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Tough General Knowledge Trivia Quiz

10 questions on a complete mixture of topics

A multiple-choice quiz by Aitrus33. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
Aitrus33

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
57,632

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
3 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What names did composer Robert Schumann use to describe the two sides of his personality? Hint

Pantalon and Columbine

Florestan and Eusebius

Chopin and Paganini

Arlequin and Coquette

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these deities is not part of the Egyptian Ogdoad of Hermopolis? Hint

Khnum

Kauket

Heh

Naunet

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the area of a Sierpinski carpet with outer dimensions measuring 10 x 10 units? Hint

about 50 square units

about 20 square units

about 5 square units

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these describes the interest rate at which commercial banks charge each other for overnight loans? Hint

Reserve Ratio

Open-Market Operations

Discount Rate

Federal Funds Rate

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Question 5 of 10

5. Give either the name of the country whose capital city is Ulanbaator, or give the name of one of the two countries which that country shares a border with.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is characteristic of an adiabatic process? Hint

There is no heat absorbed by the system

Internal energy remains constant

There is no work done

Pressure decreases

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was chosen as the first Secretary of Homeland Security in United States history?

Answer: (first and last name only)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Name the software company that created the 1993 and 1997 games 'Myst' and 'Riven'.

Answer: (One word, a color)

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Question 9 of 10

9. How many locks does the Suez Canal have? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. In what state would you find the current headquarters of the United States National Security Agency?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What names did composer Robert Schumann use to describe the two sides of his personality?

Answer: Florestan and Eusebius

Forestan was the extrovert, and Eusebius the introvert. All 8 of these names, incidentally, are titles of pieces in his op. 9 work, 'Carnaval.'

2. Which of these deities is not part of the Egyptian Ogdoad of Hermopolis?

Answer: Khnum

There were 8 total - 4 pairs of gods and goddesses. They all represented elements of the primeval matter (Nun).

3. What is the area of a Sierpinski carpet with outer dimensions measuring 10 x 10 units?

Answer: 0

In theory, all sierpinski carpeta have no area. A sierpinski carpet is made by taking a square, dividing it into a 3x3 grid of squares, and removing the center square. Each of the remaining 8 squares is then split up into a 3x3 grid, the centers removed, etc and the process continues infinitely.

4. Which of these describes the interest rate at which commercial banks charge each other for overnight loans?

Answer: Federal Funds Rate

The Federal Funds Rate has been cut 10 times, as of November 15 2001, to 2 percent in response to the economic recession.

5. Give either the name of the country whose capital city is Ulanbaator, or give the name of one of the two countries which that country shares a border with.

Answer: Mongolia

Ulanbaator is the capital of Mongolia.

6. What is characteristic of an adiabatic process?

Answer: There is no heat absorbed by the system

The entire energy change of the system goes into doing work (net heat absorbed equals zero).

7. Who was chosen as the first Secretary of Homeland Security in United States history?

Answer: Tom Ridge

He was the former governor of Pennsylvania. Bush elected Ridge to this new cabinet position shortly after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.

8. Name the software company that created the 1993 and 1997 games 'Myst' and 'Riven'.

Answer: Cyan

'Myst: Exile' would have been a lot better, in my opinion, had Cyan developed it instead of Presto Studios.

9. How many locks does the Suez Canal have?

Answer: 0

Just a random trivia fact!

10. In what state would you find the current headquarters of the United States National Security Agency?

Answer: Maryland

Their mission is to 'Protect U.S. communications and to produce foreign intelligence information.' They are also the number one employer of mathematicians in the U.S. and possibly worldwide

Source: Author Aitrus33

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