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Xcellent Trivia Quiz

10 short questions all involving the letter X.

A multiple-choice quiz by pvk. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
pvk

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
56,629

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3535

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Xanthippe was the wife of which famous Greek philosopher? Hint

Socrates

Aristotle

Plato

Zeno

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who first discovered X-rays? Hint

Einstein

Roentgen

Planck

Thomson

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Question 3 of 10

3. The names of how many countries begin with X (English spelling)? Hint

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Question 4 of 10

4. What does the 'xero' mean in 'xerox'? Hint

wet

dry

dark

light

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Question 5 of 10

5. Xhosa is spoken on what continent? Hint

Africa

Asia

South-America

Australia

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Question 6 of 10

6. Xenophobia is the fear of ...? Hint

the number ten

Lucy Lawless

foreigners

noble gases

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Question 7 of 10

7. Xylography is better known as? Hint

gold digging

handwriting

silver plating

wood carving

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Question 8 of 10

8. Xiphoid leaves are shaped like a ...? Hint

revolver

spear

sword

cannon

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Question 9 of 10

9. The roman number XXX stands for ...? Hint

300

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Question 10 of 10

10. Xanthi is a place in ...? Hint

Mongolia

China

Greece

Germany

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Xanthippe was the wife of which famous Greek philosopher?

Answer: Socrates

Not the kindest of people by all accounts. In many languages the word 'xant(h)ippe' is used for an ill-tempered woman.

2. Who first discovered X-rays?

Answer: Roentgen

He did the first X-ray scan on the hand of his wife.

3. The names of how many countries begin with X (English spelling)?

Answer: 0

It's the only letter of the alphabet that doesn't occur at the beginning of any country name.

4. What does the 'xero' mean in 'xerox'?

Answer: dry

From Greek. The ink used in xerography is in powder form (dry) as opposed to the then normal 'wet' form of copying (by means of a dampened sheet of thin tissue paper) patented by James Watt of steam engine fame.

5. Xhosa is spoken on what continent?

Answer: Africa

Spoken in South Africa by the Xhosa people. The language has three distinct click sounds.

6. Xenophobia is the fear of ...?

Answer: foreigners

Again from Greek 'xenos': unknown, foreign.

7. Xylography is better known as?

Answer: wood carving

From xylos wood - like xylophone, xylocarp etc.

8. Xiphoid leaves are shaped like a ...?

Answer: sword

Revolver-shaped leaves are rarely found in nature, I believe.

9. The roman number XXX stands for ...?

Answer: 30

Three tens makes thirty.

10. Xanthi is a place in ...?

Answer: Greece

It has a famous carnival.

Source: Author pvk

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