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Give Me An 'A' Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz styled on the gameshow 'Blockbusters', I give you the first letter and a clue and you give the correct answer - hopefully. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by Ikabud. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
Ikabud

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
56,603

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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10736

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1. What E is a large land animal, the only living member of the mammal family Proboscidea?

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2. What B is a city in North Central Italy, whose former name is Felsina?

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3. What L is any agent used to counteract constipation?

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4. What M is a plant of the potato family, native to the Mediterranean region and used since ancient times as a medicine? (It is mentioned in the story of Rachel and Leah in Genesis.)

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5. What C is a system of winds, or a storm, that rotates inwards, around a center of low atmospheric pressure?

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6. What H is the leadership or dominance of one state over others?

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7. What T is a lake in the Andes on the Peru-Bolivia border?

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8. What R is a class of vertebrates containing about 6,000 species worldwide?

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Question 9 of 10

9. What W is a strand of metal, made by drawing a rod through progressively smaller holes in metal dies?

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Question 10 of 10

10. What X is a gaseous nonmetallic element that is present in the Earth's atmosphere?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What E is a large land animal, the only living member of the mammal family Proboscidea?

Answer: Elephant

The elephant is the world's largest land animal and is native to Africa and India.

2. What B is a city in North Central Italy, whose former name is Felsina?

Answer: Bologna

Bologna was colonised by the Romans in the second century BC, and lies at the foot of the Apennines.

3. What L is any agent used to counteract constipation?

Answer: Laxative

There are many kinds of laxatives, including stimulant laxatives and saline purgatives.

4. What M is a plant of the potato family, native to the Mediterranean region and used since ancient times as a medicine? (It is mentioned in the story of Rachel and Leah in Genesis.)

Answer: Mandrake

Mandrake contains alkaloids and its large greenish-yellow or purple flowers produce a many-seeded berry.

5. What C is a system of winds, or a storm, that rotates inwards, around a center of low atmospheric pressure?

Answer: Cyclone

The winds flow counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

6. What H is the leadership or dominance of one state over others?

Answer: Hegemony

The term originated in ancient Greece, where the cities of Athens, Sparta and Thebes held hegemony over Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries BC.

7. What T is a lake in the Andes on the Peru-Bolivia border?

Answer: Titicaca

At an altitude of 12,500 feet, Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable body of water in the world.

8. What R is a class of vertebrates containing about 6,000 species worldwide?

Answer: Reptile

Reptiles are cold blooded and most lay yolky eggs on land.

9. What W is a strand of metal, made by drawing a rod through progressively smaller holes in metal dies?

Answer: Wire

The drawing process toughens steel, so that a rope or cable made from steel wire is much stronger than an undrawn steel rod of the same diameter.

10. What X is a gaseous nonmetallic element that is present in the Earth's atmosphere?

Answer: Xenon

Xenon was discovered in 1898 and is one of the Noble Gases.

Source: Author Ikabud

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