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Quiz about Things You Never Knew You Never Knew

Things You Never Knew, You Never Knew! Quiz

A pot pourri of pointless trivia that serves no purpose in life, outside of the quiz world. But nonetheless, it may well make you go 'hmm', and pass 5 minutes of your time. Half the questions are true or false, too. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by kristian88. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
kristian88

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
202,744

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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1225

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Question 1 of 10

1. War time British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, was alleged, by his son in a biography to have an ancestor who was which race? Hint

North Korean

Native American

Siberian Russian

Aboriginal Australian

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Question 2 of 10

2. The decibel was named after the credited inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell.

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, was an all-star Cuban as a youth and in 1944 was voted Cuba's best schoolboy what? Hint

Marksman

Athlete

Journalist

Cadet

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Question 4 of 10

4. The US city of Boston, Massachusetts, was actually named by a coin toss in 1844, to decide its name?

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. If you have the misfortune to go blind in one eye, what percentage of your vision do you lose? Hint

one third

one half

one fifth

one tenth

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Question 6 of 10

6. The smallest cell in the human body is the sperm?

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. How many planets in our Solar System were not named after a god or goddess?

Answer: (Number or word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. The word 'Honcho', meaning someone who is in charge of a project, comes from the Spanish word meaning group leader.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which European motor racing track, before modernisation, had 147 corners and was 13 miles long? Hint

Hungaroring, Hungary

Spa-Frankorchamps, Belgium

Nurburgring, Germany

Hockenheim, Germany

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Question 10 of 10

10. Should you wish to have a large egg sandwich, you would have to wait 40 minutes to hard boil your ostrich egg.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. War time British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, was alleged, by his son in a biography to have an ancestor who was which race?

Answer: Native American

This is now regarded as an urban myth although no proof either way can be provided for his great-great grandmother, Clarissa Wilcox, as to whether or not she was Native American.

2. The decibel was named after the credited inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell.

Answer: True

Although Bell was the first to hold a full patent on the telephone, there have been many claims as to who actually invented it. These names include Antonio Meucci, who filed a patent caveat for it but never got around to getting a full patent.

3. Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, was an all-star Cuban as a youth and in 1944 was voted Cuba's best schoolboy what?

Answer: Athlete

He also graduated from the University of Havana with a law degree. He overthrew Batista in 1959 and then ruled Cuba for over 45 years.

4. The US city of Boston, Massachusetts, was actually named by a coin toss in 1844, to decide its name?

Answer: False

In fact it was Portland, Oregon that was named by a coin-toss in 1844. Heads and it was Portland, Oregon, tails it was Boston, Oregon.

5. If you have the misfortune to go blind in one eye, what percentage of your vision do you lose?

Answer: one fifth

Despite the small percentage of sight lost, all of one's sense of depth is lost.

6. The smallest cell in the human body is the sperm?

Answer: True

And by contrast, the largest cell in the human body is the ovum.

7. How many planets in our Solar System were not named after a god or goddess?

Answer: 1

That planet is Earth.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are all primarily Roman gods. Uranus and Neptune are primarily Greek gods, although both societies shared some of the gods.

8. The word 'Honcho', meaning someone who is in charge of a project, comes from the Spanish word meaning group leader.

Answer: False

It actually comes from the Japanese word, meaning squad leader.

9. Which European motor racing track, before modernisation, had 147 corners and was 13 miles long?

Answer: Nurburgring, Germany

It also has the misfortune of being the track where most people have died. It has claimed over 200 lives since it opened in 1939, and was the scene of Niki Lauda's horrific accident in 1976. The track was its full 13 miles long until the 1960s when a new autobahn cut through the track...compensation was paid and the track upgraded to the new 4.2 mile length.

10. Should you wish to have a large egg sandwich, you would have to wait 40 minutes to hard boil your ostrich egg.

Answer: True

An ostrich egg can weigh between 1.3 and 1.8kgs and be about 15 centimetres across. And contrary to popular belief, ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand.

Source: Author kristian88

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