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

Author
Quizzical

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
38,613

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
10 / 20

Plays
2376

Last 3 plays: Guest 97 (13/20), Guest 94 (9/20), haydenspapa (18/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. Which of the following is a musical about a little orphan girl adopted by a rich man? Hint

Abbey

Alice

Angie

Annie

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Question 2 of 20

2. What is a line on a map connecting places of equal atmospheric pressure called? Hint

Isotherm

Isohyet

Isohel

Isobar

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Question 3 of 20

3. Which of the Beatles wrote the hits 'Here Comes the Sun', 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' and 'Something'? Hint

Ringo Starr

Paul McCartney

John Lennon

George Harrison

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Question 4 of 20

4. The Aboriginal Australians call Ayers Rock, Uluru, meaning 'Great Pebble'. What rock is it made from? Hint

red dolomite

red sandstone

red basalt

red granite

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Question 5 of 20

5. Who was known as the 'Great Stone Face' because no matter how funny he is, he never loses his trademark solemn face? Hint

Buster Keaton

Stan Laurel

Harold LLoyd

Charlie Chaplin

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Question 6 of 20

6. Who discovered an island in the Pacific on Easter day in 1722 and named it Easter Island? Hint

Abel Tasman

Jacob Roggeveen

James Cook

Christopher Columbus

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Question 7 of 20

7. What type of animal is a bandy-bandy? Hint

Antelope

Snake

Marsupial

Fish

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Question 8 of 20

8. What are the largest group of reptiles with over 3,700 known species? Hint

Lizards

Crocodiles

Snakes

Tortoises

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Question 9 of 20

9. In what year, for the first time, were women competing in athletics in the Olympics having previously been limited to sports such as swimming? Hint

1936 in Berlin

1928 in Amsterdam

1948 in London

1952 in Helsinki

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Question 10 of 20

10. Which tribes of Indians trapped and killed General Custer's forces at the battle of the Little Bighorn? Hint

Sioux and Cheyenne

Apache and Blackfoot

Sioux and Apache

Cherokee and Sioux

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Question 11 of 20

11. Fourteen-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci scored 10 out of 10 at which Olympic games? Hint

Moscow in 1980

Seoul in 1988

Los Angeles in 1984

Montreal in 1976

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Question 12 of 20

12. What was the name of the dog that found the missing Football World Cup which was stolen in 1966? Hint

Buster

Fido

Pickles

Rex

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Question 13 of 20

13. Which of the following countries does the river Nile NOT pass through? Hint

Tanzania

Sudan

Uganda

Zambia

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Question 14 of 20

14. What was the name of the tall Texan who became the first black heavyweight boxing champion of the world in 1908? Hint

Jack Johnson

Sonny Liston

Joe Louis

Larry Holmes

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Question 15 of 20

15. What is the name of the largest mountain on the island of Martinique that means 'bald' in French? Hint

Mount Lineker

Mount Beckenbauer

Mount Muller

Mount Pelee

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Question 16 of 20

16. Who invented the bikini? Hint

Louis Reard

Louis Feard

Louis Beard

Louis Leard

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Question 17 of 20

17. From which stone were the American President's heads made, at Mount Rushmore? Hint

Granite

Sandstone

Basalt

Feldspar

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Question 18 of 20

18. Gutzon Borglum died before the Presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore were finished but were completed by his son. Name him. Hint

Madison

Lincoln

Tyler

Grant

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Question 19 of 20

19. How many people died in the surprise attack on the American Pacific Fleet berthed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7th December 1941? Hint

1,403

2,403

403

803

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Question 20 of 20

20. Which of the following countries was the last to give women the right to vote? Hint

France

Poland

Russia

Australia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following is a musical about a little orphan girl adopted by a rich man?

Answer: Annie

2. What is a line on a map connecting places of equal atmospheric pressure called?

Answer: Isobar

All of the answers are lines on a map connecting places of equal values. Isohel is an equal period of sunshine, isohyet is equal rainfall and isotherm is equal temperature.

3. Which of the Beatles wrote the hits 'Here Comes the Sun', 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' and 'Something'?

Answer: George Harrison

4. The Aboriginal Australians call Ayers Rock, Uluru, meaning 'Great Pebble'. What rock is it made from?

Answer: red sandstone

5. Who was known as the 'Great Stone Face' because no matter how funny he is, he never loses his trademark solemn face?

Answer: Buster Keaton

6. Who discovered an island in the Pacific on Easter day in 1722 and named it Easter Island?

Answer: Jacob Roggeveen

He was a Dutch navigator and became the first European to discover the island.

7. What type of animal is a bandy-bandy?

Answer: Snake

It is a distinctive black and white snake from Australia.

8. What are the largest group of reptiles with over 3,700 known species?

Answer: Lizards

9. In what year, for the first time, were women competing in athletics in the Olympics having previously been limited to sports such as swimming?

Answer: 1928 in Amsterdam

10. Which tribes of Indians trapped and killed General Custer's forces at the battle of the Little Bighorn?

Answer: Sioux and Cheyenne

11. Fourteen-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci scored 10 out of 10 at which Olympic games?

Answer: Montreal in 1976

12. What was the name of the dog that found the missing Football World Cup which was stolen in 1966?

Answer: Pickles

Pickles' owner, a London docker, saw him sniffing a bundle of newspapers which covered the famous gold trophy.

13. Which of the following countries does the river Nile NOT pass through?

Answer: Zambia

Its 4,145 miles in length and also passes through Egypt.

14. What was the name of the tall Texan who became the first black heavyweight boxing champion of the world in 1908?

Answer: Jack Johnson

15. What is the name of the largest mountain on the island of Martinique that means 'bald' in French?

Answer: Mount Pelee

Some 30,000 people were reported killed by poisonous volcanic fumes when Mount Pelee erupted in 1902.

16. Who invented the bikini?

Answer: Louis Reard

17. From which stone were the American President's heads made, at Mount Rushmore?

Answer: Granite

18. Gutzon Borglum died before the Presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore were finished but were completed by his son. Name him.

Answer: Lincoln

19. How many people died in the surprise attack on the American Pacific Fleet berthed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7th December 1941?

Answer: 2,403

20. Which of the following countries was the last to give women the right to vote?

Answer: France

Australia in 1902, Russia in 1917, Poland in 1919 and France in 1944.

Hope you enjoyed the quiz and learnt something new.

Source: Author Quizzical

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