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Obscure Trivia #36

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. The antidepressant Remeron (mirtazapine) is sometimes prescribed to patients who need to …
K Health
slow bone density loss
gain weight
stop smoking
lose weight
2. The population of the U.S., as of the 1950 census was …
U.S. Census Bureau
201,212,684
151,325,798
171,440,980
136,257,441
3. Revenues from paid subscriptions to music streaming services grew by how much in the U.S. in 2023?
RIAA
16%
7%
14%
9%
4. The record for the number of days spent in space is …
Space
350 days
340 days
371 days
437 days
5. Which U.S. President was the first to appear in a dramatic film (i.e., not a newsreel)?
Library of Congress Blogs
Grover Cleveland
Ronald Reagan
Donald Trump
Theodore Roosevelt
6. According to the U.N., the global production of primary crop commodities increased between 2000 and 2021. By how much?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
54%
12%
27%
30%
7. canine : dog : : elaphine : ?
Wiktionary
gazelle
jellyfish
elephant
red deer
8. Mary Yongai, of Sierra Leone, recently earned a world record for …
Guinness World Records
performing 111 cosmetic makeovers in 24 hours
the longest blindfolded basketball shot by a woman (18.28 m / 60 ft)
27 successive hurdle hops
growing the largest ever cassava (4.7 m / 15.42 ft)
9. Visiting a practitioner of acultomancy will result in your fortune being told using …
Wiktionary
bat wings
mosses
crystals
needles
10. In October 2024, scientists discovered the 237 million-year-old fossil of Gondwanax paraisensis in …
Reuters
western China
Indonesia
Siberia
southern Brazil
11. A female squirrel is known as …
Wiktionary
a jenny
a doe
a squirreless
a jill
12. The science of measuring heights is called …
Wiktionary
acropology
staturology
hypsography
altimography
13. The city of Three Way is located in which U.S. state?
Wikipedia
New Hampshire
Tennessee
Texas
California
14. A herd of stud horses can be called …
Wiktionary
a fraternity
a harras
a band
a stag
15. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 2023 National Health Interview Survey, what percentage of Americans reported living with diagnosed hypertension (high blood pressure) in the past 12 months?
CDC
22.7%
16.3%
27.6%
18.9%
16. Web services provider Yahoo began its life as a web page called …
Wikipedia
Jerry and David's guide to the World Wide Web
Woohah!
WWW Directory
The Magic Portal
17. It might be clearer to refer to something that is eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious as being …
Wiktionary
excessively long
good
ugly
cheap
18. Individuals living with klazomania struggle with a compulsion to …
Wikipedia
scream or shout
touch things they shouldn’t
pick at scabs and bumps
blink their eyes
19. The first practical modern automobile was built in …
Wikipedia
1891
1909
1885
1902
20. If you live with siderodromophobia, what are you most unlikely to do?
Wiktionary
Ride in a train
Pass another vehicle
Weigh yourself
Roll your eyes
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