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Obscure Trivia #15

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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Last updated: August 19, 2024
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1. Osamu Tezuka is considered to be the father of …
Source.
Manga and Anime
food flavoring
the microprocessor
bionanotechnology
2. In Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, it is illegal to …
Source.
pretend to sleep on a public bench
change clothes in a car parked in your garage
wear a hat that obscures the view of people sitting behind you
whisper in church
3. The space between galaxies …
Source.
has an average of one atom per cubic meter
is always very small
frequently contains a black hole
is completely empty
4. About how much saliva, on average, does a human mouth produce in one day?
Source.
1 cup
1 pint
1 gallon
1 liter/litre
5. Fugu, a type of pufferfish, is a delicacy in Japan. However, it contains tetrodotoxin, a deadly nerve-paralyzing toxin. If not prepared properly, a single fugu contains enough toxin to kill how many people?
Source.
7
50
25
30
6. A group of ferrets is called a …
Source.
nest
coterie
business
crash
7. How tall was the largest chocolate Easter egg ever made?
Source.
34’ 1.05” (10.38987 meters)
10’ 3.75” (3.14325 meters)
16’ (4.8768 meters)
41’ 2.5” (12.5603 meters)
8. The city of Kosciusko, Mississippi is named after …
Source.
a Native American tribe that lived in the area before being forced to migrate west
the city’s founder
a Polish officer who served with the Continental Army during the Revolution
the Native American name for the nearby Yockanookany River
9. Who was the first U.S. President born in the United States?
Source.
George Washington
Martin Van Buren
Millard Fillmore
John Adams
10. United Kingdom : Anglo- :: Afghanistan : ?
Source.
Afghano-
Afghani-
Afghan-
Afgho-
11. Constantinople : Istanbul :: New Amsterdam : ?
Source.
Kinderhook, NY
New Zealand
New York City
New York state
12. The demonym for someone from the Republic of Seychelles is …
Source.
Seychellian
Seychellan
Seychellois
Seychellese
13. When Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury was executed in 1541, how many strokes of the axe did it reportedly take her inexperienced executioner to sever her head from her body?
Source.
6
11
3
16
14. The town of Swastika was established in 1908 in which location?
Source.
Alabama, U.S.A.
Bedfordshire, U.K.
Ontario, Canada
County Cork, Ireland
15. The average lifespan of a narwhal is …
Source.
65 years
45 years
90 years
150 years
16. Pysanka is …
Source.
a notorious Russian gulag
a type of Polish fruit-flavored vodka
a traditional Belarusian festival
the Ukrainian art of decorating Easter eggs
17. Chrometophobia is a fear of what?
Source.
Wearing clothes that don’t match
Spending any money
Bright colors
Contracting a disease from touching money
18. The first video game created solely for entertainment (i.e., not for demonstration or research) was called …
Source 1. Source 2.
Tennis for Two
Spacewar!
Tetris
Pong
19. Biogeography is a specialized subdivision of which branch of science?
Source.
Archaeology
Zoology
Biology
Paleontology
20. The most popular flavor of Jelly Belly jelly beans has nearly always been Very Cherry, except for the period from 1998-2003, when another flavor was briefly the most popular. Which flavor?
Source.
Buttered Popcorn
Piña Colada
Chocolate Pudding
Strawberry Cheesecake
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4 Comments
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Level 67
Aug 19, 2024
First time seeing a 0% on this series - good question! The Tennis For Two question is equally absurd.

Good work on the double bluff for Osamu Tezuka.

Not sure if you've changed this in future but it would be nice to have the ft/in measurements in metres too (and spelling "liter" as litre).

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Level 77
Aug 19, 2024
Always good to hear from you.

I try to remember to provide metric measurements, but I am not always successful. In general, I am making an effort to make my quizzes less U.S.-centric (except for the ones that are U.S.-centric by nature, e.g. quizzes about Presidents) by including metric measurements, including translations from American English to rest-of-world English (when known), and other measures. I will consider updating this quiz … but it will be a little painful, as it will reset the statistics for this quiz.

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Level 67
Aug 20, 2024
Ah I didn't realise that re-wording answers resets the statistics - probably best to keep it as is :)
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Level 77
Aug 20, 2024
Too late!