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.