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Continuing with the letter C, I do. C is Latin for 100, but no 100 questions in here I'm afraid. Would you settle for 20?

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

Author
jaydel

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
128,883

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
12 / 20

Plays
7756

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Question 1 of 20

1. Which daughter of Priam and Hecuba had the gift of prediction, but was never believed? Hint

Calliope

Cassandra

Callisto

Calypso

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Question 2 of 20

2. What's the act of swimming downstream to spawn called? Hint

Catadrome

Catalan

Catastrophe

Cataclysm

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Question 3 of 20

3. What battle is considered to be Robert E. Lee's masterpiece? Hint

Chickamauga

Chickasaw Bluffs

Chancellorsville

Chattanooga

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Question 4 of 20

4. Magpies is the nickname of Newcastle United Football Club. What Australian Rules Football Club has the same nickname? Hint

Carlton

Cats

Collingwood

Crows

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Question 5 of 20

5. The oldest rivalry in rugby union is settled by what prize? Hint

Caledonian Cup

Canberra Cup

Calcutta Cup

Chesterton Cup

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Question 6 of 20

6. What surname do Linford, Agatha and Julie share?

Answer: (One word - last name)

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Question 7 of 20

7. What place, meaning little house or shed, originally was used as a public room for dancing? Hint

Chateau

Casino

Castle

Condominium

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Question 8 of 20

8. What was the first period within the Paleozoicum called? Hint

Cambrian

Canadium

Californian

Chromium

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Question 9 of 20

9. What is the Mafia-like organization in Naples called? Hint

Camorra

Canasta

Carioca

Candela

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Question 10 of 20

10. Most countries use centigrade instead of Fahrenheit to measure temperatures. What other word is used for centigrade? Hint

Celtius

Celsus

Celsius

Cellius

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Question 11 of 20

11. Which Canadian funnyman died at the age of 43? Hint

Jim Carrey

Joseph Cotten

Richard Chamberlain

John Candy

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Question 12 of 20

12. How do we call the mythological figures that were half man, half horse? Hint

Cimbres

Centurions

Centaurs

Centimans

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Question 13 of 20

13. What is the commercial capital of Sri Lanka? Hint

Coulomb

Columbus

Columbo

Colombo

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Question 14 of 20

14. The ___ is for snooker what Wimbledon is for tennis? Hint

Crucible

Crucable

Cruicible

Cruisable

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Question 15 of 20

15. What brandy is distilled from cider? Hint

Cognac

Cuba libre

Champagne

Calvados

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Question 16 of 20

16. Which film won an Academy Award in 1982? Hint

Chariots Of Fire

Coal Miner's Daughter

Color Of Money

Cabaret

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Question 17 of 20

17. In 1667 the Dutch Navy humbled the British Fleet at its base. Where was that? Hint

Chelmsford

Chatham

Colchester

Croydon

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Question 18 of 20

18. Which Irish born Confederate general fell at Franklin? Hint

Benjamin Franklin Cheatham

Patrick Ronayne Cleburne

John Carpenter Carter

Raleigh Edward Colston

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Question 19 of 20

19. Which Frenchman has founded the city of Detroit? Hint

Chevrolet

Cadillac

Camus

Chantilly

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Question 20 of 20

20. What was the title of the famous Roman who gave his name to the month of July? Hint

Croesus

Caesar

Crassus

Cicero

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which daughter of Priam and Hecuba had the gift of prediction, but was never believed?

Answer: Cassandra

Apollo had given her this quality, but as she did not return his affections, he made sure that no-one ever would believe her.

2. What's the act of swimming downstream to spawn called?

Answer: Catadrome

Cata and dromos are both Greek words respectively meaning down and running. Catastrophe and cataclysm both mean disaster and a catacomb is a subterranean vault.

3. What battle is considered to be Robert E. Lee's masterpiece?

Answer: Chancellorsville

The Confederate commander in chief divided his smaller force twice, yet beat the Union forces under general Hooker. It was weeks before Gettysburg by the way.

