The Sarnia Journal trivia challenge

1 – What device, now used typically as a toy, did Benjamin Franklin use to prove that lightning was a form of electricity? 2 – Earlier this month, a daily inter-city […]

1 – What device, now used typically as a toy, did Benjamin Franklin use to prove that lightning was a form of electricity?

2 – Earlier this month, a daily inter-city bus service began and will take Sarnians on round trips to what two cities?

3 – Who portrayed former CIA operative Bryan Mills in the action thriller “Taken”?

4 – Approximately, what percentage of Sarnia-Lambton’s residents are 65 or older? (within three percent)

5 – What is the unit of measurement commonly expressed using the abbreviation Db?

6 – After Mount Everest, this mountain in Pakistan is the next highest mountain in the world? What’s its name?

7 – Remember when?  David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence was the last Hollywood film released on what home format?

8 – Which brand of fruit-flavoured candy has the tagline “Taste the Rainbow”?

9 – What name is given to the painful inflammation or the infection of the small pouches in the intestines?

10 – Named after the French brothers in whose restaurant guide it first appeared, what is the star system used for ranking restaurants around the world?

– Tom St. Amand (column #299)

ANSWERS: 1 – Kite; 2 – London and Strathroy; 3 – Liam Neeson; 4 – 22%; 5 – Decibel; 6 – K2 (or Chogori); 7 – VHS (Video Home System); 8 – Skittles; 9 – Diverticulitis; 10 – Michelin.