Complex Abecedarian Trivia Quiz

Answer: 2

What one would normally ask: What is 1 + 1?

The "addend" is the name given to a number used in the operation of addition. It is the number to which the "augend" is added. These two terms are used when only two numbers are added in a certain addition problem.

Furthermore, any positive natural number of the set N (not including zero) raised to the power of zero is equal to 1. This is normally referred to as the "zero exponent rule".

Answer: Russia

What one would normally ask: What is the largest country in the world?

The stout infantfish was identified as the smallest fish in the world in 2004 (this record was previously claimed by the dwarf goby fish.) These fishes are native to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, and they measure approximately 7mm long.

Inevitably, Russia is the least similar to the stout infantfish because it holds the record as the largest country in the world.

Answer: Water

What one would normally ask: What does the formula H2O represent?

H2O is written with the number 2 as a subscript. This indicates that in one molecule of water, there are two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. If you pay close attention to the question, it asks you to determine the substance that two NEUTRAL atoms of hydrogen and one NEUTRAL atom of oxygen would combine to. Without the addition of the word "neutral", the atoms may be defined as cations, which has a positive charge due to a loss of electron(s), or anions, which has a negative charge due to a gain of electron(s). Ions have properties that are dissimilar to that of neutral atoms. Since I defined hydrogen as an atom with one electron, I must add the word "neutral" to show that it is indeed hydrogen, and not an ion of any other element. The same goes for the oxygen representation in the question.

Answer: Kite

What one would normally ask: What was Benjamin Franklin holding that was struck by lightning?

"Poor Richard's Almanac" was published by Benjamin Franklin. The term "Poor Richard" came from the pseudonym of its creator. According to popular notion, Benjamin Franklin was holding a kite, which was consequently struck by lightning (or, more accurately, the key attached to it was struck by lightning). This dangerous experiment led to more extensive study of electricity, which is a modern necessity that was certainly once a luxury.

Answer: Sight

What one would normally ask: For which of your five senses do you use your eyes?

Generally, rod cells contained in a person's eyes enable him or her to detect black and white, or darkness. On the other hand, cone cells enable a person to detect color. This definition, however, is very broad. Obviously, one uses his ears to hear, his tongue to taste, and his skin to touch.

Answer: Exclamatory Sentences

What one would normally ask: What kind of sentence is the exclamation point used for?

As many people know, exclamatory sentences are sentences that contain an expression of surprise, fear, anger, etc. Examples of such sentences are "Wow!" and "Hey!"

Interrogative sentences are synonymous to questions, and they are ended by a question mark [e.g. How well did you do on this quiz?] "Erroneous sentences" and "long sentences" are terms that I created for the sole purpose of this quiz.

Answer: Elvis Presley

What one would normally ask: What singer is known as "The King of Rock N' Roll"?

Elvis Presley is well-known for his songs such as "Love Me Tender" and "Blue Suede Shoes". Unfortunately, he died in 1977 for an unknown cause of death (there are theories behind it, however.)

In the question, "the male monarch," refers to the "King" part of Elvis' nickname, and "Boulder and Coil," is the transliterate synonym of "Rock and Roll".

Answer: Neil Armstrong

What one would normally ask: Who is the first man to walk on the Moon?

As indicated in the question, the second man to walk on the Moon is Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. Armstrong, Aldrin, and another austronaut named Michael Collins, were part of the historic 1969 Apollo 11 Mission to the Moon. After the Apollo 11 Mission, wherein two astronauts have already successfully stepped on the Moon's surface, ten other astronauts in five missions will get the opportunity to walk on the Moon.

Regarding the other choices, Sir Edmund Hillary is the first person to climb Mt. Everest, closely followed by Tenzing Norgay; Orville Wright is the brother of Wilbur Wright, who both flew the first airplane at Kitty Hawk in the United States; and Igor Sikorsky is credited as the inventor of the first mass-produced helicopter.

Answer: 1

What one would normally ask: How many days are added in a Leap Year?

Contrary to popular belief, a leap year does not always occur every four years. In truth, it occurs in any year divisible by four (e.g. 1988), with the exception of years divisible by one hundred (e.g. 1900). However, a year that is divisible by one hundred that is also divisible by four hundred is considered a leap year (e.g. 2000). Every Leap Year, one day is added to the month of February.

Answer: iceberg

What one would normally ask: On what did the RMS Titanic crash that caused its sinking?

The sinking of the RMS Titanic has been portrayed in several movie versions, with, perhaps, the 1997 version starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet being the most popular. The "thirteenth year of the twentieth century" is 1912, the year when the Titanic sank. The iceberg that collided with the Titanic was located off the coast of Newfoundland, the most recent province to enter the Canadian Confederation (keep in mind that Nunavut is NOT a province - it's a territory.)

[The first year of a century begins with 00 - for example, 1900 was the first year of the 20th century as 1900 years were completed to that date. This makes 1912 the thirteenth year of the 20th Century. ArleneRimmer (Editor).]

I hope you enjoyed this quiz! If you are not satisfied with your score after seeing the level of ease associated with this quiz, just look at the upside. Now you know that "things aren't always as difficult as they seem".