Obscure Trivia #30

Select the correct answer from the choices provided … if you dare.

Some questions may be in this format:

A : B :: C : ?

This is known as an analogy. It is read as “A is to B as C is to what? So, the answer to the analogy “dog : canine :: cat : ?” is “feline.” Canine has the same relationship to dog as feline has to cat.

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1. Viagra was originally developed to treat …
Drugs.com
peripheral artery disease
diabetes
depression
pulmonary hypertension
2. The number of U.S. youth cancer deaths …
U.S. News & World Report
outstrips youth deaths from gun violence.
has remained stagnant due to decreased research funding.
fell 23% between 2001 and 2021.
increased threefold between 2016 and 2023.
3. Which statement about dwarf planet Pluto is true?
NASA
Pluto wasn’t discovered until 1897.
Pluto is 1/6 the diameter of Earth.
Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2010.
Pluto is almost the same size as dwarf planet Eris.
4. Which country was rated the most fun in 2023 by U.S. News & World Report?
U.S. News & World Report
Brazil
Spain
France
Thailand
5. Which U.S. President donated his entire presidential and congressional salaries to charity?
Library of Congress Blogs
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Herbert Hoover
Donald Trump
6. What can some platypuses release through their pores?
Wikipedia
Perspiration
Toxins
Milk
Urine
7. A flock of cormorants is called …
National Park Service
a guzzle
a choke
a gulp
a hack
8. What was the title of the first ever feature-length film?
Wikipedia
Wings (US)
Birth of a Nation (US)
The Story of the Kelly Gang (Australia)
With Our King and Queen Through India (UK)
9. United Kingdom : Anglo- : : Sparta : ?
Wiktionary
Spartan-
Sparto-
Lacono-
Sparo-
10. Athletic footware giant Nike, Inc. was founded as …
Wikipedia
Number One Sports
Blue Ribbon Sports
Top Tier Sports
Gold Medal Sports
11. Algedonics is the scientific study of …
Wiktionary
pleasure and pain responses.
ocean waves, tides and currents.
algae.
wind.
12. In 2023, archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority found what in a cave overlooking the Dead Sea?
Archaeology Magazine
What might be a piece of the Ark of the Covenant
An iPhone 3GS
Pottery containing scrolls written in Persian, with a side-by-side Hebrew translation
Roman swords
13. In order to keep feral pig populations in Texas stable, it is necessary to harvest what percentage of the total population?
Wikipedia
35%
66%
50%
80%
14. 23-year-old student Tapala Nadamuni of India has created the world’s smallest …
Guinness World Records
doll house.
lawn mower.
vacuum cleaner.
automobile.
15. What is a buddle?
Wiktionary
Part of an oil rig.
A type of excavator with a short swing radius.
An apparatus for washing ore.
A big puddle.
16. In Jacksonville, North Carolina, it can be considered a nuisance if a resident …
Jacksonville, North Carolina Code of Ordinances sections, § 14-13
boards a public conveyance while it is in motion.
leaves indoor furniture out of doors.
fails to fence in a pool of water that is 10” or more in depth.
permits noxious weeds to grow higher than 8”.
17. Which U.S. state did U.S. News & World Report rank #1 for education in 2023?
U.S. News & World Report
Massachusetts
New Jersey
California
Florida
18. canine : dog : : vespine : ?
Wiktionary
lizard
bat
sparrow
wasp
19. A person living with alektorophobia is unlikely to …
Wiktionary
eat shellfish.
use electric appliances.
vote.
clean a chicken coop.
20. The village of Bald Head is located in which U.S. state?
Wikipedia
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Washington
Maine
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