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Chessart's First Millionaire Quiz

15 questions in millionaire-style format.

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

Author
chessart

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
56,715

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
6 / 15

Plays
7956

Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (6/15), Guest 175 (7/15), Guest 124 (7/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Whose groundbreaking album 'The Dark Side of the Moon' is the third-bestselling album of all time? Hint

The Beatles

Pink Floyd

Credence Clearwater Revival

Kansas

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who was known as 'The Lone Eagle'? Hint

George Patton

Charles Lindbergh

John Quincy Adams

Amelia Earhart

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which planet could float in water? Hint

Pluto

Uranus

Saturn

Mercury

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which American author's works include 'The Naked and the Dead', 'Armies of the Night', 'The Executioneer's Song', and 'Oswald's Tale'? Hint

Norman Mailer

Ken Kesey

Philip Roth

John Steinbeck

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which is the only cat which lives in a society? Hint

the lion

the cheetah

the tiger

the leopard

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which radio personality tells stories about Lake Wobegon on his popular two-hour variety show, 'A Prairie Home Companion'? Hint

Paul Harvey

Garrison Keillor

Charles Collingwood

Rush Limbaugh

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which director's first four films were 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', 'The Graduate', 'Carnal Knowledge', and 'Catch 22'? Hint

Mike Nichols

Ron Howard

Rob Reiner

Sydney Lumet

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Question 8 of 15

8. The word 'chauvinist' is derived from: Hint

Latin

a man's name

Greek

a god

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which is the only TV show to be the top-rated show for five consecutive seasons? Hint

'I Love Lucy'

'All in the Family'

'Gunsmoke'

'Bonanza'

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Question 10 of 15

10. In which activity might one execute a maneuver known as a 'zwischenzug'? Hint

chess

skiing

fencing

weight-lifting

11. Who wrote these powerful words about his parents' homeland: 'I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia. See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.'? Hint

William Saroyan

Truman Capote

H. L, Mencken

Norman Mailer

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Question 12 of 15

12. In which film did Cary Grant take a shower with his clothes on? Hint

'An Affair To Remember'

'To Catch a Thief'

'That Touch of Mink'

'Charade'

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which continent has two of the five longest rivers in the world? Hint

Asia

South America

Africa

North America

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who said, 'I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.'? Hint

Dwight Eisenhower

Mahatma Gandhi

Boris Yeltsin

Winston Churchill

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Question 15 of 15

15. Which rhetorical device means 'an explicit reference to a particular meaning of a word, in order to remove or prevent ambiguity'? Hint

procatalepsis

litotes

anaphora

distinctio

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Whose groundbreaking album 'The Dark Side of the Moon' is the third-bestselling album of all time?

Answer: Pink Floyd

As of November, 2001, 'The Dark Side of the Moon' had sold 23 million copies.

2. Who was known as 'The Lone Eagle'?

Answer: Charles Lindbergh

Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927 captivated the whole world. It is said that at the height of his fame, more people could identify who Lindbergh was than could identify the President of the United States.

3. Which planet could float in water?

Answer: Saturn

Saturn's specific gravity is only .7, making it the only planet lighter than water.

4. Which American author's works include 'The Naked and the Dead', 'Armies of the Night', 'The Executioneer's Song', and 'Oswald's Tale'?

Answer: Norman Mailer

Mailer became famous at an early age with his 1948 book 'The Naked and the Dead', about his experiences during World War II, and has won two Pulitzer Prizes. He has been as prolific in his personal life as in his professional life, having been married six times and fathering nine children.

5. Which is the only cat which lives in a society?

Answer: the lion

Lions live in groups called prides. The males' chief role is defense of the territory and the females, while the females do the vast majority of the kills.

6. Which radio personality tells stories about Lake Wobegon on his popular two-hour variety show, 'A Prairie Home Companion'?

Answer: Garrison Keillor

As of November, 2002, Keillor continues to entertain listeners weekly with homespun tales drawn from his native Minnesota. He also has written many books set in Lake Wobegon.

7. Which director's first four films were 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', 'The Graduate', 'Carnal Knowledge', and 'Catch 22'?

Answer: Mike Nichols

An impressive start for Nichols during the late '60's and early '70's. However, his films since then have not had the impact that these first four had.

8. The word 'chauvinist' is derived from:

Answer: a man's name

"Chauvinist" comes from the French name Chauvin, the surname of a soldier in Napoleon's army who was notorious for his fanatical patriotism.

9. Which is the only TV show to be the top-rated show for five consecutive seasons?

Answer: 'All in the Family'

'All in the Family' was the top-rated show from its first full season in 1971-72 through 1975-76. Its audience during this time period averaged about a third of all TV households. Of the others, 'Gunsmoke' was the top show for four seaons in a row, and 'I Love Lucy' and 'Bonanza' for three each.

10. In which activity might one execute a maneuver known as a 'zwischenzug'?

Answer: chess

Zwischenzug is a German term for 'in-between move'. It is used in a situation in which one has a seemingly obvious move, such as a recapture of a piece during a trade, but instead one first makes an unexpected in-between move, such as a check or threat of checkmate, and only then recaptures the piece under (presumably) more favorable circumstances.

Answer: William Saroyan

At first glance Saroyan seems to be making a powerful indictment of the Armenian people, but actually he is making the point that the spirit of the Armenian people is strong enough that their culture will thrive, depsite all the hardships suffered by the Armenian people over the years. After his death in 1981, half of Saroyan's ashes were buried in Armenia.

12. In which film did Cary Grant take a shower with his clothes on?

Answer: 'Charade'

He explains to Audrey Hepburn that it is a drip-dry suit. A rather silly scene, but the show works as a light-hearted thriller due to the charm of Grant and Hepburn.

13. Which continent has two of the five longest rivers in the world?

Answer: Asia

The Chang (or Yangtze) is third-longest, and the Huang (or Yellow) is fifth-longest. Asia also has the sixth-longest with the Ob-Irtysh. All of these rivers, along with the Nile, Mississippi, and the Amazon, are over 3,000 miles long.

14. Who said, 'I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.'?

Answer: Dwight Eisenhower

Eisenhower has been somnewhat maligned as a 'do-nothing' President, but he seems to have had a better grasp of the role of the government than other ex-generals who have held the job.

15. Which rhetorical device means 'an explicit reference to a particular meaning of a word, in order to remove or prevent ambiguity'?

Answer: distinctio

An example: 'To make methanol for twenty-five cents a gallon is impossible; by 'impossible' I mean currently beyond our technological capabilities.' The use of distinctio can clarify one's point and avoid needless arguments. For example, the word 'profiling' has been thrown around a lot in the wake of the terrorist acts of 2001, but rarely is the word actually defined.

Source: Author chessart

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