![]() ![]() | Feature20 QuestionsThe Alibi Trivia Challenge is backTaunt your mind with the trivia below. Are the questions small enough to fit in a bread box? Take the quiz to find out.Albuquerque ![]() Boy’s Dormitory, UNM. 2) What was former Mayor Harry E. Kinney's unlikely profession after serving as mayor? 3) In what year was UNM founded? 4) Where does Albuquerque's population rank among U.S. cities? ![]() Harry E. Kinney b. 34th c. 42nd d. 50th New Mexico ![]() Warren Price Carrizozo is a cool name for a town. 6) What was the first film made in New Mexico? 7) In what New Mexico town is it illegal for a woman to appear unshaven in public? 8) Grants is now known as the "uranium capital of the world," but it used to be known as the "____ capital of the world." a. sand b. carrot c. jackalope d. meteorite ![]() Basilisk 10) Charleton Heston starred in what movie adapted from an 1880 historical novel penned by a New Mexico governor? 11) What Western swing musician was once a barber in Roy, N.M.? ![]() We’re all gonna die! a. 76 b. 12 c. 32 d. 102 13) There have been approximately how many plague cases in New Mexico since the mid-20th century? a. 50 ![]() c. 250 d. 350 Miscellaneous 14) What animal were the Israelites forbidden to eat in the Old Testament? a. pig b. goat c. goose d. rabbit 15) When a chicken egg is hatched beneath a toad or serpent, what monster is produced? a. basilisk b. crocolisk c. godzilla d. hydra 16) In what year was the word "computer" used to describe something other than "a person who performs calculations"? a. 1598 b. 1701 c. 1781 d. 1897 17) What color is produced at 5500 Angstroms? a. yellow b. violet c. orange d. green 18) Which president had the shortest term in office? a. Martin Van Buren b. William Henry Harrison c. Abraham Lincoln d. John F. Kennedy 19) According to the Mayan calendar, when is the world supposed to end? a. 2010 b. 2012 c. 2014 d. 2016 20) The sun's death is how many light-years away? a. less than one b. 3 c. 5 d. 8 Key1) McDuffie Park. 2) taxi driver. 3) 1889. 4) B. 5)Albuquerque. 6) Indian Day School was filmed at Isleta Pueblo in 1898 by Edison Company. 7) Carrizozo. 8) B. 9) white gypsum crystals. 10) Ben-Hur. 11) Bob Wills. 12) A. 13) C. 14) D. 15) A. 16) D. 17) A. 18) B. 19) B. 20) C. Public Comments (5)
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