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

Author
bret

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
34,420

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
11 / 20

Plays
3332

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Question 1 of 20

1. An unused squash court under the football field at the University of Chicago was home to the first what? Hint

man-made nuclear reactor

Sports Medicine Clinic

college cheerleading team

full-color television studio

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Question 2 of 20

2. Moscow's Kremlin houses the Czar Kolokol, which is the world's largest what? Hint

Cannon

Clock

Bell

Mausoleum

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Question 3 of 20

3. What is a dugong? Hint

Elite Japanese police unit

Sea cow

Small closet or room on the lower deck of early steamships

Decorative banner used to identify a particular military unit's battle honors

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Question 4 of 20

4. Which document ends with the phrase 'with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor'? Hint

Emancipation Proclamation

US Constitution

Gettysburg Address

The Declaration of Independence

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Question 5 of 20

5. Amsterdam is made up of 90 - what? Hint

Districts

Boroughs

Islands

Separate smaller cities

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Question 6 of 20

6. Which keyboardist was known as the 'fifth Beatle' for his work on 'Get Back'? Hint

Billy Joel

Elton John

Sylvester (Sly) Stone

Billy Preston

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Question 7 of 20

7. What is the only organ that can be transplanted without the risk of rejection? Hint

Cornea

Kidney

Liver

Eardrum

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Question 8 of 20

8. The Maldives is or are: Hint

A sub-sect of Australian Aborigines

A rare affliction of the liver

A chain of small islands in the Indian Ocean

The national bank of Indonesia

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Question 9 of 20

9. Italy's great artist Michelangelo also designed: Hint

An early telescope

Furniture

Horse-drawn carriages

The uniforms worn by Vatican City's Swiss Guard

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Question 10 of 20

10. Saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur combine to make: Hint

Chalk

Lime

Gunpowder

Asbestos

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Question 11 of 20

11. In astronomy, a collapsed remnant of a giant star can often be called a: Hint

Black Hole

Comet

Nebula

Galaxy

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Question 12 of 20

12. While playing poker, your hand consists of a pair of aces and a pair of eights. What do the pros call this hand? Hint

Sundown

Lazy Lady

Dead Man's Hand

Wild Bill's Last Gasp

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Question 13 of 20

13. In the late 1880s, Princeton University's football team became the first to have: Hint

A nickname

Cleated shoes

Helmets

Uniform numbers

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Question 14 of 20

14. Famed movie dog Rin Tin Tin was discovered: Hint

With a pack of wild dogs in the countryside east of Los Angeles

In a German trench in World War I

In a basket on the porch of a popular director

Walking unsupervised through the Warner Brothers Studio

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Question 15 of 20

15. Theodolites are: Hint

Obscure but fanatic religious cults of Eastern Europe

Mesozoic-era insects

Desert rock columns formed by the wind and erosion

Surveying instruments which measure the heights of mountains

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Question 16 of 20

16. Big Diomede and Little Diomede are Hint

Russian and American islands 2.5 miles apart in the Bering Strait

early computers

Constellations in the Southern Hemisphere

telescopes at the Palomar Observatory in California

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Question 17 of 20

17. Which of the following was a band in the 1960s? Hint

Blueberry Hill

Strawberry Alarm Clock

The Peach Pits

Candy Apples

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Question 18 of 20

18. Ascomycetes is Hint

An obscure Greek Goddess

A bacteria found on the surface of Mars

A rare blood disease, normally found in infants

The family of yeasts used in making alcoholic drinks

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Question 19 of 20

19. False eyelashes were first patented by a woman called Anna Taylor. Who made their use popular? Hint

Film Director D.W. Griffith

Journalist Owen Wister

Scientist Jonas Salk

Writer George du Maurier

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Question 20 of 20

20. Orville and Wilbur Wright's airplane was called: Hint

Aerodrome

Flyer I

The Wright Ford

Pegasus

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. An unused squash court under the football field at the University of Chicago was home to the first what?

