1 – What is the mathematical term for the longest side of a right-angled triangle?
2 – What city street shares its name with the capital of New Zealand?
3 – Who “picked a peck of pickled peppers” in the popular tongue twister?
4 – A now valuable 1921 nickel featuring what English monarch’s image was contained in the time capsule opened at SCITS last April?
5 – The first sales pitch for what type of ball was, “You can’t hurt babies or old people!”
6 – When you type using both hands and all your fingers, you are usually using which hand more?
7 – Vitiligo is a disease of which part of the human body?
8 – Fittingly, in what U.S. city did the movie Gone With the Wind have its premier?
9 – The new trade deal among Canada, Mexico and the U.S. is known by what acronym?
10 – Who was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Tom St. Amand (column #212)
ANSWERS: 1 – Hypotenuse 2 – Wellington; 3 – Peter Piper; 4 – George V. 5 – NERF; 6 – Left hand (56% of the time); 7 – Skin; 8 – Atlanta; 9 – USMCA; 10 – Aretha Franklin.
