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Obscure Trivia #19
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.
This is a challenging quiz, but I can almost guarantee you will learn something from it.
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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. Subscribe to get a notification when I release a new quiz.
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1.
Which card game uses a pack of 108 cards?
Double Solitaire
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Pinochle
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Euchre
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Uno
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Source: Mattel.
2.
Who was the first former U.S. President to write a biography of another President?
Herbert Hoover
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Thomas Jefferson
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Bill Clinton
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Source: Library of Congress Blogs.
3.
A composition in which the author deliberately avoids one or more letters of the alphabet is called …
a semordnilap
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an ambigram
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a tautonym
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a lipogram
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Source: The Free Dictionary. Here is an example of a lipogram.
5.
Which is NOT a Month of Honor per Alaska statute?
Sobriety Awareness Month
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Family Preservation Month
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Avalanche Awareness Month
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Alaska Wild Salmon Month
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Source: Alaska Statutes 44.12.30 et seq.
6.
The unincorporated community of Bacon Level is located in which U.S. state?
Montana
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Alabama
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Illinois
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New Hampshire
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Source: Wikipedia.
7.
What are you afraid of if you suffer with nomophobia?
Forgetting someone’s name
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Someone not remembering your name
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Mispronouncing someone’s name
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Being without mobile phone connectivity
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Source: National Library of Medicine.
8.
Century eggs, a Chinese dish, are preserved for several months in a mixture that includes …
vinegar, cabbage and rice
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clay and onion
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ash, clay and quicklime
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onion and brine
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Source: Wikipedia.
10.
About how much does the moon drift away from Earth every year?
4 feet (1.22m)
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4 inches (0.10m)
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4 miles
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4 centimeters
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Source: The European Space Agency.
11.
According to The World Factbook, which country has the highest life expectancy at birth (2024 est.)?
United States
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Monaco
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Liechtenstein
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Singapore
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Source: The World Factbook.
12.
The longest snake in captivity was …
28 feet 3 inches long (8.61m)
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25 feet 2 inches long (7.67m)
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20 feet 8 inches long (6.3m)
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18 feet 6 inches long (5.64m)
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Source: Guinness World Records.
13.
Which of these is not a true statement about the planet Mercury?
It is the most cratered planet in the Solar System.
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Its surface is wrinkled.
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Its orbit is the most eccentric of all the planets.
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It has roughly 50% the gravity of Earth.
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Source: Space Facts.
15.
A group of swans is called …
a sord
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a lamentation
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a richness
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a pandemonium
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Source: Wiktionary.
16.
The English language demonym for somebody from the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts is …
Saint Kittese
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Saint Kittian
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Kittian
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Kittitian
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Source: Wikipedia.
17.
Which vegetable was the first grown in space?
Lettuce
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Potato
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Carrot
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Bell pepper
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Source: NOVA.
18.
The average adult human has 206 bones. How many does a newborn human have?
210
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275 to 300
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198 or 199
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206
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Source: Cleveland Clinic.
19.
IBM shipped the first commercially available hard disk drive beginning in June 1956. What was its storage capacity?
10.71 megabytes
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1 gigabyte
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1 megabyte
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3.75 megabytes
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Source: Computer History Museum.
20.
The Baby Ruth candy bar is named after which U.S. President’s daughter?
William McKinley
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Chester A. Arthur
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Grover Cleveland
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Source: Baby Ruth Fun Facts.
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