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A multiple-choice quiz by Jack1331. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Jack1331

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
54,750

Updated
Jul 25 24

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10

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Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Moms Mabley was which of the following? Hint

A pioneering black stand-up comedienne

The founder of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers MADD

A conductor on the Underground Railroad in St. Albans, Vt.

A legendary jazz vocalist

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which actor or actress did not have a role in 'Bonnie and Clyde'? Hint

Maureen Stapleton

Estelle Parsons

Gene Hackman

Gene Wilder

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Question 3 of 10

3. If you suffer from microphobia, you have a fear of what? Hint

Dirt or filth

Ants

Small things

Amplified sound

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who invented the first American built striking clock and created the first Farmers' Almanac? Hint

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas A Edison

Benjamin Banneker

Henry Blair

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Question 5 of 10

5. Humphrey Bogart won the best actor Oscar in 1951, for which film did he win it? Hint

Maltese Falcon

Casablanca

African Queen

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who won the first Oscar for a character that never spoke during the course of a talkie movie? Hint

Marlee Matlin

Patty Duke

Greer Garson

Jane Wyman

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who said, 'I did drugs to keep going. But performing in itself is a drug'? Hint

Eddie Murphy

Martin Lawrence

Richard Pryor

Robin Wiliams

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Question 8 of 10

8. In myth, which river was considered the entrance to the underworld? Hint

Phlegethon

Nile

Styx

Lethe

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which one was not one of the 'original' seven wonders of the world? Hint

The Great Wall of China

The Tomb of Mausolus

The Pyramids of Egypt

The Temple of Diana

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Question 10 of 10

10. If you suffer from phagomania you have an obsession or addiction to what? Hint

Riches

Crowds

Travelling

Eating

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Moms Mabley was which of the following?

Answer: A pioneering black stand-up comedienne

Moms was the star of what has become known as the Chitlin Circuit. This was where black entertainers plied their trade because of segregation in this country. She died May 23, 1975 at White Plains, NY at the age of 81.

2. Which actor or actress did not have a role in 'Bonnie and Clyde'?

Answer: Maureen Stapleton

Maureen is often confused with Estelle in this movie. Gene Hackman played Buck Barrow. Estelle Parson played Blanche and Gene Wilder played Eugene Grizzard.

3. If you suffer from microphobia, you have a fear of what?

Answer: Small things

The fear of ants is myrmecophobia. Fear of sound is phonophobia and the fear of dirt or filth is rhypophobia.

4. Who invented the first American built striking clock and created the first Farmers' Almanac?

Answer: Benjamin Banneker

Banneker was often called the first American black inventor. He was a noted scientist, astronomer, inventor, writer and often campaigned against slavery. He was born in 1731 and died in 1806.

5. Humphrey Bogart won the best actor Oscar in 1951, for which film did he win it?

Answer: African Queen

After taking static about winning, Bogart said, 'The only honest way to pick out the best actor is for all the nominees to play Hamlet and let the best man win'.

6. Who won the first Oscar for a character that never spoke during the course of a talkie movie?

Answer: Jane Wyman

Jane Wyman won for her role as a mute in 'Johnny Belinda'.

7. Who said, 'I did drugs to keep going. But performing in itself is a drug'?

Answer: Robin Wiliams

The rest of Williams's quote spoken in 1988 was, 'and taking cocaine is like being a hemophiliac in a razor factory'.

8. In myth, which river was considered the entrance to the underworld?

Answer: Styx

Styx was often described as the boundary river over which Charon the aged ferryman transported the shades of the dead. Acheron was the woeful river. Lethe the river of forgetfulness and Phlegethon was a river of fire.

9. Which one was not one of the 'original' seven wonders of the world?

Answer: The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall was not an original, but came in a later version after more of the world became known.

10. If you suffer from phagomania you have an obsession or addiction to what?

Answer: Eating

An addiction or obsession with riches is plutomania, travelling is poriomania and crowds is ochlomania.

Source: Author Jack1331

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