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Obscure Trivia #12
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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1. Why do roosters tilt their heads back when they crow?
Roosters’ crowing averages over 100 decibels, which is roughly the same as running a chainsaw. Tilting their heads back closes the ear canal completely. (Sources: phys.org (Why roosters don't go deaf from their own loud crowing); Claes, R., Muyshondt, P.G.G., Dirckx, J.J.J., & Aerts, P. (2018). Do high sound pressure levels of crowing in roosters necessitate passive mechanisms for protection against self-vocalization? Zoology 6(126), 65-70.
Nobody knows
To ensure their crowing travels the greatest possible distance
It makes them taller and more attractive to females
To keep from going deaf
2. Camp David, the Presidential retreat, used to be called something else. What?
The site was originally built by the WPA as a camp for government employees in 1938. Franklin Roosevelt later appropriated it for Presidential use, naming it Shangri-La. Dwight Eisenhower, who had originally intended to divest the government of “needless luxuries,” had a change of heart after visiting the lodge. He renamed it “Camp David,” after his grandson. (Source: Library of Congress Blogs)
Shangri-La
Arcadia
Utopia
Salmon Pines
3. Which brand was NOT owned by tobacco giant Philip Morris Cos. (now The Altria Group)?
Keebler Company has been owned by Ferrero SpA since 2019. Philip Morris acquired General Foods Corporation in 1985, Kraft Foods Inc. in 1988, and Nabisco Holdings Corp. in 2000. (Sources: altria.com; encyclopedia.com, Tampa Bay Times (Jun 26 2000); Wikipedia)
Nabisco
General Foods
Keebler
Kraft
4. An individual suffering from boanthropy believes they are …
Some modern-day psychologists think that King Nebuchadnezzar II of the Neo-Babylonian Empire was boanthropic (see Daniel 4:33). (Sources: cbtcognitivebehavioraltherapy.com; Doverspike, W. F. (n.d.). How to understand boanthropy, lycanthropy, and zoanthropy: bipolar disorder, delusional disorder, or schizophrenia?
A snake
Adopted
Always ill
A bovine
5. Finnish inventor Eric Tigerstedt was awarded a patent for what he called a “pocket-size folding telephone with a very thin carbon microphone". In what year?
(Source: Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias)
1981
1917
1899
1970
6. How many U.S. state names have two of the same vowel in a row?
Hawaii and Tennessee. (Source: geeksforgeeks.org)
2
0
1
3
7. A clowder is a group of three or more …
A group of cats can also be called a clutter, a glaring, or a pounce. (Source: cooindacatresort.com.au)
Butterflies
Ferrets
Cats
Doves
8. Hákarl, an Icelandic dish, is prepared by burying the rotting carcass of an animal in a shallow pit and pressing it with stones so the poisonous internal fluids can be drained out making the meat safe to eat. After this, it’s hung out to dry before being cut into strips and served. What creature is used to make Hákarl?
Anthony Bourdain described Hákarl as “the single worst, most disgusting and terrible tasting thing” he’d tried. (Source: hostelworld.com)
Seal
Reindeer
Shark
Walrus
9. What causes the dwarf planet Pluto to wobble?
(Source: science.nasa.gov)
The gravitational pull of its moon Charon
Sunspots
Low gravity from being so far from the sun
Constant bombardment by meteors
10. Which of these actors never played the role of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot in a commercially released film?
(Source: agathachristie.com)
Peter Ustinov
David Suchet
Charles Laughton
Albert Finney
11. How many different Standard Time offsets from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) are used in the 50 United States and the District of Columbia (excluding U.S. territories and dependencies)?
Standard Time offsets are -10 (Hawaii Standard Time), -9 (Alaska Standard Time), -8 (Pacific Standard Time), -7 (Mountain Standard Time), -6 (Central Standard Time), and -5 (Eastern Standard Time). (Source: timeanddate.com)
6
5
7
8
12. What is one difference between human blood and avian blood?
(Source: Scanes, C. G. (2022). Blood. In C. G. Scanes & S. Dridi (Eds.), Sturkie’s Avian Physiology (7th ed., pp. 293-326). Academic Press.)
Bird platelets have no nucleus
Bird blood contains much lower concentrations of glucose
Red blood cells in birds have a nucleus
Birds don’t have white blood cells
13. Spectrophobia is a fear of …
Also called eisoptrophobia and catoptrophobia. (Sources: Cleveland Clinic, betterhelp.com, Wikipedia)
Daylight
Mirrors
Rainbows
Ghosts
14. In New Jersey, it is illegal to wear a bullet-proof vest while …
(Source: N.J.S.A. 2C:39-13 (1999))
Exercising
Pumping gas
Committing a murder
Committing a moving violation
15. If a bingo caller announces “Jimmy Choo,” what number should you look for on your bingo card?
(Source: playtoday.co)
N-32
N-42
G-52
I-22
16. The unincorporated community of Monkey’s Eyebrow is located in which U.S. state?
(Source: Wikipedia)
Arkansas
Alabama
Kentucky
West Virginia
17. Which ancient Roman festival probably influenced Halloween?
For the festival of Feralia, Romans commemorated benevolent ancestors by leaving offerings of food at their graves. This festival was probably combined with the Celtic Samhain in the British Isles. (Sources: Burke Museum, history.com)
Paganalia
Feralia
Saturnalia
Fontinalia
18. Éire : Ireland :: Dhivehi Raajje : ?
(Source: worldatlas.com)
East Timor
Brunei
Maldives
Solomon Islands
19. Australia is wider than …
Although the moon’s land area is larger, its diameter is a mere 3,476 km, compared to Australia’s width of about 4,000 km. (Source: snopes.com)
Mars
Venus
Europe
The moon
20. Which of these is NOT one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
The complete list: Colossus of Rhodes, Great Pyramid (not the Sphinx) of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and Lighthouse of Alexandria. (Source: albany.edu)
Great Sphinx of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Colossus of Rhodes
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
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So a murder in a bulletproof vest is a worse crime than a murder in a clown costume?
This was most likely just an opportunity to dogpile extra criminal charges on some murderers, based on individual circumstances. So the clown suit guy would only be charged with murder, while the armored guy would be charged with murder and with wearing a bulletproof vest while murdering. (So, two crimes, as opposed to a worse crime.) I suspect it may have something to do with how much more challenging it is for law enforcement to take someone in body armor into custody.