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Obscure Trivia #22

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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Last updated: September 4, 2024
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1. Massage parlors in Mesquite, Texas …
Source: Mesquite, Texas - Code of Ordinances Sec. 12-65
must accept massage therapist licenses from elsewhere in Texas
must not open until 8 A.M.
must close by midnight
must not be segregated by sex
2. canine : dog :: pavonine : ?
Source: Wiktionary
penguin
platypus
panther
peafowl
3. United Kingdom : Anglo- :: Libya : ?
Source: Wiktionary
Libyco-
Libyo-
Libyan-
Libya-
4. Which is NOT the name of a discontinued Post cereal?
Source: Wikipedia
Sour Patch Kids
Fruit & Wheat
Beep Beep
Crispy Critters
5. The traditional recipe for loco moco (supposedly invented in Hilo, Hawaii in 1949) calls for what over a bed of rice?
Source: Love Food
Frankfurter slices, Fritos and sauerkraut
Chili, clams and pineapple chunks
A hamburger, a fried egg and brown gravy
Pineapple slices, poi and ube
6. A person from the island of Zanzibar is called a …
Source: Wikipedia
Zanzibarian
Zanzibari
Zanzibarese
Zanzibaran
7. The most expensive Pokémon trading card ever sold at a private sale (Pikachu Illustrator from 1998) was sold to influencer Logan Paul for how much?
Source: Retro Relevance
$3,650,000
$770,000
$2,825,000
$5,275,000
8. Which order of insects contains the most species?
Source: Live Science
Diptera (flies)
Blattodea (cockroaches)
Coleoptera (beetles)
Hymenoptera (bees, ants, wasps)
9. Scopophobia is a fear of or extreme aversion to …
Source: PsychCentral
limiting the scope of a project or other undertaking
being watched or stared at
seeing something traumatic
diagnostic instruments, including medical ones
10. The best-selling compilation album of all time is …
Source: Wikipedia
Greatest Hits (Queen)
1 (The Beatles)
Gold: Greatest Hits (ABBA)
Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) (Eagles)
11. Which statement about the planet Jupiter is false?
Source: NASA
There are several likely spots on Jupiter to land a spacecraft.
It takes sunlight 43 minutes to travel to Jupiter.
Jupiter is 11 times wider than Earth.
Galileo was the first to observe the four largest moons of Jupiter.
12. About how fast does a sneeze travel?
MedicineNet
250 mph (402.34 km/h)
300 mph (482.80 km/h)
100 mph (160.94 km/h)
50 mph (80.48 km/h)
13. The word “mortgage” is a mash-up of two Old French words that mean …
Source: Oxford Languages via Google Dictionary Box
life pledge
dead pledge
house poor
death measurement
14. Kit Kat candy bars were originally called …
Source: Wikipedia
Kit Kat Chocolate Crisp
Chocolate Crisp
Chocolate Wafer
Kit Cat
15. What percentage of Canada’s population lives within 150 miles of the U.S. border?
Source: Saylor Academy
about 50%
nearly 75%
more than 90%
67%
16. All objects in our Milky Way Galaxy revolve around the galactic center. About how long does one of these revolutions take?
Source: NASA
250 million years
125 million years
250 years
1 million years
17. The census designated place Cal-Nev-Ari is located in which U.S. state?
Source: Wikipedia
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
California
18. Who was the first U.S. President to put up a Christmas tree in the White House?
Source: Library of Congress Blogs
Rutherford B. Hayes
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Chester A. Arthur
19. A group of giraffes is called …
Source: Wiktionary
a stretch
a tower
a tallness
a necklace
20. Something that is icterogenic causes …
Source: Wiktionary
skin blemishes
jaundice
a fishy smell
a sore throat
2 Comments
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Level 67
Sep 18, 2024
Really surprised by the Eagles! Goes to show the size of the American market. I was sure Eagles would be the biggest seller in the USA but thought the global reach of ABBA and Beatles would put the Eagles in third.

Also need to consider the generational impact cos Eagles are a bit of a joke compared to the untouchable legacies of the Beatles, ABBA, and Queen.

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Level 70
Sep 18, 2024
I was a bit surprised by that, too.

There are anomalies with how some national certification authorities calculate sales, regarding multi-disc sets and streaming equivalents that give more weight to the U.S. market. The second paragraph in my Wikipedia source explains.