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ABChain Gang - B Trivia Quiz

Round Two in the Chain Gang's Alphabet Quest. All questions/answers deal with the letter B. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by Team The Chain Gang. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
salami_swami

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
323,422

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2100

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: 1MeanRick (10/10), Morganw2019 (8/10), hrjelinek (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. "The Wind in the Willows" starred various animal characters such as Mole, Ratty and Toad. Which of the following choices was another major character? Hint

Baboon

Bobcat

Badger

Beaver

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which one word can be used to replace several parts of the following sentence?

The hens' home was assaulted by electrically powered weapons.

Answer: (7 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. This famous Brit starred in comedy series like "Blackadder" and "The Thin Blue Line". He is, however, hugely popular for his portrayal of Mr. Bean. Who is this terrific comedian? Hint

Rowan Atkinson

Stephen Fry

Hugh Laurie

Ben Elton

4. The word "baby" is used abundantly in contemporary songwriting. It is usually a term of endearment or used in place of a proper name. In which of the songs below is "baby" used to talk about an actual infant? Hint

"Baby, Baby" by Amy Grant

"Baby, I Love You" by Andy Kim

"Baby Love" by the Supremes

"Be My Baby" by the Ronettes

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Question 5 of 10

5. "My ___ has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R. My ___ has a second name, it's M-A-Y-E-R. 'Cuz Oscar Mayer has a way with ___". Though there may be more than one way to spell the word, how does this song go? Hint

B-O-L-O-G-N-A

B-I-L-O-N-E-E

B-A-L-O-N-E-Y

B-A-L-O-G-N-I-E

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Question 6 of 10

6. What would you find inside of a "bento box"? Hint

Some old broken toys you don't want to throw away

Something to snack on when you are hungry

A bottle of beer when you get thirsty while sleep walking

A bent sock for a bent and crooked leg

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Question 7 of 10

7. There are about 200 countries in the world, but which one of these countries is not in the continent of Africa? Hint

Benin

Burkina Faso

Bahrain

Botswana

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Question 8 of 10

8. Beriberi is a disease characterized by a deficiency in diet of what B vitamin? Hint

B2 - Riboflavin

B1 - Thiamine

B3 - Niacin

B12 - Cobalamin

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Question 9 of 10

9. Budweiser is an American brand of beer, brewed by the Anheuser-Busch Company. They use heavy horses to pull their beer wagons. What breed of horse do they use? Hint

Belgian

Clydesdale

Dutch Heavy Draft

Percheron

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the name of Alexander the Great's horse? Hint

Bellerophon

Black Beauty

Boxer

Bucephalus

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "The Wind in the Willows" starred various animal characters such as Mole, Ratty and Toad. Which of the following choices was another major character?

Answer: Badger

"The Wind in the Willows" was written by Kenneth Grahame and published in 1908. Badger was the most mature and wise of the characters; he lived alone in the Wild Wood.

~MrBadger

2. Which one word can be used to replace several parts of the following sentence? The hens' home was assaulted by electrically powered weapons.

Answer: Battery

A large group of cages for intensive rearing of poultry is called a battery. An assault in which the assailant makes physical contact is battery. A device that produces electricity is a battery. A group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place is a battery.

There are many other definitions of 'battery' such as:- 'a number of similar things occurring together' or, in baseball - 'the pitcher and the catcher considered together'.

~Cyberhen

3. This famous Brit starred in comedy series like "Blackadder" and "The Thin Blue Line". He is, however, hugely popular for his portrayal of Mr. Bean. Who is this terrific comedian?

Answer: Rowan Atkinson

Hugh Laurie ("House") and Stephen Fry are Rowan Atkinson's co-stars in "Blackadder", and are well known for their own comedy series "A Bit of Fry and Laurie".

Ben Elton is reputedly Rowan Atkinson's favourite writer and producer.

Rowan Atkinson ended his hilarious performance of Mr. Bean after 14 episodes for TV and two successful movies ("Bean" and "Mr. Bean's Holiday"). He also starred in the James Bond parody "Johnny English" and in the dark comedy "Keeping Mum". Rowan Atkinson had also returned to the stage and played the critically acclaimed part of Fagin in the musical "Oliver!"

~genoveva

Answer: "Baby, Baby" by Amy Grant

"Baby, Baby" was a single off of Christian and pop singer Amy Grant's 1991 album, "Heart in Motion". It was written for her newborn daughter Millie.

~AnneBonney

Answer: B-O-L-O-G-N-A

According to the jingle, "Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A". Though bologna can also be spelled "baloney", along with a few other variations, "bologna" is what is used in the jingle. Oscar Mayer, a German meat maker, moved to the US in 1859, and began selling meat such as bratwurst and liverwurst in 1900. The Weinermobile, first built in 1936, began touring the entire United States, and by 2010, only seven Weinermobiles had been built.

~salami_swami

6. What would you find inside of a "bento box"?

Answer: Something to snack on when you are hungry

A bento box is a slim box, made out of plastic or varnished wood. It is divided into compartments that hold small, separate dishes, made for traditional Japanese meals (normally lunch). Generally it contains sushi, rice, vegetables, and other Japanese staples.

~Globalmyths

7. There are about 200 countries in the world, but which one of these countries is not in the continent of Africa?

Answer: Bahrain

Both Burkina Faso and Benin are located in the West of Africa and Botswana is in Southern Africa. Contrary to being on the African continent, Bahrain is situated in the Middle East and is surrounded by the Persian Gulf.

~pagea

8. Beriberi is a disease characterized by a deficiency in diet of what B vitamin?

Answer: B1 - Thiamine

Beriberi came from a Sinhalese (Sri Lanka) phrase which means "I cannot, I cannot". It was discovered by Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman and for that he shared the 1929 Nobel Prize for Medicine with Frederick Hopkins. There is also a deficiency of B1 or thiamine in the brain which is called Korsakoff's syndrome.

~tobertz_20

9. Budweiser is an American brand of beer, brewed by the Anheuser-Busch Company. They use heavy horses to pull their beer wagons. What breed of horse do they use?

Answer: Clydesdale

The Clydesdale breed originated around 300 years ago, on farms near Clydesdale, Scotland. They were used to pull heavy loads. August Anheuser Busch, Sr. first used the Budweiser Clydesdale horses in public on April 7, 1933. A team of eight Clydesdale geldings were hitched to a red, white and gold beer wagon, and used to transport the first shipment of post-Prohibition beer from the St. Louis brewery.

~Rawhide13

10. What was the name of Alexander the Great's horse?

Answer: Bucephalus

Bellerophon is the Greek hero who rode the winged horse Pegasus. Pegasus sprung from Medusa's blood after Perseus cut off her head. Boxer is the hard-working horse in George Orwell's "Animal Farm". "Black Beauty" is a novel written by Anna Sewell, which is also the horse's name.

Source: Author salami_swami

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