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Nothing Is Hard 20 Trivia Quiz

I believe that nothing is difficult or impossible in this world. This is my 20th "Nothing is Hard" quiz! I would prefer that you try this quiz without looking up the answers...for that additional challenge. All the best!

A multiple-choice quiz by me07. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
me07

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
103,458

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
13 / 25

Plays
1783

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Question 1 of 25

1. If the area of a square is 16 square centimetres, what is its perimeter? Hint

16 cm

4 cm

2 cm

8 cm

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Question 2 of 25

2. Which of these rivers has a length closest to 4,000 miles? Hint

Amazon

Ob-Irtysh

Nile

Amur

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Question 3 of 25

3. What is the pH of blood? Hint

8.4

7.4

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Question 4 of 25

4. What is the probability of picking a prime number if one were to choose a random single number from the first five positive whole numbers? Hint

4/5

3/5

0/5

5/5

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Question 5 of 25

5. Chris Columbus is a famous what? Hint

editor

actor

director

author

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Question 6 of 25

6. Thoth was an Ancient Egyptian _____ god. Hint

moon

wind

sun

sea

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Question 7 of 25

7. In English, what does the word "jejune" mean? Hint

bold

dull

bombastic

clear

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Question 8 of 25

8. The tuatara is a reptile that is "diurnal" or "nocturnal"?

Answer: (One Word - "diurnal" or "nocturnal"?)

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Question 9 of 25

9. In which U.S state would you find the town, "Magazine"?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 25

10. There is a town in British Columbia, Canada, called 'Prophet _____' (Fill in the blank)

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 11 of 25

11. The Tuareg are the largest group of nomads living in which desert?
Hint

Kalahari

Sahel

Sahara

Gobi

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Question 12 of 25

12. In E-mail shorthand, what do the letters 'CWOT' stand for?

Answer: (Four Words)

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Question 13 of 25

13. In which country would you find Sarawak? Hint

The Philippines

Malaysia

Brunei

Vietnam

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Question 14 of 25

14. The shallot is a vegetable that looks and tastes like a/an: Hint

asparagus

potato

onion

turnip

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Question 15 of 25

15. The first town settled by the Hittites (famous ancient tribe) is in which present-day country? Hint

Syria

Iraq

Greece

Turkey

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Question 16 of 25

16. Kirsten Dunst (popular celebrity) was born in which month?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 17 of 25

17. Which of these is a symbol of the Shinto religion? Hint

a black mask

a red and black snake

a gold mask

a wooden gate

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Question 18 of 25

18. Which one of these statements is correct about the 'tanager', a colourful bird of America? Hint

The crimson tanager is the northeasternmost species

During the breeding season, the adult males are yellow with orange wings and tail

Most of its species eat fruit

They do not migrate

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Question 19 of 25

19. What is the time difference between Kabul and Ekaterinburg? Hint

1 hour

45 minutes

8 hours

30 minutes

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Question 20 of 25

20. What is a male seal called? Hint

a bull

a calf

a cow

a pod

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Question 21 of 25

21. According to Roman legend, Romulus and Remus founded Rome, and which animal nursed them as babies? Hint

a wolf

a fox

a snake

a rat

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Question 22 of 25

22. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word to complete the simile: as ________ as Egypt. Hint

mysterious

fruitful

old

unusual

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Question 23 of 25

23. How did the Ancient Egyptians write the sound similar to an English R? Hint

They wrote it exactly like this: "P".

They drew a hand.

They drew a triangle with a tail.

They drew a symbol of a human head.

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Question 24 of 25

24. In statistics, what do you call the middle value when you place the numbers in order? Hint

Range

Mean

Mode

Median

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Question 25 of 25

25. Tomas de Torquemada, a Roman Catholic priest, was born in which country?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If the area of a square is 16 square centimetres, what is its perimeter?

Answer: 16 cm

A square is a quadrilateral with all sides and all angles equal and to find the area of a square, we square its length. To find the length of one side, we find the square root of 16 (its area) which is 4. And to find the perimeter, we multiply the square root of 16 by 4 (because a square has 4 equal sides) which equals to 16 again!

2. Which of these rivers has a length closest to 4,000 miles?

Answer: Amazon

The Amazon is in South America and it is 6,437 kilometres long. The Nile is in Africa and it is 4,160 miles long. Ob-Irtysh is in Asia and it is 3,362 miles long and Amur is in Asia and it is 2,744 miles long.

3. What is the pH of blood?

Answer: 7.4

Blood contains water and it is found in the human body. It is more alkaline than it is acidic. And alkalis, like acids, are good conductors of electricity. This is because they break up in water to form ions. In other words, blood is a good conductor of electricity!

4. What is the probability of picking a prime number if one were to choose a random single number from the first five positive whole numbers?

