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Trivia Stew no. 2 Trivia Quiz

This is your second helping of stew. I hope you like the flavour!

A multiple-choice quiz by shady_shaker. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
shady_shaker

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
142,420

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1388

Last 3 plays: Guest 97 (8/10), Guest 175 (6/10), Guest 172 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. In which state was Britney Spears born? Hint

Georgia

Kentucky

Mississippi

Tennessee

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the name of the boat on "Gilligan's Island"? Hint

SS Minnow

SS Harpoon

SS Swordfish

SS Octopus

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos? Hint

Handel

Brahms

Mozart

J.S. Bach

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of the following is not a novel by P.D. James? Hint

The Black Tower

Cause of Death

A Taste for Death

Original Sin

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Question 5 of 10

5. What type of sea creature is abalone? Hint

mollusc

fish

squid

clam

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which city is set to become Tanzania's next capital, replacing Dar-es-Salaam? Hint

Bukoba

Mbeya

Dodoma

Tabora

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who am I? I was born on November 7, 1943 in Fort McLeod, Alberta and later lived in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Hint

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mestrell

Jodi Mitchell

Jenny Minchell

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who first discovered that the earth revolves around the sun? Hint

Galilei Galileo

Thomas Digges

Tycho Brahe

Nicolaus Copernicus

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Question 9 of 10

9. What were the first two sites in the United States to be World Heritage listed? Hint

Mesa Verde and Yellowstone National Park.

Grand Canyon National Park and Everglades National Park

Mammoth Cave National Park and Olympic National Park

Independence Hall and Redwood National Park

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Question 10 of 10

10. What are the full given names of O.J. Simpson? Hint

Oliver John

Orenthal James

Orton Jack

Obadiah Joshua

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Nov 21 2024 : Guest 175: 6/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In which state was Britney Spears born?

Answer: Mississippi

Britney was born in the small Mississippi township of McComb in 1981, the second of three children. She first sang in public at her church's Christmas service when she was four. Her first album "Baby One More Time" was released in 1999.

2. What was the name of the boat on "Gilligan's Island"?

Answer: SS Minnow

"Gilligan's Island" screened from 1964 to 1967 on CBS. The cast included Bob Denver as Gilligan, Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III,
Tina Louise as Ginger Grant and Dawn Wells as Mary Ann Summers.

3. Who composed the Brandenburg Concertos?

Answer: J.S. Bach

Bach composed the six Brandenburg Concertos around 1708, and dedicated
them to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721.

4. Which of the following is not a novel by P.D. James?

Answer: Cause of Death

"Cause of Death" was written by Patricia Cornwell, one of her Kay
Scarpetta mysteries.

5. What type of sea creature is abalone?

Answer: mollusc

Abalone is a uni-valve gastropod of the genus Haliotis. Its flesh
resembles that of clam meat. The shell lining is used to make buttons and other goods.

6. Which city is set to become Tanzania's next capital, replacing Dar-es-Salaam?

Answer: Dodoma

Tanzania's Legislative Offices are now located in Dodoma, and the
National Assembly convenes there regularly.

7. Who am I? I was born on November 7, 1943 in Fort McLeod, Alberta and later lived in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Answer: Joni Mitchell

Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell has had a distinguished musical career.
Born Roberta Joan Anderson, Joni overcame polio as a child. Perhaps
her best-known song "Big Yellow Taxi" was from her 1970 album,
"Ladies of the Canyon".

8. Who first discovered that the earth revolves around the sun?

Answer: Nicolaus Copernicus

Ptolemy had conceived the notion that the sun and other heavenly bodies revolve around the earth in the second century AD. Despite
certain misgivings his theory persisted until "The First Account of the Revolutionary Book by Copernicus" was published in 1740 by Rheticus, a friend of Copernicus.

9. What were the first two sites in the United States to be World Heritage listed?

Answer: Mesa Verde and Yellowstone National Park.

Located on the Monte Verde plateau in south-west Colorado, Mesa Verde
consists of some 4,400 ancestral Pueblo Indian dwellings, dating from
the 6th to the 12th centuries AD.

Yellowstone became the first National Park in the world when it was
established in 1872. Two-thirds of the world's geysers are to be found in Yellowstone.

The two sites were placed on the World Heritage Register in 1979.

10. What are the full given names of O.J. Simpson?

Answer: Orenthal James

Ex-American footballer O.J. Simpson was born in San Francisco in 1947.
He won the Heisman trophy as best college player of 1968. He played for the Buffalo Bills from 1969 to 1977 and for the San Francisco 49ers in 1978 and 1979. He was acquitted in October 1995 of his ex-wife's 1994 murder.

Source: Author shady_shaker

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