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Obscure Trivia #13
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.
This is a challenging quiz, but I can almost guarantee you will learn something from it.
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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.
This is a challenging quiz, but I can almost guarantee you will learn something from it.
Constructive criticism is welcome. Please rate this quiz. Subscribe to get a notification when I release a new quiz.
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1. Police in Coralville, Iowa shut down a four-year-old’s lemonade stand because …
The permit would have cost $400. At $.25 per glass, she would have had to have sold 1,600 glasses to break even (not counting supplies and labor). (Source: The Gazette, 2 Aug 2011)
Her lemonade was too tart
Her lemonade was tied to a salmonella outbreak
She was price gouging
She didn’t have the right permit
2. The unincorporated community of Forks of Salmon is located in which U.S. state?
The name comes from the community’s position in between the north and south forks of the Salmon River. (Source: Wikipedia)
Maine
California
New Hampshire
Washington
3. Which former U.S. President, representing Virginia, voted to secede from the U.S. at the Peace Conference of 1861, before being elected to the Confederate House of Representatives?
Tyler died in 1862, before he began his term in the Confederate legislature. (Source: Library of Congress Blogs)
James Knox Polk
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
John Tyler
4. Brasil : Brazil :: Lietuva : ?
(Source: worldatlas.com)
Slovenia
Lesotho
Latvia
Lithuania
5. According to legend, which deposed English king was killed by having a red-hot poker thrust up his anus?
At Berkeley Castle on 21 September 1327. Sources: Historic UK, St Neots Museum.
Richard II
Edward I “Longshanks”
Edward II
Charles I
6. Which of the following is NOT a variety of Hostess Twinkies?
(Source: taquitos.net)
Ogre Green Creamy Filling
Red, White & Blue
Devil’s Food
Mixed Berry
7. Which U.S. state is the only one whose official drink is an alcoholic beverage?
Conecuh Ridge Alabama Fine Whiskey. (Source: Reader’s Digest)
New Mexico
Texas
West Virginia
Alabama
8. Fleas can jump distances that are how many times their body length?
This is equivalent to a human jumping as high as the Empire State Building. (Source: Fact Animal)
200
400
50
100
9. Laid end-to-end, how many times could an adult’s blood vessels circle the equator?
(Source: natgeokids.com)
5
1
4
3.5
10. How many times more than humans are giraffes likely to be struck by lightning?
(Source: BBC Science Focus)
30
10
50
15
11. Mercury and Venus are the only two planets in our solar system with no …
(Source: The Fact Site)
Moons
Inhabitants
Land
Atmosphere
12. Rodents can’t …
(Source: Forest Preserve District Will County)
Vomit
See well during the day
Hear the human voice
Reproduce in captivity
13. A coalition is a group of what animal?
(Sources: Arapahoe Libraries, African Safaris Ltd)
Bison
Orangutans
Panthers
Cheetahs
14. Rice crackers studded with baked-in wasps are sold in …
The crackers, called jibachi senbei, contain digger wasps. (Sources: Atlas Obscura, Hostel World)
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
Vietnam
15. What is it called when you just can’t remember that word that’s on the tip of your tongue?
(Source: wordfinder.yourdictionary.com)
Temporary amnesia
Senility
Lethonomia
Lethologica
16. A 2009 study suggested that the game Tetris can reduce …
(Source: Reader’s Digest)
Weight
Hunger
Trauma
The ability to sleep
17. How many US states do not officially observe Daylight Saving Time?
Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Nation) and Hawaii. (Sources: Delaware Online, The Hill)
0
3
1
2
18. What is the average time, in years, it takes to grow a Christmas tree?
(Sources: realchristmastrees.org, Michigan State University)
7
5
10
15
19. Anthropophobia is a fear of what?
(Source: Cleveland Clinic)
People
Dead bodies
Cartoon animals that behave like humans
Ancient objects
20. Which country has more pyramids than any other?
(Sources: Science Alert, Reader’s Digest, Wikipedia)
Egypt
Sudan
Mexico
Peru
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