Obscure Trivia #35

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. Nathaniel Hawthorne (author of The Scarlet Letter and other works) died while on a leisure trip to the White Mountains of Vermont with which former U.S. President?
Library of Congress Blogs
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
James Buchanan
Franklin Pierce
2. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 2023 National Health Interview Survey, what percentage of Americans reported an asthma episode in the past twelve months?
CDC
2.1%
5.1%
3.8%
4.2%
3. U.S. News & World Report ranked this country the friendliest in 2023.
U.S. News & World Report
New Zealand
United States
Canada
Australia
4. An alternate term for a herd of elephants is …
San Diego Zoo via Web Archive
a remembrance
a daisy chain
a memory
a nostalgia
5. Jesse Rood of Nebraska recently reclaimed his farthest distance axe throw record by throwing an axe …
Guinness World Records
27.20 m (89 ft 2 in)
36.89 m (121.03 ft)
40.10 m (131.56 ft)
43.58 m (143 ft)
6. Something that is helcoid is, quite simply…
Wiktionary
healing
hellish
smelly
ulcerous
7. The Artemis Accords are multilateral agreements that deal with …
Wikipedia
climate migration
marine plastic pollution
peaceful use of astronomical objects
forest conservation
8. Sodium nitrite (NaNO2) was developed as an antidote to cyanide poisoning, but is also used to …
TED Blog
cure meats
disinfect snake bites
induce vomiting
treat skin infections
9. Onychotillomania is a compulsion to …
Wiktionary
tap one’s toes
pick at one’s fingernails
twist one’s hair
scratch oneself
10. In August, 2024, researchers from Curtis University determined that Stonehenge’s 5m x 1m x 50cm altar stone was originally transported from …
ScienceDaily
Normandy
Wales
Scotland
Scandinavia
11. A visit to a practitioner of ceromancy will result in your fortune being told using …
Wiktionary
animal brains
swirls formed by pouring red liquid into oil
cloud formations
wax drippings
12. The unincorporated community of Good Grief is located in which U.S. state?
Wikipedia
Idaho
Maine
Wyoming
Tennessee
13. About what percentage of U.S. homes had electricity in 1950?
U.S. Census Bureau
94%
99%
89%
97%
14. A female baboon is called …
Wiktionary
a babuina
a she-baboon
a matron
a queen
15. If not for a threatened lawsuit, Playboy magazine would have been named …
Wikipedia
Stag Party
Top Hat
Player
Bachelor Life
16. Gnomonics is the study of …
Wikipedia
global genomics
little people
folk tales
sundials
17. feline : cat : : fringilline : ?
Wiktionary
newt
hummingbird
finch
mink
18. According to U.S. News & World Report, this U.S. state offered the most opportunity in 2023.
U.S. News & World Report
New York
Vermont
Pennsylvania
California
19. Where are you unlikely to spend time if you live with coimetrophobia?
Wiktionary
A doctor’s office
A church
A cemetery
A carnival or circus
20. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), streaming services accounted for what percentage of U.S. recorded music revenue in 2023?
RIAA
91%
77%
84%
66%
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