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.
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1. In Alabama, attaching a lantern to your vehicle makes it legal for you to …
This law has been on the books since pre-automobile days, when it perhaps made sense.
Drive in heavy fog during a fog advisory
Park in a lovers’ lane
Drive in the wrong direction on a one-way street
Park on a highway without pulling on to the shoulder
2. Which is not typically used to estimate the age of an adult lion?
Claw length
Mane growth
Nose color
Teeth
3. Gomutra is consumed in India (as a therapeutic element of Ayurvedic medicine) to treat psoriasis, leprosy, fevers, liver ailments, and cancer. What is gomutra?
Macaque brains
Tiger organs
Cow urine
Fermented snake
4. According to a 2023 YouGov survey, 13% of Americans believe U.S. Presidents should be allowed to …
Declare war
Make laws
Pardon themselves
Decide how federal money will be spent
5. How many U.S. state names contain only one consonant?
Iowa and Ohio.
1
2
0
3
6. The unincorporated community of Hell, home to a housing development called “Satan’s Hills,” is located in which U.S. state?
It should be noted that Hell sometimes freezes over during the winter.
Florida
Nevada
Michigan
Maine
7. A pack of apes is known as …
A shrewdness
A wit
A cleverness
An acuity
8. Which is the smallest country to have adopted two time zones?
Micronesia
Greece
Portugal
Palau
9. Kyiv : Kiev :: Gdańsk : ?
Rothenburg
Głogów
Danzig
Gdynia
10. Which of the following is not a U.S. federal observance day?
Stephen Foster Memorial Day is observed on January 13. National Defense Transportation Day is observed on the Friday that falls between May 15-21. Leif Erikson Day is observed October 9.
George Washington’s Birthday
Leif Erikson Day
Stephen Foster Memorial Day
National Defense Transportation Day
11. Which U.S. President served in Congress after his presidential term ended, and then suffered a fatal stroke on the floor of the House Chamber?
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
Martin Van Buren
John Adams
12. A pyrogen is something that …
Causes chemical changes in lit cigarettes
Causes disease
Causes a fire
Causes fever
13. A fear of bathing is called …
Ingerophobia
Lavabophobia
Baniophobia
Ablutophobia
14. Yuri Gagarin’s first meal in space was transported from earth in what form?
Tubes
Freeze-dried cubes that had to be reconstituted
Freeze-dried powder that had to be reconstituted
TV dinner trays
15. If you order Italian food that contains chiocciole, what will you be eating?
Chocolate
Pineapple
Garlic bread
Shell pasta
16. Which is the only U.S. state that borders more than two Canadian provinces?
British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
North Dakota
Maine
Minnesota
Montana
17. Glossolalia refers to …
A spelling bee
An expansive vocabulary
Speaking in tongues
A multi-language dictionary
18. What is unusual about the dance troupe named Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo?
Their artistic director has never been a dancer
The dancers are all senior citizens
They only perform ballets by Russian composers
All the roles are danced by men
19. What did American astronaut Gene Cernan write in the dust on the moon?
A passage from the Book of Genesis
His daughter’s initials
A heart with his and his wife’s initials
The preamble to the Constitution
20. Who was the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize?
This word means "shells". Had never heard of Chiocciola but this means "snails".
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