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Novelties From The Past Trivia Quiz

Innovations keep popping up. In cookery, industry, social behaviour , scientific methods, etc. The questions in this quiz are all related to such 'novelties from the past'.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
39,276

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1891

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In 1901 Daimler sold the first Mercedes car. As the car was meant for the French market as well, Daimler had been given the advice to find a name for it that did not sound TOO German. What was his source of inspiration? Hint

the Spanish word merced = favour ; grace

his wife's name

an important customer's daughter's name

the Spanish word mercado = market

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Question 2 of 10

2. Many manufacturers of cars used their own names as brandnames. To which brand in this list does that NOT apply? Hint

Dodge

Buick

de Soto

Ford

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Question 3 of 10

3. About what invention was it said: you cannot make people sit on an explosion? Hint

airplane

motor car

rocket missiles

hydrogen bomb

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who were, literally speaking, the first 'strikers' ? Hint

coal miners

sailors

fruit pickers

weavers

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was - in the literal sense of the word - the first method of 'sabotage' ? Hint

unplugging the machines

destroying looms

disrupting railway tracks

clogging the machines with your wooden shoes

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Question 6 of 10

6. When the English imported a new and fatter type of chicken they called it turkey because that was where they thought it was from. What did the French - who called it dinde or dindon - think it came from? Hint

Indre et Loire in France

Native Americans or Red Indians

India

Daindon in Normandy

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Dutch call the same bird 'kalkoen' . What was their concept of the origins of the bird? Hint

Cairo bird

Caledonian bird

Calcutta bird

Calabrian bird

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Question 8 of 10

8. As soon as the Berlin Wall had fallen a new type of tourist souvenir turned up. Soviet medals and military uniform caps were sold near the Brandenburger Tor. Also those Russian dolls that fit into each other got a new popularity -especially those on the Gorby theme. What is the name for such dolls? Hint

babushkas

matryoshkas

chapkas

blinis

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Question 9 of 10

9. Sometimes a simple idea goes a long way. What was it that the Gideons International introduced? Hint

well-trained guidedogs for the blind

Christian television broadcasts

Bibles in hotel rooms

anti-cursing ads

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Question 10 of 10

10. The invention of ice-cream - as of so many other things - has been attributed to the Chinese. Which of these recipes was the precursor of modern ice-cream? Hint

a mix of milk, cooked rice and snow

frozen orange juice

tiny bits of fruit on a frozen plate

mix of fruit and finely ground ice

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: an important customer's daughter's name

2. Many manufacturers of cars used their own names as brandnames. To which brand in this list does that NOT apply?

Answer: de Soto

Hernando de Soto the Spanish explorer did not design cars - John F. and Horace E. Dodge did; and so did David D.Buick and Henry Ford.

3. About what invention was it said: you cannot make people sit on an explosion?

Answer: motor car

4. Who were, literally speaking, the first 'strikers' ?

Answer: sailors

When sailors felt they did not get enough food , they protested by STRIKING the ship's flag.

5. What was - in the literal sense of the word - the first method of 'sabotage' ?

Answer: clogging the machines with your wooden shoes

Such actions were reported in the industrial north of France.Sabot = wooden shoe

Answer: India

7. The Dutch call the same bird 'kalkoen' . What was their concept of the origins of the bird?

Answer: Calcutta bird

Answer: matryoshkas

Babushkas are scarves worn by women and tied under the chin - Chapkas are a traditional Russian headwear - Blinis are pancakes

9. Sometimes a simple idea goes a long way. What was it that the Gideons International introduced?

Answer: Bibles in hotel rooms

10. The invention of ice-cream - as of so many other things - has been attributed to the Chinese. Which of these recipes was the precursor of modern ice-cream?

Answer: a mix of milk, cooked rice and snow

The other recipes could not be called iceCREAM anyway. - Rather sherbets or granitas.

Source: Author flem-ish

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