April Fools' Quiz #8 - Statistics

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This quiz has been taken 14,515 times
The average score is 14 of 20

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What year comes after 1 B.C.?	0 A.D.	90%
What is the hottest planet in the Solar System, and also the second smallest?	Mercury	90%
Which continent's life expectancy has decreased in recent decades due to diseases such as HIV and Ebola?	Africa	88%
In what country do sharks, snakes, and crocodiles kill about 10,000 people every year?	Australia	86%
Which U.S. state had the highest COVID death rate, mostly due to overcrowded beaches?	Florida	84%
What is the most valuable crop in the United States? (Hint: it's illegal in many states!)	Marijuana	83%
What famous martial artist was born in Hong Kong in 1941?	Bruce Lee	80%
What 13th century pandemic does the nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosie" refer to?	Black Death	76%
What was Gandhi's first name?	Mahatma	76%
Whose last words were "Et tu, Brute?"	Julius Caesar	73%
Who is credited as the author of 34 plays, even though most of them were written by Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe?	William Shakespeare	71%
What holiday was invented during the Middle Ages as a Jewish alternative to Christmas?	Hanukkah	68%
What holiday was invented by devil worshippers in Salem, Massachusetts in 1645?	Halloween	66%
Who, according to Catholic dogma, cannot possibly make a mistake or commit a sin?	The Pope	66%
Who wrote the famous feminist song "R.E.S.P.E.C.T"?	Aretha Franklin	61%
What sport takes its name from the phrase "Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden"?	Golf	60%
Which European country had the highest COVID death rate in 2020, because they refused to impose any quarantines?	Sweden	59%
In what country would you find the Mojave dessert?	Mexico	58%
Who wrote the song "Nothing Compares 2 U" in 1989 after her husband Seamus left her?	Sinead O'Connor	46%
What type of people are gradually going extinct, with the last one projected to be born somewhere in Scandinavia around 2200 AD?	Blondes	27%

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