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Quiz about Things Youve Probably Wondered About

Things You've Probably Wondered About Quiz

Here is a collection of questions about things that you may have wondered about.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
21,011

Updated
Jul 19 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3455

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In Bobby Darin's 'Mack the Knife' there is a reference to 'Miss Lotta Lenya'. Who was she? Hint

Wife of Kurt Weill

Author of The Beggar's Opera

Wife of John Gay

Author of Threepenny Opera

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Question 2 of 10

2. A 'draconian' measurre is one that is extremely harsh. Who was Draco? Hint

Greek Ruler

Persian Ruler

Roman Ruler

Sumerian Ruler

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Question 3 of 10

3. The game of chess is said to have originated in this country Hint

India

Greece

China

Rome

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Question 4 of 10

4. Andersonville Prison, used by the Confederacy during the Civil War, is one of the most famous prisons in American history. Where was it located? Hint

Georgia

Tennessee

Virginia

Mississippi

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who is credited with saying, 'Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise'? Hint

Abe Lincoln

Ben Franklin

Thomas Jefferson

Horace Greeley

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Question 6 of 10

6. The popular song, 'Old Folks at Home' contains a reference to 'way down upon the Swanee River'? Where is that river located? Hint

Northeast

Midwest

West

Southeast

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the real name of Groucho Marx? Hint

Herbert

Julius

Leonardo

Adolph

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where is Lapland? Hint

Northern Canada

Africa

Scandinavia

Middle East

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Question 9 of 10

9. The term 'Utopia' first appears in a book by the same name. Who is the author? Hint

Samuel Johnson

Thomas More

Thomas Aquinas

Erasmus

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these characters was NOT a real person? Hint

Salieri (Of 'Amadeus' fame)

Cardinal Richelieu (From 'The Three Musketeers')

The Man in the Iron Mask (by Dumas)

Sherlock Holmes (by Arthur Conan Doyle)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In Bobby Darin's 'Mack the Knife' there is a reference to 'Miss Lotta Lenya'. Who was she?

Answer: Wife of Kurt Weill

She was an actress who was married (for a while) to Kurt Weill. Weill wrote 'Threepenny Opera' along with Brecht. It was based on Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'.

2. A 'draconian' measurre is one that is extremely harsh. Who was Draco?

Answer: Greek Ruler

Ancient Athens

3. The game of chess is said to have originated in this country

Answer: India

India, they say

4. Andersonville Prison, used by the Confederacy during the Civil War, is one of the most famous prisons in American history. Where was it located?

Answer: Georgia

The legend lives on

5. Who is credited with saying, 'Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise'?

Answer: Ben Franklin

Poor Richard's Almanac. Also: 'God helps those who help themselves'

6. The popular song, 'Old Folks at Home' contains a reference to 'way down upon the Swanee River'? Where is that river located?

Answer: Southeast

Suwannee River, actually. It's almost entirely in Florida

7. What was the real name of Groucho Marx?

Answer: Julius

The other choices were the names of his brothers

8. Where is Lapland?

Answer: Scandinavia

It's in Finland-Norway-Sweden, by the Arctic Circle

9. The term 'Utopia' first appears in a book by the same name. Who is the author?

Answer: Thomas More

Sir Thomas More

10. Which of these characters was NOT a real person?

Answer: Sherlock Holmes (by Arthur Conan Doyle)

Salieri was a real composer, but there isn't a lot of support for the notion that he destroyed Mozart with schemes, etc. The Man in the Iron Mask was, in fact, a prisoner in the Bastille his identity is still a mystery. Cardinal Richelieu was an actual person some centuries ago. Holmes, however, was fictional.

Source: Author robert362

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