Trivia Quiz: Random Decades

Here are some random trivia clues from various decades that VJ and JJ put together just for fun since we’re not going to be seeing any new clues on Jeopardy! for a couple of weeks. Test yourself and score yourself but, please, don’t give away the answers in the comments!!

1230s: Berengaria of Navarre, wife of Richard the Lionheart, died in 1230 in this French city, later famous for an endurance sports car race

1320s: This Italian scholar and poet is alleged to have first spied his beloved Laura in 1327

1420s: The coronation of Charles VII occurred on July 17, 1429 in this French city’s cathedral

1710s: “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” is a quote from this Alexander Pope work, published in 1711

1850s: Methodist preacher Dinah Morris is the good one in this 1859 novel by George Eliot, but her cousin Hetty Sorrel goes down the wrong path

1910s: Joaquin Murrieta is said to be the inspiration for this Johnston McCulley character, who made his debut in “The Curse of Capistrano” in 1919

1930s: This title was created for the U.K.’s King Edward VIII after he abdicated on December 11, 1936

1940s: Bruce Wayne’s butler, this man made his first appearance in Batman #16 in April 1943

1960s: This independence leader, who had served as Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo in 1960, was executed by firing squad on January 17, 1961

1990s: She played mobster Henry Hill’s wife in the 1990 film “Goodfellas”

BONUS CLUES: Name the decade when each of the following events happened during the 20th century:

1. First in vitro fertilization (aka “Test Tube Baby) was born.

2. Jack Dempsey became the world heavyweight champion on Independence Day

3. Enovid, the first oral contraceptive, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

4. Conman and swindler Charles Ponzi was deported to Italy.

5. Iceland declares its independence from Denmark

Scoring Suggestion:

11 to 15 Right: Go take the Jeopardy! test

5-10 Right: Study a little more, than go take the Jeopardy! test

1-6 Right: Do not take the Jeopardy! test