Gems from old GAMES Magazines V

September/October, 1979

Trivia

CONFUSABLES 

1. Was it Charlotte or Emily Bronte who wrote Jane Eyre?

   

2. Was Romeo a Capulet and Juliet a Montague, or was it the other way around?

3. Ice formations hanging from the ceiling - are they stalagmites or stalactites?

4. Facing the bow (front) of a ship, which side of the ship is starboard - left or right?

5. What common alloy is made from copper and tin, brass or bronze?

6. Which is the high point of an orbit, the apogee or the perigee

7. In the battle between the Monitor and Merrimac, which was the Confederate ship?

8. Is the boiling point of water higher or lower at higher elevations?

Answers:

 

1. Charlotte Bronte wrote Jane Eyre, Emily Bronte wrote Wuthering Heights, Anne Bronte wrote Agnes Grey.

 

2. Romeo was a Montague and Juliet was a Capulet.

 

3. Stalactites hang from the ceiling.

 

4. Right - Left is port.

 

5. Bronze - Brass is copper and zinc.

 

6. Apogee is the highest, perigee the lowest. 

7. The Merrimac was the Confederate ship.

8. Lower