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'N' is the answer Trivia Quiz

All the answers begin with the letter 'N'.

A multiple-choice quiz by anagram2. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
anagram2

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
111,490

Updated
Jan 02 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2795

Last 3 plays: asgirl (8/10), Guest 63 (7/10), Guest 169 (0/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which Finnish athlete was known as the Flying Finn? Hint

Paavo Nurmi

Nils Nordenskjold

Matti Nykaenen

Sigurour Nordal

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the name of the world's first nuclear powered submarine launched in 1954? Hint

Nautilus

Nimrod

Neptune

Nimitz

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Question 3 of 10

3. Around the edge of the British �2 coin is the inscription "Standing on the shoulders of giants". This is a quotation from whom? Hint

Ogden Nash

Isaac Newton

Friedrich Nietzsche

Pandit Nehru

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Question 4 of 10

4. Greta Garbo's talkie debut in 'Anna Christie' in 1930 was advertised with the slogan 'Garbo talks', but which 1939 film was promoted using the slogan 'Garbo laughs'? Hint

Never a Dull Moment

No Man Of Her Own

Ninotchka

Nikita

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Question 5 of 10

5. This is a village in central England. In 1645 it was the site of a decisive battle in the English Civil War. Hint

Naseby

New Sarum

Neston

Nottingham

6. This author, born in England in 1899, chose to write under a shortened version of his name. After World War Two he moved to Australia and wrote the memorable novels 'On the Beach' and 'A Town Like Alice'. What is his name? Hint

Nevil Shute Nauru

Nevil Shute Norfolk

Nevil Shute Norway

Nevil Shute Niger

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the name of the chemical compound HNO3, once known as aqua fortis? Hint

Neon

Nitric acid

Nitroglycerin

Niobium

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which city hosted the 1998 Winter Olympic games? Hint

Nagasaki

Nagaoka

Nagoya

Nagano

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Question 9 of 10

9. In Greek mythology who was the goddess of victory? Hint

Niobe

Nyx

Nemesis

Nike

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Question 10 of 10

10. This actor's first film role was in the 1958 B-movie 'The Cry Baby Killer'. He went on to win 3 Academy Awards. And who could forget the psychotic caretaker..."Heeeeeeere's Johnny!" Hint

Paul Newman

Leslie Nielsen

Jack Nicholson

Nick Nolte

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which Finnish athlete was known as the Flying Finn?

Answer: Paavo Nurmi

Paavo Johannes Nurmi dominated long distance running in the 1920's. He set numerous world records and won 9 Olympic gold medals at the games of 1920, 1924 and 1928. When the games were held in Helsinki in 1952 he had the honour of lighting the Olympic flame.

2. What was the name of the world's first nuclear powered submarine launched in 1954?

Answer: Nautilus

Decommissioned in 1980, the Nautilus has become a National Historic Landmark at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut.

3. Around the edge of the British �2 coin is the inscription "Standing on the shoulders of giants". This is a quotation from whom?

Answer: Isaac Newton

"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants".

4. Greta Garbo's talkie debut in 'Anna Christie' in 1930 was advertised with the slogan 'Garbo talks', but which 1939 film was promoted using the slogan 'Garbo laughs'?

Answer: Ninotchka

The film's prologue is viewed over a shot of the Place de la Concorde in Paris. "This picture takes place in Paris in those wonderful days when a siren was a brunette and not an alarm...and if a Frenchman turned out the light, it was not on account of an air raid!"

5. This is a village in central England. In 1645 it was the site of a decisive battle in the English Civil War.

Answer: Naseby

The Battle of Naseby in Northamptonshire effectively marked the end of Royal chances to win the Civil War.

Answer: Nevil Shute Norway

'On the Beach' was made into a powerful anti-bomb film in 1959, which attracted much attention in Moscow when it became the first full-length American film to have a premier in the Soviet Union.

7. What is the name of the chemical compound HNO3, once known as aqua fortis?

Answer: Nitric acid

This highly corrosive liquid is used chiefly in the production of fertilizers and explosives. Nitric acid was known as aqua fortis (strong water) to the alchemists.

8. Which city hosted the 1998 Winter Olympic games?

Answer: Nagano

This was the second time that Japan had hosted the games. Previously they were held at Sapporo in 1972. Curling and snowboarding made their Olympic debuts in Nagano in 1998.

9. In Greek mythology who was the goddess of victory?

Answer: Nike

The daughter of the Titan Pallas and the Oceanid Styx, Nike is often portrayed as a winged figure. The Roman equivalent was Victoria.

10. This actor's first film role was in the 1958 B-movie 'The Cry Baby Killer'. He went on to win 3 Academy Awards. And who could forget the psychotic caretaker..."Heeeeeeere's Johnny!"

Answer: Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson won best actor Oscars for 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' and 'As Good As It Gets' and best supporting actor Oscar for 'Terms of Endearment'. But sadly no Academy Award for the role of Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece 'The Shining'.

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