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Your Time is Up Trivia Quiz

This is the answer to a quiz challenge and it's about time.

A multiple-choice quiz by nyirene330. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
nyirene330

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
323,589

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which ballet music was featured in "Fantasia" with hippos in tu-tus? Hint

The Second Time Around

The Minute Waltz

Dance of the Hours

525,600 Minutes

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Question 2 of 10

2. What 1966 film, starring Rock Hudson, is relevant to the theme of this quiz? Hint

Seconds

7 Days in May

The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Hours

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the name of the ground-breaking 1963 film, directed by Blake Edwards, about a couple's descent into alcoholism? Hint

A Time to Kill

28 Days

The Best Years of Our Lives

Days of Wine and Roses

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which college basketball team is nicknamed "the Minutemen"? Hint

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

University of Virginia

University of Massachusetts

Harvard University

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which 1962 children's book written by Madeleine L'Engle was about "time"? Hint

That Championship Season

Love in the Time of Cholera

A Wrinkle in Time

A Man for all Seasons

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name of the 2003 book by British astronomer Sir Martin Rees about the environmental dangers facing us in the 21st Century? Hint

The Last Decade

The Silent Spring

Our Final Hour

Long, Hot Summer

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the decade of 2000 to 2009 called? Hint

The Oh-Ohs

Turn of the Century

All of these

The Aughts

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which Roman numeral would be used to indicate a century, i.e., 100 years? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the original Roman or Pre-Julian calendar, which month began the year? Hint

March (Martius)

February (Februarius)

January (Ianuarius)

April (Aprilus)

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Question 10 of 10

10. And, finally, in the expression what is it that "waits for no man"? Hint

An Hourglass

Time and Tide

The Time of your Life

Time Travel

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which ballet music was featured in "Fantasia" with hippos in tu-tus?

Answer: Dance of the Hours

"Dance of the Hours" is from the opera "La Gioconda" by Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886). This ballet music, among other classical pieces, was used by Walt Disney in the 1940 movie "Fantasia".

2. What 1966 film, starring Rock Hudson, is relevant to the theme of this quiz?

Answer: Seconds

"Seconds" was a science-fiction movie directed by John Frankenheimer about people paying a fee to have their deaths faked and their looks reconstructed for a "second" chance at life. This movie is pretty spooky for its time... you might want to rent it.

3. What is the name of the ground-breaking 1963 film, directed by Blake Edwards, about a couple's descent into alcoholism?

Answer: Days of Wine and Roses

"Days of Wine and Roses" starred Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick about a couple dragging each other down into an alcoholic addiction. While "28 Days" was also about drugs and alcohol, it wasn't filmed until the year 2000.

4. Which college basketball team is nicknamed "the Minutemen"?

Answer: University of Massachusetts

The UMass Minutemen represent the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and they compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference. In 1996, they went to the "final four" of the NCAA tournament, also known as "March Madness".

5. Which 1962 children's book written by Madeleine L'Engle was about "time"?

Answer: A Wrinkle in Time

This is a delightful science fantasy book about Meg Murry and her little brother Charles Wallace as they "tesseract" through time to find their missing father. "A Wrinkle in Time" won the Newbery Medal in 1963.

6. What is the name of the 2003 book by British astronomer Sir Martin Rees about the environmental dangers facing us in the 21st Century?

Answer: Our Final Hour

The full title of this book is "Our Final Hour: A Scientist's Warning: How Terror, Error and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future In This Century - On Earth and Beyond". Whew! This book was originally published in the United Kingdom under the name "Our Final Century: Will the Human Race Survive the Twenty-first Century?" I think the titles tell it all...

7. What was the decade of 2000 to 2009 called?

Answer: All of these

Actually, this poor lost decade was not officially referred to in any agreed upon way. Other suggested options were: "the Naughts" for the "not" decade, "The Zeros" and "The Two Thousands" but nothing stuck. I guess only time will tell.

8. Which Roman numeral would be used to indicate a century, i.e., 100 years?

Answer: C

While C represents 100, L = 50, D = 500 and M = 1000. The year 2000 in Roman numerals would be MM (and, in fact, was used by M&Ms in their commercials).

9. In the original Roman or Pre-Julian calendar, which month began the year?

Answer: March (Martius)

In the original lunar calendar, September, October, November and December were, respectively, the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months, as their prefixes denote. That is also the reason Aries is considered the first sign of the Zodiac.

10. And, finally, in the expression what is it that "waits for no man"?

Answer: Time and Tide

The earliest known reference to this expression is from St. Mahrer in 1225.

Source: Author nyirene330

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