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Three Streets 5 Trivia Quiz

Another mixed question quiz. I have a few fill-in-the-blank just to keep it interesting.

A multiple-choice quiz by tralfaz. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
tralfaz

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
94,518

Updated
Jun 12 22

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 15

Plays
847

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. Telecommunications: What city had the first pay phone? Hint

New York, NY

Newton, Mass

Newark, NJ

New Haven, Conn

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Question 2 of 15

2. Crime and Punishment: Marie-Augustin Marquis de Pelier was in prison from 1786 to 1836. What was his crime? Hint

Whistling at the queen

Farting in church

Stealing a loaf of bread

Wearing women's clothing

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Question 3 of 15

3. Names: Pooler Jones, Jayne Hill, and Barber Perfect are names of what? Hint

British members of parliament

Barbed wire

Racecar drivers

Styles of pumps

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Question 4 of 15

4. Computers: Which was NOT an advantage of IDE hard drives over the older types when first introduced? Hint

Larger capacity

Auto parking of the heads

Smaller size (3.5 vs 5.25)

Faster seek times

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Question 5 of 15

5. Gambling: According to horse-racing regulations, what is the maximum number of characters (letters, apostrophes, hyphens, and spaces) a racehorse's name can have?

Answer: (Numeral)

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Question 6 of 15

6. Word Origins: What river is "rhubarb" named after? Hint

Yangtzee

Rhur

Volga

Nile

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Question 7 of 15

7. Divination: Using moles and blemishes on a person's skin to foretell the future is called what?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 15

8. Journalism: Who once was a reporter for the New York Tribune? Hint

Teddy Roosevelt

Karl Marx

Winston Churchill

Chang Kai-Shek

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Question 9 of 15

9. Geography: What is the largest US city by area? Hint

Sitka, AK

Los Angeles, CA

Jacksonville, FL

Houston, TX

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Question 10 of 15

10. Awards: What won the first Grammy for Best Video Album?

Answer: (1981)

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Question 11 of 15

11. Movies: What was the first talking film made in England? Hint

Blackmail

Wuthering Heights

The Jazz Singer

My Green Garden

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Question 12 of 15

12. Language: What is the only English word taken from the language of the Arawak Indians? Hint

hammock

quetzel

porcupine

papaya

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Question 13 of 15

13. Animals: What is the main difference between weasels and ermines? Hint

Weasels tend to be larger than ermines

Nothing

Ermines are found only in Europe while weasels are all over the world

Weasels are carnivores and ermines are omnivores

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Question 14 of 15

14. Royalty: What will happen if Monaco has no male heir to take the throne? Hint

It goes to the eldest female heir.

The residents will elect a Prime Minister and Parliament.

It goes to the heir to the French throne who is currently in exile (the Count of Ile de France).

The principality would still remain an independent nation.

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Question 15 of 15

15. Anatomy: Also called "the reptile brain", what is the oldest and most primitive part of the brain?

Answer: (nose brain)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Telecommunications: What city had the first pay phone?

Answer: New Haven, Conn

Installed in an office building in June 1880. Customers paid an attendant to use the phone. Coin-operated phones first appeared in 1899.

2. Crime and Punishment: Marie-Augustin Marquis de Pelier was in prison from 1786 to 1836. What was his crime?

Answer: Whistling at the queen

He whistled at Marie Antoinette as she entered a theater.

3. Names: Pooler Jones, Jayne Hill, and Barber Perfect are names of what?

Answer: Barbed wire

Barbed wire was invented in 1873 by Joseph Glidden.

4. Computers: Which was NOT an advantage of IDE hard drives over the older types when first introduced?

Answer: Smaller size (3.5 vs 5.25)

IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics. By putting the electronics in the drive and not on the card, faster seek times were created making large capacity drives practical. You could even get a 40MB drive! But you would never need that big a drive unless you were a sysop of a BBS. Parking the heads was automated meaning you would not need to use Spinrite anymore if you needed to move your computer.

5. Gambling: According to horse-racing regulations, what is the maximum number of characters (letters, apostrophes, hyphens, and spaces) a racehorse's name can have?

Answer: 18

Anything longer won't fit on a racing form.

6. Word Origins: What river is "rhubarb" named after?

Answer: Volga

In Greek, the Volga is called "Rha" and wild is "barb", so the wild plant that grew along the Volga was called "rhubarb".

7. Divination: Using moles and blemishes on a person's skin to foretell the future is called what?

Answer: Metoposcopy

Various parts of the body were thought to represent the planets. Hence the positions of moles on the body was akin to positions of the planets when casting horoscopes.

8. Journalism: Who once was a reporter for the New York Tribune?

Answer: Karl Marx

He worked in the London office in 1848.

9. Geography: What is the largest US city by area?

Answer: Sitka, AK

Sitka's area consits of 2,870.3 sq. mi. of land and 1,941 sq. mi of water. The top four largest by area cities in the US are all in Alaska.

10. Awards: What won the first Grammy for Best Video Album?

Answer: Elephant Parts

Michael Nesmith (of the Monkees) wrote and starred in this collection of vignettes and 5 music videos.

11. Movies: What was the first talking film made in England?

Answer: Blackmail

Made in 1931 and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

12. Language: What is the only English word taken from the language of the Arawak Indians?

Answer: hammock

The Arawaks were cannibals on the island of Hispaniola. They were quickly wiped out after Columbus' voyages.

13. Animals: What is the main difference between weasels and ermines?

Answer: Nothing

Weasels and ermines are the same animal. During the summer when it has a brown coat, it is called a weasel. During the winter when it has a white coat, it is called an ermine.

14. Royalty: What will happen if Monaco has no male heir to take the throne?

Answer: The principality would still remain an independent nation.

The Grimaldi family took over Monaco in 1297. In 2002, a treaty between France and Monaco specified that, should there be no heirs to carry on the Grimaldi dynasty, the principality would still remain an independent nation rather than revert to France.

15. Anatomy: Also called "the reptile brain", what is the oldest and most primitive part of the brain?

Answer: rhinencephalon

This is the bulbous end of the spinal cord and is mainly concerned with the olfactory nerve (hence the Greek for nosebrain). The cerebrum, is called "the mammal brain".

Source: Author tralfaz

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