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'Y' Not Take This Quiz?

Ten questions concerning the letter 'Y', so 'Y' not sit back and enjoy. Good luck.

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

Author
Ikabud

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
64,869

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
3325

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the name of the instrumental theme of the TV series, 'The Benny Hill Show'? Hint

'Yakety Sax'

'Yellow Sax'

'Yakety Yak'

'Yippy Yak'

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Question 2 of 10

2. He won an Oscar for his role in 1969's 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'. Who was the actor? Hint

Roland Young

Robert Young

Gig Young

Burt Young

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Question 3 of 10

3. What male name means laughter in Hebrew? Hint

Yaakov

Yigael

Yitzhak

Yavin

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Question 4 of 10

4. This baseball Hall of Famer was nicknamed, 'The Yankee Clipper'. Who was he? Hint

Yogi Berra

Lou Gehrig

Joe DiMaggio

Mickey Mantle

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Question 5 of 10

5. The influential British group, The Yardbirds, took their name from a novel by which author? Hint

Ken Kesey

Tom Wolfe

Harold Robbins

Jack Kerouac

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Question 6 of 10

6. What actor's real name is Joe Yule Jr? Hint

Clark Gable

Montgomery Clift

Gary Cooper

Mickey Rooney

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Question 7 of 10

7. Yuengling is the name of the oldest brewery in the United States. Where is it located? Hint

Rhinebeck, New York

Kennebunk, Maine

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Pottsville, Pennsylvania

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is farmer Max Yasgur's claim to fame? Hint

He invented barbed wire

He led the authorities to Bonnie and Clyde

His sheep Dolly was cloned

His land in Bethel, New York was where the Woodstock Festival was held

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Question 9 of 10

9. What English city was once an important Roman military post, an Anglo-Saxon capital, a Danish settlement and then the ecclesiastical centre of Northern England? Hint

Yeovil

York

Yarmouth

Yate

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Question 10 of 10

10. Yuri was the first name of the title character in which Russian novel? Hint

Doctor Zhivago

War and Peace

The Brothers Karamazov

Anna Karenina

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the instrumental theme of the TV series, 'The Benny Hill Show'?

Answer: 'Yakety Sax'

2. He won an Oscar for his role in 1969's 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'. Who was the actor?

Answer: Gig Young

Gig's real name was Byron Barr and he was born on November 4, 1913. All of the other 'Young' choices are fine actors too.

3. What male name means laughter in Hebrew?

Answer: Yitzhak

Yitzhak is a popular name for Israeli leaders. Yitzhak Shamir and Yitzhak Rabin come to mind.

4. This baseball Hall of Famer was nicknamed, 'The Yankee Clipper'. Who was he?

Answer: Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio was so popular with his fans, that during World War II, Japanese soldiers resorted to insulting DiMaggio across battlefields in an attempt to upset American soldiers.

5. The influential British group, The Yardbirds, took their name from a novel by which author?

Answer: Jack Kerouac

The term 'Yardbird' came from the designation given to hobos in one of Kerouac's novels.

6. What actor's real name is Joe Yule Jr?

Answer: Mickey Rooney

A Brooklyn native, Rooney played Andy Hardy in the film series and starred in numerous other films.

7. Yuengling is the name of the oldest brewery in the United States. Where is it located?

Answer: Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Founded in 1829, it is still located there.

8. What is farmer Max Yasgur's claim to fame?

Answer: His land in Bethel, New York was where the Woodstock Festival was held

The rock festival was held on August 15-17, 1969.

9. What English city was once an important Roman military post, an Anglo-Saxon capital, a Danish settlement and then the ecclesiastical centre of Northern England?

Answer: York

The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, or, the York Minster Cathedral, dates back to the thirteenth century.

10. Yuri was the first name of the title character in which Russian novel?

Answer: Doctor Zhivago

The Pasternak novel "Doctor Zhivago" was made into a film in 1965 and starred Omar Sharif in the title role.

Source: Author Ikabud

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