivia quiz: Triangulation

Featured as round 1 at the Old Pequliar on June 2, 2009

Trivia meets wordplay. I’ll give you three definitions. You tell me what word or term all three of them could define.

Example: Wonka’s successor, a kind of list, and something a walrus might have?
Bucket
(Charlie Bucket, the bucket list, and the LOLcat walrus and his beloved bucket)

Got it? Good! Here we go:

1) a kind of poll, swine construction material, and where you might find a turkey

2) a single, a Nobel Prize-winning author, and Mr. Rogers

3) a kind of postage stamp, part of a Star Trek warp drive, and something mortal

4) an album by the Cure, a bone, and something that comes in threes

5) a variety of blues, to capture your opponent’s piece, and something crowds might yell

6) something you can do with a TV signal, to take off quickly, and Motocross

7) one way to sell, a vowel sound, and 8 oz. of espresso

8) a mille-feuille, a famous pig, and Pedro’s friend

9) a kind of touch, a metaphorical hand, and an asset not found in financial statements

10) a smidgen, to steal, and an emergency

ANSWERS (no peeking)

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Quiz: It Ain’t the Olympics

1) MX is short for what sport?
2) What 2006 blockbuster kicks off with an action sequence involving parkour, the new sport also known as “free running”?
3) What sport occasionally sees faces turn into heels — or vice versa?
4) What 2005 documentary follows US and Canadian wheelchair rugby teams?
5) According to section 1, article 3 of the official rules of beep baseball, players must be what?
6) Dog sled racing is the most popular variety of Alaska’s state sport — which is what?
7) From the 1935 to 1972, the Soap Box Derby was sponsored by what American car company?
8) BASE jumping takes its name from the four categories of objects you can parachute from. Name two of the four words that make the acronym BASE.
9) If you’re playing a game and start off by throwing a jack or pallino, what game are you playing?
10) What contact sport features a period called “jam formation”?
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