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This and That, and Then a Bit Trivia Quiz

Just more random stuff - all multiple choice, so if you don't know please have a guess!

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

Author
fringe

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
94,209

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
3367

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Question 1 of 15

1. By the end of the twentieth century, who was the youngest man to have been elected as President of the United States? Hint

John F. Kennedy

Woodrow Wilson

Bill Clinton

Grover Cleveland

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Question 2 of 15

2. In 1856 the English chemist, William Henry Perkin, accidentally produced the first synthetic dye. What colour was it? Hint

Yellow

Mauve

Green

Black

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which Formula One Racing driver had not actually celebrated his tenth birthday when he became the World Champion in 1978? Hint

Niki Lauda

Mario Andretti

Jody Scheckter

James Hunt

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Question 4 of 15

4. In 1879 the first chain store was opened in New York, which although not a success itself, ultimately led to the formation of an international company. What was the name of this chain? Hint

Woolworth

7-11

Wal-Mart

Target

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which American town was founded in 1896 by the showman 'Buffalo Bill'? Hint

Cody, Wyoming

Williamstown, West Virginia

Buffalo, New York

Hickory, North Carolina

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which of Charles Dickens' novels was unfinished at the time of his death in 1870? Hint

Our Mutual Friend

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Martin Chuzzlewit

Great Expectations

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Question 7 of 15

7. Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March. Which day in March is known as the 'Ides'? Hint

15th

17th

25th

7th

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Question 8 of 15

8. First awarded in America 1947 for outstanding theatrical performance, after which movie personality were the "Tony" awards named? Hint

Andre Antoine

Antoinette Perry

Anthony Quinn

Michelangelo Antonio

9. In 1943 an airplane travelling from Portugal to England was attacked and destroyed by Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 88C6 aircraft. Who was the famous British movie actor who died on board that day? Hint

Leslie Howard

Peter Finch

Richard Todd

Stewart Granger

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Question 10 of 15

10. Who was the world's first woman Prime Minister? Hint

Indira Gandhi

Margaret Thatcher

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Mary Robinson

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Question 11 of 15

11. On 30th June 1859, the Frenchman known as Blondin, made the first crossing on a tightrope of Niagra Falls. What was his first name? Hint

Charles

Jacques

Henri

Yves

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Question 12 of 15

12. What is known as 'The Speewah'? Hint

An Australian mythical cattle station

An American system of counting electoral votes

A spinning wheel used in Olde England

A Canadian deepwater fish

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which of these celebrities did not give birth in the year 2000? Hint

Demi Moore

Madonna

Catherine Zeta Jones

Iman

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Question 14 of 15

14. W. Somerset Maugham's novel "The Moon and Sixpence" was said to be based on the life of which famous artist? Hint

Paul Gauguin

Camille Pissarro

Edward Burne-Jones

Vincent Van Gogh

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Question 15 of 15

15. In the game of croquet in "Alice in Wonderland", hedgehogs were used for the balls. Which bird was used as a mallet? Hint

Flamingo

Heron

Stork

Ostrich

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. By the end of the twentieth century, who was the youngest man to have been elected as President of the United States?

Answer: John F. Kennedy

As well as being the youngest elected president at the age of 43, JFK was also the first Catholic to be elected. Theodore Roosevelt, although the youngest person to become president when he succeeded to the post on the death of President McKinley, was only elected into office some three years later, at the age of 46.

2. In 1856 the English chemist, William Henry Perkin, accidentally produced the first synthetic dye. What colour was it?

Answer: Mauve

Whilst trying to make quinine, William Perkin accidently produced aniline purple, or mauveine instead. To his joy, six years later, Queen Victoria attended an exhibition wearing a mauveine dyed silk gown.

3. Which Formula One Racing driver had not actually celebrated his tenth birthday when he became the World Champion in 1978?

Answer: Mario Andretti

Born on 29th February 1940, Mario Gabriele Andretti has only been able to celebrate the actual day of his birth every four years. When he first won the Indy car championship in 1965, he was still to celebrate his sixth birthday!

4. In 1879 the first chain store was opened in New York, which although not a success itself, ultimately led to the formation of an international company. What was the name of this chain?

Answer: Woolworth

Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first store in Utica, New York, known as the "nothing over five cents" shop. Although that store failed within a matter of weeks, the next one, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania was a success. He soon had a chain of stores selling a variety of low priced goods.

The company flourished until the 1990s, when it eventually went out of business in the United States.

5. Which American town was founded in 1896 by the showman 'Buffalo Bill'?

Answer: Cody, Wyoming

Over a period of eight months William Frederick Cody slaughtered 4,280 buffalo in order to feed the workers on the Union Pacific Railway, thereby earning the nickname 'Buffalo Bill'.

6. Which of Charles Dickens' novels was unfinished at the time of his death in 1870?

Answer: The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Born in 1812, Charles John Huffham Dickens started his career as a newspaper journalist, and the majority of his novels first appeared in serial form.

7. Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March. Which day in March is known as the 'Ides'?

Answer: 15th

According to the Roman calendar the Ides fell on the 15th of March, May, July and October and on the 13th of all other months.

8. First awarded in America 1947 for outstanding theatrical performance, after which movie personality were the "Tony" awards named?

Answer: Antoinette Perry

After her death in 1946, actress and director Antoinette Perry's friends and colleagues devised this award to preserve her name.

9. In 1943 an airplane travelling from Portugal to England was attacked and destroyed by Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 88C6 aircraft. Who was the famous British movie actor who died on board that day?

Answer: Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard was a popular movie star in both London and Hollywood in the 1930s. Acclaimed for his portrayal of Ashley Wilkes in "Gone With the Wind", and an Academy nominee for "Berkeley Square" and "Pygmalion", he was probably best loved in Britain for his portrayal of "The Scarlet Pimpernel".

It was suggested that the passenger aircraft on which he was travelling was attacked because German intelligence had thought that Winston Churchill was on board.

10. Who was the world's first woman Prime Minister?

Answer: Sirimavo Bandaranaike

After the assassination of her husband in 1959, Mrs. Bandaranaike took control and became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in 1960.

11. On 30th June 1859, the Frenchman known as Blondin, made the first crossing on a tightrope of Niagra Falls. What was his first name?

Answer: Charles

Born Jean-Francois Gravelet in 1824, Blondin later repeated the same stunt blindfolded, with a wheelbarrow and carrying a man on his back!

12. What is known as 'The Speewah'?

Answer: An Australian mythical cattle station

Somewhere in Australia, according to myth, exists The Speewah, apparently named after an area NW of Swan Hill, Victoria, where everything is bigger and better than anything else in the world!

13. Which of these celebrities did not give birth in the year 2000?

Answer: Demi Moore

Dylan Michael Douglas, Alexandria Zahra Bowie and Rocco Ritchie were all born in August 2000 to Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas, Iman and David Bowie and Madonna and Guy Ritchie respectively.

14. W. Somerset Maugham's novel "The Moon and Sixpence" was said to be based on the life of which famous artist?

Answer: Paul Gauguin

Charles Strickland, the main character in "The Moon and Sixpence", published in 1919, was said to be loosely based on the the Post-impressionist Gauguin, who left France to live in Tahiti in 1891.

15. In the game of croquet in "Alice in Wonderland", hedgehogs were used for the balls. Which bird was used as a mallet?

Answer: Flamingo

Alice found great difficulty in controlling her flamingo, and while she was dealing with him, the hedgehog/ball would tend to uncurl and walk away!

Source: Author fringe

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