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

Author
kristjana

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
61,794

Updated
Mar 11 24

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
12255

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Question 1 of 15

1. In which year did the Philippines gain independence from the United States? Hint

1900

1960

1949

1946

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Question 2 of 15

2. Why does our moon have no atmosphere? Hint

It is too heavy

It has too many craters

It has too little gravity

It is too close to the Earth

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Question 3 of 15

3. What is an alumna? Hint

a female college graduate

a female college teacher

a male college teacher

a male college graduate

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which drug was produced first? Hint

Tetracycline

Penicillin

Aspirin

Ampicillin

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Question 5 of 15

5. On which planet would you weigh the most? Hint

Saturn

Mars

Neptune

Jupiter

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Question 6 of 15

6. Most fossils are found in what type of rock? Hint

granite

sedimentary

marble

pumice

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which city is *not* in Germany? Hint

Munich

Dresden

Berlin

Prague

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Question 8 of 15

8. What is the most common English name of King Arthur's sword? Hint

Excalibur

Camelot

Lancelot

Excal

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Question 9 of 15

9. What color is pistachio? Hint

dark brown

deep red

light brown

light green

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Question 10 of 15

10. At the time of the French Revolution, what was the Bastille? Hint

a salon

a prison

a palace

a battle

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Question 11 of 15

11. In what continent is Swahili widely spoken? Hint

South America

Europe

Asia

Africa

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Question 12 of 15

12. What is the sign of the goat? Hint

Taurus

Scorpio

Capricorn

Cancer

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which Greek letter symbolizes the ratio of circumference to the diameter? Hint

phi

chi

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which have no seeds? Hint

pears

roses

ferns

apples

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Question 15 of 15

15. What is pi approximate to? Hint

3.14

2.56

1.47

8.68

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In which year did the Philippines gain independence from the United States?

Answer: 1946

These islands, for centuries part the Spanish Empire, were ceded to the US following the Spanish-American War and were a US territory from 1900-46.

2. Why does our moon have no atmosphere?

Answer: It has too little gravity

You can also say it has too little mass.

3. What is an alumna?

Answer: a female college graduate

A male college graduate is called an alumnus. The plural - alumni - is used for both male graduates and male and female graduates. The plural of alumna is alumnae.

4. Which drug was produced first?

Answer: Aspirin

5. On which planet would you weigh the most?

Answer: Jupiter

Jupiter is also the largest planet.

6. Most fossils are found in what type of rock?

Answer: sedimentary

7. Which city is *not* in Germany?

Answer: Prague

Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic (and of the former Kingdom of Bohemia).

8. What is the most common English name of King Arthur's sword?

Answer: Excalibur

9. What color is pistachio?

Answer: light green

Remember when you open it from the shell it has a green color.

10. At the time of the French Revolution, what was the Bastille?

Answer: a prison

The storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 is widely taken as the first revolutionary action in the French Revolution.

11. In what continent is Swahili widely spoken?

Answer: Africa

Africa ... I would like to go there some day and try to find any fossils.

12. What is the sign of the goat?

Answer: Capricorn

13. Which Greek letter symbolizes the ratio of circumference to the diameter?

Answer: pi

14. Which have no seeds?

Answer: ferns

15. What is pi approximate to?

Answer: 3.14

3.14 is the figure corrected to two decimal places. It is, in fact, an infinite number.

Source: Author kristjana

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