- What plant is a symbol
of nuclear disarmament
because it can absorb
radioactive cesium? - In 2019, what Can-
adian singer released
her first Billboard No. 1
album in more than
17 years? - Which two independ-
ent states are entirely
surrounded by Italy? - In Peanuts, what char-
acter was fiercely dedi-
cated to Beethoven? - Which is the only coun-
try to have won both the
women’s and the men’s
FIFA World Cups? - What Dutch master
produced more than
142 paintings while he
was staying at a psychi-
atric hospital?
7. Which “timely” Nicole
Kidman film was based
on the novel that won
the 1999 Pulitzer Prize
in Fiction?
8. What Disney movie
features a castle inspired
by the Chateau de Cham-
bord in France?
9. The square root of two
is a constant named after
what mathematician and
philosopher?
10. Japan’s southernmost
prefecture is the birth-
place of karate and is
called what?
11. What American
actor goes by the stage
name “Childish Gambino”
when he’s performing
music?
12. Which country has
coastlines on the Caspian
Sea, the Gulf of Oman
and the Persian Gulf?- Until he passed away
at age 98 in 2018, Jerry
Maren was the last sur-
viv or of the 124 actors
who played Munchkins
in what movie? - According to Nigella
Lawson, what’s the “best
meal in the world”? - Golf returned to the
Olympics in 2016. Who
won the first men’s gold
medal in 112 years and
hit the first Olympic hole
in one?
Schroeder. 4. arino and Vatican City. San M3. Céline Dion. 2. The sunflower. ers: 1.AnswOkinawa. 10. Pythagoras. 9.. Beauty and the Beast 8.. The Hours 7. Vincent van Gogh. 6. any. Germ5.Justin Rose. 15. Bread and cheese. 14.. izard of OzThe W 13. Iran. 12. Donald Glover. 11.BY Paul PaquetISTOCK.COM/WRAGGTRIVIA
reader’s digest
100 april 2020