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Obscure Trivia #8
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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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.
This is a challenging quiz, but I can almost guarantee you will learn something from it.
Constructive criticism is welcome. Please rate this quiz. Subscribe to get a notification when I release a new quiz.
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| First submitted | October 27, 2023 |
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1. What unusual trio of misfortunes is associated with Violet Jessop (1887-1971)?
The Olympic collided with the British warship HMS Hawke, but with no fatalities. The Brittanic sank in the Aegean after an unexplained explosion. Thirty of the 1,066 on board were killed. You’ve probably already heard of the Titanic. Jessop worked as a stewardess for the White Star Line on the Olympic and Titanic, and as a stewardess for the British Red Cross aboard the Britannic.
She injured herself competing in tennis in three successive Olympic Games (1900, 1904, 1908).
She was struck by lightning on her birthday in 1907, 1917, and 1927.
All three of her husbands had another wife when they married her.
She survived disasters on three sister ships: RMS Olympic (1911), RMS Titanic (1912), and HMHS Britannic (1916).
2. If you believe everything you read on the Internet (and who doesn’t?), it is illegal in Oklahoma to …
The author of this quiz was unable to locate a citation for such a law by doing an online search of Oklahoma statutes, so it may just be an Internet legend. Nevertheless, numerous websites assert the law’s existence.
Share one ice cream soda with two straws
Take a bite of someone else’s hamburger
Wear two-toned shoes on Sunday
Display the welt (top) of your hosiery while dancing
3. How many U.S. states have two syllables in their name?
Georgia, Kansas, New York, Texas, Utah, Vermont.
6
2
4
8
4. How many countries (in whole or in part) use West Africa Time (UTC +1) all year long?
Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, D.R. Congo (part), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Niger, Nigeria.
7
9
13
11
5. The optimistically named (or pessimistically, depending on your perspective) populated place called Last Chance is located in which U.S. state?
Iowa
Idaho
Oklahoma
Nevada
6. How many toes does a normal guinea pig have?
Four each on their front feet; three each on their back feet.
8
14
10
20
7. A group of baboons is called a …
Troop
Company
Regiment
Platoon
8. The custom of jack-o’-lanterns is believed to have begun in the British Isles, with grotesque faces being carved into …
Turnips, parsnips, rutabagas, and mangel wurzels (a large beet) were apparently popular.
Squash
Root vegetables
Cow dung
Melons
9. Which U.S. President was the first to be sworn in by his nickname?
James (Jimmy) Carter
William (Bill) Clinton
Richard (Dick) Nixon
Dwight (Ike) Eisenhower
10. What is your pinna?
The thin tissue that connects the bottom of your tongue to the floor of your mouth
A flexure separating the ascending and transverse colons
A tiny bone in your hand
The external part of your ear
11. Maguro No Medama Yaki is the name of a Japanese delicacy. What is it?
Each eyeball is about the size of a tennis ball.
Jellied macaque brains
Grilled tuna eyeballs
Roasted sika deer meat
Stewed snapper
12. Amaxophobia is a fear of …
Succeeding
Overdrawing a bank account
Being in a vehicle
Exceeding a credit limit
13. Londinium : London :: Eboracorum : ?
Zaragoza
Lyon
Dover
York
14. This foodstuff was invented by a Connecticut preacher (c. 1829) who believed a bland vegetarian diet would cure people of the sexual urges, including “self-abuse,” that were making them physically ill and leading to depravity.
Reverend Sylvester Graham (1794-1851) invented them.
Saltines
Melba toast
Graham crackers
Cream of wheat
15. Which planet spins on an almost horizontal access, unlike the others, which spin on almost vertical ones?
Mercury
Uranus
Neptune
Saturn
16. In 1887, soldiers serving at Fort Keogh in the Montana Territory reported seeing snowflakes that were …
3” wide
15” wide
Yellow
Pink
17. Tobacco smoke enemas were once used to treat …
Constipation
Gut pain
Persistent headache
Victims of near drowning
18. How many colored street properties are on a Monopoly board?
44
22
24
40
19. The shortest commercial flight available takes about …
From Westray in the Orkney Islands to Papa Westray in northern Scotland.
30 min.
10 min.
2 min.
7 min.
20. Which country has someone tried to sell on the Internet … twice?
After eBay shut down comedian Isaac Butterfield’s auction, he tried again on GoFundMe.
Kiribati
Andorra
France
New Zealand
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2 Comments
HyddenRizz
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Level 67
Aug 13, 2024
Those sneaky guinea pigs and their number of toes that isn't divisible by four!
arjaygee
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Level 76
Aug 13, 2024
They are absolutely not to be trusted!
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