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A multiple-choice quiz by krita2. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
krita2

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
150,606

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
3381

Last 3 plays: Guest 207 (2/10), Guest 174 (6/10), Guest 74 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these U.S. Presidents served out his full term(s) in office? Hint

William McKinley

William Henry Harrison

Franklin Pierce

James Garfield

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Question 2 of 10

2. The world's highest waterfall is in what country? Hint

Venezuela

Tanzania

Colombia

Canada

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Question 3 of 10

3. There's a famous old photo of a man hanging from the hands of a clock tower high over a city street. Who is this man? Hint

Eugene McAllen

Charlie Chaplin

Harold Lloyd

Buster Keaton

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the joint above the hoof around which a Clydesdale horse's shaggy hair grows called? Hint

forelock

fetlock

hooflock

hoofmane

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the first player in history to have won the Heisman Trophy more than once? Hint

Doak Walker

Roger Staubach

Archie Griffin

Paul Hornung

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is not a common ingredient of traditional beef stroganoff? Hint

tomatoes

sour cream

mushrooms

noodles

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Question 7 of 10

7. What book has been translated into more languages than any other, except the Bible? Hint

Moby Dick

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Robinson Crusoe

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which late night host did a comedy skit called "In the Year 2000?" Hint

Jay Leno

Conan O'Brien

David Letterman

Craig Kilborn

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the first Nazi concentration camp? Hint

Auschwitz

Dachau

Buchenwald

Mauthausen

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who is not one of the Smurfs? Hint

Giggly

Brainy

Handy

Lazy

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these U.S. Presidents served out his full term(s) in office?

Answer: Franklin Pierce

Harrison died of pneumonia a month after taking office. Garfield and McKinley were assassinated.

2. The world's highest waterfall is in what country?

Answer: Venezuela

Angel Falls is 3,212 feet high. That's more than 3,000 feet higher than Niagara Falls.

3. There's a famous old photo of a man hanging from the hands of a clock tower high over a city street. Who is this man?

Answer: Harold Lloyd

Like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd was a silent film comedian. I made Eugene McAllen up.

4. What is the joint above the hoof around which a Clydesdale horse's shaggy hair grows called?

Answer: fetlock

The shaggy hair itself is called the 'feathers'.

5. Who was the first player in history to have won the Heisman Trophy more than once?

Answer: Archie Griffin

Griffin was a running back for Ohio State. He won the trophy in 1974 and 1975.

6. What is not a common ingredient of traditional beef stroganoff?

Answer: tomatoes

Strips of beef are mixed in a mushroom sour cream sauce and served over noodles.

7. What book has been translated into more languages than any other, except the Bible?

Answer: Robinson Crusoe

The story of Robinson Crusoe is based on the real-life story of Scotsman Alexander Selkirk, who was stranded on the island of Juan Fernandez, 400 miles off the coast of Chile, for four and a half years.

8. Which late night host did a comedy skit called "In the Year 2000?"

Answer: Conan O'Brien

Very cheesy and very funny! Born in 1963 in Massachusetts, he began hosting 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' in 1993.

9. What was the first Nazi concentration camp?

Answer: Dachau

It was built in 1934, and used to imprison political dissidents.

10. Who is not one of the Smurfs?

Answer: Giggly

Other important Smurfs are Smurfette, Jokey and, of course, Papa Smurf.

Source: Author krita2

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