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Obscure Trivia #2
Select the correct answer from the choices provided … if you dare.
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1. What is one unusual thing about the annual Fremont Solstice Parade in Seattle?
Most of the bicyclists are nude
Santa Claus makes an appearance
Almost everybody cross-dresses
Everybody walks backwards
2. In 1932, Australian soldiers went to war with …
It was a wildlife management mission. The emus were devastating crops in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region.
Fiji
Drug dealers
New Zealand
Emus
3. More than 25% of Americans believe this fictional character was a real person.
Elmer Fudd
Robinson Crusoe
Huckleberry Finn
Sherlock Holmes
4. The longest place name in the world (Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu) is a hill in which country?
Wales
Tuvalu
Fiji
New Zealand
5. In which city was coffee banned in 1511, due to its imagined propensity for stimulating radical thinking?
Beijing
Delhi
Rome
Mecca
6. Which country entirely banned hula hoops over fears their use would stimulate passion?
Japan also forbade hula hoops, but only on public streets.
China
Vatican City
Indonesia
North Korea
7. Which is the only letter that doesn’t occur in the name of a U.S. state?
New Jersey, New Mexico, and Arizona are examples of the other three.
Z
J
Q
X
8. A group of flamingos is most commonly called a …
Flock
Lawn ornament party
Flamboyance
Pink-out
9. The women in Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club meet to play what game?
Bridge
Touch football
Cribbage
Mahjong
10. Which product was sold in the 1830s as a cure for diarrhea, indigestion, and jaundice?
Dijon mustard
Coca-Cola
Ketchup
Mayonnaise
11. About 50% of which country is covered by forest?
Germany
Canada
Latvia
Russia
12. The pink color of this country’s Lake Hillier remains unexplained by scientists.
Narnia
Grenada
Tanzania
Australia
13. Every month, Thames Water removes about a ton of something at its water treatment plants. What?
Copper coins
Condoms
Bird feathers
Pubic hair
14. Martin Van Buren was the only U.S. President for whom English was a second language. What was his first language?
Spanish
German
French
Dutch
15. Name the major city that is located on two continents.
Panama City
Cairo
Istanbul
Yekaterinburg
16. Name the largest organ in the human body.
Lung
Skin
Liver
Large intestine
17. HOMES is a mnemonic device used to remember what?
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.
The order of mathematical operations
The colors of the rainbow
The notes found on the lines of the treble clef
The names of the Great Lakes
18. What is stored in a camel’s hump?
Fat
Muscle
Maps and spare keys
Water
19. Besides her corruption, Imelda Marcos (former First Lady of the Philippines), is perhaps best known for her collection of …
At one time, Imelda Marcos owned 3,000 pairs of shoes … purchased with government funds.
Antique coins
Barbie dolls
Kitten figurines
Shoes
20. A hallux is more commonly known as a …
European robin
Big toe
Sweatshirt
Sleeping chamber in an ancient Roman house
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