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The NEW Book Of Lists Trivia Quiz

In 2005, David Wallenchinsky and Amy Wallace updated/wrote "The New Book of Lists". All of the possible answers below are from that book. Can you determine who or why these items made the lists?

A multiple-choice quiz by flamingo516. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
flamingo516

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
232,546

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. One list lets us know about "8 Celebrity Couples Married Three Weeks or Less". Which famous couple leads this list in terms of shortest marriage? Hint

Britney Spears and Jason Alexander

Rudolph Valentino and Jean Acker

Drew Barrymore and Jeffrey Thomas

Gloria Swanson and Wallace Beery

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Question 2 of 10

2. We all know that Bogart didn't really say "Play it again, Sam", right? According to the list "8 Memorable Lines Erroneously Attributed To Film Stars", which one of the sayings was never said by the following actors? Hint

None of these was said by the actor

Jimmy Cagney - "You dirty rat."

Johnny Weissmuller - "Me Tarzan, you Jane"

Cary Grant - "Judy, Judy, Judy"

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Question 3 of 10

3. According to the list of "23 Early Names of Famous Music Groups" which group started out as "Polka Tulk"? Hint

Black Sabbath

Talking Heads

Blondie

Depeche Mode

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Maximum Recorded Lifespan of 58 Animals" - At a recorded lifespan of 188 years which animal tops this list?
Hint

Fin Whale

Lake Sturgeon

Tortoise

Human

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Question 5 of 10

5. Myrtle Corbin is on the list of "9 People with Extra Limbs and Digits". What deformity put her there? Hint

She had two heads - the extra one could smile and grimace

She had a third leg with nine toes growing out of the middle of her body

She had an arm growing out of her abdomen and a leg growing out of her back

She had the body of a twin growing from between her legs

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Question 6 of 10

6. According to the list "9 Body Parts You Didn't Know Had Names", which of the following isn't really a name for a part of your body? Hint

Ferrule

Philtrum

Glabella

Canthus

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Question 7 of 10

7. Don't feel so good? Perhaps the list of "10 Afflictions and their Patron Saints" will come in handy. According to the Book of Lists, which saint may help with your toothache? Hint

St. Vitus

St. Giles

St. Apollonia

St. Fiacre

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Question 8 of 10

8. Feel like a drink? The list of "12 Drinks Named after People" lets us know that the Bloody Mary was named after...? Hint

A folkloric ghost, witch, or child murderer who is said to appear in a mirror when summoned

Typhoid Mary

Queen Mary I of England

Mary, Queen of Scots

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Question 9 of 10

9. The list titled "19 Little-Known Inventors of Common Things" is interesting but what's really worthy of note is the date these things came about. Can you select the answer with the correct chronological order (oldest to newest)? Hint

flat-bottomed paper bag, zipper, parking meter, velcro

parking meter, pull-tab opener, laugh track, post-it notes

velcro, vacuum cleaner, parking meter, paper clip

crown bottle cap, shopping cart, xerographic copier, microwave oven

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Question 10 of 10

10. Last but not least, the list of "12 of the Oddest Items Found at London Transport's Lost Property Office" include which of the following items? Hint

Two human skulls in a bag

A lawn mower

All of them

A skeleton

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. One list lets us know about "8 Celebrity Couples Married Three Weeks or Less". Which famous couple leads this list in terms of shortest marriage?

Answer: Rudolph Valentino and Jean Acker

Rudy and Jean were married for just 6 hours on November 5, 1919. Although he was considered the "Great Lover", his lovely bride locked him out of their room on their wedding night. According to Wikipedia, she was a lesbian who then consoled herself in the arms of her lover, Grace Darmond. Jean died in 1978 at the age of 84. Britney and Jason lasted for 2 days while Drew & Jeffrey and Gloria & Wallace were wed for just 3 weeks each.

Answer: None of these was said by the actor

What Bogie actually said was, "You played it for her, you can play it for me...Play it". Tarzan pointed at himself and said, "Tarzan", then pointed at costar Maureen Sullivan and said, "Jane". Cary Grant never uttered those words but plenty of impersonaters use them to try and sound like him. James Cagney also never said that but imitators like to use it to typify his tough guy image.

