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The Universal Quiz

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

Author
aearluin

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
182,048

Updated
Jun 21 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1224

Last 3 plays: Guest 96 (3/10), Guest 134 (5/10), Guest 51 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. If you are travelling by airplane and you are about to land at the Humberto Delgado Airport, which European capital lies beneath you? Hint

Tallin, Estonia

Zagreb, Croatia

Rome, Italy

Lisbon, Portugal

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Question 2 of 10

2. What's the name of Pluto's largest moon? Hint

Charon

Titan

Darin

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the scientific name of the Azores Bullfinch, a close relative to the Common Bullfinch, and one of the most endangered birds in the world? Hint

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Pyrrhula murina

Diomedea exulans

Phyrrhula azoreus

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these gases is one of the main causes for acid rain? Hint

Sulfur dioxide

Nitrogen

Carbon dioxide

Hydrochloric acid

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Question 5 of 10

5. Where is Uganda's main international airport? Hint

Kampala

Entebbe

Fort Portal

Nairobi

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which country lost the 1976 European Cup final to Czechoslovakia? Hint

Netherlands

Italy

USSR

Germany

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the name of the first warm-blooded animal in space? Hint

Baikula

Albert II

Fox

Rumpy

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these gases wasn't part of the Earth's atmosphere 4000 million years ago? Hint

Argon

Nitrogen

Oxygen

Hydrogen

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these is a bird? Hint

Flying fox

Wombat

Kudu

Prion

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which European country was once governed by the fascist dictator Franco?

Answer: (One word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. If you are travelling by airplane and you are about to land at the Humberto Delgado Airport, which European capital lies beneath you?

Answer: Lisbon, Portugal

The Portela airport in Lisbon was built on the outskirts of the city in the sixties, but now, with the growth of the urban area, is right in the middle of the Portuguese capital. It was renamed after Humberto Delgado in 2016.

2. What's the name of Pluto's largest moon?

Answer: Charon

Charon is very large in comparison to Pluto, measuring about half the radius of the planet.

3. What is the scientific name of the Azores Bullfinch, a close relative to the Common Bullfinch, and one of the most endangered birds in the world?

Answer: Pyrrhula murina

These little birds only exist on S. Miguel, one of the Azores Islands. Their population is now only 120 breeding couples.

4. Which of these gases is one of the main causes for acid rain?

Answer: Sulfur dioxide

Other gases that cause acid rain are nitrogen oxides.

5. Where is Uganda's main international airport?

Answer: Entebbe

Located on the shores of Lake Victoria, it has an incredible view.

6. Which country lost the 1976 European Cup final to Czechoslovakia?

Answer: Germany

To be correct, it was West Germany, since the country was still divided back then. The game ended with a 2-2 draw and the Czechs won in the penalty shots after an extraordinary penalty goal by Panenka.

7. What was the name of the first warm-blooded animal in space?

Answer: Albert II

Albert II was a Rhesus monkey and was launched by the United States on 14 June 1949. Perhaps the most famous animal to go into space was Laika, the Russian dog who went up in 1957.

8. Which of these gases wasn't part of the Earth's atmosphere 4000 million years ago?

Answer: Oxygen

The oxygen only appeared as a by-product of photosynthesis, when the first blue algae emerged.

9. Which of these is a bird?

Answer: Prion

It's a marine bird, similar to a shearwater.

10. Which European country was once governed by the fascist dictator Franco?

Answer: Spain

This dictatorship started in the 1930's.

Source: Author aearluin

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