Daily Quiz Answers Unveiled for February 19
Test your knowledge with our daily quiz roundup, featuring a mix of pop culture, history, and geography questions. From celebrity birthdays to Olympic triumphs, here are the answers to keep you informed and entertained.
Birthday Trivia and General Knowledge
On this day in 1988, singer Rihanna was born in St. Michael, Barbados. In other trivia, water boils at 100 degrees Celsius on the Celsius scale. According to the Bible, Delilah cut Samson's hair. The first professional footballer to receive a knighthood was Sir Stanley Matthews. Baked beans are typically made using haricot beans. In 1938, Graham Greene wrote the novel "Brighton Rock".
Sports and Entertainment Highlights
The London sporting venue home to Surrey Cricket Club is The Oval. King Charles III was invested as the Prince of Wales in 1969. Marlon Brando refused the Best Actor Oscar in 1973 for the movie "The Godfather". Burma changed its name to Myanmar in 1989. The opera "Tosca" was written by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini.
Answers to February 19 Questions
Here are the solutions to today's specific quiz questions:
- The books on which the TV series "Call the Midwife" is based were written by Jennifer Worth.
- The ancient city of Petra would have been located in modern-day Jordan.
- The musical that featured the song "What Kind of Fool Am I?" is "Stop the World I Want to Get Off".
- The Italian pasta sauce whose name translates to "angry" in English due to chilli peppers is Arrabiata sauce.
- Songs with "Hand" in the title that were UK number one hits: [a] "Hold My Hand" by Don Cordell (1954), [b] "Put Your Hands Up for Detroit" by Fedde Le Grand (2006), [c] "Hand on Your Heart" by Kylie Minogue (1989), [d] "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles (1963), and [e] "China in Your Hand" by T'Pau (1987).
- The Welsh market town of Aberystwyth is located on Cardigan Bay.
- Torville and Dean danced to Ravel's Bolero in their gold medal win at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
- Eartha Kitt played Catwoman in the 1960s TV series of "Batman".
- The city of Tulsa is located in the US state of Oklahoma.
- An Otoscope is used to examine the ears of the human body.
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