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A multiple-choice quiz by panama. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
panama

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
21,473

Updated
May 16 24

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
1012

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which of the original thirteen colonies was the site of the 1711 'Tuscarora War'? Hint

North Carolina

Maryland

New York

South Carolina

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Question 2 of 15

2. What is the officially recognized national summer sport of Canada? Hint

lacrosse

curling

hockey

soccer

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Question 3 of 15

3. What TV host bills himself as 'The Science Guy'? Hint

Michael Gilley

Paul Zaloom

Don Herbert

Bill Nye

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Question 4 of 15

4. What refreshment do customers consume via tubes at Woody Harrelson's unique Hollywood restaurant? Hint

orange juice

onion soup

cigarette smoke

oxygen

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Question 5 of 15

5. How many different political parties have sent candidates to the White House up tot h end of the 20th century? Hint

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Question 6 of 15

6. What sports' athletes vie for the Whitbread Round the World Race? Hint

golf

sailing

football

hockey

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Question 7 of 15

7. What US southern state lures tourists with the slogan 'Come as you are, leave different'? Hint

Alabama

Louisiana

Mississippi

Arkansas

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Question 8 of 15

8. What natural force held together two halves of a sphere that teams of horses couldn't separate, in famous demonstrations during the 1650s? Hint

vacuum

centripedal force

hydraulics

electromagnetism

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Question 9 of 15

9. What formal attire did bad boy basketballer Dennis Rodman wear to his 1996 'wedding'? Hint

uniform

wedding dress

pink tuxedo

birthday suit

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Question 10 of 15

10. Who was denounced by the Edict of Worms in 1521? Hint

Joan of Arc

Anne Boleyn

Martin Luther

Galileo

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Question 11 of 15

11. How old was Emilee Nicholas the second time the city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts summoned her for jury duty? Hint

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Question 12 of 15

12. What Central American civilization was the last to fall to the Conquistadors, in 1697? Hint

Aztec

Mayan

Inca

Toltec

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Question 13 of 15

13. What agricultural workhorse gets its name from the Latin word meaning 'to draw or drag along'? Hint

thresher

tractor

tiller

truck

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Question 14 of 15

14. What animal delivers the milk for Roquefort cheese? Hint

cow

yak

goat

sheep

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Question 15 of 15

15. What Scream star amused fans by announcing that if her cat outlived her, her ashes should be put in his food, so she can live 'inside him'? Hint

Drew Barrymore

Courtney Cox

Neve Campbell

Rose McGowan

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the original thirteen colonies was the site of the 1711 'Tuscarora War'?

Answer: North Carolina

2. What is the officially recognized national summer sport of Canada?

Answer: lacrosse

3. What TV host bills himself as 'The Science Guy'?

Answer: Bill Nye

4. What refreshment do customers consume via tubes at Woody Harrelson's unique Hollywood restaurant?

Answer: oxygen

5. How many different political parties have sent candidates to the White House up tot h end of the 20th century?

Answer: 5

6. What sports' athletes vie for the Whitbread Round the World Race?

Answer: sailing

The 'Whitbread Round the World Race' became the 'Volvo Ocean Race' in 2001. In 2019 it was again renamed as 'The Ocean Race'.

7. What US southern state lures tourists with the slogan 'Come as you are, leave different'?

Answer: Louisiana

8. What natural force held together two halves of a sphere that teams of horses couldn't separate, in famous demonstrations during the 1650s?

Answer: vacuum

9. What formal attire did bad boy basketballer Dennis Rodman wear to his 1996 'wedding'?

Answer: wedding dress

Having hinted to the media that he was going to marry 'a beautiful woman', Rodman wore a wedding dress to a book signing as a publicity stunt.

10. Who was denounced by the Edict of Worms in 1521?

Answer: Martin Luther

11. How old was Emilee Nicholas the second time the city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts summoned her for jury duty?

Answer: 3

12. What Central American civilization was the last to fall to the Conquistadors, in 1697?

Answer: Mayan

13. What agricultural workhorse gets its name from the Latin word meaning 'to draw or drag along'?

Answer: tractor

14. What animal delivers the milk for Roquefort cheese?

Answer: sheep

15. What Scream star amused fans by announcing that if her cat outlived her, her ashes should be put in his food, so she can live 'inside him'?

Answer: Drew Barrymore

Source: Author panama

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