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U Can Do This! Trivia Quiz

The only vowel you need in these answers is the letter U. Should be enough clues that you can find the answers even if you don't know the words. If you like this, see the rest of my alphabet quizzes.

A multiple-choice quiz by sharkbytes. Estimated time: 9 mins.

Author
sharkbytes

Time
9 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
87,141

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

Plays
542

Question 1 of 15

1. Remember, the only vowel you need throughout this quiz is U! (Y is not a vowel)...
You are Roman.

Answer: (2 letters)

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Question 2 of 15

2. Did Desmond take up ballet dancing in New Zealand?

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 3 of 15

3. Saint Arkansas' Pere with a Raygun Suitcase.

Answer: (3 letters)

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Question 4 of 15

4. This little girl's pals are Tubby, Alvin, Annie, and Iggy.

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 5 of 15

5. If this wild antelope only had the answer for u!

Answer: (3 letters)

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Question 6 of 15

6. The Ayers Rock dominates the desert plain of central Australia.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 7 of 15

7. Taxonomic Code for the bird known as the rustic bunting.

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 8 of 15

8. This Starfleet officer, helmsman on the USS Enterprise, later commanded the USS Excelsior.

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 9 of 15

9. Teach me, o wise one.

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 10 of 15

10. Did the uppity sailor tighten the rope?

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Question 11 of 15

11. A radio station in Mountain View, Missouri, USA.

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Question 12 of 15

12. The Union of Rugby of Rio Uruguay.

Answer: (4 letters)

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Question 13 of 15

13. Freedom in Swahili, an African independence movement.

Answer: (5 letters)

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Question 14 of 15

14. You can count on Larry Jones to play the drums

Answer: (5 letters, leave out the apostrophe)

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Question 15 of 15

15. A fierce tribe of South Africa operating on Greenwich time.

Answer: (4 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Remember, the only vowel you need throughout this quiz is U! (Y is not a vowel)... You are Roman.

Answer: tu

"Et tu Brutus" is Shakespeare's famous line as Brutus stabbed Julius Caesar, and Caesar ironically notes that even his friend has become his enemy.

2. Did Desmond take up ballet dancing in New Zealand?

Answer: tutu

Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. He created 4 objectives for a just society without racial divisions. A tutu is also a full, short skirt worn by ballet dancers, and also the name of a poisonous bush of New Zealand.

3. Saint Arkansas' Pere with a Raygun Suitcase.

Answer: ubu

Pere Ubu is a rock band, the album "Saint Arkansas" is their newest release. Their album "Raygun Suitcase" was the CD Review's Editor's Choice for 1995

4. This little girl's pals are Tubby, Alvin, Annie, and Iggy.

Answer: lulu

The Little Lulu comic strip was created in 1935 by Marge Henderson Buell, was featured in Dell comic books 1945- 1961, and was syndicated in the 1960's. The strip was never wildly successful, but still has a small but loyal following.

5. If this wild antelope only had the answer for u!

Answer: gnu

The gnu is a wildebeest of the African savannah. It is an antelope with an ox-like head and horns; and a mane and tail like a horse.

6. The Ayers Rock dominates the desert plain of central Australia.

Answer: uluru

Uluru is the Aboriginal name for this, the largest monolith in the world, sacred to the Aborigines. It is located in Kata Tjuta National Park.

7. Taxonomic Code for the bird known as the rustic bunting.

Answer: rubu

Several sets of 4-letter codes for bird species exist, but in North American the Bird Banding Laboratory list is fairly comprehensive. RU comes from rustic, and BU from bunting. Did you see it?

8. This Starfleet officer, helmsman on the USS Enterprise, later commanded the USS Excelsior.

Answer: sulu

Hikaru Sulu was born in San Francisco on Earth in 2237. You're either a Trekkie or you're not!

9. Teach me, o wise one.

Answer: guru

A guru is a Hindu spiritual guide or teacher, but the word has come to mean any person wise or knowledgeable on a subject.

10. Did the uppity sailor tighten the rope?

Answer: snub

To snub someone is to regard them as inferior, and it can also mean to tighten a line around a fixed object.

11. A radio station in Mountain View, Missouri, USA.

Answer: kuku

KUKU is part of the Ozark Radio Network and promises Oldies and Good Time Rock and Roll.

12. The Union of Rugby of Rio Uruguay.

Answer: urru

Should have been an easy acronym... the name seems to explain itself.

13. Freedom in Swahili, an African independence movement.

Answer: uhuru

Uhuru is also the name of the first satellite devoted exclusively to the study of non-solar x-rays in space. It was launched by an international team from a platform off the coast of Kenya on December 7, 1970. It was named Uhuru to mark the fact that the date represented the 7th anniversary of Kenyan independence.

14. You can count on Larry Jones to play the drums

Answer: m'butu

Count M'Butu is the performance name of Larry Jones, a drummer in the "Svengali of the Atlanta jam band scene." His best known album is "See the Sun."

15. A fierce tribe of South Africa operating on Greenwich time.

Answer: zulu

The Zulu Nation includes people of several regions of South Africa. Zulu time is phonetic military code for the clock at Grenwich, England, designated time zone "Z" and used as the standard for international time.

Source: Author sharkbytes

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