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A multiple-choice quiz by daisyduke71. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
daisyduke71

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
49,998

Updated
May 25 23

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
13 / 25

Plays
2137

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Question 1 of 25

1. How many acts are there in Eugene O'Neill's 'Long Day's Journey Into Night'? Hint

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Question 2 of 25

2. How many months away from 1960 was 117-year-old Walter Williams, the last Civil War vet, when he passed on? Hint

4 months

2 months

1 month

3 months

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Question 3 of 25

3. What Humphrey Bogart wartime hit almost had a new title because publicity men thought the original sounded like a beer name?

Answer: (Think Sam (one word))

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Question 4 of 25

4. What did Beeman Chemical Company once advertise as 'A Delicious Remedy for Indigestion and Seasickness'?

Answer: (Think Breath (one or two words))

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Question 5 of 25

5. How many points did Pop Warner suggest a football team get for a first down in 1928? Hint

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Question 6 of 25

6. What was 'Life' magazine originally slated to be called? Hint

'Look'

'Look Of Life'

'Life'

'Life's Great'

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Question 7 of 25

7. What fictional detective's L. A. office is found in the Cahuenga Building? Hint

Sam Spade

Philip Marlowe

Hercule Poirot

Miss Marple

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Question 8 of 25

8. What writer of mysteries penned 'Evil Under the Sun'?

Answer: (Two Words (first and last name))

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Question 9 of 25

9. What piece was featured on a Philadelphia Orchestra LP whose cover pictured an apple and a bow and arrow? Hint

'Apple Of My Eye'

'The William Tell Overture'

'Apple Dandy'

'The Apple Dumpling Gang'

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Question 10 of 25

10. What did 'human fly' D. D. Roland carry on his shoulders while walking on building ledges blindfolded? Hint

His wife

His cat

His daughter

His dog

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Question 11 of 25

11. Who crashed his XF-11 plane in Beverly Hills breaking his skull, nose and nine ribs, and getting third-degree burns? Hint

Richard Burton

Howard Hughes

Edward Kennedy

David Meyer

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Question 12 of 25

12. What comic strip characters yielded eggs, butter and milk, and turned into different meats depending on how they were cooked? Hint

Smurfs

Starrights

Skabbles

Schmoos

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Question 13 of 25

13. What comic strip was inspired by the Haverhill Massachusetts High School Class of 1940? Hint

Josey and The Pussycats

Felix The Cat

Rex Morgan, M.D.

Archie

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Question 14 of 25

14. What dance did William and Mary College ban in the '20s because it didn't emphasize 'grace and beauty'? Hint

The Charleston

The Twist

The Waltz

The Hustle

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Question 15 of 25

15. What ancient book was banned in the Soviet Union in 1931?

Answer: (Think God (one word))

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Question 16 of 25

16. What president's portrait did Norman Rockwell paint for the cover of the October 11, 1952 'Saturday Evening Post'? Hint

Franklin Roosevelt

Dwight David Eisenhower

Harry S. Truman

William Howard Taft

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Question 17 of 25

17. What did a 'hard ankle' mine? Hint

Coal

Gold

Diamonds

Silver

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Question 18 of 25

18. What eastern state made it illegal to greet someone by placing your thumb on your nose and wiggling your fingers? Hint

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

New York

Vermont

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Question 19 of 25

19. What American composer, when told his new piece of music didn't sound like music, retorted 'What does sound have to do with music'? Hint

Elvis Presley

Karen Carpenter

Mickey Dolenz

Charles Ives

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Question 20 of 25

20. What Ivy League University awarded an honorary degree to Davy Crockett? Hint

Harvard

Northeastern

Columbia

William and Mary

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Question 21 of 25

21. What Shakespeare play's lead role did a Capetown, South Africa production omit? Hint

'Othello'

'Hamlet'

'Romeo and Juliet'

'Henry V'

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Question 22 of 25

22. What beauty magazine for teenagers was founded by Helen Valentine in 1944? Hint

Seventeen

Sixteen

Young Miss

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Question 23 of 25

23. What Hungarian dish served to 'Roaring '20s' mobsters was slang for phony information?

Answer: (Think Meat (one word))

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Question 24 of 25

24. How many of every five predictions in the 'Old Farmer's Almanac are accurate? Hint

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Question 25 of 25

25. What in mobster parlance is a 'heater'? Hint

A gun

A fellow mobster

A bullet

A trick

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many acts are there in Eugene O'Neill's 'Long Day's Journey Into Night'?

Answer: 4

There are 4 acts.

2. How many months away from 1960 was 117-year-old Walter Williams, the last Civil War vet, when he passed on?

Answer: 1 month

He was 1 month away when he died in December 1959.

3. What Humphrey Bogart wartime hit almost had a new title because publicity men thought the original sounded like a beer name?

Answer: Casablanca

The movie was Casablanca which was made in 1942.

4. What did Beeman Chemical Company once advertise as 'A Delicious Remedy for Indigestion and Seasickness'?

Answer: Chewing Gum

They once said that chewing gum cured all those things.

5. How many points did Pop Warner suggest a football team get for a first down in 1928?

Answer: 1

He suggested that a team get 1 point. Could you imagine what the scores would be?

6. What was 'Life' magazine originally slated to be called?

Answer: 'Look'

It was originally to be called 'Look'.

7. What fictional detective's L. A. office is found in the Cahuenga Building?

Answer: Philip Marlowe

His name was Philip Marlowe.

8. What writer of mysteries penned 'Evil Under the Sun'?

Answer: Agatha Christie

It was by the great detective writer, Agatha Christie.

9. What piece was featured on a Philadelphia Orchestra LP whose cover pictured an apple and a bow and arrow?

Answer: 'The William Tell Overture'

It was 'The William Tell Overture'.

10. What did 'human fly' D. D. Roland carry on his shoulders while walking on building ledges blindfolded?

Answer: His wife

11. Who crashed his XF-11 plane in Beverly Hills breaking his skull, nose and nine ribs, and getting third-degree burns?

Answer: Howard Hughes

Amazingly with all those injuries he lived.

12. What comic strip characters yielded eggs, butter and milk, and turned into different meats depending on how they were cooked?

Answer: Schmoos

Interesting characters those Schmoos.

13. What comic strip was inspired by the Haverhill Massachusetts High School Class of 1940?

Answer: Archie

14. What dance did William and Mary College ban in the '20s because it didn't emphasize 'grace and beauty'?

Answer: The Charleston

15. What ancient book was banned in the Soviet Union in 1931?

Answer: The Bible

16. What president's portrait did Norman Rockwell paint for the cover of the October 11, 1952 'Saturday Evening Post'?

Answer: Dwight David Eisenhower

17. What did a 'hard ankle' mine?

Answer: Coal

18. What eastern state made it illegal to greet someone by placing your thumb on your nose and wiggling your fingers?

Answer: New York

19. What American composer, when told his new piece of music didn't sound like music, retorted 'What does sound have to do with music'?

Answer: Charles Ives

20. What Ivy League University awarded an honorary degree to Davy Crockett?

Answer: Harvard

21. What Shakespeare play's lead role did a Capetown, South Africa production omit?

Answer: 'Othello'

22. What beauty magazine for teenagers was founded by Helen Valentine in 1944?

Answer: Seventeen

23. What Hungarian dish served to 'Roaring '20s' mobsters was slang for phony information?

Answer: Goulash

24. How many of every five predictions in the 'Old Farmer's Almanac are accurate?

Answer: 4

Four of every 5 or 80 percent are accurate.

25. What in mobster parlance is a 'heater'?

Answer: A gun

Source: Author daisyduke71

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