Trivia #6 – Games

What is a Māhū? Name the nation which oversees Gibraltar. These and more are in our latest travel trivia game.

Global Trivia 6

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Question 1

What is a Māhū?

A	Chinese monk
B	Japanese samurai concubine
C	Mongolian war lord
D	Polynesian third-gendered person
E	Russian serf

Question 1 :

D. Polynesian third-gendered person

Māhū is a name that originated in ancient Polynesia for a third-gendered person, that is, not male nor female, but both or neither.

Question 2

Name the film in which Tom Hanks appears that is NOT directed by Steven Spielberg

A	Bridge of Spies
B	Catch Me If You Can
C	Forrest Gump
D	The Post
E	The Terminal

Question 2 :

C. Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump was directed by Robert Zemeckis for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director.

Question 3

Gibraltar is a Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by what nation?

A	Andorra
B	France
C	Great Britain
D	Morocco
E	Spain

Question 3 :

C. Great Britain

Gibraltar’s two square miles of limestone rock is a British Overseas Territory on the Southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. Famous for its Barbary monkeys (not apes), Winston Churchill once said “As long as they remain, so will the British.” Churchill was determined to prevent the monkeys from disappearing from the Rock. He knew that the monkeys had become symbolically important to British morale; their disappearance might demoralize the populace, many of whom had been evacuated with possibility of an attack by Germany during WW II.

Question 4

Costa Rica’s annual income is overwhelming derived from this industry

A	Bananas
B	Coffee
C	Palm Oil
D	Pineapples
E	Tourism

Question 4 :

E. Tourism

Over 50% of Costa Rica’s annual income is derived from tourism.

Question 5

Name the opera NOT composed by Giacomo Puccini

A	La bohème
B	Madama Butterfly
C	Tosca
D	La Traviata
E	Turandot

Question 5 :

D. La Traviata

Giuseppe Verdi was born in Italy in 1813, prior to Italian unification. Verdi produced many successful operas, including La Traviata, Falstaff and Aida, and became known for his skill in creating melody and his profound use of theatrical effect.

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