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A multiple-choice quiz by jaydel. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
jaydel

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
223,169

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Very Difficult

Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. What do the Olympic games of 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 have in common? Hint

They all suffered boycotts

They all had to deal with terrorist attacks

They were all held in one and the same continent

The names of the host cities all started with the same letter

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these four birds is the smallest? Hint

Blue Tit

Robin

Wren

Gold Crest

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the State tree of North Carolina? Hint

Cabbage Palmetto

Longleaf Pine

Red Pine

Eastern White Pine

4. You are superstitious. You shy away from black cats, you don't walk underneath a ladder and you certainly dread Friday the Thirteenth. What phobia do you suffer in the last mentioned case? Hint

Lunaphobia

Epistaxiophobia

Paraskavedekatriaphobia

Hobophobia

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Question 5 of 10

5. �Another industrial ugly morning, the factory belches filth into the sky�, is a line from a song performed by who? Hint

The Police

David Bowie

The Jam

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Question 6 of 10

6. Rome was a superpower in the ancient days, but that doesn't mean its armies were invincible. On August 2, 216 BC the Roman legions were almost completely destroyed by Hannibal. Where? Hint

Cannae

Teutoburger Forest

Rouen

Pindus Mountain

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Question 7 of 10

7. Imagine that meteorologists over here will switch from Celsius (centigrades) to Fahrenheit. That would be quite confusing, as the two systems use different scales. Freezing in Celsius means 0 degrees, in Fahrenheit it will be 32 degrees. However, at one point both systems indicate the same temperature for similar circumstances. What point will that be? Hint

-32 C

-40 C

-50 C

-44 C

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Question 8 of 10

8. Clay Basket, Sheriff Axel Dumire, John Skimmerhorn and Jim Lloyd. In what series or film could you see them? Hint

Centennial

The Searchers

How The West Was Won

Last Of The Mohicans

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Question 9 of 10

9. What country has the oldest national anthem in the world in the musical sense? Hint

Japan

The Netherlands

France

United Kingdom

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Question 10 of 10

10. Summer, the start of July. Union and Confederate troops have clashed for several days. Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia orders an attack on the Federal positions uphill. That attack is repulsed with heavy casualties on the Southern side. Would this be automatically the battle of Gettysburg?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What do the Olympic games of 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 have in common?

Answer: The names of the host cities all started with the same letter

Mexico City, Munich, Montreal and Moscow were the hosts in chronological order. Montreal and Moscow suffered boycotts, Munich had to deal with a terrorist attack, and obviously Mexico and Montreal are not on the same continent as Munich and Moscow.

2. Which of these four birds is the smallest?

Answer: Gold Crest

Regulus Regulus measures about 9 cm. or 3,5 inches long (one inch is exactly 2.54 cm.). By the way, the Firecrest has the same length, which, together with the Gold Crest are the smallest birds in Europe. The Wren measures 10 cm., the Blue Tit is 12 cm. long and the Robin has a length of 14 cm.

3. What is the State tree of North Carolina?

Answer: Longleaf Pine

North Carolina chose its state tree in 1963. As for the other trees: South Carolina adopted the Cabbage Palmetto in 1939, Minnesota chose the Red Pine (1953) and Michigan opted for the Eastern White Pine in 1955.

4. You are superstitious. You shy away from black cats, you don't walk underneath a ladder and you certainly dread Friday the Thirteenth. What phobia do you suffer in the last mentioned case?

Answer: Paraskavedekatriaphobia

Epistaxiophobia is the fear of nosebleeds, Hobophobia means you are afraid of beggars, and Lunaphobia is fear of the moon (and not of weirdos).

5. �Another industrial ugly morning, the factory belches filth into the sky�, is a line from a song performed by who?

Answer: The Police

The song is Synchronicity II, one of my alltime favorites. It comes from the album Synchronicity, with Synchronicity I as the first track.

6. Rome was a superpower in the ancient days, but that doesn't mean its armies were invincible. On August 2, 216 BC the Roman legions were almost completely destroyed by Hannibal. Where?

Answer: Cannae

The battle was fought in the South East of Italy. The Roman army had more men which in the open terrain should have been an advantage. But the Romans fought without any tactical concept. Hannibal however knew what he was doing. He let the Romans push on in the centre, beat the Romans with his cavalry on the flanks and then attacked the infantry from the sides and in the rear.

Some 40,000 soldiers perished.

Answer: -40 C

Add or subtract ten degrees Celsius (or Centigrade) for every 18 degrees Fahrenheit. 40 degrees Celsius down will be the same as 72 degrees Fahrenheit down. Starting from 0 respective -32 they will meet at -40. See? It's that easy.

8. Clay Basket, Sheriff Axel Dumire, John Skimmerhorn and Jim Lloyd. In what series or film could you see them?

Answer: Centennial

Next to Heimat, this was one of my favorite TV-shows. Which great actor or actress wasn�t on this saga? Andy Griffith (Ben Matlock), Dennis Weaver (McCloud), Sharon Gless (Cagney from Cagney and Lacey), Timothy Dalton (one of the James Bonds), and the likes of Donald Pleasance, Richard Chamberlain, Robert Vaughn, Gregory Harrison, Lynn Redgrave. I could go on and on.

9. What country has the oldest national anthem in the world in the musical sense?

Answer: The Netherlands

The �Wilhelmus� originates from the 16th century, when the Dutch were fighting the Spanish. It is based on a French song. The anthem is an acrostic of 15 verses. When you put all the first letters of every verse together you will get Willem van Nassov (William of Nassau). He was the leader of the Dutch uprising against the Spanish. The Japanese anthem has the oldest text.

Answer: No

It could also have been Malvern Hill, where Union and Confederate troops clashed on July 1, 1862. It was the last of the Seven Days, in which Robert E. Lee managed to push back the Federal, despite winning just one battle.

Source: Author jaydel

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