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A multiple-choice quiz by Jack1331. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Jack1331

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
56,499

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the Bible, Beersheba was? Hint

A dissolute queen from the upper Nile

The well of the oath, where Abraham made a covenant with the local king

A desert region of the Negeb, south of Kadesh

Isaac's oldest daughter

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Question 2 of 10

2. If you suffer from pediophobia, you have a fear of what? Hint

Dolls

Bald people

Poverty

Children

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which U.S. Supreme Court Justice was appointed first? Hint

Antonin Scalia

Clarence Thomas

Sandra Day O'Connor

Ruth Bader-Ginsburg

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which event did not happen in 1940? Hint

Joe Louis is boxing's heavyweight champ

American troops begin the invasion of North Africa

Battle of Britain prompts Chuchill's famous line: 'Never ... was so much owed to so many to so few'

Mickey Rooney is top box office star

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which actor did not have a role in the western 'Silverado'? Hint

Scott Glenn

Ed Harris

Danny Glover

Kevin Costner

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which animated movie was the only one ever nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award? Hint

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Pinnochio

Cinderella

Beauty and The Beast

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Question 7 of 10

7. What tv show was number 1 from October 1960 to April 1961? Hint

Wagon Train

Have Gun Will Travel

The Andy Griffith Show

Gunsmoke

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who invented the Barbie doll? Hint

Lise Meitner

Rose O'Neill

Ruth Wakefield

Ruth Handler

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Question 9 of 10

9. What state has the motto, 'Equal Rights'? Hint

New Mexico

Minnesota

Tennessee

Wyoming

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the first movie directed by Mel Brooks? Hint

History of the World Part 1

Young Frankenstein

The Producers

Blazing Saddles

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the Bible, Beersheba was?

Answer: The well of the oath, where Abraham made a covenant with the local king

Genesis chapter 21 verses 28 to 31 state: Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock apart. And Ambimelech said to Abraham, 'What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set apart?' Abraham said, 'These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that you may be a witness for me that I dug this well.' Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because there both of them swore an oath.

2. If you suffer from pediophobia, you have a fear of what?

Answer: Dolls

Fear of poverty is peniaphobia, bald people is peladophobia and the fear of children is pedophobia.

3. Which U.S. Supreme Court Justice was appointed first?

Answer: Sandra Day O'Connor

O'Connor was appointed in 1981, Scalia in 1986, Thomas in 1990 and Balder-Ginsburg in 1994.

4. Which event did not happen in 1940?

Answer: American troops begin the invasion of North Africa

American troops couldn't have invaded North Africa because the U.S. wasn't in the war yet.

5. Which actor did not have a role in the western 'Silverado'?

Answer: Ed Harris

Glenn played Emmett, Glover played Malachi 'Mal' Johnson and Costner played Jake.

6. Which animated movie was the only one ever nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award?

Answer: Beauty and The Beast

'Beauty and the Beast' didn't win the best picture Oscar in 1991, but it did win 2 Oscars for best original score and original song, 'Beauty and The Beast'.

7. What tv show was number 1 from October 1960 to April 1961?

Answer: Gunsmoke

'Wagon Train' was number 2, 'Have Gun Will Travel' was number 3 and 'Andy Griffith Show' was number 4.

8. Who invented the Barbie doll?

Answer: Ruth Handler

Both Barbie and Ken are named after Handler's children. Meitner figured out the calculations necessary to split the atom. Ruth Wakefield invented chocolate chip cookies or at least was the first person with the recipe. Rose O'Neill invented the kewpie doll.

9. What state has the motto, 'Equal Rights'?

Answer: Wyoming

This motto was adopted by Wyoming in 1955.

10. What was the first movie directed by Mel Brooks?

Answer: The Producers

He directed 'The Producers' in 1967, 'Young Frankenstein' and 'Blazing Saddles' in 1974, and 'History of the World Part I' in 1981.

Source: Author Jack1331

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