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Sensational, Super, Special "S" Quiz

"S" is the 19th letter of the English alphabet. It is of of the most commonly used letters in the English language. See if you can successfully answer all ten, don't stop because somehow, I know you shall succeed.

A multiple-choice quiz by Ilona_Ritter. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Ilona_Ritter

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
176,485

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
4803

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of the following books did Nathaniel Hawthorne write? Hint

Silas Marner

Skins

Sun Also Rises, The

Scarlet Letter, The

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Question 2 of 10

2. Complete the lyrics to this "South Park" song. "I'm ___________ , thanks for asking, all things considered I couldn't be better I must say."

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is NaCl? Hint

salt

soup

sugar

slime

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these "S" words would get you the most points in a game of Scrabble? (This is only by letter value, not where it's placed on the board.) Hint

snow

salad

spring

summer

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Question 5 of 10

5. What movie has characters such as Prince Valium and Yogurt? Hint

South Park: The Movie

South Pacific

Spaceballs

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these words means "a banquet"? Hint

smorgasbord

superfluous

supercilious

scheol

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who is the mascot for Alka-Seltzer? Hint

Speedy

Smitty

Spike

Sandy

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which country's capital is Dakar? Hint

Swaziland

Singapore

Senegal

Sudan

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which animal is also a name for one of the seven deadly sins? Hint

stingray

sloth

spider

skunk

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the Italian word for seven? Hint

sei

sette

serpente

sesso

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following books did Nathaniel Hawthorne write?

Answer: Scarlet Letter, The

"Silas Marner" was written by George Elliot. "Sun Also Rises" was written by Ernest Hemingway. "Skins" was written by Adrian Louis.

2. Complete the lyrics to this "South Park" song. "I'm ___________ , thanks for asking, all things considered I couldn't be better I must say."

Answer: super

This song was song by Big Gay Al in "South Park".

3. What is NaCl?

Answer: salt

Sodium was first discovered in 1807 by Davy. He discovered it using electrolysis. Scheele discovered chlorine in 1774. He thought it contained oxygen. It wasn't named until Davy named it in 1810 and said it was an element.

4. Which of these "S" words would get you the most points in a game of Scrabble? (This is only by letter value, not where it's placed on the board.)

Answer: summer

Summer would give you ten points. Snow would give you seven points. Spring would give you nine, and salad is worth six points.

5. What movie has characters such as Prince Valium and Yogurt?

Answer: Spaceballs

"Spaceballs" came out in 1987 and was directed by Mel Brooks, who also played Yogurt as well as President Skroob.

6. Which of these words means "a banquet"?

Answer: smorgasbord

Supercilious means overly proud. Superfluous means more than enough. Scheol is the world of the dead in some religions according to dictionary.com.

7. Who is the mascot for Alka-Seltzer?

Answer: Speedy

"Plop, plop fizz, fizz oh what a relief it is."

8. Which country's capital is Dakar?

Answer: Senegal

The capital of Singapore is Singapore. The capital of Sudan is Khartoum. The capital of Swaziland is Mbabane. You can get a list of world capitals at http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0855603.html.

9. Which animal is also a name for one of the seven deadly sins?

Answer: sloth

Another word for sloth is laziness. The animal associated with sloth is not the sloth, however, it is the goat.

10. What is the Italian word for seven?

Answer: sette

"Sei" is Italian for six. "Serpente" is snake, and "sesso" means sex.

Source: Author Ilona_Ritter

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