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General HS Knowledge Trivia Quiz

Think back to your days in high school and all of the knowledge your teachers swore would become useful one day, which you knew you would never use, and DON'T.

A multiple-choice quiz by umpolo. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
umpolo

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
185,938

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3484

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Question 1 of 10

1. History - John Hancock was the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence.

True

False

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Question 2 of 10

2. Basic Chemistry - Which of the following is NOT a noble gas? Hint

Oxygen

Neon

Helium

Xenon

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Question 3 of 10

3. Basic Biology - What is the process called when a cell divides, the duplicated genetic material creating two identical daughter cells? Hint

Meiosis

Cytokenesis

Mendelian Genetics

Mitosis

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Question 4 of 10

4. History 101 - Christopher Columbus actually discovered what is now known as the United States of America.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. Basic Biology - Theoretically, silicon, instead of carbon, could have been the base element for all life on Earth.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. English 101 - Who wrote "The Jungle"? Hint

Upton Sinclair

C.S. Lewis

Sinclair Lewis

Samuel Beckett

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Question 7 of 10

7. Basic Grammar - From the following sentence, which of the words selected is a noun?
"I hit a home-run yesterday at batting practice." Hint

batting

practice

hit

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Question 8 of 10

8. English 101 - What type of word imitates the sound it makes (e.g. splash)? Hint

onomatopoeia

oxymoron

metaphor

simile

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Question 9 of 10

9. Geometry - Which of the following is not true of the term "pi"? Hint

It is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle

It follows rho in the greek alphabet

It is approximately 3.14159

It is the name of a movie released in 1998

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Question 10 of 10

10. History 101 - Which American president was responsible for the New Deal? Hint

Harry S. Truman

Theodore Roosevelt

Grover Cleveland

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. History - John Hancock was the first person to sign the United States Declaration of Independence.

Answer: True

The 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence included two future presidents, three vice presidents, and ten members of the United States congress.

2. Basic Chemistry - Which of the following is NOT a noble gas?

Answer: Oxygen

The noble gasses are helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon. Noble gasses have a closed-shell configuration with an oxidation number of 0, which prevents them from readily forming compounds.

3. Basic Biology - What is the process called when a cell divides, the duplicated genetic material creating two identical daughter cells?

Answer: Mitosis

Meiosis is actually where the cell divides into four nuclei with half of the genetic material instead of two with the same amount of material. Mendelian genetics proves that the parents pass along their traits to their offspring and cytokenesis is the last stage of mitosis.

4. History 101 - Christopher Columbus actually discovered what is now known as the United States of America.

Answer: False

He actually landed in the Bahamas first, then went on to discover Cuba and La Espanola, and then Haiti. During his four voyages he never landed on what is today the United States of America.

5. Basic Biology - Theoretically, silicon, instead of carbon, could have been the base element for all life on Earth.

Answer: True

"Carbon-based life forms" is a popular line in a lot of sci-fi movies, but the silicon based blob from Star Trek is a possibility. The atomic structure of both carbon and silicon are very dissimilar to the noble gasses as they have the highest potential to form compounds.

6. English 101 - Who wrote "The Jungle"?

Answer: Upton Sinclair

Sinclair Lewis wrote "Elmer Gantry", C.S. Lewis wrote the Narnia Chronicles, and Samuel Beckett wrote "Waiting for Godot".

7. Basic Grammar - From the following sentence, which of the words selected is a noun? "I hit a home-run yesterday at batting practice."

Answer: practice

"I" is a pronoun, "hit" is a verb, and "batting" is an adjective.

8. English 101 - What type of word imitates the sound it makes (e.g. splash)?

Answer: onomatopoeia

A metaphor is an understanding of one concept using another (time is running out); an oxymoron is the use of contradictory terms to create a new meaning (awfully good); and a simile is a comparison of two things (Her heart is a soft as a pillow.)

9. Geometry - Which of the following is not true of the term "pi"?

Answer: It follows rho in the greek alphabet

Pi actually follows Omikron and is the 16th letter in the Greek alphabet.

10. History 101 - Which American president was responsible for the New Deal?

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

The New Deal marked the beginning of an era where the federal government decided to take some responsibility for managing the economy through farm subsidies, minimum wage laws, and social security.

Source: Author umpolo

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