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Quiz about Little Known Facts About Everything

Little Known Facts About Everything Quiz

This quiz is about the weirdest and strangest things you will ever read. Good Luck! :o)

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

Author
luigiman

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
70,472

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
2560

Last 3 plays: Guest 74 (5/10), gibbysgab (2/10), Guest 172 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. King Henry III of France regularly ate poultry soaked in what? Hint

perfume

blood

wine

urine

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Question 2 of 10

2. Pogonophobia is the scientific term for a fear of ________? Hint

beards

urine

nosebleeds

crossing streets

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the following is NOT true? Hint

the highest number of glass cups balanced on a chin was 101

a man can suck milk up his nose and squirt it out of his eye

a man had two pupils in each eye

In ancient Rome a bad haircut was thought to cause storms

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the longest word you can type on a keyboard using your left hand?

Answer: (12 letters - think airplanes)

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Question 5 of 10

5. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. True or False?

Answer: (One Word - true or false, t or f)

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Question 6 of 10

6. What are rainbows caused by? Hint

both

sun

moon

neither

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which swan has 25,000 feathers, more than any other bird? Hint

twitching

sneezing

whistling

blinking

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Question 8 of 10

8. The word 'ozone' comes from the Greek word meaning what? Hint

dwell

smell

well

dell

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Question 9 of 10

9. Of all the animal species on earth, how many legs do most of them have? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. A cobra is fascinated by a snake charmer's ________? Hint

movements

music

voice

smell

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. King Henry III of France regularly ate poultry soaked in what?

Answer: perfume

He also ate partridges coated in solid gold and omelets sprinkled in ground-up pearls.

2. Pogonophobia is the scientific term for a fear of ________?

Answer: beards

The fear of nosebleeds is epistaxiophobia, the fear of urine is urophobia and the fear of crossing streets is dromophobia.

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

Answer: the highest number of glass cups balanced on a chin was 101

A man named Liu Ch'ung of Shansi, China was born with two pupils in each eye in the 10th Century and never had any problems with it. Jim Chicon has the ability to suck milk up his nose and squirt it out of his eye because his tear ducts work two ways, while most people's ducts only work one way.

He can shoot the milk up to a distance of 8 feet. In Ancient Rome, people said if a man has a bad haircut, it will upset the gods and spirits causing a storm. The most glass cups ever balanced on a chin was 62, by Ashrita Furman.

4. What is the longest word you can type on a keyboard using your left hand?

Answer: stewardesses

The longest word you can type using the top row of keys is 'typewriter'.

5. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. True or False?

Answer: True

6. What are rainbows caused by?

Answer: both

Lunar rainbows have weaker colors than those created by the sun.

7. Which swan has 25,000 feathers, more than any other bird?

Answer: whistling

The hummingbird has the least amount of feathers, 900.

8. The word 'ozone' comes from the Greek word meaning what?

Answer: smell

This form of oxygen has a strong seaweed smell.

9. Of all the animal species on earth, how many legs do most of them have?

Answer: 6

The majority of the 750,000 known animal species are insects.

10. A cobra is fascinated by a snake charmer's ________?

Answer: movements

Cobra snakes are deaf, except for the King Cobra.

Source: Author luigiman

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