Trivia Test: September 9, 2011

1. The Population Registration Act was passed by which country in 1950?

Rutabaga Swedish turnip 250 (photo credit: Courtesy)
Rutabaga Swedish turnip 250
(photo credit: Courtesy)
1. The Population Registration Act, which required that each inhabitant be classified in accordance with his or her racial characteristics, was passed by which country in 1950?
2. What legendary place was protected by the Scaean Gates?
3. Which movie villain who resides on Discovery One was voiced by Douglas Rain?
4. The phrase “It’s better to burn out than to fade away” from Neil Young’s classic song “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)” became better known after being quoted in whose 1994 suicide note?
5. What vegetable, also called a Swedish turnip, is avoided by many older Germans, as they consider it “famine food”?
6. What comic book character who is particularly appealing to teens was created by its producer in hopes of attracting fans of the Andy Hardy movies starring Mickey Rooney?
7. What word, chosen as an egalitarian alternative to terms like “Mister,” “Miss” or “Missus,” saw its first known use (in the now-familiar context) in a socialist magazine called Justice in 1884?
8. On which three days can the first day of Rosh Hashana never fall?
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