Answer: man-made nuclear reactor

It ran for a few minutes on 2 December 1942, proving that nuclear power was feasible.

2. Moscow's Kremlin houses the Czar Kolokol, which is the world's largest what?

Answer: Bell

It weighs more than 200 tons and stands more than 19 feet tall. It was cast in 1735 but cracked two years later.

3. What is a dugong?

Answer: Sea cow

A relative of the manatee.

4. Which document ends with the phrase 'with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor'?

Answer: The Declaration of Independence

Guess we're more familiar with how it begins, huh?

5. Amsterdam is made up of 90 - what?

Answer: Islands

The city was built centuries ago on low-lying land. Its massive canal system is unlike Venice's, in that they were built to drain and reclaim low-lying land, not for transportation purposes.

6. Which keyboardist was known as the 'fifth Beatle' for his work on 'Get Back'?

Answer: Billy Preston

He later had several big hits of his own, including 'Will It Go Round in Circles' and 'Space Race'.

7. What is the only organ that can be transplanted without the risk of rejection?

Answer: Cornea

The cornea has no blood vessels which might otherwise carry white blood cells to the transplant site to attack the foreign tissue and destroy the invading transplant.

8. The Maldives is or are:

Answer: A chain of small islands in the Indian Ocean

This small chain covers roughly 115 square miles.

9. Italy's great artist Michelangelo also designed:

Answer: The uniforms worn by Vatican City's Swiss Guard

He created the design back in the 16th century. It's still worn today!

10. Saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur combine to make:

Answer: Gunpowder

Used in varying amounts, these three ingredients have been used since the 13th century in Europe, and are attributed to English monk Roger Bacon.

11. In astronomy, a collapsed remnant of a giant star can often be called a:

Answer: Black Hole

Black holes are so dense that not even light can escape their awesome gravitational pull. If a two-pound object came to within 20 feet of a black hole, it would weigh more than a trillion tons.

12. While playing poker, your hand consists of a pair of aces and a pair of eights. What do the pros call this hand?

Answer: Dead Man's Hand

This was the hand Wild Bill Hickock was holding when he was gunned down in South Dakota in 1876. He was shot in the back by an old enemy, Jack McCall, who the previous day had lost $500 to Hickock playing poker. Interestingly, this is the only time known when Wild Bill sat with his back to the saloon door.

He asked his fellow players to change seats but they refused, citing superstititions.

13. In the late 1880s, Princeton University's football team became the first to have:

Answer: A nickname

They became the Tigers.

14. Famed movie dog Rin Tin Tin was discovered:

Answer: In a German trench in World War I

He was found by American serviceman Lieutenant Lee Duncan, who brought the dog to Los Angeles and trained him for a career in film. When he died in 1932, Rin Tin Tin was receiving about 2,000 fan letters a week - the same as Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

15. Theodolites are:

Answer: Surveying instruments which measure the heights of mountains

These were instruments used in 1852 when British surveyors first measured Everest.

16. Big Diomede and Little Diomede are

Answer: Russian and American islands 2.5 miles apart in the Bering Strait

This is the point where Russia and the United States almost touch. But because the international date line runs between the two islands, they are a whole day apart.

17. Which of the following was a band in the 1960s?

Answer: Strawberry Alarm Clock

These one-hit wonders made it big with 'Incense and Peppermints'.

18. Ascomycetes is

Answer: The family of yeasts used in making alcoholic drinks

These yeasts are responsible for fermenting all alcoholic drinks because they feed on sugar and turn it into alcohol and carbon dioxide, the gas that bubbles from fermenting liquids.

19. False eyelashes were first patented by a woman called Anna Taylor. Who made their use popular?

Answer: Film Director D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith used them for actress Seena Owen in 1916 during production of the epic 'Intolerance'. People noticed them and thought that they'd be an interesting trend. It stuck.

20. Orville and Wilbur Wright's airplane was called:

Answer: Flyer I

Flyer I was a 12-horsepower biplane that flew first on 17 December 1903.

Source: Author bret

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