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

Author
Blinkgreday

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
85,599

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
588

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Question 1 of 10

1. The words "buzz" and "zap" are examples of what literary device?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who sculpted the "Gates of Paradise"? Hint

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Michelangelo

Rodin

Sandro Botticelli

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Question 3 of 10

3. What country borders Togo to its west? Hint

Ghana

Benin

Ivory Coast

Guinea-Bissau

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Question 4 of 10

4. What artist died in the same year that William Shakespeare was born? Hint

Michelangelo

Donatello

Raphael

Leonardo Da Vinci

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction?

Answer: (Full name or last name)

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Question 6 of 10

6. What film did The AFI rank as the number one film of the twentieth century? Hint

Casablanca

The Godfather

Citizen Kane

The Wizard of Oz

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the first US state to join the confederacy? Hint

Virginia

Georgia

Alabama

South Carolina

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Question 8 of 10

8. What geologic period are we currently living in?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the only US president that was born on the fourth of July? Hint

Calvin Coolidge

William Henry Harrison

Thomas Jefferson

Lyndon Johnson

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Question 10 of 10

10. What country was Adolf Hitler born in? Hint

Czechoslavakia

Poland

Germany

Austria-Hungary

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The words "buzz" and "zap" are examples of what literary device?

Answer: onomatopoeia

An onomatopoeia is a word that makes the same sound as the word that it is associated with.

2. Who sculpted the "Gates of Paradise"?

Answer: Lorenzo Ghiberti

Ghiberti was from Florence and lived from 1378-1455. He sculpted the 'Gates of Paradise' for the doors of the Florentine baptistry.

3. What country borders Togo to its west?

Answer: Ghana

Togo is bordered by Benin to its east. The capital of Togo is Lome. All four of these countries are in the western part of Africa.

4. What artist died in the same year that William Shakespeare was born?

Answer: Michelangelo

The year was 1564. Shakespeare lived from 1564-1616. Michelangelo lived from 1475-1564.

5. Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction?

Answer: Edith Wharton

She won it in 1922 for "The Age of Innocence".

6. What film did The AFI rank as the number one film of the twentieth century?

Answer: Citizen Kane

'Casablanca' came in at number two and 'The Godfather' was number three. 'Citizen Kane' was directed by Orson Welles.

7. What was the first US state to join the confederacy?

Answer: South Carolina

Montgomery and Richmond both served as the capital of the confederacy during the US Civil War.

8. What geologic period are we currently living in?

Answer: Quaternary

We are currently in the Cenozoic Era. The Quaternary Period began 11,000 years ago.

9. Who was the only US president that was born on the fourth of July?

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

"Silent Cal" was born July 4, 1872. He died in 1933.

10. What country was Adolf Hitler born in?

Answer: Austria-Hungary

Austria and Hungary still had not split up yet when Hitler was born in 1889 in present-day Austria.

Source: Author Blinkgreday

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