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15 questions on science, music, world etc.

A multiple-choice quiz by dib. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
dib

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
55,833

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
11714

Last 3 plays: Guest 81 (5/15), chianti59 (10/15), Guest 50 (10/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which of these is a character in 'Phantom of the Opera'? Hint

Raoul

Moses

Zachariah

Uriah

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Question 2 of 15

2. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for her study of what? Hint

Antibiotics

Microorganism

Radium

Outer Space

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which of these countries have left-side steering wheels on vehicles? Hint

France

United Kingdom

Japan

Thailand

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Question 4 of 15

4. The novel 'Jane Eyre' was published in 1847 by Charlotte Bronte. She didn't use her real name, but a male name instead when it was first published. What was that name? Hint

Brooklyn Bell

Ellis Bell

Currer Bell

Acton Bell

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Question 5 of 15

5. 'Gendarmerie' means police, but in which language? Hint

Samoan

French

Portuguese

Lithuanian

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Question 6 of 15

6. What's the meaning of this Roman numeral MCD? (It's not MC Donald! ) Hint

800

2,010

1,400

1,894

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Question 7 of 15

7. Ammonia is a compound. What does it consist of? Hint

Zinc and Helium

Nitrogen and Hydrogen

Oxygen and Lead( Plumbum)

Bromine and Platinum

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who plays 'Sam' in the movie 'Benny and Joon'? Hint

Freddie Prinze Jr.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Will Smith

Johnny Depp

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Question 9 of 15

9. What is 'brontophobia'? Hint

Fear of open space

Fear of ugliness

Fear of work

Fear of thunder

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Question 10 of 15

10. What is the capital city of Brazil? Hint

Brasilia

Salvador

Rio de Janeiro

Buenos Aires

11. Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift wrote 'Gulliver's Travels' in 1726. It has become so popular that one of the words used in the book has made its way to the English dictionary; that is 'lilliputian'. What does it actually mean? Hint

A type of cereal

Transparent

Tiny

Sweet Potato

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Question 12 of 15

12. What is another name for 'vertebral column'? Hint

Ligaments

Backbone

Skeleton

Ribcage

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Question 13 of 15

13. Besides 'TR' how else was Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of USA, widely known? Hint

Terry

Timmy

Tray

Teddy

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Question 14 of 15

14. 'Peri' is a Greek prefix. What does it mean? Hint

Change

Down

Around

Both

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Question 15 of 15

15. Of these four composers, who wrote a piano work called 'Nocturne'? Hint

Beethoven

Mozart

Bach

Chopin

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these is a character in 'Phantom of the Opera'?

Answer: Raoul

2. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize for her study of what?

Answer: Radium

She died of leukemia, probably radiation-related.

3. Which of these countries have left-side steering wheels on vehicles?

Answer: France

Besides France, countries such as US, Canada and Brazil also have left-side steering wheel. I guess to make it easier as all those three countries (US, Canada and Brazil) can be connected by land.

4. The novel 'Jane Eyre' was published in 1847 by Charlotte Bronte. She didn't use her real name, but a male name instead when it was first published. What was that name?

Answer: Currer Bell

Ellis Bell was used by her sister Emily Bronte and Acton Bell was the name that another of her sister Anne Bronte used, who were also writers. During that time, female writers were not yet accepted by the public.

5. 'Gendarmerie' means police, but in which language?

Answer: French

6. What's the meaning of this Roman numeral MCD? (It's not MC Donald! )

Answer: 1,400

7. Ammonia is a compound. What does it consist of?

Answer: Nitrogen and Hydrogen

Ammonia is made up of one atom of nitrogen and three atoms of hydrogen.

8. Who plays 'Sam' in the movie 'Benny and Joon'?

Answer: Johnny Depp

9. What is 'brontophobia'?

Answer: Fear of thunder

Fear of ugliness: cacophobia. Fear of open space: agoraphobia. Fear of work: ergophobia

10. What is the capital city of Brazil?

Answer: Brasilia

Buenos Aires is the capital city of Argentina, while all the others are situated in Brazil.

Answer: Tiny

12. What is another name for 'vertebral column'?

Answer: Backbone

13. Besides 'TR' how else was Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of USA, widely known?

Answer: Teddy

Before becoming president, he was the 28th vice-president.

14. 'Peri' is a Greek prefix. What does it mean?

Answer: Around

Remember the word 'perimeter'? 'down' as a Greek prefix is 'cata' as in cataract, 'both' is expressed as 'amphi', as in amphibian, whereas 'change' is 'meta' as in metamorphosis.

15. Of these four composers, who wrote a piano work called 'Nocturne'?

Answer: Chopin

Source: Author dib

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