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This and That 6 Trivia Quiz

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

Author
Jack1331

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
55,420

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1052

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the Book of Genesis it is stated that the 'skins of kids' were put upon Jacob's hands. Why? Hint

To protect him while hunting

To make Isaac think that Jacob was Esau

To cure him of erysipelas

To make Esau think Jacob was Isaac

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Question 2 of 10

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

Lightning

Spiders

Bees

Loneliness

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the oldest woman to win the Best Actress Oscar? Hint

Gloria Stuart 'Titanic'

Shirley MacLaine 'Terms of Endearment'

Katharine Hepburn 'On Golden Pond'

Jessica Tandy 'Driving Miss Daisy'

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Question 4 of 10

4. The 'Schutzstaffel' was? Hint

A dessert torte popular in 1940's

Hitler's SS

A hybrid variant of the German shephard

A popular dance among German immigrants

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which company was the first? Hint

Phillip Morris

General Mills

Standard Oil

Archer-Daniels-Midland

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Question 6 of 10

6. Horology is the study of what? Hint

Horus the Egyptian Sky God

Organic tissue

Clockmaking

Water

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which came first? Hint

Pantyhose

Adhesive Tape

Ball Point Pen

Spray can

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which came first? Hint

Scrabble

Lincoln Logs

Slinky

Silly Putty

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is a mysterious creature that steals, causes mischief, helps, or brainwashes you and looks like a goblin? Hint

Boondoggle

Rickett

Cachinnation

Abjure

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Babylonian God that was Father of Earth was? Hint

Kishar

Shamash

Enurta

Marduk

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the Book of Genesis it is stated that the 'skins of kids' were put upon Jacob's hands. Why?

Answer: To make Isaac think that Jacob was Esau

Genesis 27: 11-23.

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

Answer: Lightning

Fear of bees is apiophobia, spiders is arachnaphobia and loneliness is autophobia.

3. Who was the oldest woman to win the Best Actress Oscar?

Answer: Jessica Tandy 'Driving Miss Daisy'

Jessica Tandy was 80 years young when she won her Oscar.

4. The 'Schutzstaffel' was?

Answer: Hitler's SS

This unit consisted of men who pledged blind devotion to Nazism.

5. Which company was the first?

Answer: Standard Oil

Standard Oil was founded in 1882, Archer Daniels Midland in 1923, General Mills in 1928 and the *present day* Phillip Morris was formed in 1991, but the company was first incorporated in the US in 1902.

6. Horology is the study of what?

Answer: Clockmaking

The study of organic tissue is histology, of water hydrology, and I just threw horus in for the heck of it.

7. Which came first?

Answer: Adhesive Tape

Adhesive tape was invented in 1923, pantyhose in 1959, ball point pen in 1935 and the spray can in 1927.

8. Which came first?

Answer: Lincoln Logs

Lincoln logs were invented in 1916, Scrabble in 1948 and silly putty and Slinky were both invented in 1943.

9. What is a mysterious creature that steals, causes mischief, helps, or brainwashes you and looks like a goblin?

Answer: Rickett

Boondoggle is an activity or project that is trivial and wasteful of time and money, cachinnation is to laugh loudly or immoderately, and abjure is to give up a previously held belief.

10. The Babylonian God that was Father of Earth was?

Answer: Kishar

Enurta was the god of war, Shamash was the god of the sun and justice and Marduk was the national god of the Babylonians.

Source: Author Jack1331

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