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The 'OK' Quiz


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A multiple-choice quiz by Ikabud. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Ikabud
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
68,240
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
7730
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is the name of the English equivalent of America's Tony Awards for stage excellence? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. 'Kokomo', the Beach boys tune, mentions all of the following locales except? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which female name means 'long journey' in Greek? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Gary Cooper won a Best Actor Academy Award for the 1952 film 'High Noon'. What was his character's name? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What was the code name for the Allied landing in North Africa during World War II, which began on November 8, 1942? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Kotkin is the real last name of what famous person? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This is a rare, gray to black glassy volcanic rock. What is it called? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This Austrian painter and designer lived from 1862 to 1918 and was the foremost Art Nouveau painter in Vienna. Who was he? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What is the former name of Tahiti? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What U.S. President was born with the name Leslie Lynch King, Jr? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the name of the English equivalent of America's Tony Awards for stage excellence?

Answer: Olivier Awards

The award was named for great English actor Laurence Olivier.
2. 'Kokomo', the Beach boys tune, mentions all of the following locales except?

Answer: Cancun

Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine formed the Beach Boys in 1961 in Hawthorne, California.
3. Which female name means 'long journey' in Greek?

Answer: Odessa

Obelia is Greek for pillar of strength, Orna is the Latin name meaning decorate and Ora is Hebrew for light.
4. Gary Cooper won a Best Actor Academy Award for the 1952 film 'High Noon'. What was his character's name?

Answer: Will Kane

Francis Kane is novelist Harold Robbins' real name, Paul Kramer is the Beverly Hills police officer slapped by Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Willard Kennedy was the name of the announcer of the introduction to the TV series, 'The Adventures of Superman'.
5. What was the code name for the Allied landing in North Africa during World War II, which began on November 8, 1942?

Answer: Operation Torch

Operation Overlord was the Allied code name for the D-Day invasion, Operation Urgent Fury was the name for the U.S. invasion of Grenada (which began on October 25, 1983) and Operation Z was the Japanese code name for the attack on Pearl Harbor.
6. Kotkin is the real last name of what famous person?

Answer: David Copperfield

Mel Brooks' real last name is Kaminsky, Aaron Copland's is Kaplan and Miss Lamour's original name was Kaumeyer.
7. This is a rare, gray to black glassy volcanic rock. What is it called?

Answer: Obsidian

Obsidian makes an attractive semiprecious stone. Oleander is an evergreen shrub native to the Mediterranean region. Osiris is the god of the dead in Egyptian mythology, and oryx is any of four species of antelopes.
8. This Austrian painter and designer lived from 1862 to 1918 and was the foremost Art Nouveau painter in Vienna. Who was he?

Answer: Gustav Klimt

Paul Klee was a Swiss painter and graphic artist, Franz Kline was a U.S. abstract expressionist painter and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German painter and printmaker.
9. What is the former name of Tahiti?

Answer: Otaheite

Old Noll was the nickname of English statesman Oliver Cromwell, Pierre Omidyar is the founder of the internet auction site eBay and Ozcot was the name of the Hollywood, California home of author L. Frank Baum from 1910 until his death in 1919.
10. What U.S. President was born with the name Leslie Lynch King, Jr?

Answer: Gerald Ford

His name was legally changed in 1935, after his divorced mother, Dorothy Ayer Gardner King married paint salesman Gerald R. Ford.
Source: Author Ikabud

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