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A Mixed Bag of Questions Trivia Quiz

A mixed questions quiz.

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

Author
JoelGM

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
392,619

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
472

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Question 1 of 10

1. What company started in 1945 as a maker of picture frames, later used the scraps to make dollhouse furniture and became one of the world's largest toy companies? Hint

Parker Brothers

Fisher Price

Mattel

Tyco

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the following was not an MTV VJ when the TV network first premiered in the USA? Hint

Martha Quinn

Nina Blackwood

Mark Goodman

Carson Daly

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Question 3 of 10

3. Martha Wayne was the mother of which dynamic superhero? Hint

Superman

Batman

Ironman

Spiderman

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Question 4 of 10

4. If you are being served chicken florentine, you can be expected to be served chicken cooked with which vegetable? Hint

Carrots

Tomatoes

Spinach

Onions

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Question 5 of 10

5. Stewie Griffin is a character on the animated television show "Family Guy". He has also appeared on which live action crime drama? Hint

Bones

NCIS

CSI: Miami

Castle

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Question 6 of 10

6. Mystery novelist Agatha Christie wrote many, many books. Which of the following is NOT a title of one of her books? Hint

And Then There Were None

Death On The Nile

The ABC Murders

A Study In Scarlet

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the movie "The Manchurian Candidate," which actress played the mother of Laurence Harvey's character Raymond Shaw even though in real life she was actually younger than Harvey? Hint

Meryl Streep

Angela Lansbury

Joan Crawford

Marilyn Monroe

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Question 8 of 10

8. We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto... which of these U.S. states borders Kansas? Hint

California

Nebraska

Florida

Texas

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the first individually-wrapped and heavily-marketed penny candy sold in the United States? Hint

Necco Wafers

Hershey's Kiss

Mary Janes

Tootsie Roll

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Question 10 of 10

10. Actress Betty White was married to which TV game show host until his death in 1981? Hint

Monte Hall

Allen Ludden

Wink Martindale

Richard Dawson

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What company started in 1945 as a maker of picture frames, later used the scraps to make dollhouse furniture and became one of the world's largest toy companies?

Answer: Mattel

Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler founded Mattel Creations in 1945. The company introduced the Barbie doll in 1959 and Chatty Cathy in 1960.

2. Which of the following was not an MTV VJ when the TV network first premiered in the USA?

Answer: Carson Daly

Daly served as a VJ and host of TRL on MTV but several years after the original hosts.

3. Martha Wayne was the mother of which dynamic superhero?

Answer: Batman

Bruce Wayne is the son of Thomas and Martha Wayne. His parents were murdered when Bruce was a boy and he was raised by his parents' butler, Alfred Pennyworth.

4. If you are being served chicken florentine, you can be expected to be served chicken cooked with which vegetable?

Answer: Spinach

Spinach is traditionally cooked in Florentine dishes. The name comes from the Italian city of Florence, and this spinach dish is often served with pasta.

5. Stewie Griffin is a character on the animated television show "Family Guy". He has also appeared on which live action crime drama?

Answer: Bones

Stewie appeared as a hallucination while FBI agent Booth was suffering from a brain tumor.

6. Mystery novelist Agatha Christie wrote many, many books. Which of the following is NOT a title of one of her books?

Answer: A Study In Scarlet

"A Study In Scarlet" was written by Arthur Conan Doyle and features Sherlock Holmes.

7. In the movie "The Manchurian Candidate," which actress played the mother of Laurence Harvey's character Raymond Shaw even though in real life she was actually younger than Harvey?

Answer: Angela Lansbury

Lansbury later started in the TV show "Murder She Wrote" and was the voice of Mrs Potts in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast."

8. We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto... which of these U.S. states borders Kansas?

Answer: Nebraska

Kansas was the home of Dorothy in the "Wizard of Oz."

9. What was the first individually-wrapped and heavily-marketed penny candy sold in the United States?

Answer: Tootsie Roll

The chocolate delight was first created in Chicago in 1907. Its creator was Leo Hershfeld a Jewish immigrant from Austria. He named the candy after his daughter Clara, whom he had nicknamed "Tootsie".

10. Actress Betty White was married to which TV game show host until his death in 1981?

Answer: Allen Ludden

Allen Ludden hosted the TV game show "Password" from 1961 to 1980. He and Betty White married in 1963. Ludden died of stomach cancer in 1981.

Source: Author JoelGM

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