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Trivia Salmagundi Trivia Quiz

Just some odds and ends for my first mixed trivia quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
tjoebigham

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
37,849

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
3 / 10

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2041

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Question 1 of 10

1. What name is shared by a 60's sci-fi cartoon hero and a real-life comic artist? Hint

'Flash' Gordon

Scott McCloud

Buck Rogers

'Brick' Bradford

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the cult superhero comic, 'Gen 13', what is Roxanne Spaulding's alias? Hint

Torchy

Freefall

Invisible Girl

Scarlet Witch

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Question 3 of 10

3. Why did Jack Webb choose the badge number 714 for his Joe Friday character? Hint

Because seven is half of fourteen

It was to be four-one-seven

It's seventy-four with a one in the middle

It was a real-life cop's badge number

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Question 4 of 10

4. What are the badge numbers of Reed and Malloy on Webb's 'Adam-12'? Hint

666 and 1138

133 and 6678

114 and 1492

744 and 2430

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the nationality of the inventor of the paperclip? Hint

Swedish

Norwegian

Danish

Finnish

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the only sea without a coastline?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the documentary, 'Genghis Blues', blind bluesman Paul Pena learned the 'throatsinging' of the Tuva tribesmen of Mongolia. What Steve Miller Band hit did he write? Hint

Jet Airliner

The Joker

Abracadabra

Fly Like An Eagle

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Question 8 of 10

8. What's a 'bug boy' in horse racing? Hint

stable boy who kills flies

a weak colt

horse who attracts flies

apprentice jockey

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Question 9 of 10

9. What does it mean when a hotel guest has been 'walked'? Hint

ejected because he has a pet

walked up a staircase

escorted up to his room

lost his room

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Question 10 of 10

10. What did Hemingway have in common with Lewis Carroll, Malcolm Lowry, Horace McCoy, and Thomas Wolfe? Hint

They all wrote standing up

They were all left-handed

They wrote with typewriters

They all dictated

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What name is shared by a 60's sci-fi cartoon hero and a real-life comic artist?

Answer: Scott McCloud

In the '60's, the fictional McCloud was the title character of 'Space Angel'(another ultra-limited animation effort from the makers of 'Clutch {Cargo');} the real-life McCloud has created the 'Zot!' cult comic and the books 'Understanding Comics' and 'Reinventing Comics'.

2. In the cult superhero comic, 'Gen 13', what is Roxanne Spaulding's alias?

Answer: Freefall

She gets it from her anti-gravity powers.

3. Why did Jack Webb choose the badge number 714 for his Joe Friday character?

Answer: It was a real-life cop's badge number

Although Webb was a baseball fan who knew 714 was Babe Ruth's lifetime home run record, and July 14th was his mother's birthday, 714 was the badge number of Sgt. Dan Cooke, a real-life LAPD detective who was technical director for many "Dragnet" episodes and let Webb use his number for the character Joe Friday.

4. What are the badge numbers of Reed and Malloy on Webb's 'Adam-12'?

Answer: 744 and 2430

If you get the TV Land cable station, you can see for yourself at the end of most of the episodes.

5. What is the nationality of the inventor of the paperclip?

Answer: Norwegian

Though others made other kinds of paper clip before, it's Norway's Johann Vaaler who created the modern paperclip as we know it.

6. What is the only sea without a coastline?

Answer: Sargasso

The fabled 'sea' of seaweed that has been the bane of mariners for centuries.

7. In the documentary, 'Genghis Blues', blind bluesman Paul Pena learned the 'throatsinging' of the Tuva tribesmen of Mongolia. What Steve Miller Band hit did he write?

Answer: Jet Airliner

If you come across a copy of 'Genghis Blues', watch it! And it has 'Jet Airliner' in it, which became a hit for the Miller band!

8. What's a 'bug boy' in horse racing?

Answer: apprentice jockey

So named because he receives a weight allowance or 'bug'.

9. What does it mean when a hotel guest has been 'walked'?

Answer: lost his room

He's lost a room because of overbooking, same as when an airline 'bumps' a passenger.

10. What did Hemingway have in common with Lewis Carroll, Malcolm Lowry, Horace McCoy, and Thomas Wolfe?

Answer: They all wrote standing up

Yes, all wrote standing up! Think of it: 'The Sun Also Rises', 'Alice In Wonderland', 'Under The Volcano', 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?' and 'Look Homeward, Angel' all written by upright authors!(sorry, couldn't resist!)

Source: Author tjoebigham

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