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Quiz about Night of the Living Staples
Quiz about Night of the Living Staples

Night of the Living Staples Trivia Quiz


15 questions? About staples? What's there to know, right? Try the quiz and see. It's a veritable buffet line of staple questions. But be ready to think outside the box - staple box, that is!

A multiple-choice quiz by goatlockerjoe. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
367,474
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
9 / 15
Plays
421
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Question 1 of 15
1. Several theories abound about the creation of staples. Different events are touted as the "beginning of staples." But which choice is NOT one of them? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. If you live in the civilized world, you've seen - and probably used - a stapler. On the stapler base is a small square of metal, usually shiny, with two sets of grooves in it. The staples are supposed to strike into one set of grooves, and get bent around to hold the material you're stapling. What's the proper name of that shiny square plate? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Let's stir up another anvil question! It can be rotated through 360 degrees. But why are there two sets of grooves on the anvil? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Staples High School in Westport CT has been a top school in both the state and the nation in recent years. The learning climate was enhanced by a $74 million renovation in 2005. With such superb achievements and accolades, we assume the school's mascot/logo would be a noble, uplifting one. So what is their mascot? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. This staple nonsense has been going on for a long time. Speaking of long - how long is the world's longest staple chain? Hint: it's 133 feet shorter than the Titanic's length. Hint: it's also about 1.1 furlongs in length. Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. And now, the question you've expected all along! The "real" Staples Inc. - the office supply giant - has outlets or subsidiaries in many countries, including which of the following? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Staples Inc. is a leader in environmental and recycling efforts in the business place. When the firm began offering a much larger selection of "post consumer recycled paper" products, which associated item did Staples begin phasing out? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Another question about staples has suddenly cropped up! A "staple food" can be generally defined as one that is eaten regularly, and forms a dominant part of the diet for a given population. Which of the choices is NOT in the "top 3" of staple foods worldwide? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Here's one more question about food staples that might amaze you. In 2007, several countries saw prices on a classic staple food product jump by 200-400% in a matter of months. The jump in price was due in part to biodegradable fuel. This difficult situation was given what attention grabbing name? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Jell-O is probably not considered a staple food (is it even a food?), but it was used to encase Dwight's stapler in the pilot episode of this TV "mockumentary." Can you recall the name of the series, set in Scranton PA? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. In 1955, the Staple Singers recorded "This May Be the Last Time." In 1965, the song was readapted as "The Last Time" by what famous - and enduring - rock band? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. The small town of Staples began with the arrival of rail and lumber industries after the territory was admitted to the Union as #32 in 1858. Can you name the state? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. You'll need to put on your thinking cap for this one: Dallas construction worker Shaun Hunter apparently made a quick, complete recovery after what unusual staple related incident? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Remember the roofer who had a 3 inch staple driven into his brain? Ironically, doctors may very well have used medical staples to help close the wound. These medical staples are probably made of all the following EXCEPT: Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Blood will always draw sharks, on land and sea. There's a bloody, pitiful form of wrestling called "hardcore," which offers a "staple gun death match." What is the basic goal in this so-called "sport?" Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Several theories abound about the creation of staples. Different events are touted as the "beginning of staples." But which choice is NOT one of them?

Answer: 1942 - replaced paper clips due to wartime steel shortage

Like many other "exact date" questions, it's hard to staple down - oops, PIN down - an exact date, or even a single precise definition of a staple. But staples were around long before WW2, and never replaced paper clips during the war! Both items were critical to supply and administration efforts. In fact, you might say they helped build the "stationery defenses" of our country!
2. If you live in the civilized world, you've seen - and probably used - a stapler. On the stapler base is a small square of metal, usually shiny, with two sets of grooves in it. The staples are supposed to strike into one set of grooves, and get bent around to hold the material you're stapling. What's the proper name of that shiny square plate?

Answer: anvil

It makes sense, right? An anvil is the support for a piece of metal being worked or shaped. I know you didn't fall for the stirrup - it goes with the anvil all right - but in your EAR! The bender bar is pure fabrication.

Ironically though, if you know what "bohica" means, you can imagine the anvil screaming that term each time the stapler is used!
3. Let's stir up another anvil question! It can be rotated through 360 degrees. But why are there two sets of grooves on the anvil?

Answer: to bend the staple points inward or outward

If you missed this one, they'll be cleaning out your desk at "the office!" Ever had a staple jam? Yeah, me too! Lots of them! So forget that "jamming" answer. Better chrome adhesion? What does that even mean? Get out! And as for Federal laws - well, these days, it wouldn't surprise me. But no; there's no Staple Police. At least not yet.

