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

Author
bowsoljah

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
58,233

Updated
Aug 13 24

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

Plays
818

Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (4/15), Kiwikaz (5/15), Guest 175 (9/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. What is a colugos? Hint

flying fish

dragon

flying squirrel

flying lemur

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Question 2 of 15

2. What island is the largest of the Canary Islands? Hint

La Palma

Tenerife

Gran Canaria

Majorca

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Question 3 of 15

3. In an ancient Roman bath, what is the name of the room between cold bath and hot bath rooms? Hint

tepidarium

sanitarium

aquarium

solarium

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Question 4 of 15

4. What major geologic event happened 50 million years ago? Hint

India collides with Asia

Red Sea separates

Dinosaurs become extinct

First known humans

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Question 5 of 15

5. In China what is a 'hairless goat'? Hint

rat

cat

dog

pig

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Question 6 of 15

6. Where is the Palace of Catalan Music? Hint

Pamplona

Madrid

Barcelona

Zaragoza

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Question 7 of 15

7. During the US Civil War there were 4 border states that were slave states but still sided with the Union. They were Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and ...? Hint

Tennessee

Kansas

Virginia

Delaware

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Question 8 of 15

8. This Dallas Cowboy quarterback led the 'boys to three Super Bowl victories. Hint

Don Meredith

Troy Aikman

Roger Staubach

Danny White

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Question 9 of 15

9. What is the longest river in Canada? Hint

Mackenzie River

Yukon River

Mckenzie River

Nelson River

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Question 10 of 15

10. This disease means 'bad air' in Italian. Hint

pneumonia

lymphoma

influenza

malaria

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Question 11 of 15

11. The first US income tax was created during the Civil War.

True

False

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Question 12 of 15

12. How many degrees latitude are the Tropics? Hint

25 degrees

20 degrees

23 degrees

22 degrees

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Question 13 of 15

13. He was half of this 1960's movie music producing duo who said 'When I'm gone if somebody were to use my songs,no one would be more happy than my dead body' ?(Oklahoma) Hint

George Gershwin

Benny Goodman

Ira Gershwin

Richard Rodgers

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Question 14 of 15

14. What is our most sensitive organ? Hint

Ear

Nose

Mouth

Eyes

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Question 15 of 15

15. In 1937 John Steinbeck called this novel 'something that happened'? Hint

Cannery Row

The Grapes of Wrath

Of Mice and Men

East of Eden

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is a colugos?

Answer: flying lemur

Two species - one in Southeast Asia and the other in the Phillipines.

2. What island is the largest of the Canary Islands?

Answer: Tenerife

Tenerife is 795 square miles. Gran Canaria is 650 square miles. Majorca is an island in the Balearic group in the Mediterranean.La Palma is 280 square miles.

3. In an ancient Roman bath, what is the name of the room between cold bath and hot bath rooms?

Answer: tepidarium

4. What major geologic event happened 50 million years ago?

Answer: India collides with Asia

Dinosaurs became extinct around 65 million years ago. First known humans about 3 million years ago. Red Sea about 55 million years ago.

5. In China what is a 'hairless goat'?

Answer: dog

6. Where is the Palace of Catalan Music?

Answer: Barcelona

7. During the US Civil War there were 4 border states that were slave states but still sided with the Union. They were Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and ...?

Answer: Delaware

Although slavery was legal in these states, the proportion of slaves and slave owners was less than half of the states that pulled out of the Union. Delaware was the first of these states to reject the Confederacy and stayed in the Union.

8. This Dallas Cowboy quarterback led the 'boys to three Super Bowl victories.

Answer: Troy Aikman

9. What is the longest river in Canada?

Answer: Mackenzie River

Mackenzie River is 4241 km. The Yukon is 3185 km. Nelson River is 2575 km. Mckenzie River is in Oregon and is 136 km.

10. This disease means 'bad air' in Italian.

Answer: malaria

11. The first US income tax was created during the Civil War.

Answer: True

In 1863, it was all of 3 per cent!

12. How many degrees latitude are the Tropics?

Answer: 23 degrees

23 degrees 27 minutes for both Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.

13. He was half of this 1960's movie music producing duo who said 'When I'm gone if somebody were to use my songs,no one would be more happy than my dead body' ?(Oklahoma)

Answer: Richard Rodgers

Richard Rodgers of 'Rodger's and Hammerstein'.

14. What is our most sensitive organ?

Answer: Nose

15. In 1937 John Steinbeck called this novel 'something that happened'?

Answer: Of Mice and Men

Source: Author bowsoljah

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