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Where, What, Who and How 2 Trivia Quiz

My second "Where, What, Who and How" quiz. Again, the title describes how the 20 questions are arranged.

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

Author
tjoebigham

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
137,605

Updated
Jul 22 23

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
8 / 20

Plays
4403

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Question 1 of 20

1. Where was the game of dominoes invented? Hint

China

France

Spain

Japan

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Question 2 of 20

2. Where was the Olympic flame introduced to the Olympic games? Hint

Rome

Paris

Amsterdam

New York

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Question 3 of 20

3. Where was Tennessee Williams born? Hint

Alabama

Mississippi

Louisiana

Georgia

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Question 4 of 20

4. Where is Earth's ocean water saltiest? Hint

at the Sargasso Sea

at the Mediterranean

at the Pacific

at the Poles

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Question 5 of 20

5. Where is almost all the U.S.' commercial ginger grown? Hint

Louisiana

Idaho

Montana

Hawaii

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Question 6 of 20

6. One of Steinbeck's best known books is "East of Eden", filmed by Elia Kazan and starring James Dean. What Biblical land was east of Eden? Hint

Moab

Canaan

Philistia

Nod

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Question 7 of 20

7. You all know Mr. Magoo, the nearsighted old codger voiced by Jim Backus. But do you know what is his first name? Hint

Poindexter

Horatio

Quincy

Percival

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Question 8 of 20

8. What is the only bird known to have nostrils at the tip of its beak? Hint

roadrunner

kiwi

rhea

woodpecker

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Question 9 of 20

9. "-ology" means study, of course; psychologists, conchologists, zoologists, et al. What do psephologists study? Hint

septic systems

elections and polls

winds

siphons

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Question 10 of 20

10. What popular toy did U.S. soldiers in the Vietnam War use for makeshift radio antennas? Hint

Whee-Lo

Hula Hoop

Silly Putty

Slinky

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Question 11 of 20

11. Who was the first American to suggest Daylight Saving Time? Hint

Thomas Jefferson

Alexander Hamilton

George Washington

Benjamin Franklin

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Question 12 of 20

12. Who designed St. Louis' famed Gateway Arch? Hint

Le Corbusier

Eero Saarinen

Frank Lloyd Wright

Walter Gropius

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Question 13 of 20

13. Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction? Hint

Dorothy Parker

Gertrude Stein

Edith Wharton

Anita Loos

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Question 14 of 20

14. Who was the first mathematician to use X to symbolise unknown factors? Hint

Isaac Newton

Leonardo DaVinci

Leonard Euler

Rene Descartes

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Question 15 of 20

15. Ever read the Jonathan Swift masterwork "Gulliver's Travels"? If so, do you know who lived in Glubbdubdrib? Hint

giants

sorcerers

talking horses

madmen

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Question 16 of 20

16. How high must the sun be above the horizon for a rainbow to form? Hint

10 degrees or less

40 degrees or less

35 degrees or less

60 degrees or less

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Question 17 of 20

17. How many notes are in a traditional Chinese music scale? Hint

four

ten

five

seven

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Question 18 of 20

18. How wide is Atlantic City's famous boardwalk? Hint

10 feet

50 feet

60 feet

20 feet

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Question 19 of 20

19. How many toes do most cats have? Hint

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Question 20 of 20

20. Everyone knows of the famed "Oscar" statuette. How much does it weigh? Hint

8 1/2 pounds

99 44/100 pounds

6 7/8 pounds

57 pounds

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where was the game of dominoes invented?

Answer: China

Many centuries ago, the game of dominoes was born in China, along with movable type, pasta, gunpowder...

2. Where was the Olympic flame introduced to the Olympic games?

Answer: Amsterdam

It was in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1928, that the Olympic flame ceremony became a part of the modern Games.

3. Where was Tennessee Williams born?

Answer: Mississippi

Born Thomas Lanier, Williams got his nickname in college because his father was from Tennessee, and he decided to keep it.

