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Obscure Trivia #30

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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Quiz by arjaygee
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Last updated: September 17, 2024
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1. Viagra was originally developed to treat …
peripheral artery disease
depression
diabetes
pulmonary hypertension
2. The number of U.S. youth cancer deaths …
fell 23% between 2001 and 2021.
increased threefold between 2016 and 2023.
outstrips youth deaths from gun violence.
has remained stagnant due to decreased research funding.
3. Which statement about dwarf planet Pluto is true?
Pluto is almost the same size as dwarf planet Eris.
Pluto wasn’t discovered until 1897.
Pluto is 1/6 the diameter of Earth.
Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2010.
4. Which country was rated the most fun in 2023 by U.S. News & World Report?
Thailand
France
Brazil
Spain
5. Which U.S. President donated his entire presidential and congressional salaries to charity?
John F. Kennedy
Herbert Hoover
Theodore Roosevelt
Donald Trump
6. What can some platypuses release through their pores?
Perspiration
Milk
Urine
Toxins
7. A flock of cormorants is called …
a choke
a gulp
a guzzle
a hack
8. What was the title of the first ever feature-length film?
The Story of the Kelly Gang (Australia)
Wings (US)
With Our King and Queen Through India (UK)
Birth of a Nation (US)
9. United Kingdom : Anglo- : : Sparta : ?
Lacono-
Spartan-
Sparo-
Sparto-
10. Athletic footware giant Nike, Inc. was founded as …
Top Tier Sports
Gold Medal Sports
Blue Ribbon Sports
Number One Sports
11. Algedonics is the scientific study of …
ocean waves, tides and currents.
algae.
wind.
pleasure and pain responses.
12. In 2023, archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority found what in a cave overlooking the Dead Sea?
Roman swords
Pottery containing scrolls written in Persian, with a side-by-side Hebrew translation
What might be a piece of the Ark of the Covenant
An iPhone 3GS
13. In order to keep feral pig populations in Texas stable, it is necessary to harvest what percentage of the total population?
80%
66%
35%
50%
14. 23-year-old student Tapala Nadamuni of India has created the world’s smallest …
doll house.
vacuum cleaner.
automobile.
lawn mower.
15. What is a buddle?
Part of an oil rig.
An apparatus for washing ore.
A big puddle.
A type of excavator with a short swing radius.
16. In Jacksonville, North Carolina, it can be considered a nuisance if a resident …
boards a public conveyance while it is in motion.
leaves indoor furniture out of doors.
permits noxious weeds to grow higher than 8”.
fails to fence in a pool of water that is 10” or more in depth.
17. Which U.S. state did U.S. News & World Report rank #1 for education in 2023?
California
Florida
New Jersey
Massachusetts
18. canine : dog : : vespine : ?
sparrow
bat
lizard
wasp
19. A person living with alektorophobia is unlikely to …
eat shellfish.
clean a chicken coop.
use electric appliances.
vote.
20. The village of Bald Head is located in which U.S. state?
Maine
Oklahoma
Washington
Tennessee
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