3. According to the list of "23 Early Names of Famous Music Groups" which group started out as "Polka Tulk"?

Answer: Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath was formed in 1968 as the "Polka Tulk Blues Band" (later shortened to "Polka Tulk") then they changed their name to "Earth". They finally settled on Black Sabbath for their first album released in 1970. The group Blondie was formerly known "Angels and the Snakes", the Talking Heads started out as "Artistics", and Depeche Mode was originally known as "Composition of Sound".

4. "Maximum Recorded Lifespan of 58 Animals" - At a recorded lifespan of 188 years which animal tops this list?

Answer: Tortoise

The lake sturgeon is second on the list at 152 years, the human comes in next at 122 years, 5 months, and the fin whale rounds out the top four at 116 years. The bottom four are the Eastern Pocket gopher (7 years, 2 months), the anchovy (7 years), the partridge (5 years, 2 months) and the Mole (5 years).

5. Myrtle Corbin is on the list of "9 People with Extra Limbs and Digits". What deformity put her there?

Answer: She had the body of a twin growing from between her legs

Myrtle was known as "The woman from Texas with four legs" because the body of her twin grew from between her legs. It was well developed from the waist down and completely functional. She was married and had five children - 3 from her own body and 2 from her twin's.

6. According to the list "9 Body Parts You Didn't Know Had Names", which of the following isn't really a name for a part of your body?

Answer: Ferrule

The glabella is the flattened area of the frontal bone (your forehead) between the frontal eminences and your eyebrows just above the nose. The philtrum is the vertical groove in the middle portion of the upper lip. The canthus is the corner of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet. A ferrule is the metal bit that holds the eraser to your pencil.

7. Don't feel so good? Perhaps the list of "10 Afflictions and their Patron Saints" will come in handy. According to the Book of Lists, which saint may help with your toothache?

Answer: St. Apollonia

Apollonia is also the patron saint of dentists. She lived in Egypt during the 3rd-century when roaming gangs tortured Christians. She is often depicted holding either a gold tooth or a set of pincers - her teeth were pulled out by a mob when she refused to give up her Christianity. St. Giles was a 7th-century French hermit who became the patron saint of the lame and crippled after taking a hunters arrow meant for a deer. St. Fiacre was a 7th-century monk who was known for miraculously healing venereal diseases and hemorrhoids. St. Vitus became the patron saint of people suffering from diseases typified by convulsions such as epilepsy.

He is also the patron saint of dancers, comedians, and actors.

8. Feel like a drink? The list of "12 Drinks Named after People" lets us know that the Bloody Mary was named after...?

Answer: Queen Mary I of England

This drink was first mixed by Ferdinance Petiot, the bartender at Harry's New York Bar in Paris (although it contained just vodka and tomato juice). In Chicago it was called "Bucket of Blood". It was renamed the "Red Snapper" after Petiot added salt, pepper, lemon, and Worcestershire sauce.

It's been called the 'queen among many drinks' and was named after Queen Mary I who was known as Bloody Mary after having almost 300 religious dissenters murdered.

Answer: flat-bottomed paper bag, zipper, parking meter, velcro

Here are the items in chronological order: paper bag (1869), crown bottle cap (1892), zipper (1893), paper clip (1900), vacuum cleaner (1902), cellophane (1908), nylon (1934), parking meter (1935), shopping cart (1937), xerographic copier (1938), Velcro (1941), microwave oven (1945), aerosol valve (1949), laugh track (1950s), typing correction fluid (1956), pull-tab opener (1959), antishoplifting tag (1966), and post-it notes (1979).

10. Last but not least, the list of "12 of the Oddest Items Found at London Transport's Lost Property Office" include which of the following items?

Answer: All of them

Among other items were a vasectomy kit, breast implants, a 14-foot boat (how do you leave something like that behind?), a double bed, and a box of false eyeballs (claimed by a hospital after six years).

Some additional information for the answers is from www.wikipedia.org.

Source: Author flamingo516

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