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Sorry Wrong Answer (part two) Quiz

"Sorry, Wrong Answer" (2010) is a book by Professor Rod L. Evans of Old Dominion University. Its theme is exploring commonly held beliefs (i.e.trivia). Questions and answers are based on his book.

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

Author
Rehaberpro

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
333,480

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

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Question 1 of 10

1. In Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in Eighty Days", what is the central character's name? Hint

Phinias Fogg

Phillippe Fogg

Phillip Fogg

Phileas Fogg

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is Ian Fleming's James Bond's favorite drink? Hint

Bourbon and branch water

Straight bourbons

Bourbon and soda

Vodka martini (shaken not stirred)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these was named the first official sport of Canada? Hint

Lacrosse

Speed Skating

Ice Hockey

Curling

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Question 4 of 10

4. The 18th amendment to the constitution that brought about the era of prohibition was approved by 46 states at that time. What two states did not approve the amendment? Hint

Rhode Island and Maine

Wyoming and Arizona

Wisconsin and Minnesota

Rhode Island and Connecticut

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Question 5 of 10

5. Green olives and black olives are two distinct types of fruit.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was Billy the Kid's name at birth? Hint

William Henry McCarty Jr.

Henry Antrim

William H. Bonney

Pat Garrett

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Question 7 of 10

7. Why were mobile homes called mobile homes? Hint

They have wheels and could be moved.

Named for the inventor Charles Mobile

After Mobil, Alabama constuction site

People who were upwardly mobile bought them

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these former Presidents was never a General in the military? Hint

George Washington

Dwight Eisenhower

Ulysses S. Grant

Theodore Roosevelt

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Question 9 of 10

9. What American football coach first said "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."? Hint

Red Sanders

Pop Warner

Vince Lombardi

Bear Bryant

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these did Mohandas Gandhi not use to advocate passive resistance as a means of political protest? Hint

"Bhagavad Gita"

"The New Testament"

Tolstoy's "Resurrection"

Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in Eighty Days", what is the central character's name?

Answer: Phileas Fogg

The character's name is Phileas Fogg, a common mistake in referring to him as Phinias. The novel involves a bet made in a club that one can not travel around the world in eighty days. This was a successful film starring David Niven as Phileas Fogg in 1956 that nabbed five Oscars.

2. What is Ian Fleming's James Bond's favorite drink?

Answer: Straight bourbons

In a review of Fleming's novels, Bond has a total of 317 drinks. Where the beverage is identified, 37 were straight bourbons, 10 bourbons with water, 7 bourbons and soda. Nineteen were vodka martinis.

3. Which of these was named the first official sport of Canada?

Answer: Lacrosse

The Canadian Parliament in 1867 designated lacrosse as the national sport to honor, in part, the heritage of native Canadian tribes. Of course, it is conceded that ice hockey is the far more popular sport. In 1990, Parliament, playing catch-up, declared hockey to be the official winter sport but it was not the first.

4. The 18th amendment to the constitution that brought about the era of prohibition was approved by 46 states at that time. What two states did not approve the amendment?

Answer: Rhode Island and Connecticut

Perhaps those two states had some inkling of the era of lawlessness and violence that characterized the 1920s. Or perhaps they just enjoyed their cocktail hours.

5. Green olives and black olives are two distinct types of fruit.

Answer: False

A green olive is one that is picked before it ripens and turns black.

6. What was Billy the Kid's name at birth?

Answer: William Henry McCarty Jr.

His mother called him Henry so others would not call him Junior. Bonney and Antrim are two aliases he used. Pat Garrett was the lawman who pursued him and eventually killed him. Billy the Kid ranks high in the legends and folk hero of the West along with Jesse James.

7. Why were mobile homes called mobile homes?

Answer: They have wheels and could be moved.

Mobile homes have wheels and are cumbersome to move. In most cases a professional mover must be hired and necessary local permits must be obtained.

8. Which of these former Presidents was never a General in the military?

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt was a Colonel in the Spanish-American War. In addition to those mentioned William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, Andrew Jackson, Zachery Taylor, James Garfield, Rutherford Hayes, and Chester Arthur wore the rank of General.

9. What American football coach first said "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."?

Answer: Red Sanders

Sanders was the first to use the phase; Lombardi brought it into popular use. Sanders coached at UCLA and Vanderbilt and was quoted at a 1950 conference and later in a Sport's Illustrated article in 1956. The first recorded use by Lombardi was 1959.

10. Which of these did Mohandas Gandhi not use to advocate passive resistance as a means of political protest?

Answer: Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"

Gandhi had read the Bible, a revered Christian text, and the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred Hindu scripture. He had also read Tolstoy's novel "Resurrection" (1889) about pacifism. It was only after he led the 1906 passive resistance movement confronting the Indian Registration Ordinance in South Africa that he read Thoreau.

Source: Author Rehaberpro

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