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Things I Learned at School Trivia Quiz

This shouldn't be so tough if you have finished high school. There is one question for each subject.

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

Author
pia_fraus

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
80,339

Updated
Jan 18 22

# Qns
10

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Difficult

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4 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Mathematics. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10 Which of these is a term related to this equation? Hint

decalogue

tetraktys

monoditritetraism

nelikyme

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Question 2 of 10

2. Literature. Which of these is the first sequel to "The Three Musketeers"? Hint

Ten Years Later

Twenty Years After

The Viscomte de Bragelonne

The Revenge

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Question 3 of 10

3. Chemistry. What do you get if you mix an acid and a base? Hint

an explosion

salt and water

a weak acid and a weak base

a metal and hydrogen

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Question 4 of 10

4. History. What does 'defenestration' mean? Hint

demolition of a vitrage

the act of throwing somebody or something out of a window

killing somebody in self-defence

breaking into a house through a window

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Question 5 of 10

5. Astronomy. Which of these is NOT a moon of Jupiter? Hint

Ganymede

Ktisylla

Europa

Callisto

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Question 6 of 10

6. Music History. Which of these musical masterpieces was written by Edvard Grieg? Hint

Moonlight Sonata

Solveig's Song

Finlandia

Astronomy Domine

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Question 7 of 10

7. Art History. Which is the biggest Gothic church in the world? Hint

Notre-Dame de Paris

St Peter's Cathedral in Rome

St Paul's Cathedral in London

Sevilla Cathedral

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Question 8 of 10

8. German. What does blau mean? Hint

friendly

sick

blue

unemployed

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Question 9 of 10

9. Biology. A piece of chromosome that dictates a particular trait is called what? Hint

a double helix

adenine

an amino acid

a gene

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Question 10 of 10

10. Geography. Through which city does the Greenwich meridian run? Hint

Berlin

London

Southampton

Edinburgh

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Mathematics. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10 Which of these is a term related to this equation?

Answer: tetraktys

The teaching of musical harmony is also based on tetraktys.

2. Literature. Which of these is the first sequel to "The Three Musketeers"?

Answer: Twenty Years After

"Ten Years Later" and "The Viscomte de Bragelonne" are in fact the same book. "The Revenge" is not a Dumas book at all.

3. Chemistry. What do you get if you mix an acid and a base?

Answer: salt and water

4. History. What does 'defenestration' mean?

Answer: the act of throwing somebody or something out of a window

The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) was touched off by an incident called "The Defenestration of Prague". The Bohemian Protestant nobility was against the Emperor, and on 23 May 1618 they broke up a meeting at the Hradcany Castle in Prague, throwing two Imperial governors out of a window of the castle and into a ditch. Neither man was seriously injured.

5. Astronomy. Which of these is NOT a moon of Jupiter?

Answer: Ktisylla

Jupiter has 16 known moons. The four largest moons, Io, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto, are called the Galilean satellites, after Galileo Galilei, who discovered them in 1610.

6. Music History. Which of these musical masterpieces was written by Edvard Grieg?

Answer: Solveig's Song

"Solveig's Song" is actually a part of "Peer Gynt". "Moonlight Sonata" was written by Beethoven, "Finlandia" by Sibelius and "Astronomy Domine" by Pink Floyd!

7. Art History. Which is the biggest Gothic church in the world?

Answer: Sevilla Cathedral

The total area of the church covers 11,520 square metres and it is the third-biggest (or fourth-biggest) church in the world, but the largest one using Gothic architecture. Columbus is buried in that cathedral. The second and first largest churches are Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady Aparecida in Aparecida, Brazil, and St Peter's Basilica in Rome, respectively.

8. German. What does blau mean?

Answer: blue

9. Biology. A piece of chromosome that dictates a particular trait is called what?

Answer: a gene

10. Geography. Through which city does the Greenwich meridian run?

Answer: London

Greenwich is a borough in the South East of London. The meridian was officially established as the global prime meridian in 1884.

Source: Author pia_fraus

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