Cox Trivia: May 2014

Thursday, May 29, 2014

St. George, Utah was named after George A. Smith, who was nicknamed a "saint" after encouraging what tuber to be eaten as a cure for scurvy?

The man who discovered Mount Whitney (tallest in the contiguous 48 states) had what Utah mountain named after him?

Of the 3 ships that Christopher Columbus used to reach the Americas in 1492, which never returned to Spain?

What U.S. holiday began after the Civil War and was originally known as Decoration Day?

Of 15 U.S. territories, what five have populations over 1,000?

The word vaccine is derived from the Latin word for what animal?

Two U.S. space shuttles were destroyed during flight: one during launch, the other during re-entry. Which shuttles were they?

The last known naturally occurring case of Smallpox was diagnosed in what year?