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Quiz about Nine Clues Do You Have a Clue 2

Nine Clues, Do You Have a Clue? #2 Quiz

I am feminine in form with tales of demise. I am famous you will see if you can unmask me.

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

Author
climbinggirl

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
214,645

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
879

Question 1 of 10

1. What was the first name of evangelist Billy Graham's wife? Hint

Ruth

Mary

Susan

Jane

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of the elusive serial killer that only killed five women during the Victorian era?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 3 of 10

3. What does the term Crux refer to? Hint

meteor

constellation

comet

star

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is Hugo, the mascot for New Orleans NBA team?

Answer: (one word (not the)

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Question 5 of 10

5. This city was the capital of the confederacy for most of the US Civil War. It is also where the White House of the Confederacy is located, which was the wartime home of Jefferson Davis. Hint

Raleigh, NC

Jackson, MS

Birmingham, AL

Richmond, VA

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which peninsula in the east end of London is the home of the tallest habitable building (skyscraper) in England? Hint

Isle of Wight

Greenwich

Islington

Isle of Dogs

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Question 7 of 10

7. This football player was with the Miami Dolphins from 1983 to 1999.

Answer: ( Two wordf, or just surname ... Quarterback)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these Universities has a three acre area that is used to study decomposing bodies? Hint

Virginia

Tennessee

North Carolina

Texas

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Question 9 of 10

9. In what year did IBM introduce the hard disk for the storage of data? Hint

1962

1960

1956

1958

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Question 10 of 10

10. I am an author you wait and see, these clues you should disect for a common bond to unmask me.

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the first name of evangelist Billy Graham's wife?

Answer: Ruth

Ruth Bell Graham was a remarkable women whose life dream was to become a missionary. She lived as a child in pre-revolutionary China and then later in Korea.

2. What is the name of the elusive serial killer that only killed five women during the Victorian era?

Answer: Jack the Ripper

He preyed on women of the night in London's Eastside, and then disappeared without a trace...the world may never know who was Jack the Ripper. Was he an artist, physician, royalty, or a common thug?

3. What does the term Crux refer to?

Answer: constellation

Crux is a small constellation located in the southern hemisphere that is also known as the southern cross.

4. What is Hugo, the mascot for New Orleans NBA team?

Answer: Hornet

This team was once called the Charlotte Hornets until they moved to New Orleans. However, during the 2005-06 season due to the devastation of hurricane Katrina they were located in Oklahoma City.

5. This city was the capital of the confederacy for most of the US Civil War. It is also where the White House of the Confederacy is located, which was the wartime home of Jefferson Davis.

Answer: Richmond, VA

A little known fact about Richmond was that it was originally named Powhatan which was probably located where Fulton Hill is now, and above the falls was known as Paqwachowung. According to the accounts of English settlers there was 40 to 50 warrior families that resided in this area.

6. Which peninsula in the east end of London is the home of the tallest habitable building (skyscraper) in England?

Answer: Isle of Dogs

The building in question is 1 Canada Square aka Canary Wharf Tower. An interesting fact is that Canary Wharf with some computer generated imagery became Gotham, and Canada Square became "Wayne Tower" in Batman Begins.

7. This football player was with the Miami Dolphins from 1983 to 1999.

Answer: Dan Marino

Marino was picked 27th in the draft and won League Rookie of the Year, and was also the first rookie quarterback to start in the Pro Bowl. He retired from football in 1999. His number (13) was retired the next season.

8. Which of these Universities has a three acre area that is used to study decomposing bodies?

Answer: Tennessee

The University of Tennessee Medical Center located near Knoxville, Tennessee is the home of the "Body Farm". The Farm started out in 1971 by William Bass a Forensic Anthropoligist today it has more than 40 bodies.

9. In what year did IBM introduce the hard disk for the storage of data?

Answer: 1956

IBM was very busy in 1956 they also completed FORTRAN 1, this was the first full fledged computer programming language. However, FORTRAN was not available to the public until 1957.

10. I am an author you wait and see, these clues you should disect for a common bond to unmask me.

Answer: Patricia Cornwell

She was born in 1956 in Miami, FL. The main characters of her novels is Dr. Kay Scarpetta a medical examiner, and Pete Marino a detective with the Richmond police department. She has written 18 novels. She has also wrote a biography A Time for Remebering the story of Ruth Bell Graham. If the 18 novels and one biography wasn't enough she also researched and wrote the book Portrait of a Killer using modern technology to solve the mystery of Jack the Ripper.

The rest of the clues are titles of her novels such as Hornets Nest, Body Farm, Southern Cross, and Isle of Dogs to name a few. I hope you enjoyed this quiz and if you have not read one of her books I suggest you pick one up today.

Source: Author climbinggirl

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