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Analyzing April Trivia Quiz

April is a busy month with flowers all aglow; take a journey through the month, ready, set, let's go.

A multiple-choice quiz by TemptressToo. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
TemptressToo

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
354,573

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
517

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. April 1st saw the initiation of Nazi rule in Germany during World War II. What word do you think of when you hear German Luftwaffe? Hint

artillery

armaments

atom bombs

airplanes

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Question 2 of 10

2. On April 2nd, Juan Ponce de Leon discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth. What "Saint" was tied to the city where the Fountain of Youth was allegedly found in Florida? Hint

Augustine

Aventura

Anna Maria

Agnes

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Question 3 of 10

3. On April 4, 1974, American baseball player Hank Aaron tied legendary Babe Ruth for the most home runs (later breaking that record on April 8th). What coastal Alabama city was the birthplace of Hank Aaron? Hint

Montgomery

Midland City

Madison

Mobile

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Question 4 of 10

4. April 5th brought the death of famed aviator, inventor, and Hollywood film producer Howard Hughes. Hughes was linked to a number of Hollywood A-list actresses; who was one of them? Hint

Agnes Moorehead

Ava Gardner

Audrey Hepburn

Anne Baxter

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Question 5 of 10

5. April 11th saw Napoleon Bonaparte abdicate the French throne, after which he was exiled on an island called what? Hint

Etolin

Esmeralda

Euboea

Elba

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Question 6 of 10

6. April 14th brought a historic event in the life of American President Abraham Lincoln. What happened? Hint

abolishment of slavery

American Civil War ended

he was admitted to the Illinois bar

his assassination

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Question 7 of 10

7. April 15th brought a chilly tragedy as yet another ship had a date with an iceberg. What ship met its fate in the icy Atlantic? Hint

Tellus

Titanic

Titania

Tresillian

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Question 8 of 10

8. April 21st was a sad day on the river with the passing of American writer Samuel Clemens in Connecticut. Which of the below was a novel by this famed author? Hint

The House of the Seven Gables

The Prince and the Pauper

Twice-Told Tales

The Old Curiosity Shop

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Question 9 of 10

9. April 23rd marked the birth AND death of a famous writer and playwright William Shakespeare. Which heroine, featured in Shakespeare's "As You Like It", fled from the court of her own father, Duke Frederick? Hint

Ophelia

Celia

Cleopatra

Juliet

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Question 10 of 10

10. April 26th saw the worst nuclear disaster the world had ever seen, deep in the bowels of the Soviet Union. What Ukrainian city (then a part of the Soviet Union) was the recipient of this atomic disaster? Hint

Chernivtsi

Cherkasy

Chernobyl

Chortkiv

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. April 1st saw the initiation of Nazi rule in Germany during World War II. What word do you think of when you hear German Luftwaffe?

Answer: airplanes

The Luftwaffe was the branch of the German military that controlled all planes and inflatables. At the end of World War II, the Luftwaffe was officially disbanded in 1946.

2. On April 2nd, Juan Ponce de Leon discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth. What "Saint" was tied to the city where the Fountain of Youth was allegedly found in Florida?

Answer: Augustine

The Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park in St. Augustine, Florida is home to the alleged "fountain". Ponce de Leon landed "somewhere" in Florida in 1513, but the exact location is disputed. Nevertheless, St. Augustine capitalizes on the city being the location of Ponce de Leon's landing and the fabled fountain.

Answer: Mobile

Hank Aaron's legacy in Mobile, AL lives on with Mobile's minor league team, the "Bay Bears", playing in Hank Aaron Stadium that sits along I-10. Hank Aaron retired from baseball in 1976 after over 20 years of playing professional baseball.

4. April 5th brought the death of famed aviator, inventor, and Hollywood film producer Howard Hughes. Hughes was linked to a number of Hollywood A-list actresses; who was one of them?

Answer: Ava Gardner

In her biography "Ava: My Story", Gardner states that she and Hughes were never romantically connected, but rather friends and confidants. Their friendship lasted for over twenty years.

5. April 11th saw Napoleon Bonaparte abdicate the French throne, after which he was exiled on an island called what?

Answer: Elba

Elba is a large island off the coast of Tuscany, Italy in the Mediterranean Sea. Napoleon was exiled there for nearly a year, leaving the island on February 26, 1815.

6. April 14th brought a historic event in the life of American President Abraham Lincoln. What happened?

Answer: his assassination

Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 while Lincoln sat in his theater box at Ford's Theater watching the play "Our American Cousin". Technically, though, he died the next morning on April 15, 1865.

7. April 15th brought a chilly tragedy as yet another ship had a date with an iceberg. What ship met its fate in the icy Atlantic?

Answer: Titanic

The sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912 wasn't the first, nor the last, incident of a ship striking an iceberg. All of the ships listed had their own brushes with a berg.

8. April 21st was a sad day on the river with the passing of American writer Samuel Clemens in Connecticut. Which of the below was a novel by this famed author?

Answer: The Prince and the Pauper

Samuel Clemens, better known by his pseudonym Mark Twain, was famous for his Huckleberry Finn stories. He died on April 21, 1910.

Answer: Celia

It's a rare thing for a person to be born and die on the same day. What was just as rare was Shakespeare's talent and versatility as a writer, as he authored about 38 plays and at least 158 poems or sonnets. Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616.

Answer: Chernobyl

The reactor melting down and catching fire on April 26, 1986 contaminated wide expanses of the Soviet Union and sent radioactive particles sky high, where they eventually drifted over large amounts of western Europe. Some 500,000 workers were involved in the nearly futile clean-up, many of whom suffered from radiation sickness.

The failure of Chernobyl is often cited as the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union, which eventually dissolved several years later in 1991.

Source: Author TemptressToo

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