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Trivia Night #5: Board Games, Bees & Mountains: 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. In a honeybee colony, what are the male bees called?

    1. Soldiers
    2. Drones
    3. Workers
    4. Scouts

  2. Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48 states, is in which state?

    1. Nevada
    2. Washington
    3. California
    4. Colorado

  3. In a standard game of Scrabble, how many letter tiles does each player keep on their rack?

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

  4. Honeybee foragers perform a "waggle dance" to tell their hivemates what?

    1. That the queen has died
    2. That rain is coming
    3. Where to find food
    4. That an intruder is near

  5. Pikes Peak, the summit whose view inspired the poem behind "America the Beautiful," is in which state?

    1. Montana
    2. Utah
    3. Colorado
    4. Wyoming

  6. Which children's board game did Eleanor Abbott design in the 1940s while recovering from polio in San Diego?

    1. Chutes and Ladders
    2. Hi Ho! Cherry-O
    3. Candy Land
    4. Sorry!

  7. Wildcard: The Slinky was dreamed up in 1943 by an engineer who watched what tumble off a shelf?

    1. A ball of yarn
    2. A spring
    3. A stack of coins
    4. A paper towel tube

  8. How many eyes does a honeybee have?

    1. Four
    2. Eight
    3. Two
    4. Five

  9. The pyramid-shaped Matterhorn sits on the border between Switzerland and which other country?

    1. Italy
    2. Germany
    3. Austria
    4. France

  10. In the classic US edition of the board game Clue, what is the murder victim's name?

    1. Mr. Green
    2. Professor Plum
    3. Mr. Boddy
    4. Colonel Mustard

Answer key

  1. Drones (B)

    They have no stinger and don't gather food; their main job is to mate with a queen from another colony.

  2. California (C)

    Its summit, about 14,505 feet up, marks the southern end of the 211-mile John Muir Trail.

  3. Seven (B)

    Playing every tile on your rack in one turn earns a 50-point bonus, which fans call a bingo.

  4. Where to find food (C)

    Austrian scientist Karl von Frisch decoded the dance and shared the 1973 Nobel Prize for his work.

  5. Colorado (C)

    Katharine Lee Bates wrote the poem after a trip to the 14,115-foot summit in the summer of 1893.

  6. Candy Land (C)

    Milton Bradley released it in 1949, and since play is all about matching colors, no reading is required.

  7. A spring (B)

    Richard James was working on springs for Navy ship instruments; his wife, Betty, found the name in a dictionary.

  8. Five (D)

    Besides two big compound eyes, three tiny simple eyes called ocelli on top of the head help it sense light.

  9. Italy (A)

    Disneyland's replica opened in 1959 with Matterhorn Bobsleds, the first roller coaster with tubular steel track.

  10. Mr. Boddy (C)

    In Britain's Cluedo he's Dr. Black, and a 2023 US refresh merged the two into Boddy Black.

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