Answer: 3/5

The first five positive whole numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. 1 is NOT a prime number, 2 is the only even prime number, 3 is a prime number and 5 is a prime number, hence 3/5.

5. Chris Columbus is a famous what?

Answer: director

He has directed "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", among others!

6. Thoth was an Ancient Egyptian _____ god.

Answer: moon

Thoth was a patron of civilisation and such scholarly arts as writing, astronomy, mathematics, law, magic, and healing! He is most often shown in art with a human body and the head of an ibis bird. He is also represented by a dog-headed baboon! Thoth's main role in the underworld was to keep an eye on the scales on which the souls of the dead were weighed to show innocence or guilt.

7. In English, what does the word "jejune" mean?

Answer: dull

Another word for "jejune" is childish or uninteresting. The word "audacious" means bold. The word "grandiloquent" means bombastic and "pellucid" means clear.

8. The tuatara is a reptile that is "diurnal" or "nocturnal"?

Answer: nocturnal

A tuatara is a reptile only found on a few small islands off the coast of New Zealand. Tuatars grow to about 60 centimetres long and they have scaly, grey or greenish skin!

9. In which U.S state would you find the town, "Magazine"?

Answer: Arkansas

Other towns with interesting names in Arkansas are Blue Eye, Experiment and Fifty-Six!

10. There is a town in British Columbia, Canada, called 'Prophet _____' (Fill in the blank)

Answer: River

Other towns with strange names in British Columbia are Ware, Wasa and Yahk!

11. The Tuareg are the largest group of nomads living in which desert?

Answer: Sahara

More than 300,000 live in the desert, mostly in Algeria, Mali and Niger. They are Muslims! They are related to the Berbers in northern Africa and speak a Berber language.

12. In E-mail shorthand, what do the letters 'CWOT' stand for?

Answer: Complete Waste Of Time

And did you know that in e-mail shorthand, the letters 'GFETE' stand for 'Grinning From Ear To Ear'?

13. In which country would you find Sarawak?

Answer: Malaysia

Sarawak is the largest state in Malaysia and it lies on the north coast of the island of Borneo.

14. The shallot is a vegetable that looks and tastes like a/an:

Answer: onion

The shallot is a vegetable that looks and tastes like an onion, but it has a more delicate flavour. People eat shallots in salads and pasta, and use it for seasoning. The entire plant is edible, including its stems, leaves and the bulb.

15. The first town settled by the Hittites (famous ancient tribe) is in which present-day country?

Answer: Turkey

The first town settled by the Hittites was Nesa, near present-day Kayseri, Turkey. Their origin is unknown! They spoke an Indo-European language.

16. Kirsten Dunst (popular celebrity) was born in which month?

Answer: April

She was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to Klaus and Inez Dunst and has a brother named Christian.

17. Which of these is a symbol of the Shinto religion?

Answer: a wooden gate

A wooden gate called "torii" is a symbol of the Shinto religion, the oldest surviving religion of Japan. A torii stands at the entrance of a Shinto temple.

18. Which one of these statements is correct about the 'tanager', a colourful bird of America?

Answer: Most of its species eat fruit

Most of its species eat fruit, but a group of them feed on nectar and many will also eat insects. Believe it or not, these birds DO migrate! They move south to the Tropics for the winter. The scarlet tanager is the northeasternmost species (The crimson tanager is just something I made up!). And during the breeding season, the adult males are bright scarlet with black wings and tail.

They are never yellow with orange wings and tail!

19. What is the time difference between Kabul and Ekaterinburg?

Answer: 30 minutes

Kabul is 4 and a half hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) while Ekaterinburg is 5 hours ahead of GMT.

20. What is a male seal called?

Answer: a bull

A male seal is called a bull. A female seal is called a cow. A young seal is called a calf, pup or whelp and a group of seals is called a herd or a pod.

21. According to Roman legend, Romulus and Remus founded Rome, and which animal nursed them as babies?

Answer: a wolf

Romulus and Remus were twin brothers. They founded Rome in 753 B.C.!

22. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word to complete the simile: as ________ as Egypt.

Answer: fruitful

Other similes are: as mysterious as a sphinx, as old as creation and as unusual as a sailor on horseback.

23. How did the Ancient Egyptians write the sound similar to an English R?

Answer: They drew a symbol of a human head.

They wrote a symbol of a human head to represent the letter R about 3000 B.C.!

24. In statistics, what do you call the middle value when you place the numbers in order?

Answer: Median

The mode is the most frequent value when the numbers are placed in order. The range is the difference between the greatest and least number. The mean is just another word for "average".

25. Tomas de Torquemada, a Roman Catholic priest, was born in which country?

Answer: Spain

Torquemada was born in Valladolid, Spain. He became a friar in the Dominican monastery there, and later was prior of the monastery of Santa Cruz, at Segovia, for 22 years! Did you enjoy this quiz? Please rate! :)

Source: Author me07

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