4. Where is Earth's ocean water saltiest?

Answer: at the Poles

When water freezes at the Poles, the salt sinks, leaving saltier water below, while the fresh water is left in the polar ice sheets.

5. Where is almost all the U.S.' commercial ginger grown?

Answer: Hawaii

Ginger is also grown in Florida and California, but nearly the bulk of it comes from the Aloha State, where it became an important crop in the 1980's.

6. One of Steinbeck's best known books is "East of Eden", filmed by Elia Kazan and starring James Dean. What Biblical land was east of Eden?

Answer: Nod

Nod was the land Cain was exiled to after killing brother Abel. Steinbeck's novel is a retelling of the Cain and Abel story, hence the title.

7. You all know Mr. Magoo, the nearsighted old codger voiced by Jim Backus. But do you know what is his first name?

Answer: Quincy

Yes, his name is Quincy! Not to be confused with Jack Klugman's crime-solving coroner in the show of the same name or award-winning composer Quincy Jones!

8. What is the only bird known to have nostrils at the tip of its beak?

Answer: kiwi

New Zealand's national bird hunts for insects by smell, so it needs its nostrils. Kiwi shoe polish, of course was named for the bird, which is also the brand's logo, because its creator was married to a New Zealand woman.

9. "-ology" means study, of course; psychologists, conchologists, zoologists, et al. What do psephologists study?

Answer: elections and polls

Psephologists study elections and polls; their name comes from the Greek for "election".

10. What popular toy did U.S. soldiers in the Vietnam War use for makeshift radio antennas?

Answer: Slinky

The Vietnam soldiers found that, when slung over tree branches, Slinkies made great antennas!

11. Who was the first American to suggest Daylight Saving Time?

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Franklin first proposed the idea in his 1784 essay "An Economical Project" (though it wasn't' put into effect until WW1.)

12. Who designed St. Louis' famed Gateway Arch?

Answer: Eero Saarinen

It was the Finnish architect who designed the 630 ft. high Arch (America's tallest memorial!) to commemorate America's western expansion.

13. Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction?

Answer: Edith Wharton

After a long career, stretching from the late 19th century, Wharton was awarded the Pulitzer for her 1921 look back at the New York of her youth, "The Age of Innocence" (filmed by Martin Scorsese).

14. Who was the first mathematician to use X to symbolise unknown factors?

Answer: Rene Descartes

Yes, it was Rene "Cogito, Ergo Sum" Descartes who first used X to stand for unknowns in mathematical formulae in his 1637 "La Geometrie" (along with Y and Z).

15. Ever read the Jonathan Swift masterwork "Gulliver's Travels"? If so, do you know who lived in Glubbdubdrib?

Answer: sorcerers

In the book, the land of the giants was Brobdingnag, the talking horses or Houhnnyms lived in the land known as the "land of Houhnnyms", but sorcerers lived in Glubdubdrib.

16. How high must the sun be above the horizon for a rainbow to form?

Answer: 40 degrees or less

And, of course, lots of moisture drops in the air to break up sunlight into the spectrum!

17. How many notes are in a traditional Chinese music scale?

Answer: five

They are, ascending, gong, shang, jue, zi and yu. They mirror our own do, re, mi, sol and la.

18. How wide is Atlantic City's famous boardwalk?

Answer: 60 feet

Six miles of wood, steel and concrete line the famed resort.

19. How many toes do most cats have?

Answer: 18

Five on each front paw (even the dewclaw) and four on each back paw.

20. Everyone knows of the famed "Oscar" statuette. How much does it weigh?

Answer: 8 1/2 pounds

Sorry, couldn't resist those other two answers! It stands at 13 1/2 inches on a film reel with five spokes, each one symbolizing the Academy's five branches already existing when the awards were first given: actors, writers, directors, producers and technicians. Hope you liked the quiz!

Source: Author tjoebigham

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