From the Christian trinity to the Star Wars trilogy, from the top three finishers receiving a medal to the requisite three main arguments in the body of a first-year essay, the number three seems to pop up just about everywhere. See how you do with the following questions about that eerie numeral … the number three.
1. Everyone knows the first two sons of Adam and Eve. However, interestingly enough, neither Abel nor Cain are usually credited with the continuation of the human race. According to the book of Genesis, who was the third son?
2. As one of Shakespeare’s darker plays, King Lear is an exploration of such primal forces as providence, loyalty and the meaning (or meaninglessness) of life. Two of Lear’s daughters turn out to be real nasty pieces of work, and one is murdered—despite being of good heart. Name them.
3. In his magnum opus “American Pie,” Don MacLean writes that there are three men he admires the most, all of whom, on the day the music died, took the last train to the coast. Who are these three men?
—With files from “What Are The Seven Wonders of the World?” and “American Pie”
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Michael Urban is president of the Queen’s University Trivia Club. All questions verified by the QUTC. The trivia club meets on Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. in Kingston Hall, Room 205. trivia@ams.queensu.ca
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