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Chessart's Seventh Millionaire Quiz

As always, the questions start easy and get harder as you go along.

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

Author
chessart

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
60,563

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
8321

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who is the author of the classics 'Tom Sawyer' and 'Huckleberry Finn'? Hint

Henry David Thoreau

Robert Louis Stevenson

Mark Twain

Walt Whitman

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which eighteenth-century American patriot said 'I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.'? Hint

Patrick Henry

Thomas Jefferson

Nathan Hale

Benedict Arnold

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which comedian stars in the movies 'Meatballs', 'Groundhog Day', 'What about Bob', and Stripes'? Hint

Chevy Chase

Robin Williams

Steve Martin

Bill Murray

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Question 4 of 15

4. Who is the Nobel Prize winning playwright who wrote 'The Iceman Cometh' and 'A Long Day's Journey into Night'? Hint

Eugene O'Neill

Tennessee Williams

Arthur Miller

Edward Albee

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Question 5 of 15

5. Where in the body would you find the ulna? Hint

abdomen

leg

arm

skull

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Question 6 of 15

6. Hg is the chemical symbol for which element? Hint

lead

gold

silver

mercury

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Question 7 of 15

7. What is a 'sawbuck'? Hint

wise advice passed on from father to son

a twenty-dollar bill

a ten-dollar bill

a type of car

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Question 8 of 15

8. What is a period of play in polo called? Hint

an episode

a scrummage

an inning

a chukka

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Question 9 of 15

9. At what age did Helen Keller lose her sight and hearing? Hint

five years

three months

nineteen months

three years

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Question 10 of 15

10. The Newbery Medal is awarded annually for excellence in which field? Hint

science fiction writng

children's writing

astronomy

investigative journalism

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Question 11 of 15

11. Who is the American songwriter whose many songs include 'Anything Goes', 'Night and Day', 'I Get a Kick out of You', and 'In the Still of the Night'? Hint

Irving Berlin

George Gershwin

Cole Porter

Sammy Cahn

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which is the only time in history that the heavyweight boxing title was won on a foul? Hint

Ali-Liston, 1964

Marciano-Walcott, 1952

Tunney-Dempsey, 1926

Sharkey-Schmeling, 1930

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Question 13 of 15

13. How did Will Rogers die? Hint

He finally met a man he didn't like, and that man shot him.

In a plane crash with Wiley Post.

Reporting from a World War II battlefield.

In a motorcycle accident.

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Question 14 of 15

14. Fraunces Tavern in New York is associated with which historical figure? Hint

Wild Bill Hickok

Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

George Washington

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Question 15 of 15

15. The movie 'It Happened One Night', which won all the top Oscar categories in 1934, was based on what? Hint

a short story

a play

a novel

a song

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is the author of the classics 'Tom Sawyer' and 'Huckleberry Finn'?

Answer: Mark Twain

2. Which eighteenth-century American patriot said 'I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.'?

Answer: Patrick Henry

Henry's famous words ended a passionate speech he made on March 23, 1775, before the Second Virginia Convention meeting in Richmond. He was speaking in favor of his proposal to organize a volunteer company of cavalry or infantry in every Virginia county, and was responding to opponents of his proposal who were urging caution and patience until the crown replied to Congress' latest petition for reconciliation.

3. Which comedian stars in the movies 'Meatballs', 'Groundhog Day', 'What about Bob', and Stripes'?

Answer: Bill Murray

Murray's films have been highly successful, with 'Groundhog Day' destined to be a classic.

4. Who is the Nobel Prize winning playwright who wrote 'The Iceman Cometh' and 'A Long Day's Journey into Night'?

Answer: Eugene O'Neill

In awarding O'Neill the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature, the Academy cited 'the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy'.

5. Where in the body would you find the ulna?

Answer: arm

The ulna is one of the two forearm bones.

6. Hg is the chemical symbol for which element?

Answer: mercury

From 'hydrargyrum', the Latin name for mercury.

7. What is a 'sawbuck'?

Answer: a ten-dollar bill

The name comes from the fact that at one time ten-dollar bills had an 'X', similar to the legs at each end of a sawhorse used for cutting wood.

8. What is a period of play in polo called?

Answer: a chukka

Derived from 'cakkar', the Hindi word for circle.

9. At what age did Helen Keller lose her sight and hearing?

Answer: nineteen months

She was stricken with scarlet fever.

10. The Newbery Medal is awarded annually for excellence in which field?

Answer: children's writing

The Newberry Medal has been given annually since 1922 to one children's book each year. The Newbery Medal and the Caldecott Medal are the most prestigious awards in children's literature.

11. Who is the American songwriter whose many songs include 'Anything Goes', 'Night and Day', 'I Get a Kick out of You', and 'In the Still of the Night'?

Answer: Cole Porter

Porter wrote songs for many Broadway musicals during the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's. His greatest triumph was the 1948 musical 'Kiss Me, Kate', which ran for over 1000 performances. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Porter wrote both the music and the lyrics for his songs. His scores for 'Kiss Me Kate' and 'Anything Goes' remain popular over a half-century later.

12. Which is the only time in history that the heavyweight boxing title was won on a foul?

Answer: Sharkey-Schmeling, 1930

Sharkey was disqualified in the fourth round for hitting Schmeling low, giving Schmeling the vacant heavyweight crown. In the rematch two years later, Schmeling lost a controversial split-decision to Sharkey, causing Schmeling's manager, the legendary cigar-chomping promoter Joe Jacobs, to shout into the open radio microphone 'We was robbed!'.

This famous line has since found its way into quotation dictionaries.

13. How did Will Rogers die?

Answer: In a plane crash with Wiley Post.

Rogers accompanied his aviator friend Post on a 1935 flight from Seattle to Alaska, as part of Post's attempt to survey a mail and passenger air route from the West Coast to Russia. The strange-looking plane, which Post had built himself from parts of other wrecked planes, crashed in a lagoon near Point Barrow, Alaska, and both men died instantly.

14. Fraunces Tavern in New York is associated with which historical figure?

Answer: George Washington

It is the site where Washington delivered his farewell address to his troops on December 4, 1783. It was a fitting choice, as it had long been a meeting place for revolutionary leaders, and was Washington's favorite tavern. The building has been restored and is still (as of 2002) open for business as a tavern.

15. The movie 'It Happened One Night', which won all the top Oscar categories in 1934, was based on what?

Answer: a short story

It was based on Samuel Hopkins Adams' short story 'Night Bus', originally published in Cosmopolitan magazine.

Source: Author chessart

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