Obscure Trivia #3

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1. How many time zones does Russia have?
11
9
15
13
2. The Rosetta Stone contains text written in each of these three scripts …
Egyptian demotic, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Hebrew
Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Greek
Hebrew, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Greek
Egyptian demotic, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Greek
3. The Spanish Steps are located in …
Prague
Madrid
Rome
Barcelona
4. In the late nineteenth century, Native Americans referred to which soldiers serving in the western U.S. as “buffalo soldiers?”
All cavalrymen
African American cavalrymen
Infantrymen
Native American cavalrymen
5. Jabal Ṭāriq is the Arabic name for …
The Sahara Desert
Mount Everest
Gibraltar
Mount Ararat
6. How many stomachs does a cow have?
A cow’s stomach has four distinct compartments, leading some to inaccurately assert that cows have four stomachs.
2
4
1
3
7. Who was the first U.S. President to visit all 50 states while in office?
Donald J. Trump
Bill Clinton
Abraham Lincoln
Richard M. Nixon
8. Americans eat 350-400 of these every second.
Potato chips
Candy bars
Slices of pizza
Cocktail peanuts
9. What is the name of the rooster whose image graces boxes of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes?
Nickname: Corny
Barnaby
Sanders
Randolph
Cornelius
10. What is the national animal of Scotland?
Phoenix
Golden eagle
Unicorn
Highland cow
11. “Flemish Giant” refers to a …
Flemish Giants typically grow to between 2.5 - 4 feet long and weigh between 15 and 22 pounds.
Skyscraper in Bruges
Type of dairy cow
Child-eating character in Belgian folk tales
Type of rabbit
12. The most stolen food in the world is …
Bread
Fruit
Cheese
Candy
13. Until 2022, the Blue House was the official residence of which country’s president?
South Korea
Czechia
Algeria
Argentina
14. Which is NOT the name of one of Gwen Stefani’s sons?
Zuma
Apollo
Kingston
Falcon
15. Peking is to Beijing as Constantinople is to …
Rome
Istanbul
Ankara
Türkiye
16. Who is the only singer to have sung the theme song for three different James Bond films?
Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Moonraker (1979).
Sam Smith
Gladys Knight
Billie Eilish
Shirley Bassey
17. The first all new hand-drawn animated feature film to be released was …
In 1937.
The Aristocats
Steamboat Willie
Fantasia
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
18. The first toy to be advertised on television was …
In 1952.
Barbie
Slinky
Silly Putty
Mr. Potato Head
19. Exit signs became a required building safety feature as a result of …
The Consolidated School gas explosion of 1937 (New London, TX)
The Coconut Grove nightclub fire of 1942 (Boston)
The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911 (New York City)
The Iroquois Theater fire of 1903 (Chicago)
20. The original name of the Google search engine was …
Because it analyzed the web’s “back links” to understand how important a website was, and what other sites it related to.
DeskTop
JailBreak
HotSpot
BackRub
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2 Comments
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Level 83
Oct 12, 2023
There were some animated feature films before that one. Apparently that one was the first to be “cel animated”, whatever that means.
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Level 77
Oct 12, 2023
Yes, I suppose I have an aversion to calling cut-outs and silhouettes “animation,” although they technically are. I have updated the question accordingly.

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