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Acrostic General Knowledge Quiz 3

Here is my third acrostic quiz. As usual, the nine letters composing the one-word answer to question 1 are the first letters to the answers to questions 2-10. Or, to put it another way, the first letters to the last nine answers form the answer to Q1.

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

Author
ensiform

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
65,319

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
590

Last 3 plays: Guest 175 (3/10), Guest 172 (7/10), nadukes57 (1/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. This word means: a violent, brawling woman, or having violent tendencies (used especially to describe women).

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. U.S. History. The first black Americans to qualify as military pilots, in any branch of the armed forces, were known as the...? Hint

Tinker Hellfish

Flying Tigers

Tuskegee Airmen

Nellis Panthers

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Question 3 of 10

3. Literature. What is the last name of the poet who wrote the beginning lines, 'We are the hollow men --- We are the stuffed men'? Hint

Emerson

Whitman

Wordsworth

Eliot

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Question 4 of 10

4. Military history. The air offensive against Hanoi that started March 2, 1965, was given what code name? Hint

Attleboro

Niagara

Rolling Thunder

Diamond Head

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Question 5 of 10

5. Biography. The poet Emily Dickinson was born and died in what U.S. state? Hint

Massachusetts

New York

Maine

New Hampshire

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Question 6 of 10

6. Mountaineering. Who was the first woman to summit Everest solo without oxygen, in 1995? Hint

Lizbeth Da Silva

Lydia Bradey

Alison Hargreaves

Andrea Gabbard

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Question 7 of 10

7. Comics. What was the last name of the original Robin, Batman's sidekick? Hint

Greystoke

Green

Gordon

Grayson

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Question 8 of 10

8. British history. Who was the first ruler of England to establish his authority over all England, and call himself 'King of all Britain'? Hint

Alfred the Great

Eadweard

Ethelred

Athelstan

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Question 9 of 10

9. TV. The theme song to the soap opera 'The Young and the Restless' is called what? Hint

Masterpiece

Nadia's Theme

Nowhere

Nights In White Satin

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Question 10 of 10

10. Measurement. How many Troy ounces are there in a Troy pound, used to measure precious metals? Hint

Ten

Twelve

Thirteen

Sixteen

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This word means: a violent, brawling woman, or having violent tendencies (used especially to describe women).

Answer: termagant

For example: Socrates' wife Xanthippe was said to have been something of a {termagant;} she nagged him constantly. Some loose synonyms are virago and harridan. The English language has quite a few negative words to describe women, doesn't it?

2. U.S. History. The first black Americans to qualify as military pilots, in any branch of the armed forces, were known as the...?

Answer: Tuskegee Airmen

The African-American pilots became the 99th Fighter Sqaudron and the 332nd Fighter Group of the Army Air Corps. The program was based at Tuskegee Air Field in Alabama, starting in 1941. Their flight training was conducted by the Division of Aeronautics of Tuskegee Institute, the school founded in 1881 by Booker T. Washington.

3. Literature. What is the last name of the poet who wrote the beginning lines, 'We are the hollow men --- We are the stuffed men'?

Answer: Eliot

T.S. Eliot's 'The Hollow Men' ends with the famous lines 'This is the way the world ends --- Not with a bang but a whimper.'

4. Military history. The air offensive against Hanoi that started March 2, 1965, was given what code name?

Answer: Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder, an intensive bombing campaign, was authorized by President Johnson. (The other answers are also Vietnam War operation code names.)

5. Biography. The poet Emily Dickinson was born and died in what U.S. state?

Answer: Massachusetts

A bit of a recluse, Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10, 1830, lived her whole live there, and died there, May 15, 1886.

6. Mountaineering. Who was the first woman to summit Everest solo without oxygen, in 1995?

Answer: Alison Hargreaves

A British mountaineer, Hargreaves died trying to climb K2. (Lydia Bradey is credited with the first female ascent without oxygen, in 1988, but not solo.)

7. Comics. What was the last name of the original Robin, Batman's sidekick?

Answer: Grayson

Dick Grayson's parents, circus acrobats, were killed by mobsters --- Batman, as Bruce Wayne, adopted the young boy and helped him find justice.

8. British history. Who was the first ruler of England to establish his authority over all England, and call himself 'King of all Britain'?

Answer: Athelstan

Grandson of Alfred the Great, he began as king of Wessex, but took his brother-in-law's dominions and then others starting around 926. He fought an alliance of Welsh, Scots and Danes who opposed him and encouraged a vernacular Bible. In 927, Aethelstan minted coins which styled him as REX TOT(ius) BRIT(anniae), or 'King of all Britain.'

9. TV. The theme song to the soap opera 'The Young and the Restless' is called what?

Answer: Nadia's Theme

Fascinating fact: this music was named for Nadia Comaneci, the Romanian gymnast who made the first perfect 10 score at the Olympics, because she used it for her floor exercise.

10. Measurement. How many Troy ounces are there in a Troy pound, used to measure precious metals?

Answer: Twelve

The troy weight system is derived from the city of Troyes, France, where the system is thought to have originated.

Source: Author ensiform

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