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A multiple-choice quiz by biohazard930. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
biohazard930

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
151,200

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which American Vice-President resigned because he was accused of income tax evasion?

Answer: (Last name or first and last)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first American citizen to speak before the British Parliament? Hint

Ford

Bush Sr.

Reagan

Nixon

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote the musical piece "Echano"? Hint

Chuck Mangione

Clifford Brown

John McLain

Miles Davis

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who did "Time" magazine proclaim as the 'Man of the Half Century' in 1950?

Answer: (Last name or first and last)

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Question 5 of 10

5. In which city was US President McKinley assassinated? Hint

Dallas

Philadelphia

New York

Buffalo

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following are the two countries that export the most crude oil? Hint

Iraq, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, Russia

Venezuela, China

Qatar, Iran

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who wrote "Timeline"? Hint

John Grisham

Frank Lloyd Wright

Pearl Buck

Michael Crichton

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which national capital's name contains about 73% vowels?

Answer: (One Word - Watch Spelling!)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Atomic number 107 is the atomic number for which element? Hint

Seaborgium

Hassium

Dubnium

Bohrium

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following computer games is NOT an expansion to a preexisting game? Hint

Roller Coaster Tycoon 2

Everquest Ruins of Kunark

The Sims Livin' Large

Age of Empires Rise of Rome

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which American Vice-President resigned because he was accused of income tax evasion?

Answer: Agnew

Spiro Agnew was Vice-President under Richard Nixon when he resigned. After Agnew's resignation, Gerald Ford was appointed to Vice-President.
Ford later became the only President and Vice-President never elected after Nixon resigned.

2. Who was the first American citizen to speak before the British Parliament?

Answer: Reagan

Reagan was good friends with Margaret Thatcher, the head of Parliament, and she invited him to speak.

The first foreigner to speak before the American Congress was Winston Churchill. ;)

3. Who wrote the musical piece "Echano"?

Answer: Chuck Mangione

Chuck Manigione also wrote "Children of Sanchez", "Feels So Good", and "Land of Make Believe".
Our marching band played these songs in my 9th grade year! :)

4. Who did "Time" magazine proclaim as the 'Man of the Half Century' in 1950?

Answer: Churchill

This was in the middle of the Cold War. During WWII, Roosevelt and Churchill met secretly off the coast of Newfoundland to discuss what would later become the United Nations.

5. In which city was US President McKinley assassinated?

Answer: Buffalo

McKinley was assassinated in 1901 in Buffalo, New York. The tallest mountain in North America is named after him; it's Mt. McKinley in Alaska.

6. Which of the following are the two countries that export the most crude oil?

Answer: Saudi Arabia, Russia

Russia doesn't seem like it has much oil, but the Caspian Sea has great reserves of oil. Russia has a nicely-sized border on the Caspian Sea.
Saudi Arabia is also the nation with the largest number of desalination plants, refineries that extract the salt from salt water.

7. Who wrote "Timeline"?

Answer: Michael Crichton

"Timeline" is a book about several friends who travel back in time to the Medieval Age in order to save their professor. Critchton did a great deal of research on the Medieval Age before writing this novel.

Grisham wrote "A Time to Kill", Buck wrote "The Good Earth", and Wright was an architect!

8. Which national capital's name contains about 73% vowels?

Answer: Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou can also be called Wagadugu and is the capital of the African nation Burkina Faso.

9. Atomic number 107 is the atomic number for which element?

Answer: Bohrium

Dubnium (Db) is number 105. Seaborgium (Sg) is number 106. Hassium (Hs) is number 108.

10. Which of the following computer games is NOT an expansion to a preexisting game?

Answer: Roller Coaster Tycoon 2

Livin' Large is an expansion to The Sims. Ruins of Kunark is an expansion to Everquest. Rise of Rome is an expansion to Age of Empires.
Roller Coaster Tycoon is very similar to Roller Coaster Tycoon, but they are independent. :)

Source: Author biohazard930

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