Rotating the anvil changes which way the staple points are bent. One set of grooves bends the points inward for a more permanent bind; the other grooves - yes - you got it...bend outward for temporary attaching. Outward bound staples are easier to remove.

Somewhere in all my exploring, I read that a survey found only one in ten office workers even KNEW about both sets of grooves, to say nothing about their different uses. It sounds like the survey groups were Federal lawmakers.
4. Staples High School in Westport CT has been a top school in both the state and the nation in recent years. The learning climate was enhanced by a $74 million renovation in 2005. With such superb achievements and accolades, we assume the school's mascot/logo would be a noble, uplifting one. So what is their mascot?

Answer: Wreckers

The three "noble" choices make for a difficult guess. Did your reverse logic kick in and decide it had to be the more negative sounding "Wreckers?" But names aside, actions do speak louder than words - or mascots on t-shirts. Staples HS has an outstanding "record." It has been ranked as Connecticut's #1 school at least twice since 2009, and earned a nationwide ranking in the upper 50% of the 1,000 best high schools in the USA.

I did a lot of searching in an effort to trace the origins of the "Wreckers" name, but had no luck. Unless I call the school to ask (which I won't!), I'm finished. Any of you Connecticutians...Connecticuters? Nutmeggers out there? Can you help?
5. This staple nonsense has been going on for a long time. Speaking of long - how long is the world's longest staple chain? Hint: it's 133 feet shorter than the Titanic's length. Hint: it's also about 1.1 furlongs in length.

Answer: 750 feet

Actually 750' 9", as near as I can tell. It was assembled in 2012 by high school student Jeffrey White at Spaulding High School in Vermont. A local TV station video confirmed the length, but two years later, the Guinness Book still shows a 570' 10" chain built by a Canadian team.

The more I dug, the more confused I got. Guinness mentions that information is always changing, as new challengers beat old records. But two years seems like a very slow refresh rate! This seemed like such a simple, fun question, until I began digging. If you've diligently read all this information, congratulations! Persistence pays - a hint for an upcoming question is "think Great Wall."
6. And now, the question you've expected all along! The "real" Staples Inc. - the office supply giant - has outlets or subsidiaries in many countries, including which of the following?

Answer: China

Did you read the hint? China is correct. According to the most current information (2011) I could find, Staple's has 27 office supply stores serving Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai regions. It would be interesting to know what percent of the inventory is imported from America.

Were you pulled in by the "all of these" option?
7. Staples Inc. is a leader in environmental and recycling efforts in the business place. When the firm began offering a much larger selection of "post consumer recycled paper" products, which associated item did Staples begin phasing out?

Answer: products obtained from endangered forests

The most logical connection to recycling paper is saving the endangered forests that are destroyed to supply paper. There's no real link between the three distractor answers and paper recycling. Not having water fountains in the stores would be very unpopular with customers AND staff alike! A water fountain is far more conserving of liquid than other sources. Eliminating ink cartridge sales would result in a huge revenue loss. Staples also sells leather upholstered executive and manager's chairs, so that knocks out the animal skin option.

Staple's has been ranked in the Top 25 on the EPA's Green Power List. The chain has introduced power saving features in its copy centers, and uses self contained solar power installations in at least two of its stores. They also have a liberal return/recycle policy for used toner and ink cartridges.
8. Another question about staples has suddenly cropped up! A "staple food" can be generally defined as one that is eaten regularly, and forms a dominant part of the diet for a given population. Which of the choices is NOT in the "top 3" of staple foods worldwide?

Answer: potatoes

There are about 50,000 edible plant species on earth. Of all those, rice, maize, and wheat are a main staple of some 4 billion people. Potatoes seem to be in about 4th place, based on total tonnage grown. While staple foods are generally considered to be plants, one source mentions fish as a staple food for some coastal dwellers.

Rice, wheat, and corn, you say? Sounds like that spicy party mix. After eating a bowl of that, I guess I could say "the Chex in the male!"
9. Here's one more question about food staples that might amaze you. In 2007, several countries saw prices on a classic staple food product jump by 200-400% in a matter of months. The jump in price was due in part to biodegradable fuel. This difficult situation was given what attention grabbing name?

Answer: Mexican tortilla crisis

Many sources agree that high fuel prices and corn meal hoarding by food speculators was the primary culprit, but about 20% of the world corn meal supply was expected to be funneled into production of bio-fuels such as ethanol (and then funneled into gas tanks around the USA). Simple supply and demand did the rest. Less supply equals more demand equals higher costs. While potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cassava are all staples, they're not being used as fuel.

