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Trivia Night #1: Pirates, Pizza & Penguins: Printable Round

Hosting a trivia night at a bar, at school or at home? Print this round of 10 questions for your quizmaster, with an answer key on its own page. Read the choices aloud for an easier round, or hide them for a tougher one. Prefer to play? Take the quiz online.

Questions

  1. Which is the largest species of penguin?

    1. King penguin
    2. Emperor penguin
    3. Adélie penguin
    4. Gentoo penguin

  2. In Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island," what is the name of the one-legged pirate cook?

    1. Captain Flint
    2. Ben Gunn
    3. Billy Bones
    4. Long John Silver

  3. Pizza Hut opened its first restaurant in 1958 in which city?

    1. Des Moines, Iowa
    2. Wichita, Kansas
    3. Tulsa, Oklahoma
    4. Omaha, Nebraska

  4. In emperor penguins, which parent keeps the egg warm through the Antarctic winter?

    1. The father
    2. Neither, since it is buried in snow
    3. Both, taking turns each day
    4. The mother

  5. Hawaiian pizza, topped with ham and pineapple, is widely credited to a 1962 restaurant in which country?

    1. The United States
    2. Australia
    3. Canada
    4. Italy

  6. Blackbeard's flagship, whose wreck was found off North Carolina in 1996, was called what?

    1. The Black Pearl
    2. Queen Anne's Revenge
    3. Royal Fortune
    4. The Jolly Roger

  7. On a standard six-sided die, the numbers on opposite faces always add up to what?

    1. Seven
    2. Nine
    3. Eight
    4. Six

  8. Which pizza chain began in 1960 when brothers Tom and James Monaghan bought a Michigan pizzeria called DomiNick's?

    1. Papa John's
    2. Little Caesars
    3. Domino's
    4. Pizza Inn

  9. Which is the only penguin species found north of the equator in the wild?

    1. Little penguin
    2. Galápagos penguin
    3. African penguin
    4. Humboldt penguin

  10. Which two famous women sailed with pirate captain "Calico Jack" Rackham before their capture in 1720?

    1. Mary Read and Grace O'Malley
    2. Anne Bonny and Ching Shih
    3. Grace O'Malley and Ching Shih
    4. Anne Bonny and Mary Read

Answer key

  1. Emperor penguin (B)

    Adult emperors stand about 3 feet (90 cm) tall and can weigh up to about 100 pounds (45 kg).

  2. Long John Silver (D)

    The story first ran as a magazine serial before coming out as a book in 1883.

  3. Wichita, Kansas (B)

    Brothers Dan and Frank Carney started it with $600 borrowed from their mother.

  4. The father (A)

    He balances the egg on his feet for just over two months, eating nothing the whole time.

  5. Canada (C)

    Sam Panopoulos said he named it after the brand of canned pineapple he used at his Ontario restaurant.

  6. Queen Anne's Revenge (B)

    Before Blackbeard captured her, she was a French ship called La Concorde.

  7. Seven (A)

    So 1 sits opposite 6, 2 opposite 5 and 3 opposite 4.

  8. Domino's (C)

    The three dots on the original logo stood for the company's three stores in 1965.

  9. Galápagos penguin (B)

    Cool ocean currents bring enough chilly, food-rich water to the islands for penguins to thrive.

  10. Anne Bonny and Mary Read (D)

    Both were sentenced to hang, but they won stays of execution by declaring they were pregnant.

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