4. Magpies is the nickname of Newcastle United Football Club. What Australian Rules Football Club has the same nickname?

Answer: Collingwood

Black and white is the reason for this nickname, given in 1892 by club member William Crawley who also was responsible for the club colors. As to the other names: Carlton is called the Blues, the Cats and Crows are of course nicknames themselves for Geelong and Adelaide respectively.

5. The oldest rivalry in rugby union is settled by what prize?

Answer: Calcutta Cup

It's now embedded within the Six Nations Trophy, but England and Scotland have played each other for this Cup from 1879 on. The first match was drawn 3-3 in Edinburgh.

6. What surname do Linford, Agatha and Julie share?

Answer: Christie

Linford was quite a successful track and field athlete, Agatha Christie of course has written about some brilliant detectives and Julie Christie is an actress.

7. What place, meaning little house or shed, originally was used as a public room for dancing?

Answer: Casino

Nowadays we know a casino as a place where you can make or lose lots of money in a short time. Casino is also a card game. So one might play casino in a casino.

8. What was the first period within the Paleozoicum called?

Answer: Cambrian

It lasted roughly from 570 to 500 million years ago. In this period the first vertebrates developed. Cambrian was called after Cambria, the Latin word for Wales, where the first marine sediments of this period were found.

9. What is the Mafia-like organization in Naples called?

Answer: Camorra

Camorra is a Spanish word for quarrel or argument. In the sixteenth century Spain virtually ruled the world and therefore Naples as well. An originally Spanish criminal brotherhood called 'Garduna' came along with the rulers. Out of that Garduna developed the Camorra.

10. Most countries use centigrade instead of Fahrenheit to measure temperatures. What other word is used for centigrade?

Answer: Celsius

Anders Celsius was a Swedish astronomer who lived from 1701 to 1744. He developed the thermometer with the centigrade scale. The original thermometer had the boiling point at zero and the freezing point at 100 degrees. After the death of Celsius it was turned around.

11. Which Canadian funnyman died at the age of 43?

Answer: John Candy

He died from a heart attack. He played in many films, 'Uncle Buck', 'Who's Harry Crumb?' and 'Cool Runnings'.

12. How do we call the mythological figures that were half man, half horse?

Answer: Centaurs

Different sources give different explanations for the demise of the centaurs.

13. What is the commercial capital of Sri Lanka?

Answer: Colombo

Lying on the west coast of this small island, Colombo is also an important port. Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is official capital of Sri Lanka.

14. The ___ is for snooker what Wimbledon is for tennis?

Answer: Crucible

The Crucible is a theatre in Sheffield, England. Every year in April, the world's best snooker players are cueing there for the World title.

15. What brandy is distilled from cider?

Answer: Calvados

Lying in Normandy, Calvados is the 14th department of France with Caen as its main city.

16. Which film won an Academy Award in 1982?

Answer: Chariots Of Fire

This 1981 film is a true story about two talented athletes: the Jewish Cambridge-student Harold Abrahams and the profoundly religious Eric Liddell who both won medals at the Olympics in Paris, 1924.

17. In 1667 the Dutch Navy humbled the British Fleet at its base. Where was that?

Answer: Chatham

It happened during the second Anglo Dutch war. For a brief moment Holland ruled the seas and in effect was THE world power.

18. Which Irish born Confederate general fell at Franklin?

Answer: Patrick Ronayne Cleburne

He was one of six generals who died at Franklin, when general John Bell Hood ordered more than ten frontal assaults on strong Union lines. In just over five hours Hood had all but sacrificed the Army of Tennessee for nothing.

19. Which Frenchman has founded the city of Detroit?

Answer: Cadillac

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658-1730) was a minor aristocrat and a colonial governor for France in America when he founded this city in 1701. His name was used in 1902 by engine-maker Henry Martin Leland who formed an automobile company in that year.

20. What was the title of the famous Roman who gave his name to the month of July?

Answer: Caesar

As he was born in the month Quintilus (meaning the fifth), Gaius Julius Caesar renamed it after his name Julius.

Source: Author jaydel

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