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Obscure Trivia #6
Select the correct answer from the choices provided … if you dare.
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1. Napoleon Bonaparte was attacked by what in 1807?
The attack was described in the memoirs of General Paul-Charles-François-Adrien-Henri-Dieudonné Thiébault (1769-1846).
Bees
Rabbits
Crows
Angry townswomen
2. Someone does this every 12 seconds at a U.S. Holiday Inn.
Uses the ice machine
Steals a towel
Loses their room key
Checks in or out
3. If your waiter brings you a serving of lamb thymus glands, what did you probably order from the menu?
Yum!
Sweetbreads
An organ casserole
Prairie oysters
A pupu platter
4. If you INclude its overseas territories and departments, but EXclude its illegal claim in Antarctica, how many time zones does France use?
14
12
2
1
5. In Kentucky, you can be fined up to $100 for …
KY Rev Stat § 437.060 (2022)
Using a reptile during a religious service
Walking down a highway in a bikini
Buying a hat without your husband’s permission
Marrying the same man more than twice
6. 77% of the world’s maple syrup comes from …
Quebec
Maine
Vermont
New York
7. “Polska” is to “Poland” as “Sverige” is to …
Sweden
Slovakia
Switzerland
Slovenia
8. Which of these four dances is NOT included in the Smooth category in American School competitive ballroom dancing?
American Quickstep
American Foxtrot
American Tango
American Viennese Waltz
9. When you have finished adding up all the numbers on a standard roulette wheel, the sum will be …
553
911
666
1000
10. When Pepsi was first introduced in 1893, what was it called?
After inventor Caleb Bradham.
Brad’s Drink
Patent Medicine #37
Peppy Cola
Lemuel’s Libation
11. In what year was Christmas declared a federal holiday in the U.S.?
1870
1918
1777
1824
12. When living fruit flies encounter dead ones, …
Gendron CM, Chakraborty TS, Duran C, Dono T, Pletcher SD (2023) Ring neurons in the Drosophila central complex act as a rheostat for sensory modulation of aging. PLoS Biol 21(6): e3002149. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002149
They age faster
They cover them in a gooey shroud
They attack another fruit fly
They eat them
13. In a Peruvian restaurant, you might order “cuy” from the menu if you have a taste for …
Hamster
Rat
Guinea pig
Nutria
14. What was the first fruit eaten on the moon?
Grape
Mandarin orange
Peach
Apple
15. What color is a polar bear’s skin?
White
Black
Brown
Pinkish
16. On average, it takes this animal 16 days to digest its food.
But digestion time can vary between 11 and 30 days, according to research done at Sloth Sanctuary, Costa Rica.
Elephant
Koala
Lemur
Sloth
17. Rhinoceros horns are composed of …
Ivory
Bone
Keratin
Tartar
18. What percentage of American adults pretend not to be home on Halloween?
According to a 2021 YouGov poll.
9
17
4
21
19. What name was used by Europeans to refer to the Hawaiian Islands from 1778 until the 1840s?
Captain James Cook of the Royal Navy visited the islands on January 18, 1778, and named them the "Sandwich Islands" in honor of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who as the First Lord of the Admiralty was one of his sponsors.
Sandwich Islands
Pineapple Islands
Christmas Islands
Easter Islands
20. Who is purported to have been the first author to use a typewriter to prepare a manuscript?
It was then called a typemachine. In his 1904 autobiography, Twain claimed to have typed the manuscript for “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” although a handwritten manuscript is extant. However, he did submit a typewritten manuscript for “Life on the Mississippi.”
Winston Churchill
Mark Twain
Charles Dickens
Henry James
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