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Obscure Trivia #2
Select the correct answer from the choices provided … if you dare.
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| First submitted | October 8, 2023 |
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1. What is one unusual thing about the annual Fremont Solstice Parade in Seattle?
Santa Claus makes an appearance
Most of the bicyclists are nude
Everybody walks backwards
Almost everybody cross-dresses
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.
Drug dealers
Emus
New Zealand
Fiji
3. More than 25% of Americans believe this fictional character was a real person.
Huckleberry Finn
Robinson Crusoe
Elmer Fudd
Sherlock Holmes
4. The longest place name in the world (Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu) is a hill in which country?
Wales
Fiji
New Zealand
Tuvalu
5. In which city was coffee banned in 1511, due to its imagined propensity for stimulating radical thinking?
Delhi
Beijing
Mecca
Rome
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
North Korea
Vatican City
Indonesia
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.
J
X
Z
Q
8. A group of flamingos is most commonly called a …
Flock
Lawn ornament party
Pink-out
Flamboyance
9. The women in Amy Tan’s Joy Luck Club meet to play what game?
Mahjong
Cribbage
Touch football
Bridge
10. Which product was sold in the 1830s as a cure for diarrhea, indigestion, and jaundice?
Dijon mustard
Ketchup
Mayonnaise
Coca-Cola
11. About 50% of which country is covered by forest?
Latvia
Russia
Canada
Germany
12. The pink color of this country’s Lake Hillier remains unexplained by scientists.
Grenada
Narnia
Australia
Tanzania
13. Every month, Thames Water removes about a ton of something at its water treatment plants. What?
Pubic hair
Condoms
Copper coins
Bird feathers
14. Martin Van Buren was the only U.S. President for whom English was a second language. What was his first language?
Spanish
German
Dutch
French
15. Name the major city that is located on two continents.
Panama City
Istanbul
Yekaterinburg
Cairo
16. Name the largest organ in the human body.
Lung
Liver
Skin
Large intestine
17. HOMES is a mnemonic device used to remember what?
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior.
The notes found on the lines of the treble clef
The names of the Great Lakes
The order of mathematical operations
The colors of the rainbow
18. What is stored in a camel’s hump?
Water
Muscle
Maps and spare keys
Fat
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
Kitten figurines
Barbie dolls
Shoes
20. A hallux is more commonly known as a …
European robin
Sleeping chamber in an ancient Roman house
Big toe
Sweatshirt
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