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Chessart's Tenth Millionaire Quiz

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 #
63,972

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
12316

Last 3 plays: Guest 98 (9/15), Guest 97 (11/15), Guest 139 (2/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Bull, hammerhead, whale, and white are all types of: Hint

falcons

sharks

bears

otters

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which actor won the best actor Oscar for 'On the Waterfront' (1954) and 'The Godfather' (1972)? Hint

Rod Steiger

Lee J. Cobb

Marlon Brando

Kark Malden

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Question 3 of 15

3. What does the Latin phrase 'e pluribus unum' mean? Hint

From many, one.

It only takes one.

In God we trust.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which body of water lies between Greece and Turkey? Hint

the Adriatic Sea

the Red Sea

the Caspian Sea

the Aegean Sea

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which country so dominated tennis during the 1950s and 1960s that it won 15 of the 20 Davis Cup competitions during those years? Hint

United States

Australia

India

Sweden

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Question 6 of 15

6. What is a compositon for orchestra and a soloist called? Hint

an aria

a cantata

a sonata

a concerto

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Question 7 of 15

7. Marion Tinsley was the long-time world champion in which game or sport? Hint

othello

darts

checkers

pente

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Question 8 of 15

8. Cu is the chemical symbol for which element? Hint

calcium

carbon

copper

cobalt

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Question 9 of 15

9. Name the composer who wrote 'Rhapsody in Blue', considered the best-known orchestral piece by an American. Hint

George Gershwin

Irving Berlin

Duke Ellington

Cole Porter

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Question 10 of 15

10. The Nobel Peace Prize is given out in what city? Hint

Oslo

Helsinki

Stockholm

Copenhagen

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Question 11 of 15

11. Which legendary architect designed Fallingwater, the home in Pennsylvania which has been called 'the most famous residence ever built'? Hint

Buckminster Fuller

Maya Lin

I. M. Pei

Frank Lloyd Wright

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Question 12 of 15

12. Why did People magazine name Andrew Wiles one of the 25 most intriguing people of 1993? Hint

for his books popularizing history for a mass audience

for his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem

for his hot-air ballooning exploits

for bicycling around the world

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Question 13 of 15

13. The Keukenhof, which claims to be the world's largest flower garden, is located in which country? Hint

Bulgaria

the Netherlands

Portugal

Germany

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Question 14 of 15

14. As of 2002, which country has never hosted the Olympic games, either summer or winter? Hint

The Netherlands

Belgium

Portugal

Spain

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Question 15 of 15

15. If I lived in Russia and owned a dacha, what would I have? Hint

the right to preferential treatment by the government

a motorcycle

a summer house in the country

a harem

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Bull, hammerhead, whale, and white are all types of:

Answer: sharks

About 360 species of fish are classified as sharks. The whale shark is the largest of all fish, and may weigh over 15 tons, more than twice as much as an average African elephant.

2. Which actor won the best actor Oscar for 'On the Waterfront' (1954) and 'The Godfather' (1972)?

Answer: Marlon Brando

The others all played supporting roles in 'On the Waterfront', and all three were nominated for Oscars in the best supporting actor category, won that year by Edmond O'Brien for 'The Barefoot Contessa'.

3. What does the Latin phrase 'e pluribus unum' mean?

Answer: From many, one.

The motto of the United States.

4. Which body of water lies between Greece and Turkey?

Answer: the Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea contains many beautiful islands, islands which are famous in Greek history and legend. The main island groups include the Cyclades, the Dodecanese, and the Sporades.

5. Which country so dominated tennis during the 1950s and 1960s that it won 15 of the 20 Davis Cup competitions during those years?

Answer: Australia

Some of the top Aussies during that era were Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall, Mal Anderson, Ashley Cooper, Neale Fraser, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, and John Newcombe.

6. What is a compositon for orchestra and a soloist called?

Answer: a concerto

7. Marion Tinsley was the long-time world champion in which game or sport?

Answer: checkers

Over the period 1950-1995, Tinsley finished in undivided first place in every tournament that he played in. He contested and won 9 World Championship matches, usually winning by an embarrassingly large margin. Over the last 45 years of his life, comprising thousands of tournament, World Championship, match, exhibition and casual games, Tinsley lost a total of only seven games. Tinsley died of cancer on April 3, 1995, at the age of 68.

8. Cu is the chemical symbol for which element?

Answer: copper

From the Latin cuprum.

9. Name the composer who wrote 'Rhapsody in Blue', considered the best-known orchestral piece by an American.

Answer: George Gershwin

'Rhapsody in Blue' has been used for many years in United Airlines commercials. Gershwin also wote 'Porgy and Bess', the most popular opera ever written by an American.

10. The Nobel Peace Prize is given out in what city?

Answer: Oslo

Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, the Peace Prize is handed out in Oslo. The will of Alfred Nobel gave the task of selecting the peace prize committee to the Norwegian Parliament, but nobody knows why, and we can only speculate about the reasons.

11. Which legendary architect designed Fallingwater, the home in Pennsylvania which has been called 'the most famous residence ever built'?

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright

Fallingwater is an example of 'organic architecture', integrating man and nature. It was designed and built during 1934-1937 for Edgar Kaufmann, owner of a Pittsburgh department store.

12. Why did People magazine name Andrew Wiles one of the 25 most intriguing people of 1993?

Answer: for his proof of Fermat's Last Theorem

Fermat's Last Theroem dates from 1637, when the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat wrote in the margin of the book that he had a proof which this margin is too narrow to contain'. Mathematicians ever since had been trying to prove it, and Wiles finally accomplished this in 1993 (although a flaw was found in one part of the proof and it wasn't finalized until the following year).

The remarkable story is told in the bestseller 'Fermat's Enigma', by Simon Singh.

13. The Keukenhof, which claims to be the world's largest flower garden, is located in which country?

Answer: the Netherlands

Seven million flowering bulbs carpet 80 acres of wooded parkland.

14. As of 2002, which country has never hosted the Olympic games, either summer or winter?

Answer: Portugal

The summer games were hosted by Belgium in 1920, The Netherlands in 1928, and Spain in 1992.

15. If I lived in Russia and owned a dacha, what would I have?

Answer: a summer house in the country

Forty-one percent of Russians have some sort of dacha, according to the Center for Public Opinion Studies in Moscow.

Source: Author chessart

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