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Quiz about Totally Useless and Obscure 5

Totally Useless and Obscure 5 Trivia Quiz

This is the last of this series of quizzes of strange and obscure stuff I've written. If you want me to make a quiz on a certain topic, just message me. This quiz has ten questions more than usual. Good luck.

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

Author
cognator

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
50,154

Updated
Jun 30 23

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
12 / 25

Plays
5875

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Question 1 of 25

1. Which is the only State to have a palace built for a monarch?

Answer: (US State)

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Question 2 of 25

2. Is 'siphonophor' a word?

Yes

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Question 3 of 25

3. In Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what is the 25th word in the first poem for the first fairy? Hint

Moon's

Sphere

Wander

The

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Question 4 of 25

4. What is the only state which has a name ending in 'K'?

Answer: (US State)

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Question 5 of 25

5. From what does Thunder Bay, Ontario get its name? Hint

The Thunderbird

A city in Brazil

Their thunderstorms

A loud noise that deafened its founder

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Question 6 of 25

6. Which of these is NOT a dormant volcano? Hint

Llullaillaco

Orizaba

Mt. Everest

Fuji

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Question 7 of 25

7. Which is the highest-possible scoring word in Scrabble only taking letters from the player's rack? Hint

Ant

Zoological

Rhythms

Quartzy

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Question 8 of 25

8. Which of these regions of France is the farthest north? Hint

Centre

Limousin

Rhone Alps

Aquitaine

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Question 9 of 25

9. What is the second largest mountain in the world?

Answer: (a letter and a number)

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Question 10 of 25

10. What word did Shakespeare use the most in his plays? Hint

And

The

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Question 11 of 25

11. What was the matchup for the first hockey game on Hockey Night in Canada? Hint

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins

Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks

New York Rangers vs. Detroit Red Wings

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Question 12 of 25

12. In Caesar's times, what was the last month of the year? Hint

February

December

October

July

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Question 13 of 25

13. How many numbers in the binary system does a byte normally consist of? Hint

100

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Question 14 of 25

14. What is the largest uninhabited island in the world? Hint

Devon Island

Tasmania

Baffin Island

Easter Island

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Question 15 of 25

15. Who said 'It's kind of fun to do impossible things'? Hint

Bullwinkle the Moose

Albert Einstein

Walt Disney

Shigeru Miyamoto

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Question 16 of 25

16. Who was the voice of Princess Peach in Mario Kart 64? Hint

Kenta Nagata

Jennifer Lee

Shigeru Miyamoto

Leslie Swan

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Question 17 of 25

17. What was John D. Rockefeller's middle name? Hint

Daniel

Donald

Davison

Daren

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Question 18 of 25

18. What colour is the L-shaped block in Tetris for the PC? Hint

Dark Blue

Purple

Yellow

Light Blue

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Question 19 of 25

19. 'Armadillo' is direct Spanish. What is it Spanish for? Hint

Little armoured one

Cowardly one

Armoured creature

Little cowardly one

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Question 20 of 25

20. What is the song, 'The Yellow Rose of Texas' about? Hint

The city of Dallas, Texas

A light-skinned black woman

A beautiful yellow flower

The setting sun

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Question 21 of 25

21. How tall was the 1999 world-record tallest snowman? Hint

12'11'

126' 4'

113 ' 7"

40' 3'

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Question 22 of 25

22. In what year was Rembrandt born? Hint

1606

1598

1640

1609

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Question 23 of 25

23. Which language does 'Advent' come from? Hint

Egyptian

Greek

Latin

Arabic

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Question 24 of 25

24. What colours are the three stripes of the Ethiopian flag, top to bottom? Hint

Red, Yellow, Green

Green, Yellow, Blue

Green, Yellow, Red

Red, Yellow, Blue

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Question 25 of 25

25. Who originally marketed 'Bingo'? Hint

An unidentified carnival owner

Edwin Lowe

Carl Lefler

Bill Gerk

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which is the only State to have a palace built for a monarch?

Answer: Hawaii

Hawaii had kings and queens before it became the fiftieth state.

2. Is 'siphonophor' a word?

Answer: No

Nope, it's spelled 'siphonophorae or siphonophora'.

3. In Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', what is the 25th word in the first poem for the first fairy?

Answer: Sphere

4. What is the only state which has a name ending in 'K'?

Answer: New York

5. From what does Thunder Bay, Ontario get its name?

Answer: The Thunderbird

6. Which of these is NOT a dormant volcano?

Answer: Mt. Everest

Forgive me if one of the others blows its top after 2001.

7. Which is the highest-possible scoring word in Scrabble only taking letters from the player's rack?

Answer: Quartzy

Playing it across a triple word score space with the Z on a double letter score space scores 164 for one word.

8. Which of these regions of France is the farthest north?

Answer: Centre

Centre is in the center of the country, but the other three are in southern France.

9. What is the second largest mountain in the world?

Answer: K2

10. What word did Shakespeare use the most in his plays?

Answer: The

Shakespeare plays contain a total of 29,066 different words, some appearing only once. 'The', however, appears 27,457 times in his works.

11. What was the matchup for the first hockey game on Hockey Night in Canada?

Answer: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins

The game was aired October 31, 1952, and was the first hockey game on Canadian TV.

12. In Caesar's times, what was the last month of the year?

Answer: February

The year began in March, and when Augustus Caesar wanted to make August a day longer, he took the last day of the year and added it to August. The last day of the year used to be February 29th.

13. How many numbers in the binary system does a byte normally consist of?

Answer: 8

14. What is the largest uninhabited island in the world?

Answer: Devon Island

It is officially uninhabited, but NASA uses it for testing; it's practically Mars on Earth!

15. Who said 'It's kind of fun to do impossible things'?

Answer: Walt Disney

16. Who was the voice of Princess Peach in Mario Kart 64?

Answer: Leslie Swan

That one was for everyone who actually reads the end credits on video games (like me).

17. What was John D. Rockefeller's middle name?

Answer: Davison

John Davison Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839 and was the second of six children. He died in 1937 a rich man.

18. What colour is the L-shaped block in Tetris for the PC?

Answer: Yellow

The purple one is a backwards L.

19. 'Armadillo' is direct Spanish. What is it Spanish for?

Answer: Little armoured one

To be strict, it is diminuitive of 'armoured man' and is ultimately of Latin origin.

20. What is the song, 'The Yellow Rose of Texas' about?

Answer: A light-skinned black woman

21. How tall was the 1999 world-record tallest snowman?

Answer: 113 ' 7"

It was built by residents of Bethel, Maine.

22. In what year was Rembrandt born?

Answer: 1606

He was born in Leiden, Holland on July 15 of that year. His full name was Rembrandt Harmenszoon wan Rijn.

23. Which language does 'Advent' come from?

Answer: Latin

24. What colours are the three stripes of the Ethiopian flag, top to bottom?

Answer: Green, Yellow, Red

Green, Yellow, Blue is Gabon's flag.

25. Who originally marketed 'Bingo'?

Answer: Edwin Lowe

Lowe also marketed Yahtzee, which was invented by an unidentified couple who weren't interested in royalties.

Source: Author cognator

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