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A multiple-choice quiz by root17. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
root17

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
39,632

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
4652

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these is NOT a type of column design? Hint

Turkish

Doric

Corinthian

Ionic

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these was NOT one of The Marx Brothers comedy troupe? Hint

Chico

Julio

Harpo

Zeppo

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Question 3 of 10

3. In what state in the U.S. was the first modern statewide lottery held? (Hint: Dartmouth College is in this state.) Hint

New York

Nevada

New Hampshire

Florida

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Question 4 of 10

4. What volcano erupted violently in 79 A.D., destroying the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum? Hint

Mt. Saint Helens

Mt. Etna

Mt. Vesuvius

Mt. Pinatubo

5. How much money did California businessman Dennis Tito pay the Russian Space Agency for his trip to the International Space Station in May 2001? (Hint: It was twice as much as the X Prize which "SpaceShipOne" won in 2004.) Hint

$20 million

$5 million

$50 million

$1 million

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Question 6 of 10

6. What baseball pitcher pitched a perfect game (retiring 27 hitters in a row, with no hits or walks allowed) in the 1956 World Series? (Hint: His catcher was Yogi Berra.) Hint

Sandy Koufax

Whitey Ford

Bob Feller

Don Larsen

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Question 7 of 10

7. A scandal involving John Profumo, Christine Keeler, Eugene Ivanov, Mandy Rice-Davies and Dr. Stephen Ward took place in what country? (Hint: This scandal negatively affected Harold MacMillan.) Hint

Great Britain

Canada

United States

Soviet Union

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these buildings was NOT designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright? (Hint: This building is noted for its massive domed ceiling.) Hint

Taliesen (Wisconsin, near Chicago, Illinois)

Falling Water (western Pennsylvania)

Guggenheim Museum (New York City)

Grand Central Station (New York City)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these was NOT one of The Three Stooges? Hint

Shag

Curly

Shemp

Curly Joe

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Question 10 of 10

10. The last remaining fugitive in The Great Train Robbery returned home from Brazil in May 2001 to surrender. In what country did this robbery occur? (Hint: This gang stole 2.6 million pounds in 1963.) Hint

Italy

France

Great Britain

United States

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these is NOT a type of column design?

Answer: Turkish

2. Which of these was NOT one of The Marx Brothers comedy troupe?

Answer: Julio

The Marx Brothers act that most people remember included Groucho (Julius), Harpo (Adolph), Chico (Leonard), and Zeppo (Herbert). A fifth brother, Gummo (Milton), left the act before it came to Hollywood but later became a talent agent.

3. In what state in the U.S. was the first modern statewide lottery held? (Hint: Dartmouth College is in this state.)

Answer: New Hampshire

Although George Washington used a lottery to support the Revolutionary War effort and lotteries helped fund the construction of many colleges, including Harvard and Yale, the first modern statewide lottery started in New Hampshire in 1964.

4. What volcano erupted violently in 79 A.D., destroying the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum?

Answer: Mt. Vesuvius

Answer: $20 million

The privately-funded "SpaceShipOne" (funded by Paul Allen, of Microsoft fame) won the $10 million "X Prize" in 2004 by satisfying two requirements: 1) the craft had to be used twice in less than two weeks to take at least one astronaut into space, and 2) no government money was to be involved.

6. What baseball pitcher pitched a perfect game (retiring 27 hitters in a row, with no hits or walks allowed) in the 1956 World Series? (Hint: His catcher was Yogi Berra.)

Answer: Don Larsen

This was a 'subway series' between the NY Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers (this was before they moved to Los Angeles). Larsen set down 27 Dodgers in a row to get a win for the Yankees, 2-0.

7. A scandal involving John Profumo, Christine Keeler, Eugene Ivanov, Mandy Rice-Davies and Dr. Stephen Ward took place in what country? (Hint: This scandal negatively affected Harold MacMillan.)

Answer: Great Britain

Call girl Keeler had a relationship with the British Minister of War and the Soviet military attache to Britain at the same time. This scandal resulted in the collapse of the Conservative government of Prime Minister Harold MacMillan in the early 1960s. This story is chronicled in the 1989 movie 'Scandal.'

8. Which of these buildings was NOT designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright? (Hint: This building is noted for its massive domed ceiling.)

Answer: Grand Central Station (New York City)

Frank Lloyd Wright is perhaps best known for starting an architectural style known as Prairie Style. Many of his more famous works were completed later in his life. For example, the Guggenheim Museum was started when he was 76 and completed when he was 92.

9. Which of these was NOT one of The Three Stooges?

Answer: Shag

The three original Stooges that many people remember were Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Jerome "Curly" Howard. In later years, seriously ill or dead Stooges were replaced by Shemp Howard, Joe Besser and Curly Joe DeRita. Moe, Curly and Shemp were brothers. The answer to my quiz question (Shag) was never a Stooge.

Answer: Great Britain

In 1963 Ronald Biggs and 16 other bandits pulled off a holdup of the Glasgow-to-London postal train and in the process became 2.6 million pounds richer. Biggs and the other gang members were eventually caught. But after serving only 15 months of a 30-year sentence, Biggs managed to escape to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The fugitive made headlines in a controversial decision by the Brazilian Supreme Court in which Brazilian authorities refused to extradite him to Britain because Biggs had fathered a child while hiding out in Brazil and under Brazilian law could not be extradited.

He decided in 2001 to return to Great Britain voluntarily and give himself up.

Source: Author root17

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