Trivia: “When did you stop beating your wife?”

April 3, 2009

I know this would have been way more fun on April Fools’, but I couldn’t post Wednesday night’s trivia questions on my blog before the game actually took place Wednesday night — and while the questions would have provided the second-most fun on Thursday, my wireless card decided not to participate. So here they are now, a bit tardy.

At Chelsea Mind Games trivia, the 50 questions come in themed sets of 5. The last 5 were the April Fools’ questions — each question has a structural flaw, and some (but not all) of the flaws make the questions unanswerable.

For instance, if I ask, “What is the name of Hillary Clinton’s oldest son?”, a correct reply would be “She has no sons!” But if I ask, “Who said ‘Walk softly and carry a big bat’?”, a correct reply would be “Teddy Roosevelt — and actually, it was a big stick.” Here are the questions — each one has something wrong with it, but 4 of the 5 can be answered anyway.

  1. What US President said, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

  2. Name the wife of French novelist George Sand.

  3. As introduced by Issac Asimov in 1942, what are the four laws of robotics?

  4. In what country does the desert rat kangaroo live?

  5. Who is the head of state of the nation of the Northern Mariana Islands?

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