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Trivia Night #2: Volcanoes, Sandwiches & Spies: 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. The Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped belt of volcanoes and earthquakes, circles which ocean?

    1. The Pacific
    2. The Atlantic
    3. The Indian
    4. The Arctic

  2. The sandwich is named after John Montagu, an 18th-century Earl of Sandwich from which country?

    1. The Netherlands
    2. England
    3. France
    4. Germany

  3. Which US city is home to the International Spy Museum?

    1. New York City
    2. Boston
    3. Chicago
    4. Washington, D.C.

  4. Krakatoa, whose 1883 eruption was heard thousands of miles away, is in which present-day country?

    1. Indonesia
    2. Japan
    3. The Philippines
    4. Papua New Guinea

  5. A classic Reuben of corned beef, Swiss cheese and sauerkraut is served on which bread?

    1. Brioche
    2. Ciabatta
    3. Rye
    4. Sourdough

  6. Which World War II agency, led by William "Wild Bill" Donovan, was the forerunner of the CIA?

    1. The National Security Agency
    2. The Office of Strategic Services
    3. The Federal Bureau of Investigation
    4. The Secret Service

  7. Wildcard: The # symbol, also called the pound sign or hashtag, also goes by which quirky name?

    1. Asterisk
    2. Interrobang
    3. Pilcrow
    4. Octothorpe

  8. In 1943, the volcano Parícutin famously burst out of a farmer's cornfield in which country?

    1. Guatemala
    2. Chile
    3. Costa Rica
    4. Mexico

  9. The po' boy sandwich, often stuffed with fried shrimp or roast beef, comes from which city?

    1. New Orleans
    2. Atlanta
    3. Memphis
    4. Houston

  10. Before writing James Bond, Ian Fleming served in which British wartime organization?

    1. The Royal Air Force
    2. Scotland Yard
    3. The BBC World Service
    4. The Naval Intelligence Division

Answer key

  1. The Pacific (A)

    It runs from New Zealand up through Japan and Alaska and down the west coast of the Americas.

  2. England (B)

    Legend says he wanted a meal he could eat without leaving the card table.

  3. Washington, D.C. (D)

    It opened in 2002 and moved to a bigger building at L'Enfant Plaza in 2019.

  4. Indonesia (A)

    The blast was heard on Rodrigues Island, about 3,000 miles (4,800 km) away in the Indian Ocean.

  5. Rye (C)

    Both Omaha and New York City claim to have invented it, and the debate is still unsettled.

  6. The Office of Strategic Services (B)

    Formed in 1942 and disbanded in 1945, it ran spies and saboteurs behind enemy lines.

  7. Octothorpe (D)

    Bell Labs engineers coined the name by 1968, when the symbol joined touch-tone phone keypads.

  8. Mexico (D)

    It kept erupting until 1952, burying two nearby villages under lava and ash.

  9. New Orleans (A)

    A popular origin story credits the Martin brothers, who fed striking streetcar workers for free in 1929.

  10. The Naval Intelligence Division (D)

    He was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence and helped set up a commando unit.

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