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Quiz about NotVeryFamous Things About the Ordinary

Not-Very-Famous Things About the Ordinary Quiz

The quiz is basically mishmash of common things with not-very-famous interesting facts about them.

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

Author
leprosy

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
222,817

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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845

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Question 1 of 10

1. The basic S.I. (International System) unit of mass - the kilogram - is based on the small cylinder alloy kept in the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. What metals make up the cylinder? Hint

aluminum and cadmium

silver and chromium

nickel and copper

platinum and iridium

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Question 2 of 10

2. Chester Carlson is the inventor of xerography now more known as photocopying. The first ever photocopy has which of these characters on it? Hint

Otto Kornei. 4-16

F Gs Ae UE q

10-22-38 ASTORIA

25-2-17-41-23-21

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Question 3 of 10

3. What song was played on December 17, 1965 by the request of "Gemini 7" spacecraft astronauts? Hint

Leaving On A Jet Plane

King of the Road

Happy Birthday to You

I'll Be Home For Christmas

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Question 4 of 10

4. What country's name literally means "Land of the Honest People"? Hint

Nagorno-Karabakh

Burkina Faso

Lesotho

Paraguay

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Question 5 of 10

5. Anita and Arabella are the first two what to be sent into space? Hint

cockroaches

spiders

turtles

goldfish

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Question 6 of 10

6. Why don't you want to have hircismus? Hint

Because it is a form of dandruff!

Because it is a pair of stinky armpits!

Because it is the technical term for Athlete's Foot!

Because it is a worm species that thrive in the human intestine!

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Question 7 of 10

7. Some food and drinks we intake contain radioactive materials. Coffee for instance contains radioactive phosphorous. What radioactive material is contained in milk? Hint

rhenium

phosphorous

none at all

strontium

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Question 8 of 10

8. How did the lampfish get its name? Hint

Lamp here actually meant "satire" since fishermen think lampfish look funny.

People literally used it as lamp.

The fishes' irregular shapes when they are developing is like the lamp of Aladdin.

They can produce light of their own.

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Question 9 of 10

9. The Great Pyramid of Khufu (or Cheops) in Giza, Egypt has astounding dimensional precision. The square base is originally 231 m on a side but is now down to the mean of 230.36 m. Based on the current mean measurement, by how much do the sides vary in length? Hint

5 cm.

15 cm.

50 cm.

1.5 cm.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Triton is a moon of Neptune. Io is a moon of Jupiter. Which of the following is the correct match of the moon to the main substance emitted by its volcano? Hint

Io - Sulfur; Triton - Nitrogen

Io - Sulfur; Triton - Sulfur

Io - Nitrogen; Triton - Nitrogen

none of the choices

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: platinum and iridium

This kilogram prototype has long been used since 1889. This cyclinder has a diameter and height of 39 mm.

2. Chester Carlson is the inventor of xerography now more known as photocopying. The first ever photocopy has which of these characters on it?

Answer: 10-22-38 ASTORIA

It is actually Otto Kornei, co-physicist of Carlson, who wrote the words in india ink on a glass microscope slide. These characters stand for the date (October 22, 1938) and the place (Astoria, Queens, New York) of the breakthrough invention.

3. What song was played on December 17, 1965 by the request of "Gemini 7" spacecraft astronauts?

Answer: I'll Be Home For Christmas

"Gemini 7" is the fourth manned "Gemini" flight and the twelfth manned American flight. The astronauts are Frank Borman (command pilot) and Frank Lovell (pilot). Another interesting fact- the astronauts brought with them books. Borman brought "Roughing It" by Mark Twain while Lovell had "Drums Along the Mohawk" by Walter D. Edmonds.

4. What country's name literally means "Land of the Honest People"?

Answer: Burkina Faso

President Thomas Sankara, on August 4, 1984, has changed the name from "Republic of Upper Volta" to Burkina Faso meaning "Land of the Upright People" in Mossi and Dioula, the two native languages of the country. It also means "Land of the Honest People" or "Land of the Incorruptible". Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijani literally means "upper black garden" or "mountainous black garden". Lesotho on the other hand translates to "Land of the People who speaks Sotho". Paraguay literally is "water that goes to the ocean".

5. Anita and Arabella are the first two what to be sent into space?

Answer: spiders

Spiders were sent into space by the proposal of high school student Judy Miles who wondered whether spiders could spin webs in space. These spiders were sent via "Skylab II". On the first day, Arabella didn't do so well due to weightlessness. But on the third day, they both spun webs just as good as they can do on Earth.

As expected, they spun finer webs but basically having same patterns as those on Earth.

6. Why don't you want to have hircismus?

Answer: Because it is a pair of stinky armpits!

Technically defined, hircismus is an offensive odor of the axillae. Or in laypersons' terms, stinky armpits! Yuck.

7. Some food and drinks we intake contain radioactive materials. Coffee for instance contains radioactive phosphorous. What radioactive material is contained in milk?

Answer: strontium

Strontium is absorbed by the body as if it were calcium. Stable strontium poses no harm to the human body. But radioactive strontium-90 can cause bone disorder and diseases such as bone cancer.

8. How did the lampfish get its name?

Answer: People literally used it as lamp.

Interestingly, these fishes are so oily that Native Americans of Alaska dry the fish, insert a piece of bark, and used it as lamp. These fish is also known as candlefish with the scientific name "Thaleichthys pacificus".

Answer: 15 cm.

Amazingly, the sides vary by a mere 15 cm. The removal of the original polished casing stones is the reason for the reduction in size.

10. Triton is a moon of Neptune. Io is a moon of Jupiter. Which of the following is the correct match of the moon to the main substance emitted by its volcano?

Answer: Io - Sulfur; Triton - Nitrogen

Triton's icy volcanoes emit liquid nitrogen, dust, and methane compounds while Io's emit sulfur and sulfur dioxide. I hope you enjoyed the quiz!

Source: Author leprosy

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