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A Word and a Fact Trivia Quiz

To answer each question, you'll have to not only know a certain word, but a random fact (and most of the facts would be hard enough without the obscure words). Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by WeirdAlLover. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
WeirdAlLover

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
322,646

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
6 / 15

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1204

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Question 1 of 15

1. What is something a gynecoid Homing Pigeon would do? Hint

Drag its tail on the ground

Attract a mate

Educate the young

Incubate the eggs during the nighttime

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who was most successful in their quest to become a kosmokrator? Hint

Alexander the Great

Genghis Khan

William the Conqueror

Napoleon

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which of the following is least likely to be jentacular when in France? Hint

Bread

Chocolate

Coffee

Chicken

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which of these is NOT a necrotype? Hint

Mindoro Stripe-Faced Fruit Bat

Guam Flying Fox

Javan Tiger

North African Elephant

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which term is NOT scacchic? Hint

Zwischenzug

Zwischenschulm

Zwischenschach

Zugzwang

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Question 6 of 15

6. Pick the number that is zenzizenzizenzic. Hint

6,563

6,560

6,561

6,562

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which of the following deserts is the most xerotic? Hint

Thar Desert

Sahara Desert

Atacama Desert

Syrian Desert

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Question 8 of 15

8. What has the Great Wall of China never been yclept as? Hint

Changcheng

The Long Wall of 10,000 Li

Wall of Solidity

Wanli Changcheng

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which of the following gemstones is never xanthic? Hint

Lapis Lazuli

Beryl

Tourmaline

Sapphire

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Question 10 of 15

10. Out of these people, who was NOT a schoenobatist? Hint

Muhammad Ali

Charles Blondin

Maria Spelterini

David Dimitri

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Question 11 of 15

11. What date is yestreen of Susan B. Anthony Day? Hint

February 6

February 14

February 23

March 1 (February 29 on Leap Years)

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which U.S. President was acapnotic? Hint

Millard Fillmore

Benjamin Harrison

Grover Cleveland

Ulysses Grant

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Question 13 of 15

13. If you are playing a game of chess (as white), and you beat your opponent using "scholar's mate," which move was your preantepenultimate move? Hint

Your fourth

Your second

Your first

Your third

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which animal out of these is most oligodontous? Hint

Smoky Bat

Human

Snail

Opossum

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Question 15 of 15

15. An oometer would, on average, take diametrical measurements about how long? (Hint: think hens). Hint

1 inch

4 inches

1.75 inches

.5 inch

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is something a gynecoid Homing Pigeon would do?

Answer: Incubate the eggs during the nighttime

"Gynecoid" means "typical for a female", so in the sentence it is referring to an average female pigeon. The other three are things a male pigeon would normally do.

2. Who was most successful in their quest to become a kosmokrator?

Answer: Genghis Khan

"Kosmokrator" means "a theoretical ruler of the entire Earth". The person who got closest to this (i.e., the person who conquered the most land) was Genghis Khan. He conquered approximately 26.5% of Earth's land. A similar version of the word is "cosmocrat".

3. Which of the following is least likely to be jentacular when in France?

Answer: Chicken

"Jentacular" means "of or relating to breakfast". Coffee, bread and chocolate are common at French breakfasts and sometimes eaten throughout the day. Chicken, on the other hand, is the least likely of the options to appear at the morning meal in France.

4. Which of these is NOT a necrotype?

Answer: Mindoro Stripe-Faced Fruit Bat

A necrotype is an extinct creature. The Javan Tiger went extinct in 1976. The last known Guam Flying Fox was seen in 1967 (not counting an unconfirmed sighting in 1974), and the North African Elephant has been extinct since Ancient Roman times.

5. Which term is NOT scacchic?

Answer: Zwischenschulm

"Scacchic" means "of or relating to chess". All of these are (obscure) chess terms, except for "Zwischenschulm," which I made up.

6. Pick the number that is zenzizenzizenzic.

Answer: 6,561

Zenzizenzizenzic is a number raised to the eighth power. The number 6,561 is 3x3x3x3x3x3x3x3 (or three raised to the eighth power).

7. Which of the following deserts is the most xerotic?

Answer: Atacama Desert

"Xerotic" means "dry". The Atacama is the driest, with approximately 1/250 of an inch of rain a year.

8. What has the Great Wall of China never been yclept as?

Answer: Wall of Solidity

"Yclept" means "to have been called". All of these are nicknames/names for the Great Wall, except "Wall of Solidity".

9. Which of the following gemstones is never xanthic?

Answer: Lapis Lazuli

Xanthic is yellow in color. All of these gemstones can be yellow, except Lapis Lazuli, which is always blue.

10. Out of these people, who was NOT a schoenobatist?

Answer: Muhammad Ali

A schoenobatist is a tightrope walker. All of the choices were famous tightrope walkers, except Muhammad Ali who was a boxing champion.

11. What date is yestreen of Susan B. Anthony Day?

Answer: February 14

"Yestreen" means "the night before". Susan B. Anthony Day comes on February 15, so the night before, or yestreen, is February 14.

12. Which U.S. President was acapnotic?

Answer: Millard Fillmore

"Acapnotic" means "of or relating to non-smoking". Many U.S. presidents smoked, whether it was cigarettes or cigars, not to mention a few who chewed tobacco. Millard Fillmore, however, was one of the ones who did not smoke.

13. If you are playing a game of chess (as white), and you beat your opponent using "scholar's mate," which move was your preantepenultimate move?

Answer: Your first

"Preantepenultimate" means "fourth to last". Scholar's mate is the name of a possible way to win at chess with only four moves on the white's part and three on the black's, and the white side is the one that wins. Since the white only makes four moves, the fourth to last is the first move.

14. Which animal out of these is most oligodontous?

Answer: Human

"Oligodontous" means "having few teeth", so the question can be taken to mean the animal out of the four with the least teeth. Adult humans usually have 32, the Smoky Bat has 36, opossums have about 50, and snails can have anywhere between 10,000 and 50,000 teeth.

15. An oometer would, on average, take diametrical measurements about how long? (Hint: think hens).

Answer: 1.75 inches

An oometer is a device to measure the size of an egg, so the question can be taken to mean what the average size of an egg is (when talking about hen eggs, per the clue). The average diameter of a hen egg is about 1.75 inches.

Source: Author WeirdAlLover

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