Trivia Time

Test your knowledge on these sample questions from NTN’s Showdown game.

1. Which is not one of the four “C” words used to determine the value of a diamond?

a) Carat. b) Caliber. c) Cut. d) Clarity. e) Color.

2. Who played the bumbling Col. Klink on the TV comedy “Hogan’s Heroes”?

a) John Banner. b) Robert Clary. c) Richard Deacon. d) Werner Klemperer. e) Gavin MacLeod.

3. Which is not a former republic of the USSR?

a) Armenia. b) Georgia. c) Estonia. d) Albania. e) Uzbekistan.

4. If you were feeling lugubrious, you would be feeling:

a) Outgoing. b) Tired and clumsy. c) Confused. d) Happy. e) Sad.

5. In the presidential slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler, too,” who was Tippecanoe?

a) William Henry Harrison. b) Abraham Lincoln. c) Theodore Roosevelt. d) Rutherford B. Hayes. e) Andrew Jackson.

Answers: 1) b. 2) d. 3) d. 4) e. 5) a.