(Many people find switching from one staple food to another difficult. As a result, any significant drop in the supply tends to lead to a very sharp rise in the price - out of proportion in percentage terms to the actual shortfall).
10. Jell-O is probably not considered a staple food (is it even a food?), but it was used to encase Dwight's stapler in the pilot episode of this TV "mockumentary." Can you recall the name of the series, set in Scranton PA?

Answer: The Office

"The Office" ran for 9 seasons, from 2005-2013. The show garnered numerous award nominations, winning five Emmys and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, among others. The Office was set in Scranton's mythical "Dunder Mifflin Paper Company," and apparently has had a positive effect in Scranton.

The Dunder Mifflin logo appears in several locations throughout the city, and travel guides have been published to help fans discover city locations mentioned in the series. I guess fame is where you find it.
11. In 1955, the Staple Singers recorded "This May Be the Last Time." In 1965, the song was readapted as "The Last Time" by what famous - and enduring - rock band?

Answer: Rolling Stones

The Staple Singers were headed by Roebuck "Pop" Staples, along with son Pervis, and daughters Cleotha, Yvonne, and Mavis. Formed in 1948, the group began recording in the early 1950s, and were active until about 1994. Their work also includes "Let's Do It Again," and a #1 hit on the US pop chart - "I'll Take You There." The Staple Singers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.

The DC5 disbanded in 1970; the Yardbirds flew away in 1968, but regrouped again in 1992, and were active (with varying members) through 2012. Most amazing of all, as of 2014, there are TWO active bands billing themselves as Herman's Hermits!
12. The small town of Staples began with the arrival of rail and lumber industries after the territory was admitted to the Union as #32 in 1858. Can you name the state?

Answer: Minnesota

Staples MN appears to be a bustling little town of about 2800 residents on average over the last 40 years. There's a municipal airport, an AMTRAK station (no waiting room though, it seems). In the 1990s, Staples had a "housing boom" - 15 homes and 60 apartment units.

The only bad thing I see about the town? Being in the "Land of 10,000 Lakes," this otherwise delightful seeming town only has .01 square miles of water. That one HUNDREDTH of a square mile! Small mouth bass only? No room for the large mouths! But in MN, a good fishing hole is never too far away!
13. You'll need to put on your thinking cap for this one: Dallas construction worker Shaun Hunter apparently made a quick, complete recovery after what unusual staple related incident?

Answer: brain puncture from a 3 inch staple

Thinking cap indeed! Shaun should have put on a hard hat! While building a canopy on a roof, he apparently stood up and struck his coworker's pneumatic stapler, which drove a three inch staple into Shaun's frontal lobe. Doctors were amazed that there was no serious or permanent damage.

According to a 2010 report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the three most dangerous US labor occupations (and the number of deaths for 100,000 workers in each group) are: #1 fishers and related workers (116); #2 logging workers (92); #3 pilots and flight engineers (71). Sounds like military service is a LOT safer!
14. Remember the roofer who had a 3 inch staple driven into his brain? Ironically, doctors may very well have used medical staples to help close the wound. These medical staples are probably made of all the following EXCEPT:

Answer: woven lead thread

Anyone with half a brain knows about the hazards of lead ingestion - and may have learned the hard way, if they only have a half left! Lead paint and lead pipes are practically nonexistent. Even the military has eliminated or significantly reduced the amount of lead in small arms ammunition. So Why would we want lead in our muscle tissue and blood?

Titanium staples seem to be the most common; they have less effect on MRI scans, and cause fewer reactions from the immune system. Stainless steel is used in many skin staples. Bioabsorbable staples are becoming more common.
15. Blood will always draw sharks, on land and sea. There's a bloody, pitiful form of wrestling called "hardcore," which offers a "staple gun death match." What is the basic goal in this so-called "sport?"

Answer: staple something to the opponent's body

This whole idea really disgusts me. While all the choices COULD conceivably occur, the main goal is for a "wrestler" (I use the term very loosely) to staple something to the opponent's body! One variation demands seven dollar bills; another league (of its own, I suppose) requires 13 bills. There's even a midget wrestling league operated by "Puppet the Psycho Dwarf," that requires a mere 11 bills implanted! Less area in which to staple things, I suppose.

If all this doesn't satisfy the ignorant beast in you, try other varieties of hardcore - where brass knuckles, broken glass, barbed wire, and weed whackers are a part of the contest. Be sure to take the kids! The Dark Age is come.
Source: Author goatlockerjoe

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